1 00:00:01,434 --> 00:00:04,137 >> IT HAS BEEN EXACTLY ONE YEAR NOW SINCE THIS PANDEMIC HAS BEEN 2 00:00:04,204 --> 00:00:08,408 A PART OF OUR LIVES, AND SO MANY OF OUR LIVES HAVE BEEN UPENDED. 3 00:00:08,475 --> 00:00:13,179 I THINK THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE IT IS OUR WORLD HAS BEEN 4 00:00:13,246 --> 00:00:16,783 FUNDAMENTALLY TURNED UPSIDE DOWN. 5 00:00:16,850 --> 00:00:19,853 ( SUNG TO TUNE OF "ONE WEEK" BY BARENAKED LADIES ) 6 00:01:32,158 --> 00:01:36,996 >> Announcer: IT'S "A LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT." 7 00:01:37,063 --> 00:01:39,532 TONIGHT: HAPPY QUARANNIVERSARY! 8 00:01:39,599 --> 00:01:43,703 PLUS STEPHEN WELCOMES DR. ANTHONY FAUCI 9 00:01:43,770 --> 00:01:47,740 FEATURING JON BATISTE AND STAY HUMAN. 10 00:01:47,807 --> 00:01:51,244 AND NOW, LIVE oN TAPE FROM THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER OFFICE 11 00:01:51,311 --> 00:01:56,416 BUILDING IN NEW YORK CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT! 12 00:01:56,483 --> 00:01:59,752 >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY! 13 00:01:59,819 --> 00:02:03,823 WELCOME TO "A LATE SHOW." 14 00:02:03,890 --> 00:02:05,692 I'M YOUR HHOST, STEPHEN COLBERT. 15 00:02:05,758 --> 00:02:07,827 BUT, FOLKS, THIS ISN'T JUST ANY OLD "A LATE SHOW." 16 00:02:07,894 --> 00:02:11,397 TODAY, MARCH 12, MARKS THE ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE 17 00:02:11,464 --> 00:02:14,267 LAST SHOW WE DID IN THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER BEFORE WE 18 00:02:14,334 --> 00:02:17,470 STARTED BROADCASTING OUT OF A DISCARDED ALTOID TIN. 19 00:02:17,537 --> 00:02:21,074 AT LEAST IT WOULD MARK THE ANNIVERSARY IF I STILL FOLLOWED 20 00:02:21,140 --> 00:02:27,213 THE CALENDAR OF THE BEFORE TIMES. 21 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:29,082 WE ALL NOW LIVE IN THE PERPETUAL MONTH OF "SWEATS-TEMBER." 22 00:02:29,148 --> 00:02:33,453 TONIGHT, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THIS YEAR THAT WE, TOGETHER, 23 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:34,554 SPENT APART. 24 00:02:34,621 --> 00:02:37,724 BECAUSE THIS IS "A LATE SHOW'S QUARANNIVERSARY SPECIAL: 25 00:02:37,790 --> 00:02:46,900 THE YEAR THAT TOOK 100 YEARS BUT WAS ALSO SOMEHOW ONE LONG DAY." 26 00:02:46,966 --> 00:02:50,703 >> Stephen: SO MUCH HAS CHANGED IN THE PAST YEAR. 27 00:02:50,770 --> 00:02:52,272 THINK ABOUT HOW WE COMMUNICATE NOW! 28 00:02:52,338 --> 00:02:53,706 LAST FEBRUARY, IF SOMEONE SAID "ZOOM ME," YOU WOULD HAVE SAID, 29 00:02:53,773 --> 00:02:54,707 "WHAT? 30 00:02:54,774 --> 00:02:56,976 YOU HAVE TO TALK LOUDER. 31 00:02:57,043 --> 00:02:58,945 I CAN'T HEAR YOU BECAUSE WE'RE IN A VERY CROWDED BAR! 32 00:02:59,012 --> 00:03:06,819 HAY, CAN I HAVE A SIP OUT OF YOUR BEER USING MY BARE FACE?" 33 00:03:06,886 --> 00:03:09,589 THIS TIME LAST YEAR, WE SUDDENLY ALL FOUND OURSELVES IN LOCKDOWN, 34 00:03:09,656 --> 00:03:11,858 WHICH ALLOWED US TO SPEND QUALITY TIME WITH OUR FAMILIES-- 35 00:03:11,925 --> 00:03:13,493 ALSO, QUANTITY TIME. 36 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:15,995 BECAUSE SHORTLY AFTER THIS TIME LAST YEAR, SCHOOLS CLOSED ACROSS 37 00:03:16,062 --> 00:03:17,130 THE COUNTRY. 38 00:03:17,196 --> 00:03:20,533 IT STARTED AS KIND OF A "SNOW DAY," THEN BECAME A "SNOW 39 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:23,136 MONTH," AND FINALLY A "SNO WAY I'M GOING TO MAKE IT UNLESS 40 00:03:23,202 --> 00:03:24,504 MY KIDS GO BACK TO SCHOOL." 41 00:03:24,571 --> 00:03:28,207 AS WE LEARNED MORE ABOUT THE DISEASE, IT GOT A LITTLE 42 00:03:28,274 --> 00:03:29,442 SCARIER. 43 00:03:29,509 --> 00:03:30,510 FOR EXAMPLE, WE FOUND OUT "YOU CAN BE INFECTED WITH THE VIRUS, 44 00:03:30,577 --> 00:03:35,014 HAVE NO SYMPTOMS, AND STILL BE CONTAGIOUS." 45 00:03:35,081 --> 00:03:37,617 THAT'S RIGHT: JUST BECAUSE YOU DON'T SEE IT, DOESN'T MEAN COVID 46 00:03:37,684 --> 00:03:38,851 ISN'T THERE. 47 00:03:38,918 --> 00:03:43,022 IT'S LIKE TERMITE DAMAGE, OR THE LAST FIVE NICOLAS CAGE MOVIES. 48 00:03:43,089 --> 00:03:46,392 SO IN APRIL, THE C.D.C. BEGAN RECOMMENDING THAT "PEOPLE WEAR 49 00:03:46,459 --> 00:03:49,228 CLOTH OR FABRIC FACE COVERINGS WHEN ENTERING PUBLIC SPACES," 50 00:03:49,295 --> 00:03:53,399 WHICH REPLACED THE WHITE HOUSE'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FENDING OFF 51 00:03:53,466 --> 00:03:57,537 COVID: MASSIVE DOSES OF PRESCRIPTION-STRENGTH BEAN. 52 00:03:57,604 --> 00:03:59,005 BECAUSE IT'S AMERICA, IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE MASK WEARING 53 00:03:59,072 --> 00:04:02,675 DEVOLVED INTO A POLITICAL ISSUE. 54 00:04:02,742 --> 00:04:06,613 APPARENTLY, SPREADING AEROSOLIZED VIRUS IS A CHERISHED 55 00:04:06,679 --> 00:04:07,847 FREEDOM. 56 00:04:07,914 --> 00:04:10,016 WHO CAN FORGET PATRICK HENRY'S FAMOUS CRY, "GIVE ME LIBERTY OR 57 00:04:10,083 --> 00:04:11,084 GIVE ME DEATH! 58 00:04:11,150 --> 00:04:14,854 OR SLIP ME SOME TONGUE AND GIVE ME BOTH!" 59 00:04:14,921 --> 00:04:18,524 AND THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE YEAR, WE COULD ALWAYS LOOK TO ONE 60 00:04:18,591 --> 00:04:22,462 MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL AS A BEACON OF SCIENCE AND SANITY: OUR GUEST 61 00:04:22,528 --> 00:04:25,665 TONIGHT, EPIDEMIOLOGIST AND MAN EXPLAINING HOW BACK RUBS CAN 62 00:04:25,732 --> 00:04:28,768 BOOST THE IMMUNE SYSTEM, DR. ANTHONY FAUCI. 63 00:04:28,835 --> 00:04:35,074 FAUCI WAS SO POPULAR THAT, BACK IN APRIL, HE BECAME A WRITE-IN 64 00:04:35,141 --> 00:04:42,382 NOMINEE FOR PEOPLE'S "SEXIEST MAN ALIVE." 65 00:04:42,448 --> 00:04:45,051 THERE'S JUST SOMETHING ABOUT A MAN BEGGING YOU TO STAY SIX FEET 66 00:04:45,118 --> 00:04:46,419 AWAY THAT JUST MAKES YOU WANT HIM MORE. 67 00:04:46,486 --> 00:04:48,054 SHOCKINGLY, THE WINNER TURNED OUT TO BE MICHAEL B. JORDAN, 68 00:04:48,121 --> 00:04:50,023 WHO, WHILE NOT AN EPIDEMIOLOGIST, HAS BEEN 69 00:04:50,089 --> 00:04:55,862 PUBLISHED IN THE "NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MAMA LIKE!" 70 00:04:55,928 --> 00:04:57,930 I'M EXCITED TO TALK TO DR. FAUCI. 71 00:04:57,997 --> 00:04:59,132 WE TRIED TO GET HIM ON THE SHOW ALL LAST YEAR, BUT HE WASN'T 72 00:04:59,198 --> 00:05:00,667 AVAILABLE. 73 00:05:00,733 --> 00:05:03,136 THEN AROUND JANUARY 20 HIS SCHEDULE STARTED FREEING UP FOR 74 00:05:03,202 --> 00:05:04,404 SOME REASON. 75 00:05:04,470 --> 00:05:06,205 BUT BEFORE WE GET TO THE GOOD DOCTOR, I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU 76 00:05:06,272 --> 00:05:10,543 A LITTLE ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE DURING THIS QUARANTINE. 77 00:05:10,610 --> 00:05:12,712 YOU SEE, FOR ME, AND PERHAPS FOR SOME OF YOU, THE PAST 12 MONTHS 78 00:05:12,779 --> 00:05:15,148 HAVE BEEN BOTH TERRIBLE AND WONDERFUL. 79 00:05:15,214 --> 00:05:21,320 IT WAS, AS DICKENS WROTE, THE BEST OF TIMES AND THE WORST OF 80 00:05:21,387 --> 00:05:23,156 TIMES. 81 00:05:23,222 --> 00:05:26,559 INCIDENTALLY, I'VE BEEN IN QUARANTINE FOR A YEAR, AND 82 00:05:26,626 --> 00:05:28,461 THAT'S AS MUCH OF THE BOOK THAT I'VE READ. 83 00:05:28,528 --> 00:05:33,366 A LITTLE TROUBLE FOCUSING. 84 00:05:33,433 --> 00:05:35,134 YOU SEE, IT WAS THE WORST OF TIMES BECAUSE WE SAW THE TOLL 85 00:05:35,201 --> 00:05:38,037 THAT THIS PANDEMIC HAD ALL ACROSS AMERICA, WITH PEOPLE 86 00:05:38,104 --> 00:05:39,238 LOSING THEIR LOVED ONES AND THEIR JOBS, AND HAVING TO ADAPT 87 00:05:39,305 --> 00:05:40,406 TO A STARK NEW REALITY. 