1 00:00:32,700 --> 00:00:33,900 WELCOME, WELCOME, 2 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:35,200 WELCOME TO "LAST WEEK TONIGHT." 3 00:00:35,266 --> 00:00:36,600 I'M JOHN OLIVER. 4 00:00:36,666 --> 00:00:37,200 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING 5 00:00:37,266 --> 00:00:38,266 US. 6 00:00:38,333 --> 00:00:40,066 IT HAS BEEN A BUSY WEEK. 7 00:00:40,133 --> 00:00:41,666 AL QAIDA'S LEADER WAS KILLED BY 8 00:00:41,733 --> 00:00:43,100 THE U.S., KANSANS OVERWHELMINGLY 9 00:00:43,166 --> 00:00:44,733 PRESERVED ABORTION PROTECTIONS, 10 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:47,166 AND THERE WAS A BIG SCANDAL IN 11 00:00:47,233 --> 00:00:48,433 THE WORLD OF SCIENCE. 12 00:00:48,500 --> 00:00:50,800 >> A PROMINENT FRENCH SCIENTIST 13 00:00:50,866 --> 00:00:53,100 IS APOLOGIZING AFTER TWEETING A 14 00:00:53,166 --> 00:00:55,100 PHOTO HE CLAIMED WAS THE IMAGE 15 00:00:55,166 --> 00:00:56,933 OF A DISTANT STAR TAKEN BY THE 16 00:00:57,000 --> 00:00:58,766 JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE. 17 00:00:58,833 --> 00:01:00,700 TURNS OUT IT WAS ACTUALLY A 18 00:01:00,766 --> 00:01:01,300 CLOSE UP PHOTO OF A SLICE OF 19 00:01:01,366 --> 00:01:03,966 CHORIZO SAUSAGE. 20 00:01:04,600 --> 00:01:05,333 WHAT A GREAT SCIENCE 21 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:06,400 JOKE! 22 00:01:06,466 --> 00:01:08,800 ALSO, THIS IS PROBABLY A GOOD 23 00:01:08,866 --> 00:01:09,533 TIME TO TELL YOU, THAT OTHER 24 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:10,666 JAMES WEBB TELESCOPE PHOTO WAS 25 00:01:10,733 --> 00:01:11,566 ACTUALLY JUST ONE OF THOSE OLD 26 00:01:11,633 --> 00:01:12,766 MOVIE THEATER CARPETS. 27 00:01:12,833 --> 00:01:15,500 YOU IDIOT! 28 00:01:16,133 --> 00:01:16,966 YOU SERIOUSLY GRAPPLED WITH THE 29 00:01:17,033 --> 00:01:17,933 EXISTENCE OF EXTRATERRESTRIAL 30 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:19,066 LIFE OVER THAT PHOTO. 31 00:01:19,133 --> 00:01:20,366 WHAT A FUCKING MORON! 32 00:01:20,433 --> 00:01:21,466 ANYWAY, WE'RE GOING TO START 33 00:01:21,533 --> 00:01:23,233 TONIGHT WITH ALEX JONES. 34 00:01:23,300 --> 00:01:24,166 A MAN WHO BOLDLY ANSWERS THE 35 00:01:24,233 --> 00:01:24,800 QUESTION, "WHAT IF GRIMACE WERE 36 00:01:24,866 --> 00:01:27,466 A PROUD BOY?" 37 00:01:28,233 --> 00:01:29,033 BECAUSE JONES HAS HAD HIMSELF 38 00:01:29,100 --> 00:01:32,100 QUITE THE WEEK. 39 00:01:32,166 --> 00:01:33,366 >> JONES UNDER PRESSURE, FOUND 40 00:01:33,433 --> 00:01:34,833 LIABLE IN THREE SEPARATE 41 00:01:34,900 --> 00:01:36,900 DEFAMATION LAWSUITS BROUGHT BY 42 00:01:36,966 --> 00:01:38,400 THE FAMILIES OF TEN VICTIMS OF 43 00:01:38,466 --> 00:01:40,100 THE SANDY HOOK MASSACRE. 44 00:01:40,166 --> 00:01:41,633 THE JURY FOR THIS CASE 45 00:01:41,700 --> 00:01:43,700 DETERMINING HOW MUCH JONES MUST 46 00:01:43,766 --> 00:01:46,600 PAY FOR HIS LIES. 47 00:01:46,666 --> 00:01:50,200 >> SANDY HOOK IS A SYNTHETIC, 48 00:01:50,266 --> 00:01:51,466 COMPLETELY FAKE, WITH ACTORS, IN 49 00:01:51,533 --> 00:01:53,666 MY VIEW, MANUFACTURED. 50 00:01:53,733 --> 00:01:54,533 LOOK, OBVIOUSLY, THOSE 51 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:56,666 CLAIMS WERE DISGUSTING. 52 00:01:56,733 --> 00:01:57,633 BUT THEY SHOULDN'T BE THAT 53 00:01:57,700 --> 00:01:58,933 SURPRISING, COMING FROM A GUY 54 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:00,566 WHO LITERALLY NAMED HIS PLATFORM 55 00:02:00,633 --> 00:02:01,300 AFTER GOING TO WAR WITH 56 00:02:01,366 --> 00:02:03,600 INFORMATION. 57 00:02:04,266 --> 00:02:05,166 GUESS WHAT, ALEX? 58 00:02:05,233 --> 00:02:06,366 YOU FUCKED WITH INFO, AND THIS 59 00:02:06,433 --> 00:02:11,600 TIME, INFO FUCKING WON. 60 00:02:11,666 --> 00:02:15,433 NOT THAT JONES HAS PUT UP MUCH 61 00:02:15,500 --> 00:02:16,266 OF A FIGHT. 62 00:02:16,333 --> 00:02:17,233 IN FACT, JUDGES HAVE ISSUED 63 00:02:17,300 --> 00:02:17,866 DEFAULT JUDGMENTS AGAINST JONES 64 00:02:17,933 --> 00:02:18,900 IN MULTIPLE SUITS REGARDING HIS 65 00:02:18,966 --> 00:02:19,533 SANDY HOOK REMARKS, AFTER HE 66 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:20,466 FAILED TO COMPLY WITH COURT 67 00:02:20,533 --> 00:02:21,466 ORDERS. 68 00:02:21,533 --> 00:02:22,700 SO THE TRIAL THIS WEEK WAS 69 00:02:22,766 --> 00:02:23,566 THE FIRST OF THREE IN WHICH THE 70 00:02:23,633 --> 00:02:24,600 ONLY QUESTION IS DETERMINING HOW 71 00:02:24,666 --> 00:02:26,166 MUCH HE'LL HAVE TO PAY. 72 00:02:26,233 --> 00:02:27,366 AND THE WAY HE'S HANDLED THIS 73 00:02:27,433 --> 00:02:28,433 TRIAL IS ALMOST A MASTER CLASS 74 00:02:28,500 --> 00:02:30,866 IN "WHAT NOT TO DO IN COURT." 75 00:02:32,100 --> 00:02:33,200 STARTING WITH THE FACT HE LIED 76 00:02:33,266 --> 00:02:33,900 SO MANY TIMES, THE EXASPERATED 77 00:02:38,066 --> 00:02:43,600 >> IT SEEMS ABSURD TO INSTRUCT 78 00:02:43,666 --> 00:02:45,866 YOU, AGAIN, THAT YOU MUST TELL 79 00:02:45,933 --> 00:02:46,933 THE TRUTH WHILE YOU TESTIFY, YET 80 00:02:47,033 --> 00:02:48,266 YOU MUST TELL THE 81 00:02:48,333 --> 00:02:49,700 TRUTH WHILE YOU TESTIFY. 82 00:02:49,766 --> 00:02:51,400 THIS IS NOT YOUR SHOW. 83 00:02:51,466 --> 00:02:52,000 DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I HAVE 84 00:02:52,066 --> 00:02:52,933 SAID? 85 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:55,133 YES OR NO? 86 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:55,733 DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I HAVE 87 00:02:55,800 --> 00:03:00,333 SAID? 88 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:02,966 >> YES. 89 00:03:03,033 --> 00:03:03,600 I BELIEVE WHAT I SAID WAS TRUE, 90 00:03:03,666 --> 00:03:04,500 SO I DON'T -- 91 00:03:04,566 --> 00:03:05,166 >> YES, YOU BELIEVE EVERYTHING 92 00:03:05,233 --> 00:03:06,333 YOU SAY IS TRUE, BUT IT ISN'T. 93 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:07,233 YOUR BELIEFS DO NOT MAKE 94 00:03:07,300 --> 00:03:08,066 SOMETHING TRUE. 95 00:03:08,133 --> 00:03:10,300 THAT IS -- THAT IS WHAT WE'RE 96 00:03:10,366 --> 00:03:11,633 DOING HERE! 97 00:03:11,700 --> 00:03:12,200 YEAH, AND YOU CAN 98 00:03:12,266 --> 00:03:13,133 UNDERSTAND HER FRUSTRATION 99 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:13,666 THERE. 100 00:03:13,733 --> 00:03:14,533 WHEN IT COMES TO RULES A JUDGE 101 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:15,800 DOESN'T EXPECT TO HAVE TO SPELL 102 00:03:15,866 --> 00:03:17,466 OUT, "DON'T LIE IN COURT" IS 103 00:03:17,533 --> 00:03:18,866 RIGHT UP THERE WITH "YOU HAVE TO 104 00:03:18,933 --> 00:03:20,533 LEAVE YOUR BEER OUTSIDE," 105 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:21,933 "IT'S NOT ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE IF 106 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:23,233 IT HAPPENED IN A DREAM," AND 107 00:03:23,300 --> 00:03:24,066 "WE DO NOT CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN 108 00:03:24,133 --> 00:03:26,666 IN HERE." 109 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:32,266 BUT THAT'S NOT THE ONLY WAY 110 00:03:32,333 --> 00:03:33,366 THAT JONES PROVOKED THE JUDGE. 111 00:03:33,433 --> 00:03:33,966 BECAUSE HE'S ALSO CONTINUED TO 112 00:03:34,033 --> 00:03:34,633 DO HIS SHOW, ON WHICH HE 113 00:03:34,700 --> 00:03:35,566 HAS -- AMONG OTHER THINGS -- 114 00:03:35,633 --> 00:03:36,500 BASELESSLY LINKED HER TO 115 00:03:36,566 --> 00:03:37,633 PEDOPHILIA, AND SHOWN THIS IMAGE 116 00:03:37,700 --> 00:03:38,833 OF HER ENGULFED IN FLAMES. 117 00:03:38,900 --> 00:03:40,000 HE ALSO WENT AFTER THE JURY, 118 00:03:40,066 --> 00:03:41,266 QUESTIONING THEIR INTELLIGENCE 119 00:03:41,333 --> 00:03:42,433 AND IMPLYING THAT HIS POLITICAL 120 00:03:42,500 --> 00:03:43,966 ENEMIES HAD HANDPICKED 121 00:03:44,033 --> 00:03:45,466 BLUE-COLLAR PEOPLE WHO WERE 122 00:03:45,533 --> 00:03:46,900 ILL-EQUIPPED TO DECIDE WHAT 123 00:03:46,966 --> 00:03:49,466 MONETARY DAMAGES HE MUST PAY. 124 00:03:49,533 --> 00:03:52,200 HE EVEN ENGAGED IN THE PETTIEST 125 00:03:53,366 --> 00:03:54,300 >> SPIT YOUR GUM OUT, MR JONES. 126 00:03:54,366 --> 00:03:55,533 >> IT'S NOT GUM. 127 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:56,500 >> WELL, WHAT IS IT? 128 00:03:56,566 --> 00:03:58,233 BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED FOOD 129 00:03:58,300 --> 00:03:58,766 OR GUM OF ANY KIND IN THE 130 00:03:58,833 --> 00:04:01,600 COURTROOM. 131 00:04:01,666 --> 00:04:02,233 >> I HAD MY TOOTH PULLED A WEEK 132 00:04:02,300 --> 00:04:04,433 AND A HALF AGO. 133 00:04:04,500 --> 00:04:05,033 AND I HAD SOME GAUZE IN THERE 134 00:04:05,100 --> 00:04:06,800 EARLIER. 135 00:04:06,866 --> 00:04:07,466 AND IT'S BEEN CAUSING ME TO HAVE 136 00:04:07,533 --> 00:04:08,700 SOME PAIN. 137 00:04:08,766 --> 00:04:09,433 >> SO, YOU'RE CHEWING ON YOUR 138 00:04:09,500 --> 00:04:10,300 GAUZE? 139 00:04:10,366 --> 00:04:10,866 >> WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO SHOW 140 00:04:10,933 --> 00:04:11,533 YOU? 141 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:12,300 >> NO. 142 00:04:12,366 --> 00:04:13,433 >> RIGHT HERE. 143 00:04:13,500 --> 00:04:14,100 >> I JUST WANT YOU TO ANSWER 144 00:04:14,166 --> 00:04:15,266 MY QUESTION. 145 00:04:15,333 --> 00:04:16,133 >> I WAS MASSAGING THE HOLE IN 146 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:17,100 MY MOUTH WITH MY TONGUE. 147 00:04:17,166 --> 00:04:18,500 I'LL SHOW YOU RIGHT HERE. 148 00:04:18,566 --> 00:04:19,666 >> I DON'T WANT TO SEE THE 149 00:04:19,733 --> 00:04:22,766 INSIDE OF YOUR MOUTH. 150 00:04:23,633 --> 00:04:24,566 HOLY SHIT. 151 00:04:24,633 --> 00:04:25,333 IF YOU HEARD JUST HER SIDE OF 152 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:26,366 THAT INTERACTION -- FROM "SPIT 153 00:04:26,433 --> 00:04:28,000 IT OUT" TO "I DON'T WANT TO SEE 154 00:04:28,066 --> 00:04:28,733 THE INSIDE OF YOUR MOUTH" -- 155 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:30,333 YOU'D ASSUME SHE WAS TALKING TO 156 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:33,233 A, A SMALL CHILD, OR B, A DOG. 157 00:04:33,300 --> 00:04:34,400 YOU WOULD NOT GUESS SHE WAS 158 00:04:34,466 --> 00:04:35,800 TALKING TO PROFESSIONAL 159 00:04:35,866 --> 00:04:37,100 - CONSPIRACIST/ - GROWN MAN, ALEX 160 00:04:37,166 --> 00:04:40,233 JONES, UNTIL AT LEAST GUESS D. 161 00:04:40,300 --> 00:04:42,233 THAT IS PATHETIC ENOUGH BEFORE 162 00:04:42,300 --> 00:04:43,133 YOU LEARN, LATER THAT DAY, YOU 163 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:44,533 COULD VERY CLEARLY SEE HIM 164 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:45,800 TURNING AWAY FROM THE JUDGE AND 165 00:04:45,866 --> 00:04:47,766 PUTTING SOMETHING IN HIS MOUTH. 