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For those that do need the hospitalization. >> neil: thanks, dr. adalja. with us right now, the new hampshire governor, chris sununu. the president outlined a plan that would include eency teams that would go to states where there's a spike in cases. that's not been the case in new hampshire. if there were, what do you think of that? >> well, the emergency teams out of the federal government can be very helpful. we haven't gotten any confirmation that they're sending them here. i've been talking to fema. they've been sends more anti-bodies and paramedics teams. our cases are elevated because i...

On. hopefully we don't repeat this again. >> martha: so true. one more question before i let you go. merck and pfizer have these treatments. a pill that you can take if you're diagnosed with covid. shouldn't we be moving that forward more quickly. >> definitely. merck and pfizer have done a great job developing cheap easy anti-virals that is the something that we can give orally and decrease your ability to get hospitalized or die. we want to moving a quickly as possible. this is making the virus more easier to manage if you can take something at home that prevents you from getting hospitalize...

Who hasn't made a particularly public statement you know, public show trying to encourage people is, of course, president trump. gotten the vaccine himself and claims credit for encouraging development has not made a point telling hi supporters, some most reluctant to get vaccinated that they should. >> in fact, criticized the school decision announced just yesterday. dr. adalja, as far as you're concerned, do you think there is going to be more of a push on vaccinations, at least among those most resistant to it? >> i do think people are going to be encouraged as strongly as possible to get t...

At the johns hopkins center for health security at the bloomberg school of public health. great to have you with us, dr. adalja. we've officially passed another tragic milestone, 600,000 covid deaths in the united states. given the progress we've made, do you think we'll ever reach 700,000 deaths? >> it's going to take a longer time to get to 700,000 than it did to get from 400,000 to 500,000 because we've gotten so many of our high risk individuals vaccinated. we know the deaths are concentrated in those above 65, those with underlying conditions. i think we'll still see deaths occur. it's go...