88 00:05:40,473 --> 00:05:43,609 AND, OF COURSE, THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION REALLY SHANKED 89 00:05:43,676 --> 00:05:44,844 THEIR RESPONSE. 90 00:05:44,911 --> 00:05:46,579 IT'S IRONIC THAT THEY DISCOURAGED MASKS, BECAUSE THEY 91 00:05:46,646 --> 00:05:49,816 SHOULD BE ASHAMED TO SHOW THEIR FACES IN PUBLIC. 92 00:05:49,882 --> 00:05:52,585 BUT THE PAST YEAR WAS ALSO THE BEST OF TIMES, BECAUSE WHERE OUR 93 00:05:52,652 --> 00:05:55,154 LEADERS FAILED, WE SAW AMERICANS STEPPING UP, HELPING EACH OTHER 94 00:05:55,221 --> 00:05:58,057 OUT, WORKING TO GET THROUGH THIS TOGETHER. 95 00:05:58,124 --> 00:06:03,196 AND EVEN THOUGH THIS VIRUS GROUND A LOT OF THINGS TO A 96 00:06:03,262 --> 00:06:05,298 SCREECHING HALT, IT WAS INSPIRING TO SEE AMERICANS FIGHT 97 00:06:05,364 --> 00:06:07,200 TO MAKE SURE WE STILL MADE PROGRESS, WHETHER IT BE TAKING 98 00:06:07,266 --> 00:06:11,838 TO THE STREETS TO DEMAND AN END TO SYSTEMIC RACISM OR TAKING TO 99 00:06:11,904 --> 00:06:14,040 THE VOTING BOOTH TO BRING NEW LEADERS. 100 00:06:14,107 --> 00:06:15,341 AND LIKE A LOT OF YOU, I HAD BIG PLANS WHEN THE QUARANTINE 101 00:06:15,408 --> 00:06:16,242 STARTED. 102 00:06:16,309 --> 00:06:18,478 I TOLD MYSELF I WAS GOING TO GET IN SHAPE. 103 00:06:18,544 --> 00:06:23,015 AND ONE YEAR LATER, I AM IN A SHAPE. 104 00:06:23,082 --> 00:06:25,752 SO MISSION ATTEMPTED. 105 00:06:25,818 --> 00:06:27,420 BUT THERE WERE POSITIVE THINGS, TOO, LIKE A FEW MONTHS INTO THE 106 00:06:27,487 --> 00:06:30,490 QUARANTINE WHEN I FINALLY FIGURED OUT HOW TO MAKE 107 00:06:30,556 --> 00:06:31,657 SOURDOUGH BREAD. 108 00:06:31,724 --> 00:06:37,530 I HAD BEEN TRYING FOR MONTHS, BUT I COULDN'T MAKE IT WORK. 109 00:06:37,597 --> 00:06:38,765 AND THEN, AND THIS IS TRUE, A STRANGER SENT ME A 150-YEAR-OLD 110 00:06:38,831 --> 00:06:42,468 SOURDOUGH STARTER. 111 00:06:42,535 --> 00:06:45,772 IT ARRIVED IN THE MAIL, FROM SOMEBODY I DID NOT KNOW, AND 112 00:06:45,838 --> 00:06:48,741 LOOKED LIKE PAINT CHIPS, BUT I SAID, SURE, I'LL PLAY "FOOD FROM 113 00:06:48,808 --> 00:06:50,610 A STRANGER ROULETTE!" AND IT TURNED OUT GREAT! 114 00:06:50,676 --> 00:06:53,079 IT WAS THE WORST OF TIMES BECAUSE, BEFORE THIS ALL 115 00:06:53,146 --> 00:06:58,484 STARTED, I USED TO HAVE AN AUDIENCE. 116 00:06:58,551 --> 00:06:59,418 WOW! 117 00:06:59,485 --> 00:07:00,553 THAT MAKES ME SO NOSTALGIC-- AND CREEPED OUT. 118 00:07:00,620 --> 00:07:02,789 WHY WAS I TOUCHING STRANGERS' HANDS? 119 00:07:02,855 --> 00:07:05,124 AND WHY DIDN'T YOU STOP ME? 120 00:07:05,191 --> 00:07:08,227 WAS I A VECTOR? 121 00:07:08,294 --> 00:07:10,530 BACK IN THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER WITH THE BAND AND THE AUDIENCE, 122 00:07:10,596 --> 00:07:12,431 WE CALLED WHAT WE DID "THE LATE SHOW." 123 00:07:12,498 --> 00:07:14,534 BUT YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT FOR THE PAST YEAR, WE'VE BEEN 124 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:18,538 CALLING IT "A LATE SHOW," BECAUSE IT'S NOT EXACTLY THE 125 00:07:18,604 --> 00:07:20,206 SHOW WE USED TO DO. 126 00:07:20,273 --> 00:07:21,340 IT'S A VERSION OF IT. 127 00:07:21,407 --> 00:07:27,680 AND, I PROMISE, WE'LL GET BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW" JUST AS 128 00:07:27,747 --> 00:07:29,515 SOON WE WE CAN DO IT IN A WAY THAT'S THE SAFE WAY FOR MY 129 00:07:29,582 --> 00:07:30,783 STAFF, CREW, AND AUDIENCE. 130 00:07:30,850 --> 00:07:33,019 BUT IT'S ALSO THE BEST OF TIMES BECAUSE, OCCASIONALLY, I DO HAVE 131 00:07:33,085 --> 00:07:34,687 AN AUDIENCE OF ONE: MY WIFE, EVIE. 132 00:07:34,754 --> 00:07:38,558 WHEN I WAS FIRST STARTING OUT IN COMEDY, I REMEMBER THINKING, "IF 133 00:07:38,624 --> 00:07:42,562 I CAN MAKE STRANGERS LAUGH THE WAY I MAKE EVIE LAUGH, I'LL BE 134 00:07:42,628 --> 00:07:43,963 DOING OKAY." 135 00:07:44,030 --> 00:07:46,532 AND NOW I LITERALLY CAN'T MAKE STRANGERS LAUGH, BUT I DO GET 136 00:07:46,599 --> 00:07:47,834 TO HEAR EV FROM TIME TO TIME. 137 00:07:47,900 --> 00:07:50,536 AND I ALSO FOUND OUT THAT I REALLY LOVE INTERVIEWING PEOPLE 138 00:07:50,603 --> 00:07:52,471 VIA ZOOM. 139 00:07:52,538 --> 00:07:58,544 WE'VE HAD SOME AMAZING GUESTS, AND I'VE HAD SOME REALLY 140 00:07:58,611 --> 00:08:02,982 FASCINATING CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM IN THIS NEW ZOOM FORMAT. 141 00:08:03,049 --> 00:08:05,151 I THINK THERE'S JUST SOMETHING ABOUT HAVING NO AUDIENCE, IT 142 00:08:05,218 --> 00:08:06,652 BEING JUST ME AND THE GUEST, LOOKING IN EACH OTHERS EYES, 143 00:08:06,719 --> 00:08:10,623 THAT'S JUST MORE INTIMATE SOMEHOW. 144 00:08:10,690 --> 00:08:13,860 ALTHOUGH, I PROMISE, AUDIENCE, WHEN I WAS INTERVIEWING 145 00:08:13,926 --> 00:08:15,027 CLOONEY, I WAS THINKING ABOUT YOU THE WHOLE TIME. 146 00:08:15,094 --> 00:08:17,263 IT WAS THE WORST OF TIMES BECAUSE WE HAD TO FIND A NEW WAY 147 00:08:17,330 --> 00:08:22,101 TO MAKE THIS SHOW, ON THE FLY, AS WE WERE DOING IT. 148 00:08:22,168 --> 00:08:23,803 IT'S LIKE REBUILDING A TRANSMISSION WHILE YOU'RE DOING 149 00:08:23,870 --> 00:08:26,606 60 DOWN A FREEWAY. 150 00:08:26,672 --> 00:08:30,509 AND IT WAS THE BEST OF TIMES BECAUSE MY STAFF AND CREW DID 151 00:08:30,576 --> 00:08:31,077 IT. 152 00:08:31,143 --> 00:08:34,347 THEY MADE IT ALL HAPPEN. 153 00:08:34,413 --> 00:08:35,681 AND, INCIDENTALLY, THAT INCLUDES EVIE AND OUR THREE KIDS, WHO 154 00:08:35,748 --> 00:08:37,116 WERE ALL ROPED IN TO BE CAMERA PEOPLE, ELECTRICIANS, AND 155 00:08:37,183 --> 00:08:38,618 PRODUCERS WHEN WE TAPED THE SHOW FROM HOME. 156 00:08:38,684 --> 00:08:40,953 AND I LOVED THOSE MOMENTS WITH MY FAMILY. 157 00:08:41,020 --> 00:08:43,022 IT WAS A CHANCE TO SAY TO THEM, "LET'S PUT DOWN ALL OF THE 158 00:08:43,089 --> 00:08:46,125 SCREENS AND DEVICES AND SPEND A LITTLE TIME TOGETHER MAKING SURE 159 00:08:46,192 --> 00:08:48,561 DAD'S SHOW IS ON OTHER PEOPLE'S SCREENS AND DEVICES, BECAUSE DAD 160 00:08:48,628 --> 00:08:54,133 DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO WORK ANY OF THESE SCREENS AND DEVICES." 161 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:58,404 WE DID "A LATE SHOW" FROM SO MANY DIFFERENT PLACES: A TUB, A 162 00:08:58,471 --> 00:09:02,675 FIRE PIT, A PORCH, A SPARE BEDROOM IN SOUTH CAROLINA FOR 163 00:09:02,742 --> 00:09:07,313 FIVE MONTHS, AND NOW HERE WE ARE IN WHAT USED TO BE A 164 00:09:07,380 --> 00:09:09,315 SUPPLY CLOSET IN THE ED SULLIVAN OFFICE BUILDING. 165 00:09:09,382 --> 00:09:13,452 IT'S BEEN A TOUR TO REMEMBER, SO WE'VE DECIDED TO REMEMBER IT 166 00:09:13,519 --> 00:09:20,493 WITH THIS ACTUAL "LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT" CONCERT 167 00:09:20,559 --> 00:09:21,727 T-SHIRT. 168 00:09:21,794 --> 00:09:25,264 IT'S GOT A ROCKIN' LOGO ON THE FRONT, AND ALL OF THE TOUR DATES 169 00:09:25,331 --> 00:09:27,099 ON THE BACK. 170 00:09:27,166 --> 00:09:30,970 EVEN THAT ONE SHOW WE DID DOWN IN DELAWARE FEATURING SPECIAL 171 00:09:31,037 --> 00:09:32,638 GUESTS JOE AND DR. JILL BIDEN. 172 00:09:32,705 --> 00:09:35,741 I WONDER WHAT HAPPENED TO THOSE TWO CRAZY KIDS? 173 00:09:35,808 --> 00:09:40,413 WE ALSO HAVE A MASK WITH THE SAME LOGO AND A MUG, AND A MUG 174 00:09:40,479 --> 00:09:41,914 RIGHT THERE. 175 00:09:41,981 --> 00:09:47,086 AND WHAT QUARANTINE MERCH WOULD BE COMPLETE WITHOUT SWEATPANTS 176 00:09:47,153 --> 00:09:51,090 WHICH SAY "NO SWEAT, ALL PANTS." 