166 00:04:50,033 --> 00:04:51,500 LOOK, OBVIOUSLY, A LOT OF THIS 167 00:04:51,566 --> 00:04:52,166 WAS DELIBERATE SHTICK ON JONES'S 168 00:04:52,233 --> 00:04:53,300 PART. 169 00:04:53,366 --> 00:04:55,100 HE DECIDED TO MAKE THIS COURT 170 00:04:55,166 --> 00:04:56,400 HEARING A CIRCUS, BECAUSE HE'S 171 00:04:56,466 --> 00:04:57,966 IN THE CIRCUS BUSINESS. 172 00:04:58,033 --> 00:04:59,333 WHICH IS PARTICULARLY 173 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:00,933 DESPICABLE, BECAUSE THE PARENTS 174 00:05:01,033 --> 00:05:02,300 OF ONE OF THE CHILDREN THAT WAS 175 00:05:02,366 --> 00:05:03,733 KILLED AT SANDY HOOK, WHO WERE 176 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:05,033 HARASSED CONSTANTLY BY JONES'S 177 00:05:05,100 --> 00:05:06,866 FANS, WERE IN THAT ROOM. 178 00:05:06,933 --> 00:05:08,000 BUT THERE WAS ONE TWIST THAT HE 179 00:05:08,066 --> 00:05:09,600 MAY NOT HAVE SEEN COMING. 180 00:05:09,666 --> 00:05:10,866 BECAUSE ON WEDNESDAY, ONE OF THE 181 00:05:10,933 --> 00:05:11,966 LAWYERS FOR THE PARENTS 182 00:05:12,033 --> 00:05:13,266 INTRODUCED A TEXT MESSAGE FROM 183 00:05:13,333 --> 00:05:14,066 ALEX JONES'S PHONE, REGARDING 184 00:05:14,133 --> 00:05:15,933 THE SANDY HOOK SHOOTING. 185 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:17,200 WHICH WAS NOTABLE, BECAUSE HE'D 186 00:05:17,266 --> 00:05:18,466 PREVIOUSLY TESTIFIED THAT HE'D 187 00:05:18,533 --> 00:05:19,466 SEARCHED HIS PHONE, AND COULD 188 00:05:19,533 --> 00:05:21,166 FIND NO SUCH MESSAGES. 189 00:05:21,233 --> 00:05:22,366 AND IT THEN EMERGED EXACTLY HOW 190 00:05:22,433 --> 00:05:24,366 IT HAD BEEN OBTAINED. 191 00:05:24,433 --> 00:05:25,500 >> DO YOU KNOW WHERE I GOT THIS? 192 00:05:25,566 --> 00:05:29,466 >> NO. 193 00:05:29,533 --> 00:05:31,933 >> MR. JONES, DID YOU KNOW THAT 194 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:34,000 12 DAYS AGO -- 12 DAYS AGO -- 195 00:05:34,066 --> 00:05:37,166 YOUR ATTORNEYS MESSED UP AND 196 00:05:37,233 --> 00:05:39,866 SENT ME AN ENTIRE DIGITAL COPY 197 00:05:39,933 --> 00:05:41,700 OF YOUR ENTIRE CELL PHONE WITH 198 00:05:41,766 --> 00:05:43,233 EVERY TEXT MESSAGE YOU'VE SENT 199 00:05:43,300 --> 00:05:45,600 FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS? 200 00:05:45,666 --> 00:05:47,333 AND WHEN INFORMED, DID NOT TAKE 201 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:48,966 ANY STEPS TO IDENTIFY IT AS 202 00:05:49,033 --> 00:05:51,500 PRIVILEGED OR PROTECTED IN ANY 203 00:05:51,566 --> 00:05:52,633 WAY, AND AS OF TWO DAYS AGO, IT 204 00:05:52,700 --> 00:05:53,966 FELL FREE AND CLEAR INTO MY 205 00:05:54,033 --> 00:05:55,900 POSSESSION, AND THAT IS HOW I 206 00:05:55,966 --> 00:05:56,966 KNOW YOU LIED TO ME WHEN YOU 207 00:05:57,033 --> 00:05:58,200 SAID YOU DIDN'T HAVE TEXT 208 00:05:58,266 --> 00:06:00,266 MESSAGES ABOUT SANDY HOOK. 209 00:06:00,333 --> 00:06:02,933 OH, SHIT! 210 00:06:04,666 --> 00:06:05,433 FIRST, CREDIT TO THAT LAWYER FOR 211 00:06:05,500 --> 00:06:06,833 HAVING THE SUPERHUMAN PATIENCE 212 00:06:06,900 --> 00:06:08,233 TO SIT ON THOSE TEXT MESSAGES 213 00:06:08,300 --> 00:06:10,066 FOR 12 WHOLE DAYS. 214 00:06:10,133 --> 00:06:11,300 JUST IMAGINE RECEIVING THOSE 215 00:06:11,366 --> 00:06:11,966 RECORDS, WITH TEXTS THAT 216 00:06:12,033 --> 00:06:13,133 PROBABLY SAID THINGS LIKE, 217 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:14,400 "I KNOW SANDY HOOK REALLY 218 00:06:14,466 --> 00:06:15,800 HAPPENED, I'M JUST A GHOUL WHO 219 00:06:15,866 --> 00:06:16,800 WANTS TO MAKE THE WORLD SUFFER 220 00:06:16,866 --> 00:06:18,766 AND MAKE MONEY DOING IT." 221 00:06:18,833 --> 00:06:19,533 FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY ONE 222 00:06:19,600 --> 00:06:20,666 SAYING, "CAN YOU MAKE THE FROGS 223 00:06:20,733 --> 00:06:22,633 LOOK GAYER IN THE GRAPHICS?" 224 00:06:26,166 --> 00:06:26,966 AND SAYING TO YOURSELF "WAIT, 225 00:06:27,033 --> 00:06:28,200 YOUR TIME WILL COME." 226 00:06:28,266 --> 00:06:28,933 BUT THE CONTENTS OF JONES'S 227 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:29,766 PHONE COULD BECOME A PROBLEM FOR 228 00:06:29,833 --> 00:06:31,100 HIM. 229 00:06:31,166 --> 00:06:31,900 NOT ONLY HAS THE JANUARY 6th 230 00:06:31,966 --> 00:06:33,300 COMMITTEE ALREADY REQUESTED 231 00:06:33,366 --> 00:06:34,100 THOSE PHONE RECORDS, BUT THEY 232 00:06:34,166 --> 00:06:35,433 ALSO SHOW THAT JONES -- WHO'S 233 00:06:35,500 --> 00:06:36,933 TRIED TO PLEAD POVERTY IN THIS 234 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:39,600 CASE -- WAS EARNING REVENUE OF 235 00:06:39,666 --> 00:06:41,833 AS MUCH AS $800,000 PER DAY IN 236 00:06:41,900 --> 00:06:44,133 RECENT YEARS FROM SALES. 237 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:45,566 IN THE END, IT WAS DETERMINED 238 00:06:45,633 --> 00:06:47,533 THAT HAS TO PAY $4 MILLION IN 239 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:48,533 COMPENSATORY DAMAGES -- BUT, AS 240 00:06:48,600 --> 00:06:54,833 WE NOW KNOW, THAT COULD BE A 241 00:06:54,900 --> 00:06:58,966 WEEK'S WORK FOR HIM -- AND 242 00:06:59,033 --> 00:07:01,433 ANOTHER $45 MILLION IN PUNITIVE 243 00:07:01,500 --> 00:07:03,933 DAMAGES, THOUGH THAT'LL 244 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:05,900 UNDOUBTEDLY BE THE SUBJECT OF 245 00:07:05,966 --> 00:07:06,500 FURTHER LITIGATION. 246 00:07:06,566 --> 00:07:07,166 NONE OF THIS IS GOING TO STOP 247 00:07:07,233 --> 00:07:07,833 HIM. 248 00:07:07,900 --> 00:07:08,600 THERE ARE TWO MORE TRIALS COMING 249 00:07:08,666 --> 00:07:09,500 UP, BUT HE'S PROBABLY GOING TO 250 00:07:09,566 --> 00:07:10,666 FIND WAYS TO TURN THOSE INTO A 251 00:07:10,733 --> 00:07:11,433 CLOWN SHOW, AND FUNDRAISE OFF 252 00:07:11,500 --> 00:07:12,200 THEM, TOO. 253 00:07:12,266 --> 00:07:12,966 BUT AT THE VERY LEAST, THIS 254 00:07:13,033 --> 00:07:13,600 PHONE THING COULD MAKE HIS LIFE 255 00:07:13,666 --> 00:07:14,233 MUCH MORE DIFFICULT, AND FOR A 256 00:07:14,300 --> 00:07:15,033 WHILE. 257 00:07:15,100 --> 00:07:16,000 AND THAT IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD 258 00:07:16,066 --> 00:07:16,733 ALL BE ALLOWED TO ENJOY. 259 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:17,733 BECAUSE TO WAKE UP ONE MORNING 260 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:18,833 AND FIND OUT THAT ALEX JONES' 261 00:07:18,900 --> 00:07:20,233 LAWYERS MISTAKENLY SHARED HIS 262 00:07:20,300 --> 00:07:20,900 CELL PHONE RECORDS IS A TRUE 263 00:07:20,966 --> 00:07:23,066 BLESSING. 264 00:07:23,133 --> 00:07:24,266 WE DON'T DESERVE THIS, BUT ONE 265 00:07:24,333 --> 00:07:25,400 HE DEFINITELY 266 00:07:25,466 --> 00:07:26,466 DOES. 267 00:07:28,100 --> 00:07:30,066 AND NOW THIS. 268 00:07:30,133 --> 00:07:32,266 AND NOW, SOME 269 00:07:32,333 --> 00:07:32,866 THOUGHTS FROM C-SPAN'S MOST 270 00:07:32,933 --> 00:07:35,800 FREQUENT CALLER. 271 00:07:35,866 --> 00:07:36,333 >> LET'S GET TO SOME PHONE 272 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:37,200 CALLS. 273 00:07:37,266 --> 00:07:37,800 LET'S GO TO WALTER IN BUTLER, 274 00:07:37,866 --> 00:07:38,866 INDIANA, GOOD MORNING. 275 00:07:38,933 --> 00:07:40,233 IS THE GOVERNMENT DOING ENOUGH 276 00:07:40,300 --> 00:07:43,500 TO PREVENT CYBERATTACKS? 277 00:07:43,566 --> 00:07:45,466 >> THANKS FOR TAKING MY CALL. 278 00:07:45,533 --> 00:07:46,100 I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER, I HAVE 279 00:07:46,166 --> 00:07:50,100 NO IDEA. 280 00:07:50,166 --> 00:07:52,266 >> HERE'S BUTLER, INDIANA, WE 281 00:07:52,333 --> 00:07:52,900 HEAR FROM WALTER. 282 00:07:52,966 --> 00:07:53,466 >> WALTER, BUTLER, INDIANA. 283 00:07:53,533 --> 00:07:54,033 >> WALTER IS JOINING US FROM 284 00:07:54,100 --> 00:07:55,533 BUTLER, INDIANA. 285 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:56,200 >> ON THE REPUBLICAN LINE, 286 00:07:56,266 --> 00:07:56,466 WALTER. 287 00:07:56,533 --> 00:08:01,000 >> WALTER. 288 00:08:01,066 --> 00:08:01,566 >> WALTER, REPUBLICAN LINE. 289 00:08:01,633 --> 00:08:02,666 GOOD MORNING. 290 00:08:02,733 --> 00:08:06,266 >> WHEN THIS WHOLE CORONA THING 291 00:08:06,333 --> 00:08:11,166 STARTED, I HUNKERED DOWN IN MY 292 00:08:11,233 --> 00:08:14,266 BUNKER, I WENT AND BOUGHT ABOUT 293 00:08:14,333 --> 00:08:18,066 400 BOTTLES OF GOOD IRISH 294 00:08:18,133 --> 00:08:18,866 WHISKEY, I LOADED UP WITH ALL 295 00:08:18,933 --> 00:08:19,500 THE TOP QUALITY MADURO CIGARS. 296 00:08:19,566 --> 00:08:20,100 I WENT TO THE SUPERMARKET AND 297 00:08:20,166 --> 00:08:20,700 GOT CORNED BEEF HASH AND SPAM, 298 00:08:20,766 --> 00:08:21,366 AND I'VE BEEN HANGING OUT IN MY 299 00:08:21,433 --> 00:08:22,733 BUNKER EVER SINCE. 300 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:28,966 I LOVE WATCHING TV BECAUSE 301 00:08:29,033 --> 00:08:29,600 I'M TOO OLD TO DO EXERCISE SO I 302 00:08:29,666 --> 00:08:30,866 SIT AND WATCH THE BOOB TUBE. 303 00:08:30,933 --> 00:08:31,800 >> THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL. 304 00:08:31,866 --> 00:08:32,433 I USUALLY TALK TO MYSELF AND NO 305 00:08:32,500 --> 00:08:33,100 ONE LISTENS, BUT NOW I HAVE YOU 306 00:08:33,166 --> 00:08:33,766 ON THE LINE. 307 00:08:33,833 --> 00:08:34,766 I DON'T HAVE THE INTERNET, I 308 00:08:34,833 --> 00:08:35,333 DON'T HAVE FACEBOOK, I DON'T 309 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:41,233 HAVE A CELL PHONE. 310 00:08:41,300 --> 00:08:42,100 WHEN I GET A LITTLE BUMMED OUT, 311 00:08:42,166 --> 00:08:42,733 I GO OUT AND FEED THE DUCKS. 312 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:43,900 >> I AM THE PROUD OWNER OF NO 313 00:08:43,966 --> 00:08:47,300 INTERNET, NO CELL PHONE, I DON'T 314 00:08:47,366 --> 00:08:53,466 TWEET, FACEBOOK. 315 00:08:53,533 --> 00:08:54,100 I WRITE LETTERS IN CURSIVE, I 316 00:08:54,166 --> 00:08:57,133 PUT THEM IN A MAILBOX WITH A 317 00:08:57,200 --> 00:08:57,766 RETURN-TO-SENDER ADDRESS ON IT. 318 00:08:57,833 --> 00:08:58,400 >> I FEEL BAD, YOU'VE GOT YOUR 319 00:08:58,466 --> 00:08:58,933 CUP OF COFFEE AND YOU'RE 320 00:08:59,000 --> 00:08:59,533 PROBABLY DYING TO TAKE A SWIG 321 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:05,000 OF IT. 322 00:09:05,066 --> 00:09:05,566 >> I'LL TAKE IT, THANK YOU. 323 00:09:05,633 --> 00:09:06,200 >> THAT'S PROBABLY ALL I'VE GOT 324 00:09:06,266 --> 00:09:06,833 TO SAY, BUT I'VE STILL GOT SPAM. 325 00:09:06,900 --> 00:09:07,600 REMEMBER SPAM? 326 00:09:07,666 --> 00:09:08,366 THE KEY IS TO OPEN IT UP AND PUT 327 00:09:08,433 --> 00:09:11,800 IT ON A FRYING PAN, PUT IT 328 00:09:11,866 --> 00:09:14,100 TOGETHER WITH SOME BREAD AND 329 00:09:14,166 --> 00:09:15,166 MAYO AND YOU'RE GOOD TO GO. 330 00:09:15,233 --> 00:09:18,400 >> REMEMBER, WALTER, 30 DAYS IS 331 00:09:18,466 --> 00:09:18,966 THE IN-BETWEEN CALLS HERE ON 332 00:09:19,033 --> 00:09:22,266 "WASHINGTON JOURNAL." 