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THERAPEUTIC OR THE VACCINE ARE THE ONLY THING THAT WE’LL BE

THE ONLY THING THAT WE’LL BE ABLE TO SAY, OKAY, WE’RE BACK TO

ABLE TO SAY, OKAY, WE’RE BACK TO NORMAL.

NORMAL. >> OKAY.

>> OKAY. SO IT TURNS OUT CORONAVIRUS

SO IT TURNS OUT CORONAVIRUS SPREAD THROUGHOUT AMERICAN

SPREAD THROUGHOUT AMERICAN CITIES UNDETECTED MUCH, MUCH

CITIES UNDETECTED MUCH, MUCH EARLIER THAN ANYONE REALIZED AT

EARLIER THAN ANYONE REALIZED AT THE TIME.

THE TIME. THAT’S ACCORDING TO A NEW REPORT

THAT’S ACCORDING TO A NEW REPORT FROM "THE NEW YORK TIMES."

FROM "THE NEW YORK TIMES." ON MARCH 1st, FIVE MAJOR U.S.

ON MARCH 1st, FIVE MAJOR U.S. CITIES, NEW YORK, SAN FRANCISCO,

CITIES, NEW YORK, SAN FRANCISCO, BOSTON, CHICAGO, AND SEATTLE HAD

BOSTON, CHICAGO, AND SEATTLE HAD A TOTAL OF 23 CONFIRMED CASES OF

A TOTAL OF 23 CONFIRMED CASES OF CORONAVIRUS.

CORONAVIRUS. BUT A MODEL OF INFECTION RATES

BUT A MODEL OF INFECTION RATES BY RESEARCHERS AT NORTHEASTERN

BY RESEARCHERS AT NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY ESTIMATES THAT THERE

UNIVERSITY ESTIMATES THAT THERE COULD HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN 28,000

COULD HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN 28,000 UNDETECTED INFECTIONS IN THOSE

UNDETECTED INFECTIONS IN THOSE CITIES BY THAT TIME.

CITIES BY THAT TIME. THIS VISUALIZATION FROM "THE

THIS VISUALIZATION FROM "THE TIMES" SHOWS THE REMARKABLE

TIMES" SHOWS THE REMARKABLE DISPARITY BETWEEN THOSE TWO SETS

DISPARITY BETWEEN THOSE TWO SETS OF NUMBERS.

OF NUMBERS. THE MODEL SUGGESTS THAT BY THE

THE MODEL SUGGESTS THAT BY THE TIME NEW YORK HAD ITS FIRST

TIME NEW YORK HAD ITS FIRST CONFIRMED CASE OF CORONAVIRUS,

CONFIRMED CASE OF CORONAVIRUS, THERE WERE ALREADY 10,000 PEOPLE

THERE WERE ALREADY 10,000 PEOPLE INFECTED.

INFECTED. THIS NEW INFORMATION AS NEW YORK

THIS NEW INFORMATION AS NEW YORK BEGINS WORK ON A PLAN FOR

BEGINS WORK ON A PLAN FOR WIDESPREAD TESTING AND CONTACT

WIDESPREAD TESTING AND CONTACT TRACING.

TRACING. JOINING US NOW, NEW YORK

JOINING US NOW, NEW YORK GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO.

GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO. GOVERNOR, WE MEET ON A DAY OF

GOVERNOR, WE MEET ON A DAY OF SOME PRETTY MOMENTOUS POLITICAL

SOME PRETTY MOMENTOUS POLITICAL HEADLINES AND PRETTY MOMENTOUS

HEADLINES AND PRETTY MOMENTOUS SCIENCE HEADLINES.

SCIENCE HEADLINES. I WANT TO START WITH THE

I WANT TO START WITH THE SCIENCE.

SCIENCE. YOU SHARED SOME INFORMATION IN

YOU SHARED SOME INFORMATION IN YOUR BRIEFING TODAY ABOUT

YOUR BRIEFING TODAY ABOUT ANTIBODIES.

ANTIBODIES. IS THAT ENCOURAGING?

IS THAT ENCOURAGING? AND CAN YOU TAKE US THROUGH HOW

AND CAN YOU TAKE US THROUGH HOW MANY NEW YORKERS, BASED ON THIS

MANY NEW YORKERS, BASED ON THIS EARLY STUDY, MAY HAVE ALREADY

EARLY STUDY, MAY HAVE ALREADY BEEN EXPOSED TO COVID?

BEEN EXPOSED TO COVID? >> YEAH.

>> YEAH. NO, IT WAS SURPRISING.

NO, IT WAS SURPRISING. WE HAD ABOUT -- WE DID A

WE HAD ABOUT -- WE DID A 3,000-PERSON SURVEY, WHICH IS

3,000-PERSON SURVEY, WHICH IS FAIRLY EXTENSIVE ALL THROUGHOUT

FAIRLY EXTENSIVE ALL THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

THE STATE. STATEWIDE, IT WAS ABOUT 14% OF

STATEWIDE, IT WAS ABOUT 14% OF THE PEOPLE HAD THE ANTIBODIES,

THE PEOPLE HAD THE ANTIBODIES, WHICH MEANS 14% OF THE PEOPLE

WHICH MEANS 14% OF THE PEOPLE HAD HAD THE VIRUS.

HAD HAD THE VIRUS. THAT’S ABOUT 2.7 MILLION PEOPLE

THAT’S ABOUT 2.7 MILLION PEOPLE IN OUR STATE.

IN OUR STATE. NEW YORK CITY WAS CLOSE TO 20%.

NEW YORK CITY WAS CLOSE TO 20%. >> WOW.

>> WOW. >> WHICH WAS SURPRISING.

>> WHICH WAS SURPRISING. YEAH.