177 00:09:51,157 --> 00:09:56,162 AND ALL OF THIS IS AVAILABLE colbertlateshow.com/covidtour, 178 00:09:56,228 --> 00:09:59,098 OR YOU CAN JUST SCAN THIS Q.R. 179 00:09:59,165 --> 00:10:03,102 CODE WITH YOUR PHONE. 180 00:10:03,169 --> 00:10:04,570 AND WHILE WE AT "THE LATE SHOW" HAVE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE 181 00:10:04,637 --> 00:10:07,974 ABLE TO KEEP OUR BUSINESS GOING DURING THIS PANDEMIC, A LOT OF 182 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:10,810 SMALL BUSINESSES HAVE NOT BEEN SO LUCKY. 183 00:10:10,876 --> 00:10:14,046 SO, WE ARE DONATING 100% OF "A LATE SHOW'S" PROCEEDS TO ACCION 184 00:10:14,113 --> 00:10:16,882 OPPORTUNITY FUND'S SMALL BUSINESS RELIEF FUND. 185 00:10:16,949 --> 00:10:21,921 A CHARITY SO NICE THEY FUNDED IT TWICE. 186 00:10:21,988 --> 00:10:25,925 IT SUPPORTS SMALL BUSINESSES IMPACTED BY THE COVID-19 CRISIS. 187 00:10:25,992 --> 00:10:30,363 SO HEAD TO colbertlateshow.com/covidtour, 188 00:10:30,429 --> 00:10:33,866 OR SCAN THE Q.R. CODE RIGHT HERE, AND PICK UP YOUR OWN "LATE 189 00:10:33,933 --> 00:10:37,803 SHOW" SWAG. IT'S STYLISH AND COMFORTABLE, 190 00:10:37,870 --> 00:10:39,005 COMFORTABLE, AND PERFECT FOR RELAXING ON THE COUCH AFTER A 191 00:10:39,071 --> 00:10:40,740 HARD DAY OF WORKING ON THE COUCH. 192 00:10:40,806 --> 00:10:45,578 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH SUPERSTAR SEXY SCIENCE MAN, 193 00:10:45,644 --> 00:10:47,780 DR. ANTHONY FAUCI. 194 00:10:47,847 --> 00:10:53,252 ♪ ♪ ♪ 195 00:11:09,668 --> 00:11:11,437 ♪ ♪ ♪ >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, 196 00:11:11,504 --> 00:11:14,473 WELCOME BACK TO OUR QUARANNIVERSARY SPECIAL HERE AT 197 00:11:14,540 --> 00:11:16,542 "A LATE SHOW." 198 00:11:16,609 --> 00:11:20,980 LET'S SAY HELLO TO A MAN I'VE MISSED FOR A YEAR, JON BATISTE. 199 00:11:21,047 --> 00:11:22,081 HELLO, JON. 200 00:11:22,148 --> 00:11:25,584 >> Jon: HELLO, YINDEED, STEPHEN, HOW ARE YOU FEELING? 201 00:11:25,651 --> 00:11:28,020 >> Stephen: YOU KNOW WHAT, HOPEFUL. 202 00:11:28,087 --> 00:11:30,089 I'M HOPEFUL, WHICH IS A DANGEROUS FEELING BECAUSE YOU 203 00:11:30,156 --> 00:11:35,127 DON'T WANT TO GET BURNED, BUT I MEAN, THINGS ARE LOOKING UP. 204 00:11:35,194 --> 00:11:38,664 EVIDENTLY, ALL ADULTS ELIGIBLE FOR SHOTS BY THE TIME WE GET TO 205 00:11:38,731 --> 00:11:41,434 MAY, STARTING MAY 1-- AM I RIGHT WITH THAT? 206 00:11:41,500 --> 00:11:44,236 IS THAT WHAT BIDEN SAID LAST NIGHT? 207 00:11:44,303 --> 00:11:47,773 THAT'S GOT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLEERATE OF HOPE RIGHT THERE. 208 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:50,176 I'M TRYING TO LOOK ON THE THE BRIGHT SIDE. 209 00:11:50,242 --> 00:11:52,711 >> Jon: PULL YOURSELF UP ON THE ROPE OF YOUR HOPE. 210 00:11:52,778 --> 00:11:53,512 COME ON. 211 00:11:53,579 --> 00:11:54,613 LET'S GET IT. 212 00:11:54,680 --> 00:11:58,884 >> Stephen: I-- I'M JUST WONDERING IF THERE'S ANYTHING 213 00:11:58,951 --> 00:12:01,487 ABOUT THIS ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATING YEAR THAT WE'VE JUST 214 00:12:01,554 --> 00:12:05,224 GONE THROUGH, IS THERE ANYTHING OUT OF IT THAT WAS A POSITIVE 215 00:12:05,291 --> 00:12:08,961 FOR YOU IN YOUR OWN LIFE? 216 00:12:09,028 --> 00:12:13,566 >> Jon: I THINK FACING THE INTERNAL, THE THINGS THAT IN OUR 217 00:12:13,632 --> 00:12:19,004 BUSY LIVES WE MAY NOT GET A CHANCE TO SIT AND DEAL WITH. 218 00:12:19,071 --> 00:12:21,440 WE'RE FORCED TO DEAL WITH THEM IN THIS TIMES. 219 00:12:21,507 --> 00:12:23,742 I THINK THAT'S A POSITIVE, ACTUALLY. 220 00:12:23,809 --> 00:12:26,612 >> Stephen: THAT OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE STOCK? 221 00:12:26,679 --> 00:12:28,948 >> Jon: YUP, YUP, YUP. 222 00:12:29,014 --> 00:12:33,352 AND BE WITH THOSE-- IF WE WERE TRAPPED WITH THOSE WE LOVE, IT'S 223 00:12:33,419 --> 00:12:35,554 ALSO A PLUS, AND I WAS. 224 00:12:35,621 --> 00:12:36,789 SO THAT'S A GOOD THING. 225 00:12:36,856 --> 00:12:37,690 >> Stephen: THAT'S TRUE. 226 00:12:37,756 --> 00:12:41,427 AND YOU DID IT WITHOUT DRINKING ( LAUGHS ) 227 00:12:41,494 --> 00:12:42,595 >> Jon: THAT'S RIGHT. 228 00:12:42,661 --> 00:12:46,232 >> Stephen: THAT'S DARE-- THAT'S DAREDEVIL BEHAVIOR IN MY 229 00:12:46,298 --> 00:12:46,632 OPINION. 230 00:12:46,699 --> 00:12:47,733 GOOD FOR YOU. 231 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:50,035 GOOD FOR YOU, EVILICA NEVELE. 232 00:12:50,102 --> 00:12:52,438 >> Jon: HEY, RIDE THEM! 233 00:12:52,505 --> 00:12:55,241 >> Stephen: DO YOU HAVE ANY HOPEFUL MUSIC FOR US TONIGHT? 234 00:12:55,307 --> 00:12:59,845 >> Jon: YES, YES, LET'S SEE. 235 00:12:59,912 --> 00:13:13,826 ♪ ♪ ♪ >> Stephen: THANK YOU, JON. 236 00:13:13,893 --> 00:13:17,163 JON BATISTE, EVERYBODY. 237 00:13:17,229 --> 00:13:19,031 >> Jon: YES, INDEED. 238 00:13:19,098 --> 00:13:21,267 >> Stephen: MY GUEST TONIGHT IS THE CHIEF MEDICAL ADVISER TO 239 00:13:21,333 --> 00:13:24,103 THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE VOICE OF REASON WHO GUIDED US THROUGH THE 240 00:13:24,170 --> 00:13:25,137 PAST YEAR. 241 00:13:25,204 --> 00:13:29,508 PLEASE WELCOME TO "A LATE SHOW, DR. ANTHONY FAUCI. 242 00:13:29,575 --> 00:13:30,743 DR. FAUCI, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 243 00:13:30,809 --> 00:13:33,078 >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME, STEPHEN. 244 00:13:33,145 --> 00:13:34,113 I APPRECIATE IT. 245 00:13:34,180 --> 00:13:36,048 >> Stephen: I'VE WANTED TO HAVE YOU ON FOR A YEAR. 246 00:13:36,115 --> 00:13:40,152 WE'VE TRIED TO HAVE YOU ON ALMOST EVERY WEEK FOR A YEAR. 247 00:13:40,219 --> 00:13:41,854 WE COULD NEVER GET YOU. 248 00:13:41,921 --> 00:13:44,423 AROUND JANUARY 20, YOUR SCHEDULE REALLY OPENED UP. 249 00:13:44,490 --> 00:13:45,324 WHAT CHANGED? 250 00:13:45,391 --> 00:13:48,928 ( LAUGHS ) >> EVERYTHING. 251 00:13:48,994 --> 00:13:49,528 >> Stephen: GOOD. 252 00:13:49,595 --> 00:13:51,764 I HOPE IT KEEPS CHANGING. 253 00:13:51,830 --> 00:13:54,300 NOW, I'VE GOT A LOT I WANT TO ASK YOU, BUT THE FIRST THING I 254 00:13:54,366 --> 00:13:59,405 HAVE TO ASK YOU IS ABOUT WHAT PRESIDENT BIDEN ANNOUNCED LAST 255 00:13:59,471 --> 00:14:05,344 NIGHT, IS THAT BY MAY 1, ALL ADULTS IN THE UNITED STATES WILL 256 00:14:05,411 --> 00:14:08,480 BE ELIGIBLE FOR COVID-19 VACCINES. 257 00:14:08,547 --> 00:14:13,886 HOW-- HOW DID THAT COME ABOUT SO QUICKLY? 258 00:14:13,953 --> 00:14:16,789 THAT'S MUCH SOONER THAN WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE. 259 00:14:16,855 --> 00:14:20,426 >> WELL, WHAT, AS YOU PROBABLY HAVE NOTICED OVER THE LAST 260 00:14:20,492 --> 00:14:24,930 COUPLE OF WEEKS, THERE HAS BEEN A REAL CONCERTED EFFORT TO GET 261 00:14:24,997 --> 00:14:30,202 MORE VACCINES AVAILABLE, FOR SIGNING CONTRACTSs, FOR 262 00:14:30,269 --> 00:14:33,105 EXAMPLE, WITH MODERNA AND PFIZER TO GET AN ADDITIONAL 100 MILLION 263 00:14:33,172 --> 00:14:38,077 DOSES A PIECE FROM THEM, TO GET A TOTAL OF 600 MILLION DOSES. 264 00:14:38,143 --> 00:14:42,081 J&J, WHICH WE ORIGINALLY CONTRACT FOR, FOR 100 MILLION 265 00:14:42,147 --> 00:14:46,185 DOSES, A DEAL WAS MADE FOR, YET AGAIN, ANOTHER 100 MILLION 266 00:14:46,252 --> 00:14:47,419 DOSES. 267 00:14:47,486 --> 00:14:50,322 SO IT WAS A QUESTION OF REALLY MAKING A FULL-COURT PRESS TO GET 268 00:14:50,389 --> 00:14:51,523 MORE VACCINE AVAILABLE. 269 00:14:51,590 --> 00:14:55,160 AND AS YOU DO, YOU GET THROUGH THE PRIORITIES SO THAT YOU GET 270 00:14:55,227 --> 00:14:59,064 TO A POINT WHERE YOU REALLY HAVE ENOUGH TO GIVE TO EVERYONE. 