333 00:09:23,533 --> 00:09:24,533 MOVING ON. 334 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:25,300 OUR MAIN STORY TONIGHT CONCERNS 335 00:09:25,366 --> 00:09:25,900 SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN GETTING 336 00:09:25,966 --> 00:09:28,933 MORE AND MORE URGENT OVER THE 337 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:29,533 LEA MICHELE'S 338 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:30,500 COMEBACK. 339 00:09:30,566 --> 00:09:31,233 IT'S AN UNPLEASANT SURPRISE, AND 340 00:09:31,300 --> 00:09:32,133 THE LONGER WE LET IT CONTINUE, 341 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:32,900 THE HARDER IT'LL BE TO STOP. 342 00:09:32,966 --> 00:09:33,500 SORRY, DID I SAY LEA MICHELE'S 343 00:09:33,566 --> 00:09:34,733 COMEBACK? 344 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:36,100 I MEANT MONKEYPOX. 345 00:09:36,166 --> 00:09:39,733 MONKEYPOX HAS COME AS AN 346 00:09:39,800 --> 00:09:40,300 UNPLEASANT SURPRISE, AND IS 347 00:09:40,366 --> 00:09:40,900 BECOMING INCREASINGLY HARD TO 348 00:09:40,966 --> 00:09:42,300 STOP. 349 00:09:42,366 --> 00:09:42,933 FOR THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, YOU 350 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:43,800 MAY HAVE NOTICED MONKEYPOX BEING 351 00:09:43,866 --> 00:09:44,433 DISCUSSED WITH AN INCREASING 352 00:09:44,500 --> 00:09:45,333 SENSE OF ALARM. 353 00:09:45,400 --> 00:09:46,400 >> THERE ARE NOW DOZENS OF 354 00:09:46,466 --> 00:09:47,033 CONFIRMED CASES OF MONKEYPOX IN 355 00:09:47,100 --> 00:09:47,966 THE UNITED STATES. 356 00:09:48,033 --> 00:09:49,700 >> HUNDREDS OF CONFIRMED 357 00:09:49,766 --> 00:09:53,533 MONKEYPOX CASES IN THE U.S. 358 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:56,766 >> U.S. CASES SKYROCKET FROM 359 00:09:56,833 --> 00:09:57,433 1,400 LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AGO TO 360 00:09:57,500 --> 00:09:58,300 NEARLY 3,000 TODAY. 361 00:09:58,366 --> 00:09:59,266 >> THE CDC NOW REPORTING MORE 362 00:09:59,333 --> 00:10:01,766 THAN 4,600 CASES. 363 00:10:01,833 --> 00:10:02,300 >> MORE THAN 5,200 CASES 364 00:10:02,366 --> 00:10:04,433 REPORTED. 365 00:10:04,500 --> 00:10:05,333 >> MORE THAN 6,300 CASES NOW 366 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:06,400 REPORTED. 367 00:10:06,466 --> 00:10:09,300 >> CURRENTLY, THE U.S. LEADS THE 368 00:10:09,366 --> 00:10:15,500 WORLD IN CASE COUNT, WITH OVER 369 00:10:15,566 --> 00:10:16,133 7,000. 370 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:16,833 YEAH, MONKEYPOX CASES 371 00:10:16,900 --> 00:10:17,800 ARE RISING SHARPLY. 372 00:10:17,866 --> 00:10:19,066 AND THAT'S THE ABSOLUTE WORST 373 00:10:19,133 --> 00:10:21,633 COLLECTION OF WORDS YOU'RE GOING 374 00:10:21,700 --> 00:10:22,566 TO HEAR THIS SUMMER, ASIDE FROM 375 00:10:22,633 --> 00:10:23,633 MAYBE "50 YEAR-OLD DANE COOK 376 00:10:23,700 --> 00:10:24,966 ENGAGED TO LONGTIME 23 YEAR-OLD 377 00:10:25,033 --> 00:10:25,666 GIRLFRIEND." 378 00:10:25,733 --> 00:10:26,366 ALTHOUGH THAT'S NOT ACTUALLY 379 00:10:26,433 --> 00:10:27,766 FAIR. 380 00:10:27,833 --> 00:10:28,866 IT'S NOT THAT BIG OF AN AGE 381 00:10:28,933 --> 00:10:29,766 DIFFERENCE, THEY'RE JUST AN 382 00:10:29,833 --> 00:10:31,000 ENTIRE TIMOTHEE CHALAMET APART. 383 00:10:31,066 --> 00:10:31,833 MATH IS FUN! 384 00:10:31,900 --> 00:10:32,600 BUT THE SPREAD OF MONKEYPOX IS 385 00:10:32,666 --> 00:10:33,800 GENUINELY ALARMING. 386 00:10:33,866 --> 00:10:35,100 ITS MOST OBVIOUS SYMPTOM IS SKIN 387 00:10:35,166 --> 00:10:38,233 LESIONS, WHICH CAN IN SEVERE 388 00:10:38,300 --> 00:10:42,900 CASES BE EXTREMELY PAINFUL, AND 389 00:10:42,966 --> 00:10:43,833 WHILE THE PAIN IS NOT REMOTELY 390 00:10:43,900 --> 00:10:44,466 FUNNY, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN GETTING 391 00:10:44,533 --> 00:10:45,433 VERY CREATIVE IN HOW THEY 392 00:10:45,500 --> 00:10:46,266 DESCRIBE IT. 393 00:10:46,333 --> 00:10:47,300 >> I HAD BETWEEN 6 AND 800 394 00:10:47,366 --> 00:10:49,566 LESIONS. 395 00:10:49,633 --> 00:10:52,533 IT WAS LIKE SOMEONE TAKING A 396 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:53,133 HOLE PUNCHER ALL OVER MY BODY, 397 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:54,566 RIGHT UNDER MY SKIN. 398 00:10:54,633 --> 00:10:57,166 >> IT'S LIKE SOMEBODY TAKES A 399 00:10:57,233 --> 00:11:00,233 DULL KNIFE THAT IS SEARINGLY HOT 400 00:11:00,300 --> 00:11:01,300 AND IS CUTTING INSIDE OF YOU AND 401 00:11:01,366 --> 00:11:02,333 THEN USES A TOOTHBRUSH 402 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:04,000 AFTERWARDS AND BRUSHES IT. 403 00:11:04,066 --> 00:11:05,166 >> ANY TIME IT GRAZES SOMETHING 404 00:11:05,233 --> 00:11:06,000 OR TOUCHES SOMETHING, IT 405 00:11:06,066 --> 00:11:07,300 LITERALLY FEELS LIKE SOMEONE'S 406 00:11:07,366 --> 00:11:07,900 TAKING A POTATO PEELER TO YOUR 407 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:08,933 SKIN. 408 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:09,566 >> IT'S LIKE SITTING ON SHARDS 409 00:11:09,633 --> 00:11:11,700 OF GLASS. 410 00:11:11,766 --> 00:11:12,233 AND I HOPE THAT'S PG-RATED 411 00:11:12,300 --> 00:11:21,966 ENOUGH. 412 00:11:22,033 --> 00:11:22,966 THAT SOUNDS REALLY BAD. 413 00:11:23,033 --> 00:11:24,000 AND THIS ISN'T THE POINT, BUT 414 00:11:24,066 --> 00:11:24,600 "SITTING ON SHARDS OF GLASS," 415 00:11:24,666 --> 00:11:25,166 WHILE NOT ENTIRELY GRAPHIC, 416 00:11:25,233 --> 00:11:25,900 ISN'T EXACTLY PG EITHER. 417 00:11:25,966 --> 00:11:27,066 IF YOU TOOK YOUR KIDS TO SEE 418 00:11:27,133 --> 00:11:28,500 RISE OF GRU" AND THE 419 00:11:28,566 --> 00:11:30,733 FIRST TEN MINUTES WAS THE YELLOW 420 00:11:30,800 --> 00:11:31,466 THUMBS PLOPPING THEIR ASSES ON 421 00:11:31,533 --> 00:11:32,400 SHARDS OF GLASS, YOU'D RACE YOUR 422 00:11:32,466 --> 00:11:33,300 KIDS OUT OF THE THEATER 423 00:11:33,366 --> 00:11:34,000 IMMEDIATELY. 424 00:11:34,066 --> 00:11:34,666 SADLY, AS WITH COVID, THERE'S A 425 00:11:34,733 --> 00:11:35,666 LOT OF MISINFORMATION FLYING 426 00:11:35,733 --> 00:11:39,166 AROUND RIGHT NOW. 427 00:11:39,233 --> 00:11:39,800 ONLINE, THERE ARE THEORIES LIKE 428 00:11:39,866 --> 00:11:40,433 "MONKEYPOX CAN BE CAUSED BY THE 429 00:11:40,500 --> 00:11:41,833 COVID VACCINE." 430 00:11:41,900 --> 00:11:43,000 WHICH IT CAN'T. 431 00:11:43,066 --> 00:11:44,066 AND THAT IT ESCAPED FROM A LAB, 432 00:11:44,133 --> 00:11:46,233 WHICH IT DIDN'T. 433 00:11:46,300 --> 00:11:53,866 A SPREADING VIRUS, YET AGAIN, 434 00:11:53,933 --> 00:11:55,600 IS BRINGING OUT THE WORST IN 435 00:11:55,666 --> 00:11:57,833 PEOPLE, INCLUDING TARGETING 436 00:11:57,900 --> 00:11:58,633 THOSE SUSPECTED OF CARRYING IT. 437 00:11:58,700 --> 00:11:59,366 TAKE THIS TIKTOK VIDEO OF A 438 00:11:59,433 --> 00:12:00,433 WOMAN ON THE SUBWAY, WITH AN 439 00:12:00,500 --> 00:12:01,333 IMAGE OF A MONKEY AND A QUESTION 440 00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:01,933 MARK, CLEARLY IMPLYING SHE HAD 441 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:02,866 MONKEYPOX. 442 00:12:02,933 --> 00:12:03,866 IT GOT OVER TWO MILLION VIEWS, 443 00:12:03,933 --> 00:12:04,700 AND WHEN THE WOMAN IN QUESTION 444 00:12:04,766 --> 00:12:05,466 FOUND OUT, THIS IS HOW SHE 445 00:12:06,500 --> 00:12:13,233 >> HI, I'M THE GIRL FROM THE 446 00:12:13,300 --> 00:12:14,566 VIDEO IN WHICH YOU'RE WATCHING 447 00:12:14,633 --> 00:12:15,433 IS ME SITTING ON THE TRAIN 448 00:12:15,500 --> 00:12:16,766 TALKING ON THE PHONE. 449 00:12:16,833 --> 00:12:17,400 THE SKIN CONDITION THAT I HAVE 450 00:12:17,466 --> 00:12:18,500 IS CALLED NF1, AND THE BUMPS 451 00:12:18,566 --> 00:12:19,466 THAT YOU SEE ARE TUMORS. 452 00:12:19,533 --> 00:12:20,500 THE TUMORS ARE BENIGN, BUT 453 00:12:20,566 --> 00:12:21,366 THEY'RE STILL ALL OVER MY SKIN 454 00:12:21,433 --> 00:12:22,033 AND GIVE ME A LOT OF HEALTH 455 00:12:22,100 --> 00:12:22,766 COMPLICATIONS, BOTH PHYSICAL AND 456 00:12:22,833 --> 00:12:23,800 MENTAL. 457 00:12:23,866 --> 00:12:24,733 YOU KNOW, I'VE COME A LONG WAY, 458 00:12:24,800 --> 00:12:26,800 AND I LIKE ME. 459 00:12:26,866 --> 00:12:27,600 BUT YOU KNOW, I'M NOT THAT 460 00:12:27,666 --> 00:12:29,266 HEALED, AND I'M NOT ABOVE BEING 461 00:12:29,333 --> 00:12:30,000 VENGEFUL. 462 00:12:30,066 --> 00:12:31,500 YEAH, 5,000 MIDDLE 463 00:12:31,566 --> 00:12:32,633 FINGERS TO THE DUMB FUCK THAT 464 00:12:32,700 --> 00:12:34,000 THOUGHT TAKING AN UNSOLICITED 465 00:12:34,066 --> 00:12:35,533 VIDEO OF A COMPLETE STRANGER AND 466 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:36,733 STIGMATIZING THEM FOR A MEDICAL 467 00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:39,933 CONDITION WAS A GOOD IDEA. 468 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:40,566 THAT IS CLEARLY NOT WHAT TIKTOK 469 00:12:40,633 --> 00:12:41,466 IS FOR. 470 00:12:41,533 --> 00:12:42,466 TIKTOK IS FOR DISCOVERING YOU'VE 471 00:12:42,533 --> 00:12:43,733 BEEN OPENING FREEZER POPS WRONG 472 00:12:43,800 --> 00:12:45,600 YOUR ENTIRE LIFE. 473 00:12:45,666 --> 00:12:46,366 YEAH, YOU JUST SNAP IT IN THE 474 00:12:46,433 --> 00:12:48,066 MIDDLE! 475 00:12:48,133 --> 00:12:50,100 NO SCISSORS NECESSARY, MY WHOLE 476 00:12:50,166 --> 00:12:53,166 LIFE HAS BEEN A LIE! 477 00:12:54,700 --> 00:12:55,500 FRUSTRATINGLY, DESPITE THE FACT 478 00:12:55,566 --> 00:12:56,466 WE'RE STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 479 00:12:56,533 --> 00:12:57,500 COVID PANDEMIC, WE SEEM TO BE 480 00:12:57,566 --> 00:12:58,800 REPLICATING SOME OF ITS KEY 481 00:12:58,866 --> 00:13:00,366 MISTAKES, FROM PERSECUTING 482 00:13:00,433 --> 00:13:01,400 STRANGERS TO SPREADING 483 00:13:01,466 --> 00:13:02,566 MISINFORMATION TO BADLY 484 00:13:02,633 --> 00:13:03,166 MISMANAGING THE PUBLIC-HEALTH 485 00:13:03,233 --> 00:13:04,966 RESPONSE. 486 00:13:05,033 --> 00:13:06,000 SO TONIGHT, WE THOUGHT IT'D BE 487 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:09,733 WHAT IT IS, HOW WE'VE FUMBLED 488 00:13:09,800 --> 00:13:10,700 OUR RESPONSE TO IT, AND WHAT WE 489 00:13:10,766 --> 00:13:12,066 SHOULD DO GOING FORWARD. 