YEAH. SO THE GOOD NEWS IS THESE ARE

SO THE GOOD NEWS IS THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE ANTIBODIES.

PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE ANTIBODIES. THEY CAN THEN DONATE BLOOD FOR

THEY CAN THEN DONATE BLOOD FOR THE CONVAL ESSENT PLASMA.

THE CONVAL ESSENT PLASMA. THE OTHER GOOD NEWS IS, YOU

THE OTHER GOOD NEWS IS, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT THE DEATH

KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT THE DEATH RATE.

RATE. WE HAVE ABOUT 15,000 PEOPLE WHO

WE HAVE ABOUT 15,000 PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED IN NEW YORK.

HAVE DIED IN NEW YORK. THAT’S HOSPITALIZATIONS AND

THAT’S HOSPITALIZATIONS AND NURSING HOMES.

NURSING HOMES. THAT DOESN’T COUNT THE AT-HOME

THAT DOESN’T COUNT THE AT-HOME DEATHS WHICH WE STILL HAVE TO

DEATHS WHICH WE STILL HAVE TO CALCULATE.

CALCULATE. BUT IT’S 15,000 ON A MUCH LARGER

BUT IT’S 15,000 ON A MUCH LARGER DENOMINATOR.

DENOMINATOR. SO THE DEATH RATE IS LIKE 0.5.

SO THE DEATH RATE IS LIKE 0.5. THE NORMAL FLU IS LIKE 0.1 TO

THE NORMAL FLU IS LIKE 0.1 TO 0.3.

0.3. SO IT GIVES A PERSPECTIVE ON THE

SO IT GIVES A PERSPECTIVE ON THE DEATH RATE IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR

DEATH RATE IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR A SILVER LINING.

A SILVER LINING. >> I THINK WE’RE ALL LOOKING FOR

>> I THINK WE’RE ALL LOOKING FOR SILVER LININGS, AND I THINK IT

SILVER LININGS, AND I THINK IT MAKES CLEAR HOW MUCH OF THE

MAKES CLEAR HOW MUCH OF THE SCIENCE IS UNFOLDING AS WE

SCIENCE IS UNFOLDING AS WE NAVIGATE THE CRISIS.

NAVIGATE THE CRISIS. ANOTHER PIECE OF REPORTING ON

ANOTHER PIECE OF REPORTING ON THAT FRONT IS "THE NEW YORK

THAT FRONT IS "THE NEW YORK TIMES" REPORT THAT SUGGESTS THAT

TIMES" REPORT THAT SUGGESTS THAT THERE WERE AS MANY AS 10,000

THERE WERE AS MANY AS 10,000 INFECTIONS IN NEW YORK AT THE

INFECTIONS IN NEW YORK AT THE BEGINNING OF MARCH.

BEGINNING OF MARCH. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF SOME OF THE

WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF SOME OF THE NEWS REPORTING AND SOME OF THE

NEWS REPORTING AND SOME OF THE STUDIES THAT SHOW THAT IT WAS

STUDIES THAT SHOW THAT IT WAS HERE MUCH EARLIER THAN WE

HERE MUCH EARLIER THAN WE THOUGHT?

THOUGHT? >> WELL, LOOK, IT’S AN

>> WELL, LOOK, IT’S AN EYE-OPENER.

EYE-OPENER. I THINK IT’S IMPORTANT BECAUSE

I THINK IT’S IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO DO A RETROSPECTIVE ON

WE HAVE TO DO A RETROSPECTIVE ON THIS BECAUSE I’M AFRAID IT’S NOT

THIS BECAUSE I’M AFRAID IT’S NOT ONLY IN THE PAST.

ONLY IN THE PAST. IT’S GOING TO BE IN THE FUTURE.

IT’S GOING TO BE IN THE FUTURE. THEY’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT A

THEY’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT A POSSIBILITY OF A GLOBAL PANDEMIC

POSSIBILITY OF A GLOBAL PANDEMIC FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, BUT IT

FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, BUT IT NEVER REALLY HAPPENED.

NEVER REALLY HAPPENED. AND UNTIL IT HAPPENS, IT DOESN’T

AND UNTIL IT HAPPENS, IT DOESN’T REALLY GET PEOPLE’S ATTENTION,

REALLY GET PEOPLE’S ATTENTION, AND IT’S NOT ACTUALIZED.

AND IT’S NOT ACTUALIZED. BUT NOW, LOOK, WE’RE LEARNING.

BUT NOW, LOOK, WE’RE LEARNING. WHEN THEY SAY THAT CHINA HAS A

WHEN THEY SAY THAT CHINA HAS A VIRUS LAST NOVEMBER, LAST

VIRUS LAST NOVEMBER, LAST DECEMBER, THEN I THINK THE

DECEMBER, THEN I THINK THE FLARES HAVE TO GO UP AT THAT

FLARES HAVE TO GO UP AT THAT POINT BECAUSE IF CHINA HAS A

POINT BECAUSE IF CHINA HAS A VIRUS, THAT VIRUS IS GOING TO

VIRUS, THAT VIRUS IS GOING TO GET ON A PLANE.

GET ON A PLANE. IT’S GOING TO GO TO EUROPE.

IT’S GOING TO GO TO EUROPE. >> RIGHT.

>> RIGHT. >> IT’S GOING TO GET ON ANOTHER

>> IT’S GOING TO GET ON ANOTHER PLANE.

PLANE. IT’S GOING TO COME TO NEW YORK.

IT’S GOING TO COME TO NEW YORK. IT’S GOING TO COME TO

IT’S GOING TO COME TO CALIFORNIA.

CALIFORNIA. SO THEY’RE NOW SAYING THAT THE

SO THEY’RE NOW SAYING THAT THE VIRUS WAS HERE IN FEBRUARY,