271 00:14:59,131 --> 00:15:01,734 AND THAT PUSHED IT BACK BY A COUPLE OF MONTHS, WHICH IS 272 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:06,672 REALLY GOOD NEWS, WHICH MEANS WE LIKELY WILL HAVE THE 273 00:15:06,739 --> 00:15:09,174 OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF THE POPULATION VACCINATED MUCH, MUCH 274 00:15:09,241 --> 00:15:11,176 SOONER THAN WE ORIGINALLY HAD PLANNED. 275 00:15:11,243 --> 00:15:13,312 >> Stephen: ONE OF THE CHANGES FROM THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION 276 00:15:13,379 --> 00:15:16,181 TO THIS ONE IS A SENSE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ACTUALLY HAS 277 00:15:16,248 --> 00:15:18,117 A LARGE ROLE TO PLAY IN COORDINATING HERE. 278 00:15:18,183 --> 00:15:23,022 IS THAT PART OF IT, THE FACT THAT THE-- PRESIDENT BIDEN IS-- 279 00:15:23,088 --> 00:15:26,592 IS STATING THAT ELIGIBILITY FOR ADULTS WILL START MAY 1. 280 00:15:26,659 --> 00:15:31,130 IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TAKING A LARGER ROLE IN DISTRIBUTION 281 00:15:31,196 --> 00:15:32,665 AND ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS? 282 00:15:32,731 --> 00:15:39,872 >> IN EVERY ASPECT OF THE ENDEAVOR, STEPHEN, IS THAT 283 00:15:39,938 --> 00:15:43,976 BEFORE, EARLIER, IN THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION, A LOT OF 284 00:15:44,043 --> 00:15:47,680 DISCRETION, A LOT OF AUTHORITY, A LOT OF DECISION MAKING WAS 285 00:15:47,746 --> 00:15:53,218 LEFT TO THE STATES THEMSELVES, WHICH THERE STILL IS A LOT OF 286 00:15:53,285 --> 00:15:54,386 THAT, TOO. 287 00:15:54,453 --> 00:15:57,589 BECAUSE THE STATES INDEPENDENTLY ARE VERY IMPORTANT IN THE 288 00:15:57,656 --> 00:15:58,624 IMPLEMENTATION. 289 00:15:58,691 --> 00:15:59,858 YOU DON'T WANT TO BE TELLING THEM EVERYTHING TO DO. 290 00:15:59,925 --> 00:16:04,530 BUT WHAT WE HAVE MORE NOW IS A COOPERATION, COLLABORATION, AND 291 00:16:04,596 --> 00:16:09,134 WHAT I WOULD CALL A SINNER GEE BETWEEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 292 00:16:09,201 --> 00:16:11,337 AND THE STATES TO GET THINGS DONE. 293 00:16:11,403 --> 00:16:13,605 AND THAT IS REALLY, I THINK, VERY GOOD NEWS. 294 00:16:13,672 --> 00:16:16,542 I HAVE ALWAYS FELT THROUGHOUT THE PREVIOUS YEAR THAT THERE 295 00:16:16,608 --> 00:16:20,779 SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE INTERACTION IN THE SENSE OF SIN 296 00:16:20,846 --> 00:16:23,649 JIEZING, INSTEAD OF SAYING HERE'S WHAT YOU DO AND GO DO IT. 297 00:16:23,716 --> 00:16:24,917 IF YOU SUCCEED, FINE. 298 00:16:24,983 --> 00:16:28,120 IF YOU FAIL THAT'S YOUR PROBLEM, WHICH IS NOT, I THINK, THE BEST 299 00:16:28,187 --> 00:16:29,288 WAY TO DO IT. 300 00:16:29,355 --> 00:16:32,458 >> Stephen: NOW, FOR A YEAR NOW, YOU HAVE BEEN ADVISING US 301 00:16:32,524 --> 00:16:33,125 WHAT TO DO. 302 00:16:33,192 --> 00:16:34,960 CAN YOU ADVISE US HOW TO FEEL? 303 00:16:35,027 --> 00:16:38,130 BECAUSE I MEAN, THERE'S A-- THERE'S A CHANGE IN THE AIR. 304 00:16:38,197 --> 00:16:39,398 THERE REALLY IS. 305 00:16:39,465 --> 00:16:44,937 AS I WAS SAYING TO JON BATISTE EARLIER EOH, THERE'S A SENSE OF 306 00:16:45,003 --> 00:16:46,739 HOPE OUT THERE, AND WE DON'T WANT TO GET BURNED. 307 00:16:46,805 --> 00:16:50,409 CAN WE BE HOPEFUL THAT THIS IS GOING TO COME TO AN END SOON? 308 00:16:50,476 --> 00:16:51,643 >> YES. 309 00:16:51,710 --> 00:16:54,813 NOT ONLY HOPEFUL, YOU CAN BE ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN THAT THIS IS 310 00:16:54,880 --> 00:16:57,850 GOING TO END, AND WE WILL GET BACK TO NORMAL. 311 00:16:57,916 --> 00:17:00,018 THE QUESTION IS WHEN? 312 00:17:00,085 --> 00:17:03,122 AND I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON NOW, 313 00:17:03,188 --> 00:17:07,960 PARTICULARLY WITH THE AVAILABILITY OF MULTIPLE, HIGHLY 314 00:17:08,026 --> 00:17:12,564 EFFICACIOUS VACCINES THAT ARE SAFE AT THE SAME TIME THEY'RE 315 00:17:12,631 --> 00:17:19,605 HIGHLY EFFICACIOUS, IF WE DO THAT TOGETHER WITH A GRAL 316 00:17:19,671 --> 00:17:21,807 DIMINUTION OF THE STRINJENCEY OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES-- YOU 317 00:17:21,874 --> 00:17:25,043 DON'T WANT TO TURN THE SWITCH ON AND OFF AND SAY, OKAY, WE'RE 318 00:17:25,110 --> 00:17:26,278 DOING WELL. 319 00:17:26,345 --> 00:17:28,814 LET'S STOP EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING REGARDING PUBLIC HEALTH. 320 00:17:28,881 --> 00:17:31,917 WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT -- >> Stephen: BUT THAT'S 321 00:17:31,984 --> 00:17:32,317 HAPPENING. 322 00:17:32,384 --> 00:17:33,352 >> YES IT IS. 323 00:17:33,419 --> 00:17:35,020 >> Stephen: ALL OVER THE COUNTRY IN VARIOUS STATES. 324 00:17:35,087 --> 00:17:37,623 PEOPLE ARE GOING, "OKAY! 325 00:17:37,689 --> 00:17:38,791 EVERYBODY BACK IN THE POOL." 326 00:17:38,857 --> 00:17:42,528 LIKE WHAT-- WHAT IS THE CALMEST WAY YOU COULD SPEAK TO THE 327 00:17:42,594 --> 00:17:45,197 STATES THAT DECIDED IT'S OVER, AT LEAST THERE'S NOTHING MORE TO 328 00:17:45,264 --> 00:17:49,535 BE DONE ON THEIR END IN TERMS OF MITIGATION-- MITIGATING THE 329 00:17:49,601 --> 00:17:50,769 SPREAD? 330 00:17:50,836 --> 00:17:53,138 >> WELL, I'VE SAID THAT PUBLICLY MANY TIMES, ALMOST ON A DAILY 331 00:17:53,205 --> 00:17:55,374 BASIS, STEPHEN, IS THAT IT IS REALLY RISKY. 332 00:17:55,441 --> 00:18:00,379 RIGHT NOW, EVEN THOUGH THE CASES ARE COMING DOWN IN A VERY SHARP 333 00:18:00,446 --> 00:18:04,249 DECLINE, OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, IT STARTED TO PLATEAU A 334 00:18:04,316 --> 00:18:05,350 BIT. 335 00:18:05,417 --> 00:18:08,921 AND IT IT PLATEAUS, IT'S PLATEAUING AT AN UNACCEPTABLE 336 00:18:08,987 --> 00:18:12,925 HIGH LEVEL-- ABOUT 50,000 TO 60,000 NEW INFECTIONS PER DAY. 337 00:18:12,991 --> 00:18:15,427 AND EVERY TIME WE'VE SEEN A PLATEAU AT THAT LEVEL, THERE'S 338 00:18:15,494 --> 00:18:19,264 ALWAYS BEEN THE RISK OF GETTING YET AGAIN ANOTHER SURGE. 339 00:18:19,331 --> 00:18:21,867 AND WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO IS GET ANOTHER SURGE. 340 00:18:21,934 --> 00:18:26,205 WE WANT TO KEEP IT COMING DOWN-- IT MAY NOT BE AS SHARP AS IT HAS 341 00:18:26,271 --> 00:18:30,843 BEEN OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS OR SO, BUT IF-- A MONTH 342 00:18:30,909 --> 00:18:32,010 OR TWO. 343 00:18:32,077 --> 00:18:34,446 IF WE CAN GET IT TO COME AND CONTINUE TO GO DOWN, AS WE GET 344 00:18:34,513 --> 00:18:38,951 MORE AND MORE PEOPLE VACCINATED, EVERY DAY OVER TWO MILLION 345 00:18:39,017 --> 00:18:40,152 PEOPLE ARE BEING VACCINATED. 346 00:18:40,219 --> 00:18:45,424 IF WE KEEP DOING THAT, AT THE SAME TIME AS WE KEEP A CERTAIN 347 00:18:45,491 --> 00:18:47,926 AMOUNT OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES GOING, SUCH AS EVERYONE 348 00:18:47,993 --> 00:18:51,497 CONTINUING TO WEAR A MASK AND NOT JUST SAYING, "HEY, THINGS 349 00:18:51,563 --> 00:18:52,664 LOOK GOOD. 350 00:18:52,731 --> 00:18:56,168 LET'S JUST GO RIGHT BACK TO WHERE WE THINK WE SHOULD BE," 351 00:18:56,235 --> 00:19:00,706 WHICH EVERYONE IS EMPATHETIC WITH THAT NEED TO START TO GET 352 00:19:00,772 --> 00:19:01,340 BACK TO NORMAL. 353 00:19:01,406 --> 00:19:03,242 EVERYBODY WANTS TO DO THAT. 354 00:19:03,308 --> 00:19:05,611 EVERYBODY WANTS TO GET ALL THE KIDS BACK TO SCHOOL. 355 00:19:05,677 --> 00:19:09,448 EVERYBODY WANTS TO GET BACK TO WORK IN THE WORKPLACE AND NOT BE 356 00:19:09,515 --> 00:19:13,118 WORKING FROM HOME SO THAT YOU CAN GET THE ECONOMY GOING. 