490 00:13:12,133 --> 00:13:12,833 AND LET'S START WITH THE BASICS 491 00:13:12,900 --> 00:13:14,300 HERE. 492 00:13:14,366 --> 00:13:15,633 MONKEYPOX IS A POX VIRUS. 493 00:13:15,700 --> 00:13:17,166 IT'S PART OF THE SAME FAMILY 494 00:13:17,233 --> 00:13:18,233 THAT CAUSES SMALLPOX, THOUGH 495 00:13:18,300 --> 00:13:19,800 THANKFULLY, IT'S NOT NEARLY AS 496 00:13:19,866 --> 00:13:21,433 TRANSMISSIBLE OR AS FATAL. 497 00:13:21,500 --> 00:13:23,266 IT USUALLY PRESENTS IN HUMANS 498 00:13:23,333 --> 00:13:24,633 WITH FEVER, SWOLLEN LYMPH NODES, 499 00:13:24,700 --> 00:13:25,833 EXHAUSTION, HEADACHE, AND A 500 00:13:25,900 --> 00:13:28,833 RASH, THOUGH IT CAN ALSO CAUSE 501 00:13:28,900 --> 00:13:29,733 COMPLICATIONS LIKE BLINDNESS, IF 502 00:13:29,800 --> 00:13:31,100 THE LESIONS REACH YOUR EYES, AND 503 00:13:31,166 --> 00:13:31,833 IN RARE CASES, CAN RESULT IN 504 00:13:31,900 --> 00:13:33,266 DEATH. 505 00:13:33,333 --> 00:13:35,133 NOW, QUICK NOTE ON THE NAME. 506 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:35,833 DESPITE BEING CALLED MONKEYPOX, 507 00:13:35,900 --> 00:13:37,000 IT DIDN'T ACTUALLY ORIGINATE IN 508 00:13:37,066 --> 00:13:38,200 MONKEYS. 509 00:13:38,266 --> 00:13:40,500 IT WAS FIRST DISCOVERED IN 1958 510 00:13:40,566 --> 00:13:41,900 IN MONKEYS, IN DENMARK, BUT THEY 511 00:13:41,966 --> 00:13:43,066 LIKELY GOT IT FROM RODENTS, WHO 512 00:13:43,133 --> 00:13:43,666 ARE THOUGHT TO BE THE MAIN 513 00:13:43,733 --> 00:13:46,100 CARRIERS. 514 00:13:46,166 --> 00:13:47,433 IN FACT, IT'S ENDEMIC IN RODENTS 515 00:13:47,500 --> 00:13:48,966 IN CENTRAL AND WEST AFRICA, 516 00:13:49,033 --> 00:13:50,733 WHERE THERE'VE BEEN SPORADIC 517 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:52,733 OUTBREAKS FOR DECADES NOW, AND 518 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:53,866 IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN TRANSMITTING 519 00:13:53,933 --> 00:13:54,766 BETWEEN PEOPLE CONTINUOUSLY IN 520 00:13:54,833 --> 00:13:55,633 NIGERIA FOR AT LEAST FIVE YEARS 521 00:13:55,700 --> 00:13:58,466 NOW. 522 00:13:58,533 --> 00:13:59,733 INTERESTINGLY, THE U.S. EVEN HAD 523 00:13:59,800 --> 00:14:01,466 ITS OWN MONKEYPOX OUTBREAK 524 00:14:01,533 --> 00:14:02,700 NEARLY 20 YEARS AGO, WHICH CAME 525 00:14:02,766 --> 00:14:03,633 ABOUT THANKS TO AN UNEXPECTED 526 00:14:03,700 --> 00:14:06,400 CULPRIT. 527 00:14:06,466 --> 00:14:07,266 >> HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE 528 00:14:07,333 --> 00:14:09,000 INVESTIGATING WHAT APPEARS TO BE 529 00:14:09,066 --> 00:14:09,933 ANOTHER CASE OF AN ANIMAL VIRUS 530 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:12,700 THAT HAS JUMPED TO HUMAN BEINGS. 531 00:14:12,766 --> 00:14:14,000 IT'S CALLED MONKEYPOX AND IT 532 00:14:14,066 --> 00:14:14,900 MAY BE LINKED TO PET PRAIRIE 533 00:14:14,966 --> 00:14:17,366 DOGS IN THE MIDWEST. 534 00:14:17,433 --> 00:14:19,100 >> THE MIDWESTERN PRAIRIE DOG IS 535 00:14:19,166 --> 00:14:20,500 NOT A COMMON PET, BUT SOME PET 536 00:14:20,566 --> 00:14:22,033 STORES HAVE BEEN SELLING THEM, 537 00:14:22,100 --> 00:14:23,133 ALONG WITH OTHER EXOTIC ANIMALS 538 00:14:23,200 --> 00:14:25,800 FROM AROUND THE WORLD. 539 00:14:25,866 --> 00:14:27,200 AND THAT, SAY INVESTIGATORS, IS 540 00:14:27,266 --> 00:14:29,133 WHY 30 PEOPLE TODAY ARE 541 00:14:29,200 --> 00:14:31,100 SUSPECTED OF HAVING A DISEASE 542 00:14:31,166 --> 00:14:31,766 THAT HAS NEVER BEEN SEEN BEFORE 543 00:14:31,833 --> 00:14:33,533 IN THIS COUNTRY. 544 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:40,466 OKAY, I HAVE ONE MAIN 545 00:14:40,533 --> 00:14:42,833 WHY THE 546 00:14:42,900 --> 00:14:44,666 FUCK ANYONE WOULD WANT TO OWN A 547 00:14:44,733 --> 00:14:47,100 PRAIRIE DOG? 548 00:14:47,166 --> 00:14:47,966 AND YOU KNOW ME -- I HAVE AN 549 00:14:48,033 --> 00:14:48,566 ABOUNDING LOVE FOR THE RODENT 550 00:14:48,633 --> 00:14:49,100 COMMUNITY. 551 00:14:49,166 --> 00:14:49,966 GUINEA PIGS? 552 00:14:50,033 --> 00:14:50,766 EXCELLENT. 553 00:14:50,833 --> 00:14:51,433 HAMSTERS? 554 00:14:51,500 --> 00:14:52,100 PERFECT. 555 00:14:52,166 --> 00:14:52,900 CAPYBARA? 556 00:14:52,966 --> 00:14:53,600 BIG, PENSIVE SWEETIE. 557 00:14:53,666 --> 00:14:54,366 BUT IT'S GONNA BE A HARD PASS 558 00:14:54,433 --> 00:14:55,133 FROM ME ON THIS LITTLE 559 00:14:55,200 --> 00:15:00,333 PLAGUE-RIDDEN FREDDY KRUGER. 560 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:01,433 LOOK AT THOSE FUCKING HANDS! 561 00:15:01,500 --> 00:15:02,533 ALSO, QUICK SHOUT OUT TO THE 562 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:03,266 ABSOLUTE DIPSHIT THAT CAME UP 563 00:15:03,333 --> 00:15:04,100 WITH THAT NAME. 564 00:15:04,166 --> 00:15:05,100 POUR ONE OUT FOR THE STUPIDEST 565 00:15:05,166 --> 00:15:05,833 FRIEND OF LAURA INGALLS WILDER, 566 00:15:05,900 --> 00:15:06,733 WHO SAW AN ANIMAL THAT IS, 567 00:15:06,800 --> 00:15:07,600 GENEROUSLY, A BIG HAMSTER THAT 568 00:15:07,666 --> 00:15:09,633 FUCKED A MEERKAT WITH GARDEN 569 00:15:09,700 --> 00:15:10,900 RAKES FOR HANDS, AND WENT "DOG," 570 00:15:10,966 --> 00:15:12,133 AND IT SOMEHOW STUCK. 571 00:15:12,200 --> 00:15:13,100 NOW, THANKFULLY, WE MANAGED TO 572 00:15:13,166 --> 00:15:14,166 CONTAIN THAT PARTICULAR 573 00:15:14,233 --> 00:15:15,200 OUTBREAK, AND PUT A STOP TO THE 574 00:15:15,266 --> 00:15:16,100 SALE OF PRAIRIE DOGS BEFORE 575 00:15:16,166 --> 00:15:17,066 PERSON-TO-PERSON CONTACT COULD 576 00:15:17,133 --> 00:15:19,233 BEGIN. 577 00:15:19,300 --> 00:15:19,933 BUT NOW, THINGS ARE CLEARLY 578 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:24,500 DIFFERENT. 579 00:15:24,566 --> 00:15:29,466 AND LOOK, THERE'S STILL A LOT WE 580 00:15:29,533 --> 00:15:30,066 DON'T KNOW, AND INFORMATION WE 581 00:15:30,133 --> 00:15:30,733 HAVE IS STILL VERY MUCH SUBJECT 582 00:15:30,800 --> 00:15:31,366 TO CHANGE. 583 00:15:31,433 --> 00:15:32,200 BUT AS IT STANDS, AS OF THIS 584 00:15:32,266 --> 00:15:32,800 TAPING, THE VAST MAJORITY OF 585 00:15:32,866 --> 00:15:33,600 CASES HAVE BEEN AMONG GAY AND 586 00:15:33,666 --> 00:15:34,366 BISEXUAL MEN AND THEIR SEXUAL 587 00:15:34,433 --> 00:15:35,300 NETWORKS. 588 00:15:35,366 --> 00:15:36,133 THE VIRUS SPREADS THROUGH 589 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:37,066 SUSTAINED SKIN-TO-SKIN CONTACT. 590 00:15:37,133 --> 00:15:37,933 AND IT'S CURRENTLY BELIEVED TO 591 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:38,833 BE SPREADING MOST COMMONLY 592 00:15:38,900 --> 00:15:40,900 DURING SEX. 593 00:15:40,966 --> 00:15:41,766 THOUGH IN RARER CASES, IT CAN 594 00:15:41,833 --> 00:15:42,866 SPREAD THROUGH RESPIRATORY 595 00:15:42,933 --> 00:15:44,233 DROPLETS DURING PROLONGED 596 00:15:44,300 --> 00:15:46,033 FACE-TO-FACE CONTACT, OR THROUGH 597 00:15:46,100 --> 00:15:47,233 BEDDING OR TOWELS USED BY 598 00:15:47,300 --> 00:15:49,166 SOMEONE WITH MONKEYPOX. 599 00:15:49,233 --> 00:15:50,666 AND THE THING IS, NOT LONG AGO, 600 00:15:50,733 --> 00:15:52,033 THERE WAS AN EXPECTATION THAT 601 00:15:52,100 --> 00:15:52,533 THIS OUTBREAK MIGHT BE 602 00:15:52,600 --> 00:15:54,833 CONTAINABLE. 603 00:15:54,900 --> 00:15:56,933 AT THE END OF MAY, WHEN THERE 604 00:15:57,000 --> 00:15:58,100 WERE ROUGHLY 130 CONFIRMED CASES 605 00:15:58,166 --> 00:16:01,533 OUTSIDE OF AFRICA, ONE W.H.O. 606 00:16:02,733 --> 00:16:04,133 >> THIS OUTBREAK CAN STILL BE 607 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:05,666 CONTAINED, AND IT IS THE 608 00:16:05,733 --> 00:16:07,100 OBJECTIVE OF THE WORLD HEALTH 609 00:16:07,166 --> 00:16:08,966 ORGANIZATION AND MEMBER STATES 610 00:16:09,033 --> 00:16:09,600 TO CONTAIN THIS OUTBREAK AND TO 611 00:16:09,666 --> 00:16:11,400 STOP IT. 612 00:16:11,466 --> 00:16:17,800 YEAH, THAT SOUNDED 613 00:16:17,866 --> 00:16:18,900 PRETTY REASSURING, DIDN'T IT? 614 00:16:18,966 --> 00:16:19,733 AND I, FOR ONE, WANT TO BELIEVE 615 00:16:19,800 --> 00:16:25,333 THE WORDS OF THE HEAD OF THE 616 00:16:25,400 --> 00:16:26,566 "SMALLPOX SECRETARIAT," WHICH IS 617 00:16:26,633 --> 00:16:27,600 A VERY IMPRESSIVE-SOUNDING JOB, 618 00:16:27,666 --> 00:16:28,300 WHILE ALSO SOUNDING LIKE THE 619 00:16:28,366 --> 00:16:29,266 MOST DEPRESSING MOVIE SEQUEL OF 620 00:16:29,333 --> 00:16:31,366 ALL TIME. 621 00:16:32,266 --> 00:16:33,433 AND TO BE FAIR, THAT OPTIMISM 622 00:16:33,500 --> 00:16:33,866 WASN'T UNWARRANTED. 623 00:16:33,933 --> 00:16:34,833 THERE WERE MANY REASONS TO THINK 624 00:16:34,900 --> 00:16:35,400 THAT WE COULD, AND INDEED 625 00:16:35,466 --> 00:16:36,333 SHOULD, QUICKLY GET THIS UNDER 626 00:16:36,400 --> 00:16:37,166 CONTROL. 627 00:16:37,233 --> 00:16:37,966 FIRST, BECAUSE MONKEYPOX HAS 628 00:16:38,033 --> 00:16:38,800 BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE, WE'RE 629 00:16:38,866 --> 00:16:39,566 AT LEAST SOMEWHAT FAMILIAR WITH 630 00:16:39,633 --> 00:16:40,800 IT. 631 00:16:40,866 --> 00:16:42,433 ALSO, BECAUSE IT'S SIMILAR TO 632 00:16:42,500 --> 00:16:44,700 SMALLPOX, THERE'S GOOD REASON TO 633 00:16:44,766 --> 00:16:45,566 BELIEVE THE TOOLS WE ALREADY 634 00:16:45,633 --> 00:16:46,600 HAVE TO FIGHT THAT, WORK ON 635 00:16:46,666 --> 00:16:48,066 MONKEYPOX, TOO. 636 00:16:48,133 --> 00:16:49,500 SO THIS WASN'T LIKE THE EARLY 637 00:16:49,566 --> 00:16:51,433 DAYS OF COVID, WHEN WE DIDN'T 638 00:16:51,500 --> 00:16:53,200 KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ANYTHING. 639 00:16:53,266 --> 00:16:55,133 REMEMBER MARCH 2020? 640 00:16:55,200 --> 00:16:57,133 WE WERE LYSOLING OUR GROCERIES 641 00:16:57,200 --> 00:16:59,100 LIKE THEY CAME OUT OF THE SEWER, 642 00:16:59,166 --> 00:17:00,833 GERALDO WAS ON TV CLAIMING YOU 643 00:17:00,900 --> 00:17:02,433 COULD TEST FOR COVID BY HOLDING 644 00:17:02,500 --> 00:17:07,466 YOUR BREATH, AND WE DID A SHOW 645 00:17:07,533 --> 00:17:08,800 ON THE CORONAVIRUS ON MARCH 1st, 646 00:17:08,866 --> 00:17:10,433 2020, IN WHICH THE MAIN ADVICE 647 00:17:10,500 --> 00:17:11,666 THAT WE GAVE OUR FULL, UNMASKED, 648 00:17:11,733 --> 00:17:12,300 STUDIO AUDIENCE WAS TO WASH 649 00:17:12,366 --> 00:17:13,133 THEIR HANDS. 650 00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:13,933 I EVEN DID A LITTLE DANCE ABOUT 651 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:14,933 IT. 652 00:17:15,033 --> 00:17:16,600 AND WHILE I WAS CLEARLY WRONG 653 00:17:16,666 --> 00:17:20,133 ABOUT COVID, I WAS RIGHT ABOUT 654 00:17:20,200 --> 00:17:21,000 THOSE MOVES. 655 00:17:21,066 --> 00:17:21,933 I LOOK LIKE JULIA STILES IN 656 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:23,900 "SAVE THE LAST DANCE." 657 00:17:23,966 --> 00:17:25,033 VERY WHITE AND UNNECESSARILY 658 00:17:25,100 --> 00:17:27,800 HYPED UP BY THE CROWD. 659 00:17:28,533 --> 00:17:29,733 BUT WITH MONKEYPOX WE WERE IN 660 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:30,900 THE FORTUNATE POSITION OF HAVING 661 00:17:30,966 --> 00:17:31,800 PRE-EXISTING TESTS, VACCINES, 662 00:17:31,866 --> 00:17:33,433 AND TREATMENTS. 663 00:17:33,500 --> 00:17:35,033 UNFORTUNATELY, THE ROLLOUT OF 664 00:17:35,100 --> 00:17:35,966 EACH OF THEM HAS BEEN PAINFULLY 665 00:17:36,033 --> 00:17:36,900 FLAWED. 666 00:17:36,966 --> 00:17:39,166 AND LET'S START WITH TESTS. 667 00:17:39,233 --> 00:17:41,000 TESTING FOR MONKEYPOX WAS 668 00:17:41,066 --> 00:17:42,733 INITIALLY SILOED WITHIN THE CDC 669 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:43,966 AND ITS NETWORK OF PUBLIC-HEALTH 670 00:17:44,033 --> 00:17:44,600 LABS, OF WHICH THERE ARE AROUND 671 00:17:44,666 --> 00:17:46,466 70. 672 00:17:46,533 --> 00:17:49,400 PEOPLE ALSO HAD TO MEET CERTAIN 673 00:17:49,466 --> 00:17:50,533 ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA TO QUALIFY 674 00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:52,366 FOR TESTING, MAKING THE WHOLE 675 00:17:52,433 --> 00:17:55,066 PROCESS SLOW AND CUMBERSOME. 676 00:17:55,133 --> 00:17:56,266 AND "SLOW AND CUMBERSOME" ARE 677 00:17:56,333 --> 00:17:58,033 THE LAST WORDS YOU WANT TO HEAR 678 00:17:58,100 --> 00:17:59,366 IN THE EARLY DAYS OF A DISEASE 679 00:17:59,433 --> 00:18:01,266 OUTBREAK, APART FROM, OF COURSE, 680 00:18:01,333 --> 00:18:02,633 THE OPENING LINES OF "IMAGINE" 681 00:18:02,700 --> 00:18:05,566 SUNG A CAPPELLA. 682 00:18:07,500 --> 00:18:08,500 AS OF EARLY JUNE, WE WERE ONLY 683 00:18:08,566 --> 00:18:10,466 CONDUCTING TEN TESTS PER DAY, IN 684 00:18:10,533 --> 00:18:13,033 TOTAL, ACROSS THE COUNTRY, 685 00:18:13,100 --> 00:18:13,666 INCREASING TO JUST 60 BY THE END 686 00:18:13,733 --> 00:18:16,033 OF THE MONTH. 687 00:18:16,100 --> 00:18:17,233 THANKFULLY, TESTING HAS RAMPED 688 00:18:17,300 --> 00:18:18,966 UP SINCE THEN, WITH THE BIDEN 689 00:18:19,033 --> 00:18:20,400 ADMINISTRATION FINALLY ALLOWING 690 00:18:20,466 --> 00:18:21,900 COMMERCIAL LABS TO TEST AS WELL, 691 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:22,833 BUT BARRIERS STILL VERY MUCH 692 00:18:22,900 --> 00:18:32,533 REMAIN. 693 00:18:32,600 --> 00:18:36,600 FOR ONE THING, THERE IS ONLY ONE 694 00:18:36,666 --> 00:18:41,600 FDA APPROVED TEST, REQUIRING YOU 695 00:18:41,666 --> 00:18:42,600 TO SWAB LESIONS. 696 00:18:42,666 --> 00:18:43,400 WHICH, ASIDE FROM BEING PAINFUL, 697 00:18:43,466 --> 00:18:44,166 MEANS YOU HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL 698 00:18:44,233 --> 00:18:44,866 THEY APPEAR TO EVEN RUN A TEST, 699 00:18:44,933 --> 00:18:45,866 AND THEY MAY NOT BE THE FIRST 700 00:18:45,933 --> 00:18:46,666 SYMPTOM. 701 00:18:46,733 --> 00:18:47,600 SO UNTIL WE GET NEW TESTS, LIKE 702 00:18:47,666 --> 00:18:48,600 THE SALIVA ONES ALREADY BEING 703 00:18:48,666 --> 00:18:49,333 USED IN EUROPE, OUR CASE NUMBERS 704 00:18:49,400 --> 00:18:50,333 ARE ALWAYS GOING TO LAG. 705 00:18:50,400 --> 00:18:51,133 BUT WHAT'S MORE, WE, 706 00:18:51,200 --> 00:18:51,966 RIDICULOUSLY, DON'T HAVE A 707 00:18:52,033 --> 00:18:52,900 SYSTEM FOR GATHERING AND SHARING 708 00:18:52,966 --> 00:18:53,966 DATA. 709 00:18:54,033 --> 00:18:55,100 MONKEYPOX WAS SPREADING FOR MORE 710 00:18:55,166 --> 00:18:56,100 THAN TWO MONTHS BEFORE STATES 711 00:18:56,166 --> 00:18:57,433 WERE EVEN REQUIRED TO SHARE DATA 712 00:18:57,500 --> 00:18:58,766 WITH THE CDC, MAKING TRACKING 713 00:18:58,833 --> 00:19:00,066 CASES ACROSS THE COUNTRY 714 00:19:00,133 --> 00:19:02,033 INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT. 715 00:19:02,100 --> 00:19:03,500 AND THE TRUTH IS, EVEN 716 00:19:03,566 --> 00:19:05,433 COMMUNICATION WITHIN STATES CAN 717 00:19:05,500 --> 00:19:07,200 BE ABSURDLY ANTIQUATED. 718 00:19:07,266 --> 00:19:08,666 >> YOU KNOW, I TALKED TO 719 00:19:08,733 --> 00:19:10,266 OFFICIALS IN MISSOURI AND 720 00:19:10,333 --> 00:19:11,800 FLORIDA WHO ARE COUNTING 721 00:19:11,866 --> 00:19:13,500 MONKEYPOX CASES VIA FAX. 722 00:19:13,566 --> 00:19:14,666 I THINK WE ALL, IN THE UNITED 723 00:19:14,733 --> 00:19:15,566 STATES, KIND OF EXPECT PUBLIC 724 00:19:15,633 --> 00:19:16,433 HEALTH TO WORK LIKE AMAZON 725 00:19:16,500 --> 00:19:17,566 PRIME. 726 00:19:17,633 --> 00:19:18,633 YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA GET OUR 727 00:19:18,700 --> 00:19:19,366 PACKAGES IN TWO DAYS AND 728 00:19:19,433 --> 00:19:21,200 EVERYTHING WILL BE FIXED. 729 00:19:21,266 --> 00:19:23,266 BUT, UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, 730 00:19:23,333 --> 00:19:24,066 PUBLIC HEALTH IN THIS COUNTRY 731 00:19:24,133 --> 00:19:24,733 HAS BEEN UNDERFUNDED FOR 732 00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:26,366 DECADES. 733 00:19:26,433 --> 00:19:28,000 OKAY, FIRST, THE ONLY 734 00:19:28,066 --> 00:19:29,333 WAY WE THINK PUBLIC HEALTH IS 735 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:30,566 LIKE AMAZON PRIME IS THAT THEY 736 00:19:30,633 --> 00:19:31,200 BOTH FORCE PEOPLE TO PEE IN 737 00:19:31,266 --> 00:19:34,233 PLASTIC CONTAINERS. 738 00:19:35,233 --> 00:19:36,933 BUT SECOND, FAX MACHINES? 739 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:38,066 THE ONLY THING FAX MACHINES 740 00:19:38,133 --> 00:19:39,200 SHOULD BE USED FOR NOWADAYS IS 741 00:19:39,266 --> 00:19:40,333 FOR ENDING THE SENTENCE, "HEY, 742 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:43,733 REMEMBER FAX MACHINES?" 743 00:19:44,500 --> 00:19:46,600 AND THAT IS IT. 744 00:19:46,666 --> 00:19:47,866 SO, WE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THE 745 00:19:47,933 --> 00:19:49,000 CASES WERE OR HOW MANY THERE 746 00:19:49,066 --> 00:19:49,866 WERE, AND WHATEVER NUMBERS WE 747 00:19:49,933 --> 00:19:51,200 DID HAVE WERE LIKELY DRASTIC 748 00:19:51,266 --> 00:19:51,933 UNDERCOUNTS, BECAUSE WE WEREN'T 749 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:53,000 TESTING ENOUGH. 750 00:19:53,066 --> 00:19:54,933 WHICH IS ALREADY VERY BAD. 751 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:56,566 THEN, THERE'S THE VACCINES. 752 00:19:56,633 --> 00:19:57,500 WHERE, AGAIN, WE SHOULD'VE BEEN 753 00:19:57,566 --> 00:19:59,466 IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE. 754 00:19:59,533 --> 00:20:01,000 THE U.S. GOVERNMENT'S ACTUALLY 755 00:20:01,066 --> 00:20:02,400 BEEN DEVELOPING AND STOCKPILING 756 00:20:02,466 --> 00:20:04,500 NEW SMALLPOX VACCINES SINCE 757 00:20:04,566 --> 00:20:05,566 9/11, WHEN THERE WERE FEARS THAT 758 00:20:05,633 --> 00:20:07,533 IT WOULD BE USED AS A BIOWEAPON. 759 00:20:07,600 --> 00:20:08,633 JUST WATCH THIS SEGMENT FROM 760 00:20:08,700 --> 00:20:09,566 2002, WHICH FEATURES A FAMILIAR 761 00:20:09,633 --> 00:20:11,600 FACE. 762 00:20:11,666 --> 00:20:13,333 >> THE U.S. GOVERNMENT BEGAN 763 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:15,466 STOCKPILING SMALLPOX VACCINE 764 00:20:15,533 --> 00:20:17,200 LAST YEAR AND HAS PLACED ORDERS 765 00:20:17,266 --> 00:20:19,966 FOR TENS OF MILLIONS MORE DOSES. 766 00:20:20,033 --> 00:20:21,400 >> WE HAVE ENOUGH MATERIAL THAT 767 00:20:21,466 --> 00:20:23,700 IF WE NEEDED TO, GOD FORBID, A 768 00:20:23,766 --> 00:20:25,733 CATASTROPHE OF A MASSIVE ATTACK, 769 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:26,900 WE WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE A 770 00:20:26,966 --> 00:20:27,733 VACCINE FOR EVERYONE IN THE 771 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:28,966 COUNTRY. 772 00:20:29,033 --> 00:20:31,033 YEAH, THERE HE IS! 773 00:20:31,100 --> 00:20:32,366 ANTHONY FAUCI, THE FORREST GUMP 774 00:20:32,433 --> 00:20:35,366 OF CATASTROPHIC CONTAGION. 775 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:38,333 BUT THE POINT IS, THE GOVERNMENT 776 00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:39,466 VERY SMARTLY BUILT UP MASSIVE 777 00:20:39,533 --> 00:20:42,466 RESERVES OF SMALLPOX VACCINE. 778 00:20:42,533 --> 00:20:43,666 IT IS JUST ONE OF THE ONE WAYS 779 00:20:43,733 --> 00:20:44,266 THAT THE WAR ON TERROR MADE US 780 00:20:44,333 --> 00:20:47,766 SAFER. 781 00:20:48,966 --> 00:20:49,733 BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THOSE HUGE 782 00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:50,500 STOCKPILES WEREN'T AVAILABLE AT 783 00:20:50,566 --> 00:20:51,500 THE START OF THIS MONKEYPOX 784 00:20:51,566 --> 00:20:52,333 OUTBREAK, THANKS TO A NUMBER OF 785 00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:53,933 KEY STRATEGIC ERRORS. 786 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:56,166 FOR A START, INCREDIBLY, WE LET 787 00:20:56,233 --> 00:20:58,566 20 MILLION DOSES EXPIRE. 788 00:20:58,633 --> 00:21:01,866 WE JUST... DID THAT. 789 00:21:02,900 --> 00:21:03,900 WHICH SEEMS ESPECIALLY 790 00:21:03,966 --> 00:21:04,966 UNCONSCIONABLE GIVEN, AS I 791 00:21:05,033 --> 00:21:06,200 MENTIONED EARLIER, MULTIPLE 792 00:21:06,266 --> 00:21:07,300 AFRICAN COUNTRIES HAVE HAD 793 00:21:07,366 --> 00:21:08,700 OUTBREAKS OF MONKEYPOX FOR 794 00:21:08,766 --> 00:21:09,700 DECADES NOW, AND MIGHT'VE 795 00:21:09,766 --> 00:21:11,900 APPRECIATED A SHOT OR TWO. 796 00:21:11,966 --> 00:21:13,266 SHARING VACCINES WOULD'VE SERVED 797 00:21:13,333 --> 00:21:15,300 BASIC HUMAN 798 00:21:15,366 --> 00:21:17,366 DECENCY, BUT ALSO, ABJECT 799 00:21:17,433 --> 00:21:19,100 SELFISHNESS, IN THAT STOPPING 800 00:21:19,166 --> 00:21:20,300 OUTBREAKS OVER THERE MIGHT WELL 801 00:21:20,366 --> 00:21:21,766 HAVE PREVENTED THE CURRENT 802 00:21:21,833 --> 00:21:23,800 OUTBREAK OVER HERE. 803 00:21:23,866 --> 00:21:25,433 AND YET, FOR SOME REASON, WE LET 804 00:21:25,500 --> 00:21:27,000 THE VACCINE SIT UNUSED ON A 805 00:21:27,066 --> 00:21:29,366 SHELF IN OUR RESERVES LIKE 806 00:21:29,433 --> 00:21:31,633 AN EXPIRED CHOBANI, OR A 807 00:21:31,700 --> 00:21:32,566 $90 MILLION DOLLAR MOVIE ON HBO 808 00:21:32,633 --> 00:21:34,500 MAX. 809 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:36,466 BY THE WAY -- HI THERE, NEW 810 00:21:36,533 --> 00:21:37,633 BUSINESS DADDY. 