357 00:19:13,185 --> 00:19:14,052 IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, STEPHEN. 358 00:19:14,119 --> 00:19:17,055 IT IS, GUARANTEED, IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. 359 00:19:17,122 --> 00:19:19,691 BUT WE'VE GOT TO DO IT PRUDENTLY AND CAREFULLY. 360 00:19:19,758 --> 00:19:23,028 >> Stephen: NOW, I HAVE BEEN A FAN OF YOURS SINCE BEFORE IT WAS 361 00:19:23,095 --> 00:19:28,634 COOL BECAUSE I INTERVIEWED YOU ALMOST EXACTLY 10 YEARS AGO. 362 00:19:28,700 --> 00:19:33,372 IT WAS IN MARCH OF 2011, AND I WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS 363 00:19:33,438 --> 00:19:33,639 CLIP. 364 00:19:33,705 --> 00:19:34,806 JIM. 365 00:19:34,873 --> 00:19:38,577 WHAT'S GOING TO BE THE NEXT BIG, YOU KNOW, HOT NEW DISEASE? 366 00:19:38,644 --> 00:19:41,246 WE HAVE SARS, WE HAD SWINE FLU. 367 00:19:41,313 --> 00:19:42,848 AND WE HAD BIRD FLU. 368 00:19:42,915 --> 00:19:45,050 AND I WANT TO GET MY GRAPHICS DEPARTMENT WORKING ON THE NEXT 369 00:19:45,117 --> 00:19:49,388 THING THAT'S GOING TO SCARE THE POOP OUT OF THESE PEOPLE. 370 00:19:49,454 --> 00:19:50,656 TURKEY HERPES. 371 00:19:50,722 --> 00:19:51,557 WHAT'S IT GOING TO BE? 372 00:19:51,623 --> 00:19:53,258 >> THE INTERESTING THING IS WE DON'T KNOW. 373 00:19:53,325 --> 00:19:57,429 THERE IS ALWAYS A THREAT OF EMERGING AND RE-EMERGING 374 00:19:57,496 --> 00:19:58,630 INFECTIONS. 375 00:19:58,697 --> 00:20:00,632 AND ONE OF THE FEARS WE FACE IS NATURE IS THE WORST IN THAT 376 00:20:00,699 --> 00:20:01,833 RESPECT. 377 00:20:01,900 --> 00:20:07,105 IT COMES OUT OF NOWHERE, A LOT OF TIMES JUMPING SPECIES FROM 378 00:20:07,172 --> 00:20:07,973 ANIMALS TO HUMANS. 379 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:09,708 >> Stephen: I KNOW ANIMALS ARE DANGEROUS. 380 00:20:09,775 --> 00:20:11,076 THAT'S WHY I BELIEVE IN POLLUTION. 381 00:20:11,143 --> 00:20:15,681 HIT THEM FIRST UPON KILL OR BE KILLED. 382 00:20:15,747 --> 00:20:18,817 NOW, HOW DID THE NIGHTMARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT COMPARE TO THE 383 00:20:18,884 --> 00:20:22,554 REALITY OF COVID? 384 00:20:22,621 --> 00:20:27,893 >> YOU KNOW, IT MATERIALIZED, STEPHEN, UNFORTUNATELY FOR ALL 385 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:30,696 OF US, YOU KNOW A CONTINUATION OF THAT CONVERSATION WOULD HAVE 386 00:20:30,762 --> 00:20:35,567 BEEN MY WORST NIGHTMARE IS WHAT I INITIALLY HINTED AT IN MY 387 00:20:35,634 --> 00:20:39,504 DISCUSSION WITH YOU IS A BRAND-NEW VIRAL INFECTION THAT 388 00:20:39,571 --> 00:20:45,043 JUMPS SPECIES FROM AN ANIMAL RESERVOIR TO A HUMAN, THAT'S 389 00:20:45,110 --> 00:20:49,448 RESPIRATORY BORNE, THAT HAS TWO FUNDAMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS -- 390 00:20:49,514 --> 00:20:52,551 ONE, IT SPREADS EXTRAORDINARILY EFFICIENTLY FROM HUMAN TO HUMAN. 391 00:20:52,618 --> 00:20:58,657 AND, TWO, IT HAS THE CAPABILITY OF A HIGH DEGREE OF MORBIDITY 392 00:20:58,724 --> 00:20:59,791 AND MORTALITY. 393 00:20:59,858 --> 00:21:03,495 AND, UNFORTUNATELY FOR ALL OF US, THAT'S COVID-19, WITH 394 00:21:03,562 --> 00:21:09,635 ALREADY A HALF A MILLION PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES HAVE DIED, 395 00:21:09,701 --> 00:21:13,972 525 MILLION, WITH 28 MILLION INFECTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN 396 00:21:14,039 --> 00:21:15,107 DOCUMENTED. 397 00:21:15,173 --> 00:21:19,544 >> Stephen: WELL, AS WE SHOWED, YOU'RE A-- A VOICE-- NOT 398 00:21:19,611 --> 00:21:22,247 CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS, BUT CERTAINLY CRYING IN WHAT CAN BE 399 00:21:22,314 --> 00:21:24,316 THE WILDERNESS OF POLITICS. 400 00:21:24,383 --> 00:21:28,620 FOR YEARS OVER PREPARING FOR A PANDEMIC LIKE THIS. 401 00:21:28,687 --> 00:21:33,125 WHAT HAS IT BEEN LIKE, AS A MAN OF SCIENCE, WHAT HAS IT BEEN 402 00:21:33,191 --> 00:21:37,896 LIKE OVER THE PAST YEAR TO SEE FACTS, SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, 403 00:21:37,963 --> 00:21:42,601 SCIENTIFIC MEDICAL ADVICE POLITICIZED, RATHER THAN 404 00:21:42,668 --> 00:21:43,402 UTILIZED? 405 00:21:43,468 --> 00:21:45,504 >> WELL, IT'S BEEN VERY DISTRESSFUL. 406 00:21:45,570 --> 00:21:48,607 AND IT'S IN MANY RESPECTS VERY PAINFUL, BECAUSE AS A PHYSICIAN, 407 00:21:48,674 --> 00:21:52,277 A SCIENTIST, AND A PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIAL, WHEN YOU'RE DEALING 408 00:21:52,344 --> 00:21:57,449 WITH A FORMIDABLE ENEMY-- IF YOU REALLY WANT TO MAKE IT 409 00:21:57,516 --> 00:22:00,786 METAPHORIC-- THE ENEMY BEING THE VIRUS, THE ONE THING YOU NEED 410 00:22:00,852 --> 00:22:02,888 SUNEED EVERYONE PULLING TOGETHER, REALIZING THAT THE 411 00:22:02,954 --> 00:22:05,424 ENEMY IS THE VIRUS, NOT EACH OTHER. 412 00:22:05,490 --> 00:22:08,460 AND THE WORST POSSIBLE THING-- AND I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING 413 00:22:08,527 --> 00:22:09,761 LIKE IT BEFORE, STEPHEN. 414 00:22:09,828 --> 00:22:13,131 I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN A NUMBER OF OUTBREAKS OVER THE 37 YEARS 415 00:22:13,198 --> 00:22:18,336 THAT I'VE BEEN THE DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE, AND I-- I'VE 416 00:22:18,403 --> 00:22:23,575 NEVER SEEN A SITUATION WHERE THERE WAS SUCH INTENSE 417 00:22:23,642 --> 00:22:26,178 DIVISIVENESS WHERE SIMPLE, COMMONSENSE, NO-BRAINER PUBLIC 418 00:22:26,244 --> 00:22:29,281 HEALTH ISSUES TAKE ON A POLITICAL CONNOTATION. 419 00:22:29,347 --> 00:22:31,450 IF YOU WEAR A MASK, YOU'RE ON THIS SIDE. 420 00:22:31,516 --> 00:22:33,985 IF YOU DON'T WEAR A MASK, YOU'RE ON THAT SIDE. 421 00:22:34,052 --> 00:22:35,821 IF YOU WANT TO CONGREGATE, YOU'RE ON THIS SIDE. 422 00:22:35,887 --> 00:22:38,724 IF YOU DON'T WANT TO CONGREGATE, YOU'RE ON THE OTHER SIDE. 423 00:22:38,790 --> 00:22:41,727 IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE BECAUSE THE VIRUS IS GOING TO DO 424 00:22:41,793 --> 00:22:47,799 WHAT THE VIRUS IS GOING TO DO, REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOUR 425 00:22:47,866 --> 00:22:50,902 POLITICAL PERSUASION IS, REGARDLESS OF HOW DIVISIVE YOU 426 00:22:50,969 --> 00:22:51,870 ARE. 427 00:22:51,937 --> 00:22:53,371 AND THAT WAS EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING TO SEE THAT. 428 00:22:53,438 --> 00:22:58,076 IT WAS NOT HELPFUL-- IN FACT, IT WAS QUITE HARMFUL. 429 00:22:58,143 --> 00:23:00,078 >> Stephen: YOU'VE WORKED FOR SEVEN PRESIDENTS, SO IT'S NOT 430 00:23:00,145 --> 00:23:04,282 THE FIRST TIME THAT YOU HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH POLITICAL 431 00:23:04,349 --> 00:23:06,585 CONSIDERATIONS, NOT OF YOUR OWN BUT FOR THE PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE 432 00:23:06,651 --> 00:23:07,652 WORKING FOR. 433 00:23:07,719 --> 00:23:12,491 I UNDERSTAND YOU'VE USED THE GODFATHER AS A MODEL OF 434 00:23:12,557 --> 00:23:13,525 BEHAVIOR? 435 00:23:13,592 --> 00:23:15,327 DO YOU GIVE PRESIDENTS AN OFFER THEY CAN'T REFUSE? 436 00:23:15,393 --> 00:23:18,063 WHAT IS-- WHAT IS THIS GODFATHER MODEL? 437 00:23:18,130 --> 00:23:22,901 >> NO, NO, I USED IT BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE ASK ME, WHEN YOU GET 438 00:23:22,968 --> 00:23:26,138 THINGS LIKE THE SLIGHTS THAT I'VE HAD AGAINST ME DURING THE 439 00:23:26,204 --> 00:23:30,442 PAST YEAR, HOW YOU CAN CONTINUE TO FUNCTION AND WORK IN A 440 00:23:30,509 --> 00:23:36,748 PRODUCTIVE WAY, AND I JUST USE THAT PHRASE FROM THE "GODFATHER" 441 00:23:36,815 --> 00:23:40,952 THAT MICHAEL COLIIONSAID TO SONNY, HE SAID, "YOU'RE TAKING 442 00:23:41,019 --> 00:23:41,586 THINGS PERSONALLY." 