811 00:21:37,700 --> 00:21:38,300 SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE DOING A REALLY 812 00:21:38,366 --> 00:21:41,500 GREAT JOB! 813 00:21:42,533 --> 00:21:43,933 I DO GET THE VAGUE SENSE YOU'RE 814 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:44,566 BURNING DOWN MY NETWORK FOR THE 815 00:21:44,633 --> 00:21:46,766 INSURANCE MONEY, BUT I'M SURE 816 00:21:46,833 --> 00:21:48,866 THAT'LL ALL PASS. 817 00:21:52,100 --> 00:21:53,266 SO, AT ONE TIME, WE HAD MORE 818 00:21:53,333 --> 00:21:53,966 THAN 20 MILLION VACCINES 819 00:21:54,033 --> 00:21:55,133 AVAILABLE. 820 00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:57,800 BUT WHEN THIS OUTBREAK BEGAN, WE 821 00:21:57,866 --> 00:21:59,500 WERE DOWN TO JUST 2,400 USABLE 822 00:21:59,566 --> 00:22:01,400 DOSES, WHICH IS ENOUGH TO FULLY 823 00:22:01,466 --> 00:22:04,300 VACCINATE JUST 1,200 PEOPLE. 824 00:22:04,366 --> 00:22:05,433 NOW, WE DID HAVE 300,000 DOSES 825 00:22:05,500 --> 00:22:06,566 SITTING IN A WAREHOUSE IN 826 00:22:06,633 --> 00:22:08,033 DENMARK, BUT FOR SOME REASON, 827 00:22:08,100 --> 00:22:09,666 OFFICIALS WAITED WEEKS AS THE 828 00:22:09,733 --> 00:22:10,900 VIRUS SPREAD, BEFORE FINALLY 829 00:22:10,966 --> 00:22:11,500 DECIDING TO SHIP THEM TO THE 830 00:22:11,566 --> 00:22:13,300 U.S. 831 00:22:13,366 --> 00:22:14,600 AND THAT SEQUENCE OF BAD 832 00:22:14,666 --> 00:22:17,200 DECISIONS IS WHY WE'VE BEEN 833 00:22:17,266 --> 00:22:18,400 SEEING SCENES LIKE THESE. 834 00:22:18,466 --> 00:22:19,866 >> HUNDREDS LINED UP FOR THE 835 00:22:19,933 --> 00:22:21,200 MONKEYPOX VACCINE LAST WEEK AT 836 00:22:21,266 --> 00:22:22,266 THIS CLINIC IN MANHATTAN, BUT 837 00:22:22,333 --> 00:22:24,366 SUPPLIES QUICKLY RAN OUT. 838 00:22:24,433 --> 00:22:25,366 >> I CAME HERE FOR LIKE A FEW 839 00:22:25,433 --> 00:22:25,933 DAYS ALREADY BECAUSE I DON'T 840 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:27,566 HAVE APPOINTMENT. 841 00:22:27,633 --> 00:22:29,200 I WENT TO THE WEBSITE AND THE -- 842 00:22:29,266 --> 00:22:30,966 THE WEBSITE CRASHED. 843 00:22:31,033 --> 00:22:32,366 >> BEEN TRYING TO GET A VACCINE 844 00:22:32,433 --> 00:22:33,033 FOR THE LAST ALMOST TWO AND A 845 00:22:33,100 --> 00:22:36,833 HALF, THREE WEEKS. 846 00:22:36,900 --> 00:22:37,600 TRIED AT MULTIPLE VACCINE 847 00:22:37,666 --> 00:22:38,200 CENTERS AND EVERYONE'S OUT OF 848 00:22:38,266 --> 00:22:39,900 VACCINES. 849 00:22:39,966 --> 00:22:41,500 SO HERE I AM. 850 00:22:41,566 --> 00:22:42,500 YEAH, VACCINES ARE 851 00:22:42,566 --> 00:22:43,133 APPARENTLY THE BEYONCE CONCERT 852 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:43,966 TICKETS OF HEALTHCARE. 853 00:22:44,033 --> 00:22:44,900 ANNOUNCED WITH LITTLE WARNING, 854 00:22:44,966 --> 00:22:45,800 GONE IN 30 MINUTES, AND WILL 855 00:22:45,866 --> 00:22:47,033 LIKELY HAVE YOU SCREAMING 856 00:22:47,100 --> 00:22:47,866 "YOU WON'T BREAK MY SOUL" AT THE 857 00:22:47,933 --> 00:22:51,166 TOP OF YOUR LUNGS. 858 00:22:52,133 --> 00:22:52,866 SO, TESTS? 859 00:22:52,933 --> 00:22:54,066 HAMPERED BY RED TAPE. 860 00:22:54,133 --> 00:22:55,300 VACCINES? 861 00:22:55,366 --> 00:22:56,233 EXPIRED BY THE MILLIONS. 862 00:22:56,300 --> 00:22:57,366 AND FINALLY, THERE'S TREATMENTS. 863 00:22:57,433 --> 00:22:58,766 REMEMBER, MONKEYPOX CAN BE 864 00:22:58,833 --> 00:23:00,366 INCREDIBLY PAINFUL. 865 00:23:00,433 --> 00:23:01,600 AND THERE IS A DRUG THAT SHOWS 866 00:23:01,666 --> 00:23:02,133 PROMISE IN REDUCING THOSE 867 00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:04,233 SYMPTOMS. 868 00:23:04,300 --> 00:23:05,533 BUT IT, TOO, IS WAY HARDER TO 869 00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:07,566 GET THAN IT SHOULD BE. 870 00:23:07,633 --> 00:23:08,833 >> AN EXPERIMENTAL DRUG THAT 871 00:23:08,900 --> 00:23:10,333 COULD HELP SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE 872 00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:11,800 MONKEYPOX IS AVAILABLE, BUT THE 873 00:23:11,866 --> 00:23:13,266 QUESTION IS, CAN THEY GET IT? 874 00:23:13,333 --> 00:23:15,566 >> THE MEDICATION IS CALLED 875 00:23:15,633 --> 00:23:18,033 TECOVIRIMAT, BRAND NAME TPOXX. 876 00:23:18,100 --> 00:23:20,400 THERE'S NO SHORTAGE OF TPOXX, 877 00:23:20,466 --> 00:23:21,433 BUT IT'S ONLY FDA APPROVED FOR 878 00:23:21,500 --> 00:23:23,366 SMALLPOX. 879 00:23:23,433 --> 00:23:24,366 FOR MONKEYPOX, IT'S STILL 880 00:23:24,433 --> 00:23:25,000 CONSIDERED AN INVESTIGATIONAL 881 00:23:25,066 --> 00:23:26,766 DRUG. 882 00:23:26,833 --> 00:23:28,466 THE CDC HAS LIFTED SOME 883 00:23:28,533 --> 00:23:29,833 REQUIREMENTS SO DOCTORS CAN 884 00:23:29,900 --> 00:23:32,233 PRESCRIBE IT UNDER SOMETHING 885 00:23:32,300 --> 00:23:33,400 CALLED EXPANDED ACCESS, BUT THAT 886 00:23:33,466 --> 00:23:34,566 INVOLVES HOURS OF FORMS AND 887 00:23:34,633 --> 00:23:36,233 EXTRA APPOINTMENTS. 888 00:23:36,300 --> 00:23:37,433 YEAH, AND EVEN IF YOU 889 00:23:37,500 --> 00:23:43,500 FOUND A DOCTOR WILLING TO DO ALL 890 00:23:43,566 --> 00:23:49,366 OF THAT, SOME PATIENTS ARE THEN 891 00:23:49,433 --> 00:23:50,266 FINDING THEMSELVES WAITING DAYS 892 00:23:50,333 --> 00:23:51,166 FOR SHIPMENTS OF THE DRUG TO 893 00:23:51,233 --> 00:23:51,933 ARRIVE FROM THE STRATEGIC 894 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:52,666 NATIONAL STOCKPILE. 895 00:23:52,733 --> 00:23:53,333 WHICH JUST ISN'T GREAT, 896 00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:54,166 CONSIDERING, REMEMBER, THIS CAN 897 00:23:54,233 --> 00:23:55,333 FEEL LIKE SITTING ON SHARDS OF 898 00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:55,800 GLASS. 899 00:23:55,866 --> 00:23:56,700 IT IS NOT A CONDITION YOU CAN 900 00:23:56,766 --> 00:23:57,533 JUST PUT OFF DEALING WITH FOR A 901 00:23:57,600 --> 00:23:58,833 FEW DAYS, LIKE A COLD, OR A UTI 902 00:23:58,900 --> 00:24:00,200 IF YOU'RE SUPER TIRED. 903 00:24:01,966 --> 00:24:03,633 BASICALLY, EVERY PART OF OUR 904 00:24:03,700 --> 00:24:04,633 EARLY RESPONSE TO THIS MADE 905 00:24:04,700 --> 00:24:05,300 THINGS HARDER THAN THEY NEEDED 906 00:24:05,366 --> 00:24:06,500 TO BE. 907 00:24:06,566 --> 00:24:08,133 AND I WILL SAY, THERE HAVE BEEN 908 00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:09,533 SOME IMPROVEMENTS RECENTLY. 909 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:10,133 WE'VE SEEN SOME PROGRESS ON 910 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:11,866 TESTING. 911 00:24:11,933 --> 00:24:13,333 MORE VACCINES ARE FINALLY 912 00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:14,266 COMING, WITH LARGE NUMBERS SET 913 00:24:14,333 --> 00:24:16,633 TO START ARRIVING IN OCTOBER. 914 00:24:16,700 --> 00:24:17,666 AND THE PAPERWORK FOR TPOXX HAS 915 00:24:17,733 --> 00:24:20,466 BEEN STREAMLINED SOMEWHAT. 916 00:24:20,533 --> 00:24:21,600 SO IF YOU THINK YOU NEED ANY OF 917 00:24:21,666 --> 00:24:23,600 THOSE, YOU SHOULD STILL, 918 00:24:23,666 --> 00:24:25,133 ABSOLUTELY, BE SEEKING THEM OUT. 919 00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:30,100 BUT THE DELAYS WE'VE SEEN IN 920 00:24:30,166 --> 00:24:30,966 FIXING THESE PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN 921 00:24:31,033 --> 00:24:31,833 ABSOLUTELY MADDENING. 922 00:24:31,900 --> 00:24:32,600 AND IT HAS BEEN HARD NOT TO 923 00:24:32,666 --> 00:24:33,566 WONDER WHETHER THE LACK OF 924 00:24:33,633 --> 00:24:34,666 URGENCY HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH 925 00:24:34,733 --> 00:24:35,200 WHO'S BEEN GETTING HIT THE 926 00:24:35,266 --> 00:24:37,066 HARDEST. 927 00:24:37,133 --> 00:24:37,700 >> YOU KNOW, THIS IS OBVIOUSLY 928 00:24:37,766 --> 00:24:39,733 SPREADING. 929 00:24:39,800 --> 00:24:40,300 IT'S SOMETHING THAT WARRANTS 930 00:24:40,366 --> 00:24:41,633 CONCERN. 931 00:24:41,700 --> 00:24:45,033 WHAT I DON'T WANT TO SEE FOR 932 00:24:45,100 --> 00:24:45,766 OUR COMMUNITY IS THE 1980s, HIV 933 00:24:45,833 --> 00:24:47,300 ALL OVER AGAIN. 934 00:24:47,366 --> 00:24:52,000 WHERE IT WASN'T TALKED ABOUT, IT 935 00:24:52,066 --> 00:24:57,433 WAS KNOWN THAT IT WAS OUT THERE 936 00:24:57,500 --> 00:25:01,333 BUT THERE WAS NO PRESSURE TO DO 937 00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:05,166 ANYTHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE, "OH, 938 00:25:05,233 --> 00:25:05,766 IT'S JUST THE GAYS. 939 00:25:05,833 --> 00:25:07,300 IT'S FINE." 940 00:25:07,366 --> 00:25:08,133 RIGHT. 941 00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:08,966 YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT IF 942 00:25:09,033 --> 00:25:09,800 MONKEYPOX WERE SPREADING THROUGH 943 00:25:09,866 --> 00:25:10,533 HETEROSEXUAL SEX, THINGS WOULD 944 00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:11,366 BE DIFFERENT. 945 00:25:11,433 --> 00:25:12,266 BY NOW, YOU'D PROBABLY BE ABLE 946 00:25:12,333 --> 00:25:13,366 TO GET A FREE VAX WITH PURCHASE 947 00:25:13,433 --> 00:25:14,333 - AT EVERY J. - CREW IN THE COUNTRY. 948 00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:15,200 BECAUSE, LISTEN, IT IS NOT 949 00:25:15,266 --> 00:25:15,933 HOMOPHOBIC TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHO'S 950 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:16,700 CURRENTLY MOST AFFECTED, WHICH 951 00:25:16,766 --> 00:25:17,600 IS GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN, SEX 952 00:25:17,666 --> 00:25:18,366 WORKERS, AND PEOPLE WHO 953 00:25:18,433 --> 00:25:19,566 PARTICIPATE IN SEX WITH MULTIPLE 954 00:25:19,633 --> 00:25:20,933 PARTNERS. 955 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:22,300 WHAT IS HOMOPHOBIC IS WHEN YOU 956 00:25:22,366 --> 00:25:23,633 BLAME OR SHAME THE PEOPLE WHO 957 00:25:23,700 --> 00:25:24,600 ARE SUFFERING, OR WHEN YOU 958 00:25:24,666 --> 00:25:26,066 DECIDE YOU DON'T NEED TO CARE 959 00:25:26,133 --> 00:25:27,066 ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE YOU DON'T 960 00:25:27,133 --> 00:25:28,333 SEE THEIR LIVES AS VALUABLE OR 961 00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:29,266 THEIR SUFFERING AS 962 00:25:29,333 --> 00:25:31,266 CONSEQUENTIAL. 963 00:25:31,333 --> 00:25:33,066 AND THAT IS WHERE THERE ARE 964 00:25:33,133 --> 00:25:34,466 STRONG ECHOES OF THE AIDS CRISIS 965 00:25:34,533 --> 00:25:35,233 IN SOME OF THE DISCUSSION AROUND 966 00:25:35,300 --> 00:25:37,000 MONKEYPOX. 967 00:25:37,066 --> 00:25:38,366 JUST LISTEN TO MARJORIE TAYLOR 968 00:25:38,433 --> 00:25:40,600 GREENE, ELECTED OFFICIAL AND 969 00:25:40,666 --> 00:25:42,700 ONE-STAR UBER PASSENGER, WHO 970 00:25:44,500 --> 00:25:45,700 >> OF COURSE, MONKEYPOX IS A 971 00:25:45,766 --> 00:25:46,266 THREAT TO SOME PEOPLE IN OUR 972 00:25:46,333 --> 00:25:49,633 POPULATION. 