443 00:23:41,653 --> 00:23:44,322 HE SAID, "IT'S NOT PERSONAL. 444 00:23:44,389 --> 00:23:46,091 IT'S STRICTLY BUSINESS." 445 00:23:46,158 --> 00:23:48,994 >> Stephen: HAVE YOU EVER FANTITIZED ABOUT DUMPING A 446 00:23:49,060 --> 00:23:52,097 HORSE'S HEAD INTO RAND PAUL'S HEAD? 447 00:23:52,164 --> 00:23:57,602 ( LAUGHTER ) NO, NO, BUT I THINK HE M MAY HAV 448 00:23:57,669 --> 00:23:59,371 FANTASIZED DOING IT THE OTHER WAY WITH ME. 449 00:23:59,437 --> 00:24:02,274 >> Stephen: DR. FAUCI WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK. 450 00:24:02,340 --> 00:24:05,143 BUT WHEN WE COME BACK, I WILL ASK THE DOCTOR IF HE HAD A 451 00:24:05,210 --> 00:24:09,614 CHOICE OF EACH OF THE THREE VACCINES, WHICH WOULD HE PICK? 452 00:24:09,681 --> 00:24:10,782 ♪ ♪ ♪ 453 00:24:27,065 --> 00:24:28,500 ♪ ♪ ♪ >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, 454 00:24:28,567 --> 00:24:30,602 WE'RE BACK WITH DR. ANTHONY FAUCI. 455 00:24:30,669 --> 00:24:36,741 DOCTOR, ONE IN FOUR ADULTS HAS RECEIVED THEIR FIRST VACCINE 456 00:24:36,808 --> 00:24:37,876 DOSE. 457 00:24:37,943 --> 00:24:40,545 OBVIOUSLY, THE VACCINES ARE ROLLING OUT FASTER THAN WE'D 458 00:24:40,612 --> 00:24:41,646 ORIGINALLY EXPECTED. 459 00:24:41,713 --> 00:24:44,549 IF YOU HAD TO PICK BETWEEN THE THREE VACCINES THAT ARE 460 00:24:44,616 --> 00:24:49,688 AVAILABLE TO US NOW, THE PFIZER, THE MODERNA, OR THE JOHNSON & 461 00:24:49,754 --> 00:24:50,689 JOHNSON, DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE? 462 00:24:50,755 --> 00:24:51,256 DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE? 463 00:24:51,323 --> 00:24:53,191 >> NO, I DON'T, STEPHEN. 464 00:24:53,258 --> 00:24:56,561 I-- I WOULD PICK THE ONE THAT WAS THE MOST READILY AVAILABLE 465 00:24:56,628 --> 00:24:57,429 TO ME. 466 00:24:57,495 --> 00:25:01,166 ALL THREE OF THEM ARE HIGHLY EFFICACIOUS. 467 00:25:01,233 --> 00:25:03,768 THEY HAVE DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTICS. 468 00:25:03,835 --> 00:25:06,104 YOU KNOW, COLD STORAGE, ONE DOSE VERSUS TWO DOSE. 469 00:25:06,171 --> 00:25:10,175 BUT IF I WALKED INTO A CLINIC AND I WANTED TO GET VACCINATED 470 00:25:10,242 --> 00:25:13,378 AND SOMEONE SAID, "YOU COULD HAVE THIS VACCINE NOW OR WAIT A 471 00:25:13,445 --> 00:25:17,115 FEW WEEKS FOR THE NEXT ONE," THE IMPORTANT THING IS TO GET 472 00:25:17,182 --> 00:25:21,753 VACCINATED AS QUICKLY AS YOU POSIBLY CAN IN ORDER TO PROTECT 473 00:25:21,820 --> 00:25:23,622 YOURSELVES, YOUR FAMILY, AND THE COMMUNITY. 474 00:25:23,688 --> 00:25:25,991 SO I-- I DON'T HAVE ANY FAVORITE. 475 00:25:26,057 --> 00:25:30,829 I HAPPEN TO TAKE THE MODERNA, BECAUSE IN THE CLINIC AT THE 476 00:25:30,896 --> 00:25:33,398 N.I.H., WHERE I AM, THAT WAS THE ONE THEY SHIPPED TO US. 477 00:25:33,465 --> 00:25:37,002 BUT IF THEY HAD SHIPPED ANOTHER ONE, I WOULD HAVE READILY TAKEN 478 00:25:37,068 --> 00:25:38,203 THAT. 479 00:25:38,270 --> 00:25:39,971 >> Stephen: DO YOU KNOW WHICH ONE MOST EFFECTIVELY DELIVERS 480 00:25:40,038 --> 00:25:44,109 BILL GATES' BRAIN-CONTROLLING MICROCHIP? 481 00:25:44,175 --> 00:25:46,344 >> WELL, THERE ARE A COUPLE. 482 00:25:46,411 --> 00:25:51,216 ONE MICROCHIP FROM ME, AND ONE MICROCHIP FROM BILL. 483 00:25:51,283 --> 00:25:54,486 IT DEPEND -- >> Stephen: GOOD, I CAN'T WAIT 484 00:25:54,552 --> 00:25:56,755 TO BE TURNED INTO YOUR ROBOT ARMY. 485 00:25:56,821 --> 00:25:59,724 HOW LONG ARE WE GOING TO BE LIVING WITH THIS CORONAVIRUS? 486 00:25:59,791 --> 00:26:02,861 ARE WE GOING TO TAMP IT DOWN OR ARE WE GOING TO WIPE IT OUT? 487 00:26:02,928 --> 00:26:06,031 >> YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, STEPHEN. 488 00:26:06,097 --> 00:26:07,265 I HAVE TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. 489 00:26:07,332 --> 00:26:10,468 WHEN YOU DEAL WITH VIRUSES THERE ARE THREE WAYS YOU CAN DO IT. 490 00:26:10,535 --> 00:26:15,807 YOU CAN EITHER CONTROL IT, YOU CAN ELIMINATE IT OR YOU CAN 491 00:26:15,874 --> 00:26:17,008 ERADICATE IT. 492 00:26:17,075 --> 00:26:20,879 WE HAVE ONLY ERADICATED ONE HUMAN VIRUS AND THAT'S SMALLPOX. 493 00:26:20,946 --> 00:26:23,782 WE HAVE ELIMINATED SEVERAL FROM COUNTRIES. 494 00:26:23,848 --> 00:26:25,817 LIKE, WE'VE ELIMINATED POLIO FROM THE UNITED STATES. 495 00:26:25,884 --> 00:26:29,688 WE HAVEN'T ERADICATED IT, BUT WE'VE LIMITED IT. 496 00:26:29,754 --> 00:26:31,256 WE HAVE CONTROLLED OTHER VIRUSES. 497 00:26:31,323 --> 00:26:33,792 WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS AT LEAST SOMETHING BETWEEN CONTROL 498 00:26:33,858 --> 00:26:34,993 AND ELIMINATION. 499 00:26:35,060 --> 00:26:37,729 I'M NOT SURE WE'RE GOING TO ERADICATE IT, BECAUSE THERE ARE 500 00:26:37,796 --> 00:26:41,066 SO MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE INFECTED WITH IT NOW. 501 00:26:41,132 --> 00:26:46,037 BUT LET'S MAKE THAT AN ASPIRATIONAL GOAL, TO ERADICATE 502 00:26:46,104 --> 00:26:47,205 IT. 503 00:26:47,272 --> 00:26:49,140 BUT TO AT LEAST CONTROL IT AND TO HOPEFULLY ELIMINATE IT IN 504 00:26:49,207 --> 00:26:50,308 MOST OF THE COUNTRIES. 505 00:26:50,375 --> 00:26:53,845 >> Stephen: WELL, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS PAST YEAR 506 00:26:53,912 --> 00:26:55,246 HAS MEANT TO YOU PERSONALLY. 507 00:26:55,313 --> 00:26:58,350 OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS THE SORT OF THING THAT YOU'VE WORKED YOUR 508 00:26:58,416 --> 00:27:00,518 ENTIRE LIFE TO TRY TO COMBAT. 509 00:27:00,585 --> 00:27:03,355 THIS IS-- THIS IS WHAT YOU HAVE TRAINED-- TRAINED FOR. 510 00:27:03,421 --> 00:27:08,259 BUT IT'S ALSO MEANT THAT OVER THE PAST YEAR, YOU'VE GONE FROM 511 00:27:08,326 --> 00:27:11,896 BEING THIS GUY TO A LOT OF PEOPLE... 512 00:27:11,963 --> 00:27:15,100 TO BEING THIS GUY FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE. 513 00:27:15,166 --> 00:27:19,537 DO YOU-- DO YOU ENJOY BEING AMERICA'S MOST TRUSTED DOCTOR 514 00:27:19,604 --> 00:27:21,039 RIGHT NOW? 515 00:27:21,106 --> 00:27:25,410 >> WELL, I CERTAINLY WANT TO BE TRUSTED. 516 00:27:25,477 --> 00:27:28,446 I DON'T NECESSARILY DWELL ON THE ATTENTION THAT I'VE GOTTEN. 517 00:27:28,513 --> 00:27:33,685 >> Stephen: SO BEING ONE OF THE SEXIEST MEN ALIVE IN 518 00:27:33,752 --> 00:27:36,454 "PEOPLE" MAGAZINE WASN'T PLEASURABLE AT ALL? 519 00:27:36,521 --> 00:27:37,689 YOU'RE UNDER OATH, SIR. 520 00:27:37,756 --> 00:27:39,691 I WILL REMIND YOU THAT YOU'RE UNDER OATH. 521 00:27:39,758 --> 00:27:42,560 >> STEPHEN, BRIEFLY IT WAS SORT OF AN INTERESTING CONCEPT. 522 00:27:42,627 --> 00:27:45,864 WHEN YOU REALIZE HOW FAR IT IS FROM THE TRUTH, BEING SOMEWHAT 523 00:27:45,930 --> 00:27:50,068 OF A REALISTIC PERSON, I THEN GET BACK TO MY JOB. 524 00:27:50,135 --> 00:27:54,773 >> Stephen: DO YOU-- ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE VERB 525 00:27:54,839 --> 00:27:56,474 "FAUCIING?" >> I HEARD IT RECENTLY, YES. 526 00:27:56,541 --> 00:27:59,210 THAT'S WHEN YOU DON'T WANT TO GO OUT WITH SOMEONE BECAUSE THEY'RE 527 00:27:59,277 --> 00:28:01,980 NOT WEARING A MASH OR SOMETHING. 528 00:28:02,047 --> 00:28:04,249 YOU "FAUCI" THEM. 529 00:28:04,315 --> 00:28:07,585 >> Stephen: AS I SAID, YOU ARE SORT OF AMERICA'S DOCTOR RIGHT 530 00:28:07,652 --> 00:28:08,520 NOW. 531 00:28:08,586 --> 00:28:09,921 PEOPLE LOOK TO YOU FOR ADVICE AND FOR CALM. 532 00:28:09,988 --> 00:28:11,556 WHO IS YOUR DR. FAUCI? 