973 00:25:49,700 --> 00:25:51,200 BUT WE KNOW WHAT CAUSES IT AND 974 00:25:51,266 --> 00:25:52,733 THAT'S PRETTY MUCH -- IT'S 975 00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:53,333 BASICALLY A SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED 976 00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:55,466 DISEASE. 977 00:25:55,533 --> 00:25:57,033 SO IT'S NOT A THREAT TO MOST OF 978 00:25:57,100 --> 00:25:59,500 THE POPULATION. 979 00:25:59,566 --> 00:26:00,666 AND SO, IT'S NOT A GLOBAL 980 00:26:00,733 --> 00:26:03,633 PANDEMIC, IT'S REALLY NOT. 981 00:26:03,700 --> 00:26:05,700 AND PEOPLE JUST HAVE TO LAUGH AT 982 00:26:05,766 --> 00:26:09,066 IT, MOCK IT, AND REJECT IT. 983 00:26:09,133 --> 00:26:09,700 SO, I THINK IT'S -- IT'S ANOTHER 984 00:26:09,766 --> 00:26:11,300 SCAM. 985 00:26:11,366 --> 00:26:11,933 OKAY, OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S 986 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:12,800 RIDICULOUS. 987 00:26:12,866 --> 00:26:13,666 IF THE WAY TO GET RID OF 988 00:26:13,733 --> 00:26:15,100 SOMETHING AWFUL WAS FOR PEOPLE 989 00:26:15,166 --> 00:26:16,266 TO LAUGH AT IT AND MOCK IT, THAT 990 00:26:16,333 --> 00:26:22,366 WOMAN CLEARLY WOULDN'T BE IN 991 00:26:22,433 --> 00:26:22,966 CONGRESS AND YET, HERE WE ALL 992 00:26:23,033 --> 00:26:26,066 ARE. 993 00:26:27,566 --> 00:26:28,233 GREENE ALSO TWEETED, "IF 994 00:26:28,300 --> 00:26:29,033 MONKEYPOX IS A SEXUALLY 995 00:26:29,100 --> 00:26:30,200 TRANSMITTED DISEASE, WHY ARE 996 00:26:30,266 --> 00:26:32,166 KIDS GETTING IT?" IN AN ACT OF 997 00:26:32,233 --> 00:26:32,966 OBVIOUS DOG WHISTLE BIGOTRY, 998 00:26:33,033 --> 00:26:33,766 SUGGESTING GAY PEOPLE ARE A 999 00:26:33,833 --> 00:26:35,033 DANGER TO CHILDREN. 1000 00:26:35,100 --> 00:26:35,733 WHEN WHAT'S CLEARLY AN ACTUAL 1001 00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:37,033 DANGER TO CHILDREN IS THE QANON 1002 00:26:37,100 --> 00:26:38,600 CONGRESSWOMAN WHO ONCE TWEETED 1003 00:26:38,666 --> 00:26:39,400 "THE KIDS AT UVALDE NEEDED 1004 00:26:39,466 --> 00:26:42,366 JR-15s" 1005 00:26:42,433 --> 00:26:44,133 AND I KNOW THERE'S A TEMPTATION, 1006 00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:44,766 WHEN YOU SEE HOMOPHOBIA LIKE 1007 00:26:44,833 --> 00:26:47,966 THAT, TO PUSH BACK AND SAY, 1008 00:26:48,033 --> 00:26:49,500 "HEY! 1009 00:26:49,566 --> 00:26:50,833 IT'S NOT JUST GAY PEOPLE, ANYONE 1010 00:26:50,900 --> 00:26:51,566 CAN GET MONKEYPOX," WHICH IS 1011 00:26:51,633 --> 00:26:53,900 TRUE. 1012 00:26:53,966 --> 00:26:55,066 BUT IT'S ALSO TRUE THAT, WHILE 1013 00:26:55,133 --> 00:26:56,533 ANYONE CAN GET IT, RIGHT NOW, 1014 00:26:56,600 --> 00:26:57,133 CERTAIN PEOPLE ARE GETTING IT 1015 00:26:57,200 --> 00:26:58,800 MORE. 1016 00:26:58,866 --> 00:27:00,233 AND CRUCIALLY, THEY ARE THE ONES 1017 00:27:00,300 --> 00:27:02,000 WHO SHOULD BE RECEIVING THE 1018 00:27:02,066 --> 00:27:03,566 LION'S SHARE OF THE RESOURCES 1019 00:27:03,633 --> 00:27:05,333 RIGHT NOW, AND SPECIFIC, 1020 00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:07,333 TARGETED PUBLIC-HEALTH GUIDANCE. 1021 00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:08,733 AND THE MESSAGING HERE CAN 1022 00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:09,366 ADMITTEDLY BE A BIT OF A 1023 00:27:09,433 --> 00:27:11,433 MINEFIELD. 1024 00:27:11,500 --> 00:27:12,833 THE QUEER COMMUNITY MAY BE 1025 00:27:12,900 --> 00:27:14,300 UNDERSTANDABLY RELUCTANT TO HEAR 1026 00:27:14,366 --> 00:27:15,933 SOME STRAIGHT PERSON LECTURING 1027 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:17,700 THEM ABOUT THEIR SEX LIVES, 1028 00:27:17,766 --> 00:27:19,366 ESPECIALLY WHEN THAT ADVICE, 1029 00:27:19,433 --> 00:27:20,866 HISTORICALLY, HAS SO OFTEN COME 1030 00:27:20,933 --> 00:27:22,100 WITH AN AIR OF DISAPPROVAL ABOUT 1031 00:27:22,166 --> 00:27:23,266 IT. 1032 00:27:23,333 --> 00:27:25,066 AND SOME, IN THIS CURRENT 1033 00:27:25,133 --> 00:27:26,566 CRISIS, HAVE BEEN TONE DEAF. 1034 00:27:26,633 --> 00:27:28,566 ONE PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIAL HERE 1035 00:27:28,633 --> 00:27:29,766 IN NEW YORK PUSHED FOR A MORE 1036 00:27:29,833 --> 00:27:31,566 ABSTINENCE-BASED APPROACH, 1037 00:27:31,633 --> 00:27:32,866 POSTING ON HIS WEBSITE, "IF WE 1038 00:27:32,933 --> 00:27:34,400 HAD AN OUTBREAK ASSOCIATED WITH 1039 00:27:34,466 --> 00:27:35,400 BOWLING, WOULD WE NOT WARN 1040 00:27:35,466 --> 00:27:37,966 PEOPLE TO STOP BOWLING?" 1041 00:27:38,033 --> 00:27:38,600 WHICH ISN'T A GREAT WAY TO PUT 1042 00:27:38,666 --> 00:27:40,333 IT. 1043 00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:41,633 IN FACT, AN OPENLY GAY HEALTH 1044 00:27:41,700 --> 00:27:43,766 OFFICIAL RESPONDED BY TWEETING 1045 00:27:43,833 --> 00:27:45,166 "A WHITE STRAIGHT CIS MAN 1046 00:27:45,233 --> 00:27:47,233 COMPARING SEX TO BOWLING TELLS 1047 00:27:47,300 --> 00:27:50,200 ME SO MUCH ABOUT STRAIGHT SEX." 1048 00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:52,733 WHICH, HONESTLY? 1049 00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:53,966 THAT'S A FAIR HIT. 1050 00:27:54,033 --> 00:27:56,000 THAT'S A FAIR HIT, RIGHT THERE. 1051 00:27:56,066 --> 00:27:56,633 THE OFFICIAL WHO WROTE THAT 1052 00:27:56,700 --> 00:27:57,700 TWEET IS ACTUALLY NOW THE DEPUTY 1053 00:27:57,766 --> 00:27:58,833 COORDINATOR OF THE FEDERAL 1054 00:27:58,900 --> 00:28:00,133 MONKEYPOX RESPONSE, AND HE'S 1055 00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:01,533 BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS WITH A 1056 00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:03,066 REFRESHING FRANKNESS. 1057 00:28:03,133 --> 00:28:04,433 LIKE IN THIS OFFICIAL VIDEO, 1058 00:28:04,500 --> 00:28:06,200 WHERE HE WALKS THROUGH PRACTICAL 1059 00:28:06,266 --> 00:28:07,566 STEPS TO AVOID EXPOSURE, THEN 1060 00:28:07,633 --> 00:28:10,900 OFFERS THIS ADVICE TO PEOPLE WHO 1061 00:28:10,966 --> 00:28:11,633 THINK THEY, OR THEIR PARTNER, 1062 00:28:11,700 --> 00:28:12,866 MAY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED. 1063 00:28:12,933 --> 00:28:13,933 >> CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING WAYS 1064 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:14,500 TO REDUCE THE CHANCE OF 1065 00:28:14,566 --> 00:28:17,000 SPREADING THE VIRUS. 1066 00:28:17,066 --> 00:28:17,800 HAVE VIRTUAL SEX WITH NO 1067 00:28:17,866 --> 00:28:20,433 IN-PERSON CONTACT. 1068 00:28:20,500 --> 00:28:21,566 MASTURBATE TOGETHER AT A 1069 00:28:21,633 --> 00:28:22,866 DISTANCE WITHOUT TOUCHING EACH 1070 00:28:22,933 --> 00:28:23,933 OTHER AND WITHOUT TOUCHING ANY 1071 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:25,733 RASH OR SORES. 1072 00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:27,166 REMEMBER TO WASH YOUR HANDS 1073 00:28:27,233 --> 00:28:29,033 WITH SOAP AND WATER AND 1074 00:28:29,100 --> 00:28:31,033 DISINFECT FETISH GEAR, SEX TOYS, 1075 00:28:31,100 --> 00:28:33,400 AND ANY FABRICS SUCH AS BEDDING, 1076 00:28:33,466 --> 00:28:34,133 TOWELS, CLOTHING AFTER HAVING 1077 00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:35,900 SEX. 1078 00:28:35,966 --> 00:28:37,800 THAT'S GREAT! 1079 00:28:37,866 --> 00:28:38,700 THAT IS HONESTLY SOME OF THE 1080 00:28:38,766 --> 00:28:42,866 BEST COMMUNICATION OF PUBLIC 1081 00:28:42,933 --> 00:28:45,533 HEALTH GUIDANCE I'VE EVER SEEN. 1082 00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:46,100 IT'S HELPFUL, SPECIFIC, AND 1083 00:28:46,166 --> 00:28:49,866 NON-JUDGMENTAL. 1084 00:28:49,933 --> 00:28:50,866 AND HONESTLY, IT'S PRETTY GOOD 1085 00:28:50,933 --> 00:28:51,733 ADVICE FOR EVERYONE. 1086 00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:52,600 FAR MORE PEOPLE SHOULD BE 1087 00:28:52,666 --> 00:28:53,366 EXPLORING VIRTUAL SEX WITH NO 1088 00:28:53,433 --> 00:28:54,233 IN-PERSON CONTACT, JUST MAKE 1089 00:28:54,300 --> 00:28:54,800 SURE YOU AREN'T DOING IT IN 1090 00:28:54,866 --> 00:28:55,666 THE MIDDLE OF A WORK MEETING, 1091 00:28:55,733 --> 00:28:57,066 JEFFREY. 1092 00:28:57,133 --> 00:28:57,700 ALTHOUGH, THAT REALLY SHOULD NOT 1093 00:28:57,766 --> 00:29:01,766 BE THAT HARD. 1094 00:29:01,833 --> 00:29:02,333 AND IT IS NOT JUST THE 1095 00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:03,366 GOVERNMENT. 1096 00:29:03,433 --> 00:29:04,233 COMMUNITY GROUPS HAVE BEEN 1097 00:29:04,300 --> 00:29:05,100 TRYING TO FRAME HEALTH ADVICE IN 1098 00:29:05,166 --> 00:29:08,533 A WAY THAT'S MUCH MORE 1099 00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:10,666 SEX-POSITIVE, MAKING IT MORE 1100 00:29:10,733 --> 00:29:11,666 LIKELY TO BE WELL-RECEIVED. 1101 00:29:11,733 --> 00:29:12,266 LIKE THIS FLYER FROM AN L.A. 1102 00:29:12,333 --> 00:29:13,333 LGBT CENTER WITH THE VERY 1103 00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:14,200 "FORGET SLUTTY 1104 00:29:14,266 --> 00:29:15,033 SUMMER, HOLD OFF FOR ANAL 1105 00:29:15,100 --> 00:29:16,500 AUTUMN! 1106 00:29:16,566 --> 00:29:18,600 DO IT IN CIDER DONUT SEASON." 1107 00:29:18,666 --> 00:29:20,866 WHICH, AGAIN, IS EXCELLENT. 1108 00:29:20,933 --> 00:29:22,266 IT'S GOOD ADVICE FOR NOW, IT'S 1109 00:29:22,333 --> 00:29:23,566 GOOD ADVICE FOR THE FALL, AND 1110 00:29:23,633 --> 00:29:24,566 IT'S ALSO A PRETTY GOOD SLOGAN 1111 00:29:24,633 --> 00:29:27,800 FOR DUNKIN'. 1112 00:29:29,300 --> 00:29:30,666 AND WHILE GOOD MESSAGING IS 1113 00:29:30,733 --> 00:29:32,633 CERTAINLY WELCOME HERE, IT IS 1114 00:29:32,700 --> 00:29:33,666 DEPRESSING THAT WE HAVE TO RELY 1115 00:29:33,733 --> 00:29:35,200 SO HEAVILY ON IT IN THE FIRST 1116 00:29:35,266 --> 00:29:36,700 PLACE, GIVEN THE MANY SYSTEMIC 1117 00:29:36,766 --> 00:29:37,366 FAILURES THAT HAVE BROUGHT US TO 1118 00:29:37,433 --> 00:29:39,766 THIS POINT. 1119 00:29:39,833 --> 00:29:41,366 SO, WHAT CAN WE DO NOW? 1120 00:29:41,433 --> 00:29:42,866 WELL, IN THE SHORT TERM, THE 1121 00:29:42,933 --> 00:29:43,433 NEXT SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS ARE 1122 00:29:43,500 --> 00:29:44,933 GOING TO BE CRUCIAL. 1123 00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:46,333 SO WE NEED TO BE RAMPING UP 1124 00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:48,066 TESTING AND DATA COLLECTION, AND 1125 00:29:48,133 --> 00:29:49,333 GETTING VACCINES AND ANTIVIRALS 1126 00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:51,300 TO THOSE WHO NEED THEM MOST. 1127 00:29:51,366 --> 00:29:52,866 WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE 1128 00:29:52,933 --> 00:29:54,133 QUARANTINING MORE LOGISTICALLY 1129 00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:55,633 POSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE, BECAUSE 1130 00:29:55,700 --> 00:29:56,866 MONKEYPOX CAN REQUIRE AS LONG AS 1131 00:29:56,933 --> 00:29:59,166 FOUR WEEKS OF ISOLATION. 