533 00:28:11,623 --> 00:28:13,224 WHO DO YOU TURN TO? 534 00:28:13,291 --> 00:28:16,828 >> YOU KNOW, MY DR. FAUCI, UNQUESTIONABLE, HAS BEEN THAT 535 00:28:16,895 --> 00:28:21,299 WAY FOR A VERY LONG TIME, IS MY WIFE, CHRISTINE GRADY, WHO IS 536 00:28:21,366 --> 00:28:22,801 ALSO WORKS AT THE N.I.H. 537 00:28:22,867 --> 00:28:28,706 SHE'S THE CHAIR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF-- OF BIOETHICS. 538 00:28:28,773 --> 00:28:32,977 AND SHE'S REALLY GOT A VERY GOOD HANDLE ON REALITY. 539 00:28:33,044 --> 00:28:37,916 I MEAN, SHE REALLY IS ABLE TO HELP ME OUT WHEN-- THERE WAS A 540 00:28:37,982 --> 00:28:41,920 TIME IN THE BEGINNING WHEN I WAS JUST WEARING MYSELF DOWN THEY 541 00:28:41,986 --> 00:28:43,221 COULDN'T EVEN BARELY MOVE. 542 00:28:43,288 --> 00:28:45,490 I WAS WORKING 21 HOURS A DAY. 543 00:28:45,557 --> 00:28:48,893 AND SHE KIND OF GRABBED ME AND SAID, "YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN A 544 00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:49,661 MARATHON. 545 00:28:49,727 --> 00:28:51,796 WE'RE NOT-- WE'RE NOT IN A SPRINT. 546 00:28:51,863 --> 00:28:54,899 YOU'VE JUST GOT TO BE ABLE TO GET SOME SLEEP AND OCCASIONALLY 547 00:28:54,966 --> 00:28:55,800 EAT." 548 00:28:55,867 --> 00:28:57,802 SO SHE-- SHE'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, WONDERFUL. 549 00:28:57,869 --> 00:29:01,573 >> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE ANOTHER QUICK BREAK, BUT WHEN WE 550 00:29:01,639 --> 00:29:04,342 COME BACK, I'LL ASK DR. FAUCI WHEN HE AND I CAN HIT THE CLUBS 551 00:29:04,409 --> 00:29:06,744 AGAIN. 552 00:29:06,811 --> 00:29:09,814 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 553 00:29:21,659 --> 00:29:22,894 ♪ ♪ ♪ >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY. 554 00:29:22,961 --> 00:29:25,396 WE'RE BACK HERE WITH DR. ANTHONY FAUCI. 555 00:29:25,463 --> 00:29:28,032 IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD, IF YOU COULD, DO DIFFERENTLY ABOUT 556 00:29:28,099 --> 00:29:30,335 THE LAST YEAR? 557 00:29:30,401 --> 00:29:33,738 AND I DON'T MEAN ABOUT KNOWING WHAT YOU KNOW NOW ABOUT THE 558 00:29:33,805 --> 00:29:37,242 VIRUS OR ITS, YOU KNOW, AEROSOLIZED SPREAD OR SOMETHING, 559 00:29:37,308 --> 00:29:40,845 BUT JUST SOMETHING YOU WOULD DO DIFFERENTLY NOW THAT YOU SAW HOW 560 00:29:40,912 --> 00:29:44,048 AMERICA REACTED OR FOR ANY LEVEL? 561 00:29:44,115 --> 00:29:49,354 >> YEAH, YOU HAVE TO SAY-- AND I KNOW YOU ARE INDICATING DON'T GO 562 00:29:49,420 --> 00:29:53,691 THERE-- BUT YOU WOULD HAVE TO SAY, WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH AN 563 00:29:53,758 --> 00:29:56,995 EVOLVING OUTBREAK, WHERE YOU KNOW NOTHING FROM THE BEGINNING, 564 00:29:57,061 --> 00:30:00,498 AND EACH WEEK AND MONTH THAT GOES BY, YOU LEARN MORE AND 565 00:30:00,565 --> 00:30:05,136 MORE, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES-- WHICH IS VERY, VERY DIFFICULT-- 566 00:30:05,203 --> 00:30:08,640 IS TO MAKE A DECISION ABOUT A POLICY OR A RECOMMENDATION WHEN 567 00:30:08,706 --> 00:30:11,075 YOU DON'T HAVE COMPLETE KNOWLEDGE. 568 00:30:11,142 --> 00:30:16,147 AND THEN WHEN YOU MONTHS LATER KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW, YOU SAY, YOU 569 00:30:16,214 --> 00:30:20,485 KNOW, IF I KNEW THAT BACK THEN, I REALLY WOULD HAVE ACTED OR 570 00:30:20,552 --> 00:30:22,253 SPOKEN OR RECOMMENDED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY. 571 00:30:22,320 --> 00:30:27,058 THE CLASSIC EXAMPLE IS THAT WE DID NOT KNOW FROM THE GET-GO 572 00:30:27,125 --> 00:30:31,529 THAT THIS VIRUS WAS EXTREMELY UNIQUE IN THAT MANY OF THE 573 00:30:31,596 --> 00:30:38,002 PEOPLE WHO WERE INFECTED HAD NO SYMPTOMS, AND A SUBSTANTIAL OF 574 00:30:38,069 --> 00:30:42,240 PORTION, UP TO HALF OF THE PEOPLE WHO TRANSMIT VIRUS, 575 00:30:42,307 --> 00:30:44,642 TRANSMIT IT WHEN THEY HAVE NO SYMPTOMS. 576 00:30:44,709 --> 00:30:47,979 EITHER THEY'LL NEVER GET SYMPTOMS OR THEY'RE IN THE 577 00:30:48,046 --> 00:30:49,180 PRESYMPTOMATIC STAGE. 578 00:30:49,247 --> 00:30:51,950 IF WE HAD KNOWN THAT IN THE BEGINNING, I THINK WE WOULD HAVE 579 00:30:52,016 --> 00:30:56,387 BEEN MUCH, MUCH MORE AGGRESSIVE IN SHUTTING THINGS DOWN. 580 00:30:56,454 --> 00:30:59,657 BECAUSE UNDER THE RADAR SCREEN, UNTIL WE REALIZED IT, THERE WERE 581 00:30:59,724 --> 00:31:05,263 A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WERE SPREADING IT IN AN INSIDIOUS 582 00:31:05,330 --> 00:31:08,099 WAY, WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING IT-- NOT DELIBERATELY, BUT WITHOUT 583 00:31:08,166 --> 00:31:09,300 EVEN KNOWING IT. 584 00:31:09,367 --> 00:31:12,837 AS SOON AS WE KNEW THAT, THEN IT BECAME CLEAR WE WERE DEALING 585 00:31:12,904 --> 00:31:15,340 WITH A VERY, VERY FORMIDABLE VIRUS. 586 00:31:15,406 --> 00:31:20,044 >> Stephen: NOW, AS I SAID, AMERICA'S DOCTOR. 587 00:31:20,111 --> 00:31:24,449 I WANT TO MAKE SURE I GET EVERYONE'S ANSWERS HERE. 588 00:31:24,515 --> 00:31:25,984 CAN YOU GIVE US RAPID FIRE ANSWERS IN A SEGMENT WE ARE 589 00:31:26,050 --> 00:31:27,151 CALLING, "DOCTOR'S ORDERS." 590 00:31:27,218 --> 00:31:32,323 NUMBER ONE, IF YOU'VE BEEN VACCINATED, CAN YOU GIVE THE 591 00:31:32,390 --> 00:31:33,091 VIRUS TO OTHERS? 592 00:31:33,157 --> 00:31:35,193 AND SHOULD YOU STILL WEAR A MASK? 593 00:31:35,260 --> 00:31:36,728 >> YOU CAN GIVE IT TO OTHERS. 594 00:31:36,794 --> 00:31:38,696 YOU SHOULD WEAR A MASK. 595 00:31:38,763 --> 00:31:44,102 BUT RECENT DATA ARE INDICATING THAT THE LEVEL OF VIRUS IN YOUR 596 00:31:44,168 --> 00:31:46,304 NASOPHARYNX, IF YOU'RE VACCINATED, IS EXTREMELY LOW. 597 00:31:46,371 --> 00:31:49,040 AND I THINK IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS FROM NOW I MIGHT MODIFY 598 00:31:49,107 --> 00:31:51,809 THAT STATEMENT AND SAY IT WOULD BE EXTREMELY UNUSUAL THAT YOU 599 00:31:51,876 --> 00:31:54,946 WOULD TRANSMIT IT. 600 00:31:55,013 --> 00:31:56,948 BUT RIGHT NOW, JUST TO BE CAREFUL, WEAR A MASK. 601 00:31:57,015 --> 00:31:59,817 >> Stephen: SHOULD WE EVER SHAKE HANDS AGAIN? 602 00:31:59,884 --> 00:32:01,452 >> ( LAUGHS ) 603 00:32:01,519 --> 00:32:05,423 YOU KNOW I THINK THE ANSWER IS A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO 604 00:32:05,490 --> 00:32:07,959 WANT TO SHAKE HANDS, BUT I THINK HUMAN NATURE PEOPLE WILL GET 605 00:32:08,026 --> 00:32:08,926 BACK TO THAT. 606 00:32:08,993 --> 00:32:11,696 >> Stephen: WHAT ARE THE C.D.C. GUIDELINES FOR 607 00:32:11,763 --> 00:32:12,930 VACCINATING PEOPLE? 608 00:32:12,997 --> 00:32:14,966 IF I GET THE VACCINE, CAN I HIT THE CLUB TWO WEEKS AFTER I GET 609 00:32:15,033 --> 00:32:16,167 THE SHOT? 610 00:32:16,234 --> 00:32:19,237 >> NO, YOU SHOULDN'T HIT THE CLUBS UNTIL WE GET THE LEVEL OF 611 00:32:19,304 --> 00:32:22,907 VIRUS DOWN SO LOW THAT THERE'S NO THREAT TO HIT THE CLUBS. 612 00:32:22,974 --> 00:32:25,777 >> Stephen: IF SOMEBODY HAS ALREADY HAD THE VIRUS, SHOULD 613 00:32:25,843 --> 00:32:27,345 THEY STILL GET VACCINATED? 614 00:32:27,412 --> 00:32:30,081 >> ABSOLUTELY, YES. 615 00:32:30,148 --> 00:32:34,986 >> Stephen: CAN WE STILL USE "I'M QUARANTINING," AS AN EXCUSE 616 00:32:35,053 --> 00:32:38,589 TO GET OUT OF PLANS THAT WE DON'T WANT TO BE PART OF, EVEN 617 00:32:38,656 --> 00:32:42,060 WHEN THINGS GO BACK TO NORMAL? 