1132 00:29:59,233 --> 00:30:00,466 AND FOR MANY, THAT'S GOING TO BE 1133 00:30:00,533 --> 00:30:01,566 DIFFICULT TO MANAGE WITHOUT 1134 00:30:01,633 --> 00:30:04,133 EXTRA SUPPORT. 1135 00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:05,566 BUT IN THE LONGER TERM, AS IF 1136 00:30:05,633 --> 00:30:07,733 COVID HAD NOT ALREADY MADE THIS 1137 00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:09,800 ABUNDANTLY CLEAR, WE BADLY NEED 1138 00:30:09,866 --> 00:30:12,400 TO RESTRUCTURE OUR PUBLIC HEALTH 1139 00:30:12,466 --> 00:30:13,266 SYSTEM SO IT'S BETTER ABLE TO 1140 00:30:13,333 --> 00:30:15,366 RESPOND TO A VIRAL OUTBREAK. 1141 00:30:15,433 --> 00:30:16,000 AND I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE SAYING 1142 00:30:16,066 --> 00:30:17,133 THAT. 1143 00:30:17,200 --> 00:30:17,733 JUST LISTEN TO NEW YORK CITY'S 1144 00:30:17,800 --> 00:30:18,866 HEALTH COMMISSIONER. 1145 00:30:18,933 --> 00:30:20,600 >> IT IS FRUSTRATING. 1146 00:30:20,666 --> 00:30:22,733 WE HAD A VACCINE, WE HAD A 1147 00:30:22,800 --> 00:30:25,100 TREATMENT, WE HAD A TEST. 1148 00:30:25,166 --> 00:30:27,433 AND ALL OF IT WAS KIND OF ROLLED 1149 00:30:27,500 --> 00:30:29,966 OUT MORE SLOWLY THAN WE WOULD 1150 00:30:30,033 --> 00:30:31,800 HAVE LIKED, BECAUSE OF THE FACT 1151 00:30:31,866 --> 00:30:33,366 THAT OUR PERMANENT PUBLIC HEALTH 1152 00:30:33,433 --> 00:30:34,366 INFRASTRUCTURE HAS NOT BEEN 1153 00:30:34,433 --> 00:30:36,433 INVESTED IN FOR DECADES. 1154 00:30:36,500 --> 00:30:37,566 YEAH, HE'S ABSOLUTELY 1155 00:30:37,633 --> 00:30:40,000 RIGHT, AND HE IS NOT ALONE. 1156 00:30:40,066 --> 00:30:41,166 AGAIN AND AGAIN, WHEN WE TALKED 1157 00:30:41,233 --> 00:30:41,966 TO PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONALS 1158 00:30:42,033 --> 00:30:43,666 THIS WEEK, THERE HAS BEEN A 1159 00:30:43,733 --> 00:30:44,533 SENSE THAT THIS WAS A GIGANTIC 1160 00:30:44,600 --> 00:30:46,733 FUCK UP. 1161 00:30:46,800 --> 00:30:51,333 JAY VARMA, AN EPIDEMIOLOGIST WHO 1162 00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:52,200 PREVIOUSLY WORKED AT THE CDC, 1163 00:30:52,266 --> 00:30:53,066 TOLD US THIS WAS A REAL, PERFECT 1164 00:30:53,133 --> 00:30:53,900 STRESS TEST FOR US. 1165 00:30:53,966 --> 00:30:54,633 IN THIS SITUATION, WE WERE 1166 00:30:54,700 --> 00:30:55,900 UNIQUELY PREPARED. 1167 00:30:55,966 --> 00:30:56,733 WE KIND OF HAD THE QUESTIONS 1168 00:30:56,800 --> 00:30:58,433 AHEAD OF TIME. 1169 00:30:58,500 --> 00:31:01,266 WE'RE GOING TO THROW YOU A 1170 00:31:01,333 --> 00:31:01,866 VIRUS YOU ALREADY HAVE A TEST 1171 00:31:01,933 --> 00:31:02,666 FOR, ALREADY HAVE VACCINE FOR, 1172 00:31:02,733 --> 00:31:03,966 ALREADY HAVE A DRUG YOUR 1173 00:31:04,033 --> 00:31:05,100 GOVERNMENT PAID FOR AND 1174 00:31:05,166 --> 00:31:06,800 DEVELOPED AND DISCOVERED AND 1175 00:31:06,866 --> 00:31:07,733 STOCKPILED, LET'S SEE HOW YOU 1176 00:31:07,800 --> 00:31:10,000 RESPOND TO THAT. 1177 00:31:10,066 --> 00:31:12,366 AND WE SCREWED IT UP. 1178 00:31:12,433 --> 00:31:14,166 WHICH IS HUMILIATINGLY BAD. 1179 00:31:14,233 --> 00:31:16,300 BASICALLY, ON A SCALE FROM 1180 00:31:16,366 --> 00:31:18,233 1-100, WE SCORED A "NO." 1181 00:31:20,166 --> 00:31:22,066 BUT THE THING IS, EVEN IF WE DO 1182 00:31:22,133 --> 00:31:23,466 CONTAIN THIS OUTBREAK, AND EVEN 1183 00:31:23,533 --> 00:31:25,533 IF WE BUILD UP OUR PUBLIC HEALTH 1184 00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:26,333 INFRASTRUCTURE, THERE'S A BIGGER 1185 00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:28,466 CONVERSATION WORTH HAVING HERE. 1186 00:31:28,533 --> 00:31:29,766 BECAUSE FOR FAR TOO LONG, WE'VE 1187 00:31:29,833 --> 00:31:31,766 INDULGED IN THE MAGICAL THINKING 1188 00:31:31,833 --> 00:31:33,533 THAT VIRUSES THAT EXIST 1189 00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:34,633 SOMEWHERE ELSE, A, DON'T MATTER, 1190 00:31:34,700 --> 00:31:37,600 AND B, WILL STAY THERE. 1191 00:31:37,666 --> 00:31:39,800 AND MONKEYPOX IS SUCH A CLEAR 1192 00:31:39,866 --> 00:31:41,233 EXAMPLE OF HOW FLAWED AND RACIST 1193 00:31:41,300 --> 00:31:44,200 THAT THINKING IS. 1194 00:31:44,266 --> 00:31:45,733 WE HAD 20 MILLION DOSES OF A 1195 00:31:45,800 --> 00:31:47,100 VACCINE THAT COULD'VE HELPED 1196 00:31:47,166 --> 00:31:49,366 COUNTRIES IN AFRICA THAT WERE 1197 00:31:49,433 --> 00:31:53,500 KNOWN TO BE HIGH-RISK FOR 1198 00:31:53,566 --> 00:31:54,166 OUTBREAKS, AND WE DIDN'T HELP 1199 00:31:54,233 --> 00:31:55,200 THEM. 1200 00:31:55,266 --> 00:31:55,766 AND WE'RE STILL NOT HELPING 1201 00:31:55,833 --> 00:31:56,866 THEM. 1202 00:31:56,933 --> 00:31:57,533 THE SUDDEN GLOBAL DEMAND FOR 1203 00:31:57,600 --> 00:31:59,233 VACCINES MEANS THAT CURRENTLY, 1204 00:31:59,300 --> 00:32:00,366 ZERO DOSES ARE GOING TO NIGERIA 1205 00:32:00,433 --> 00:32:02,600 AND OTHER COUNTRIES IN AFRICA. 1206 00:32:02,666 --> 00:32:04,300 WHICH I KNOW SOUNDS AWFUL, BUT 1207 00:32:04,366 --> 00:32:05,666 TO BE FAIR, INDIFFERENCE TO 1208 00:32:05,733 --> 00:32:10,366 THOSE SUFFERING FROM POX-BASED 1209 00:32:10,433 --> 00:32:12,000 VIRUSES HAS BEEN THE STORY OF 1210 00:32:12,066 --> 00:32:14,066 AMERICA FROM DAY ONE. 1211 00:32:14,133 --> 00:32:15,566 AND I KNOW FIXING ALL OF THIS 1212 00:32:15,633 --> 00:32:16,200 MAY FEEL DAUNTING. 1213 00:32:16,266 --> 00:32:16,866 BUT WE'RE LIVING THROUGH THE 1214 00:32:16,933 --> 00:32:17,700 ALTERNATIVE RIGHT NOW, AND IT'S 1215 00:32:17,766 --> 00:32:20,300 NOT GREAT. 1216 00:32:20,366 --> 00:32:21,033 AND THINK OF IT THIS WAY, IF WE 1217 00:32:21,100 --> 00:32:21,933 CAN ACTUALLY GET OUR ACT 1218 00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:23,666 TOGETHER, MAYBE FINALLY THIS 1219 00:32:23,733 --> 00:32:25,200 COUNTRY, AND INDEED THE WHOLE 1220 00:32:25,266 --> 00:32:26,466 WORLD, CAN HAVE THE ANAL AUTUMN 1221 00:32:26,533 --> 00:32:29,366 THAT WE'VE ALL BEEN PROMISED. 1222 00:32:29,700 --> 00:32:31,633 AND NOW THIS. 1223 00:32:31,700 --> 00:32:33,633 AND NOW, WALTER 1224 00:32:33,700 --> 00:32:35,566 FROM BUTLER, INDIANA, HAS SOME 1225 00:32:35,633 --> 00:32:37,733 THOUGHTS ON MORTALITY. 1226 00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:39,000 >> LET'S TALK TO WALTER WHO IS 1227 00:32:39,066 --> 00:32:40,733 CALLING FROM BUTLER, INDIANA. 1228 00:32:40,800 --> 00:32:42,466 WALTER, GOOD MORNING. 1229 00:32:42,533 --> 00:32:43,366 >> GOOD MORNING, THANKS FOR 1230 00:32:43,433 --> 00:32:45,366 TAKING MY CALL. 1231 00:32:45,433 --> 00:32:46,666 I'M CONFUSED AND I DON'T MEAN TO 1232 00:32:46,733 --> 00:32:47,433 BE SNARKY BUT SO WHAT? 1233 00:32:47,500 --> 00:32:48,400 THEY DIE. 1234 00:32:48,466 --> 00:32:49,033 WHEN YOU'RE GONNA DIE, YOU'RE 1235 00:32:49,100 --> 00:32:50,633 GONNA DIE. 1236 00:32:50,700 --> 00:32:56,466 I HAVEN'T BEEN TO A DOCTOR 1237 00:32:56,533 --> 00:32:57,366 SINCE -- I'M 65, 41 YEARS. 1238 00:32:57,433 --> 00:32:58,266 I DON'T TAKE ANY VITAMINS, I 1239 00:32:58,333 --> 00:32:59,000 DON'T TRY TO EAT WELL, AND I DO 1240 00:32:59,066 --> 00:32:59,533 WHAT I WANT. 1241 00:32:59,600 --> 00:33:00,400 WHEN YOU'RE GONNA GO, YOU'RE 1242 00:33:00,466 --> 00:33:01,366 GONNA GO. 1243 00:33:01,433 --> 00:33:02,233 I'VE NEVER TAKEN A MEDICATION IN 1244 00:33:02,300 --> 00:33:03,900 MY LIFE, I'VE NEVER TAKEN 1245 00:33:03,966 --> 00:33:11,633 ANYTHING EXCEPT A VITAMIN. 1246 00:33:11,700 --> 00:33:12,666 AND I GOT ALL SORTS OF HITCHES 1247 00:33:12,733 --> 00:33:13,333 AND PROBLEMS AND THIS AND THAT. 1248 00:33:13,400 --> 00:33:14,166 I DON'T GO TO A DOCTOR, AND I 1249 00:33:14,233 --> 00:33:14,833 FEEL LIKE WHENEVER THE GOOD LORD 1250 00:33:14,900 --> 00:33:15,533 IS READY TO TAKE ME HOME, I'M 1251 00:33:15,600 --> 00:33:18,566 GOING TO BE TAKEN HOME. 1252 00:33:18,633 --> 00:33:19,200 IN THE END, WE ALL DIE ANYWAY SO 1253 00:33:19,266 --> 00:33:19,800 WHAT DOES IT MATTER WHICH WAY 1254 00:33:19,866 --> 00:33:20,600 YOU GO? 1255 00:33:20,666 --> 00:33:21,400 JUST SHUT UP AND DEAL WITH LIFE 1256 00:33:21,466 --> 00:33:22,200 THE BEST YOU CAN. 1257 00:33:22,266 --> 00:33:23,100 MY FRIENDS AND I WOULD GET OUT 1258 00:33:23,166 --> 00:33:24,133 OF THE HOUSE EARLY IN THE 1259 00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:25,000 MORNING, WE'D GET ON OUR 1260 00:33:25,066 --> 00:33:27,166 BICYCLES, AND WE'D PLAY 1261 00:33:27,233 --> 00:33:31,766 STICKBALL IN THE STREETS, AND IF 1262 00:33:31,833 --> 00:33:35,100 WE WANTED TO GO UP TO SEARS WE'D 1263 00:33:35,166 --> 00:33:35,700 ACTUALLY HANG ON THE BACK OF A 1264 00:33:35,766 --> 00:33:36,433 BUS AND DRIVE UP OVER -- 1265 00:33:36,500 --> 00:33:37,433 >> DON'T DO THAT. 1266 00:33:37,500 --> 00:33:38,533 >> IT WAS JUST INSANE. 1267 00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:40,666 NOBODY GETS OUT ALIVE. 1268 00:33:40,733 --> 00:33:44,033 WHATEVER, THE MYSTERY OF LIFE. 1269 00:33:44,100 --> 00:33:45,333 WHAT'S MY END GAME? 1270 00:33:45,400 --> 00:33:46,033 TO BE IN A NURSING HOME? 1271 00:33:46,100 --> 00:33:46,766 NOT KNOW WHAT I'M DOING, WITH 1272 00:33:46,833 --> 00:33:47,566 DROOL COMING OUT OF MY MOUTH, 1273 00:33:47,633 --> 00:33:48,366 AND EVERYONE AROUND ME IS DEAD? 1274 00:33:48,433 --> 00:33:49,266 NOT ON MY WATCH. 1275 00:33:49,333 --> 00:33:50,066 >> ALL RIGHT. 1276 00:33:50,133 --> 00:33:50,866 >> YOU DON'T WIN STAYING AROUND 1277 00:33:50,933 --> 00:33:52,366 LONGER. 1278 00:33:52,433 --> 00:33:52,966 EVERYBODY PASSES AWAY AND YOU 1279 00:33:53,033 --> 00:33:53,633 HAVE NOBODY TO CARE FOR YOU 1280 00:33:53,700 --> 00:33:56,100 ANYWAY. 1281 00:33:56,166 --> 00:33:57,133 I THINK YOU SHOULD JUST THROW 1282 00:33:57,200 --> 00:33:58,066 OUT ALL YOUR MEDICATIONS, GET UP 1283 00:33:58,133 --> 00:33:59,033 EVERY DAY, THANK THE LORD FOR 1284 00:33:59,100 --> 00:34:04,433 THE DAY YOU HAVE. 1285 00:34:04,500 --> 00:34:05,133 WHEN YOU'RE GONNA GO, GO. 1286 00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:05,700 NOTHING IS PROMISED TO YOU. 1287 00:34:05,766 --> 00:34:06,666 WHEN YOU WANT TO DIE, JUST DROP 1288 00:34:06,733 --> 00:34:10,100 DEAD. 1289 00:34:11,166 --> 00:34:12,166 THAT'S OUR SHOW. 1290 00:34:12,233 --> 00:34:13,233 SEE YOU NEXT WEEK. 1291 00:34:13,300 --> 00:34:17,300 THANKS FOR WATCHING, GOOD NIGHT!