618 00:32:42,126 --> 00:32:43,294 >> ( LAUGHS ) 619 00:32:43,361 --> 00:32:45,830 I THINK YOU CAN, IF YOU WANT TO, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO RUN OUT OF 620 00:32:45,897 --> 00:32:47,031 TIME SOON. 621 00:32:47,098 --> 00:32:48,800 >> Stephen: AND THIS IS THE UNIVERSAL QUESTION THAT EVERYONE 622 00:32:48,866 --> 00:32:52,670 IN AMERICA, REALLY EVERYONE IN THE WORLD IS ASKING: WHEN CAN 623 00:32:52,737 --> 00:32:55,006 LATE-NIGHT HOSTS HAVE AUDIENCES BACK? 624 00:32:55,073 --> 00:32:57,608 >> YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE REASONABLY SOON. 625 00:32:57,675 --> 00:33:01,145 I THINK WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT IS A GRADUAL 626 00:33:01,212 --> 00:33:05,583 GETTING AUDIENCES BACK-- NOT NECESSARILY FULL CAPACITY-- AS 627 00:33:05,650 --> 00:33:06,884 WE GET INTO THE EARLY FALL. 628 00:33:06,951 --> 00:33:10,321 IF WE CAN GET THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF PEOPLE VACCINATED BY 629 00:33:10,388 --> 00:33:14,859 THEN, I THINK WE COULD START TO TAKE THOSE STEPS TOWARDS 630 00:33:14,926 --> 00:33:20,298 NORMALITY, WHICH, IN MY MIND, MEANS GETTING AUDIENCES, AT 631 00:33:20,365 --> 00:33:21,866 LEAST PARTIALLY CAPACITY. 632 00:33:21,933 --> 00:33:23,434 >> Stephen: DR. FAUCI, THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 633 00:33:23,501 --> 00:33:25,703 IT'S A PLEASURE TO TALK TO YOU AGAIN. 634 00:33:25,770 --> 00:33:28,740 WE'RE DO IT MORE FREQUENTLY THAN ONCE A DECADE, I HOPE. 635 00:33:28,806 --> 00:33:29,874 >> THANK YOU, STEPHEN. 636 00:33:29,941 --> 00:33:33,244 I APPRECIATE YOU HAVING ME. 637 00:33:33,311 --> 00:33:34,445 >> Stephen: DR. ANTHONY FAUCI, EVERYBODY. 638 00:33:34,512 --> 00:33:36,147 WHEN WE COME BACK, AN APPEARANCE FROM THE PRESIDENT, VICE 639 00:33:36,214 --> 00:33:37,648 PRESIDENT, AND ALL THE BIGGEST NAMES IN HOLLYWOOD. 640 00:33:37,715 --> 00:33:38,449 NO BIG DEAL. 641 00:33:38,516 --> 00:33:40,618 STICK AROUND. 642 00:33:40,685 --> 00:33:43,688 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 643 00:34:07,178 --> 00:34:11,149 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 644 00:34:11,215 --> 00:34:15,386 >> OH, YEAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MISINFORMING THE PUBLIC! 645 00:34:15,453 --> 00:34:17,622 >> WE OFFERED TO BE A CONTROL GROUP. 646 00:34:17,688 --> 00:34:19,891 >> WE DON'T DO BAD THINGS TO PEOPLE. 647 00:34:19,957 --> 00:34:20,958 >> WHAT'S THE VIRUS AGAIN? 648 00:34:21,025 --> 00:34:21,626 >> THE CORONAVIRUS. 649 00:34:21,692 --> 00:34:23,394 >> OH, THAT'S THE HARDEST. 650 00:34:23,461 --> 00:34:28,232 >> IS MAN REALLY CAPABLE OF ALTERING THE FORCE OF AN 651 00:34:28,299 --> 00:34:29,434 INFECTIOUS DISEASE THROUGH CROWD CONTROL? 652 00:34:29,500 --> 00:34:31,269 >> I'M LOCKED IN A HERMETICALLY SEALED VEHICLE WITH A HIGHLY 653 00:34:31,335 --> 00:34:33,404 CONTAGIOUS PATIENT. 654 00:34:33,471 --> 00:34:36,574 >> WE ARE GOING TO BE SUCH GOOD ROOMMATES. 655 00:34:36,641 --> 00:34:39,410 >> JUST BECAUSE I'M IN A PRIVATE HOTEL I CAN'T WALK AROUND 656 00:34:39,477 --> 00:34:40,178 WITHOUT A MASH. 657 00:34:40,244 --> 00:34:42,547 >> EVERYONE, SING THE AMERICA SONG 658 00:34:42,613 --> 00:34:43,915 ♪ BASEBALL PARK AND THE FOOTBALL TREE 659 00:34:43,981 --> 00:34:46,984 ♪ IT'S THE MOST FREEDOMMEST PLACE IN THE WORLD ♪ 660 00:34:58,362 --> 00:34:59,464 ♪ ♪ ♪ >> Stephen: HEY, WELCOME BACK, 661 00:34:59,530 --> 00:35:00,665 EVERYBODY. 662 00:35:00,731 --> 00:35:03,534 LIKE A LOT OF YOU OUT THERE, I'VE SPENT MUCH OF THE LAST YEAR 663 00:35:03,601 --> 00:35:04,735 DOING MY JOB OVER ZOOM. 664 00:35:04,802 --> 00:35:07,839 AND JUST LIKE YOU, THAT MEANS SCHEDULING WORK MEETINGS WITH 665 00:35:07,905 --> 00:35:10,408 PEOPLE LIKE BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND MEGAN THE STALLION. 666 00:35:10,475 --> 00:35:13,478 BUT HERE'S THE THING: WHEN I INTERVIEW THESE EXCITING 667 00:35:13,544 --> 00:35:16,380 CELEBRITIES OVER ZOOM, THERE'S A LOT OF TECHNICAL STUFF YOU HAVE 668 00:35:16,447 --> 00:35:17,482 TO ACCOUNT FOR. 669 00:35:17,548 --> 00:35:21,018 FOR INSTANCE, AFTER EVERY INTERVIEW, WE HAVE TO SLATE, 670 00:35:21,085 --> 00:35:24,622 MEANING SAY OUR NAMES, COUNT TO THREE, AND THEN CLAP, IN ORDER 671 00:35:24,689 --> 00:35:28,893 TO MAKE SURE THE ZOOM AUDIO SYNCS UP WITH THE VIDEO. 672 00:35:28,960 --> 00:35:30,728 OBVIOUSLY, WE NEVER INTENDED THOSE SLATES TO AIR, BUT IT 673 00:35:30,795 --> 00:35:33,431 TURNS OUT WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT ANYWAY, RIGHT NOW. 674 00:35:33,498 --> 00:35:38,135 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 675 00:35:38,202 --> 00:35:39,504 >> Stephen: GORGE, BEFORE I LET YOU GO, WE HAVE TO DO A 676 00:35:39,570 --> 00:35:40,238 SPECIAL SLATE. 677 00:35:40,304 --> 00:35:42,173 STEPHEN COLBERT, ONE, TWO, THREE. 678 00:35:42,240 --> 00:35:44,542 AND IF YOU WOULD DO THAT WITH YOUR OWN NAME, NOT MINE. 679 00:35:44,609 --> 00:35:49,113 >> BRAD PITT, ONE, TWO, THREE. 680 00:35:49,180 --> 00:35:52,183 >> JANELLE MONAE, ONE, TWO, THROUGH. 681 00:35:54,886 --> 00:35:57,154 >> BOB DeNIRO, ONE, TWO, THREE. 682 00:35:57,221 --> 00:35:59,490 >> BILLIE EILISH, ONE, TWO, THREE. 683 00:35:59,557 --> 00:36:02,627 >> TIFFANY HADDISH, ONE, TWO, THREE. 684 00:36:02,693 --> 00:36:05,129 >> ANDY SANDBERG ONE, TWO, THREE. 685 00:36:05,196 --> 00:36:07,431 >> ZAHN DAYA, ONE, TWO, THREE. 686 00:36:07,498 --> 00:36:10,368 >> CATE BLANCHETT, ONE, TWO, THREE. 687 00:36:10,434 --> 00:36:11,636 THREE. 688 00:36:11,702 --> 00:36:14,939 >> Stephen: I WANT TO PUT THAT INTO A MONTAGE. 689 00:36:15,006 --> 00:36:15,940 WE HAVE TO DO A SLATE. 690 00:36:16,007 --> 00:36:17,241 YOU PROBABLY HAVE TO DO THE SAME THING. 691 00:36:17,308 --> 00:36:18,376 >> I DO. 692 00:36:18,442 --> 00:36:21,579 >> Stephen: IT GOES A LITTLE SOMETHING LIKE THIS: STEPHEN 693 00:36:21,646 --> 00:36:22,980 COLBERT, ONE, TWO, THREE. 694 00:36:23,047 --> 00:36:25,383 NOW, YOU DO THAT BUT WITH YOUR NAME. 695 00:36:25,449 --> 00:36:28,452 >> THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING BECAUSE I ABSOLUTELY WOULD HAVE 696 00:36:28,519 --> 00:36:29,086 DONE STEPHEN COLBERT. 697 00:36:29,153 --> 00:36:29,954 >> Stephen: EVERYBODY DOES. 698 00:36:30,021 --> 00:36:32,356 >> STEPHEN COLBERT, ONE, TWO, THREE. 699 00:36:32,423 --> 00:36:34,358 >> STEPHEN COLBERT, ONE, TWO, THREE. 700 00:36:34,425 --> 00:36:38,563 >> STEPHEN COLBERT ONE -- >> Stephen: WITH YOUR OWN NAME 701 00:36:38,629 --> 00:36:39,163 IF YOU DON'T MIND. 702 00:36:39,230 --> 00:36:40,298 >> I KNOW, I KNOW. 703 00:36:40,364 --> 00:36:43,267 >> STEPHEN COLBERT, ONE, TWO, THREE, BRYAN CRANSTON. 704 00:36:43,334 --> 00:36:44,835 >> I WAS ABOUT TO SAY STEPHEN COLBERT. 705 00:36:44,902 --> 00:36:46,804 MEGAN THE STALLION, ONE, TWO, THREE. 706 00:36:46,871 --> 00:36:51,943 >> DREW BARRYMORE, ONE, TWO THREE. 707 00:36:52,009 --> 00:36:58,749 >> SALAMEH HAYEK, ONE, TWO, THREE. 708 00:36:58,816 --> 00:37:00,284 >> Stephen: GOT IT WRONG. 709 00:37:00,351 --> 00:37:02,887 BUT CHARMING NONETHELESS. 710 00:37:02,954 --> 00:37:08,659 ( WHISTLING ) >> JON BON JOVI, ONE, TWO, 711 00:37:08,726 --> 00:37:09,393 THREE. 712 00:37:09,460 --> 00:37:09,961 >> DOLLY PARTON, ONE, TWO, THREE? 713 00:37:10,027 --> 00:37:10,695 IS THAT WHAT I'M DOING? 714 00:37:10,761 --> 00:37:12,430 >> Stephen: THAT'S IT, ALL DONE. 715 00:37:12,496 --> 00:37:14,966 >> BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, ONE, TWO, THREE. 716 00:37:15,032 --> 00:37:17,535 >> MARIAH CAREY, ONE, TWO, THREE. 717 00:37:17,602 --> 00:37:20,972 >> MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY, ONE, TWO, THREE 718 00:37:21,038 --> 00:37:24,041 ( WHISTLING ) >> KAMALA HARRIS, ONE, TWO, 719 00:37:24,108 --> 00:37:24,709 THREE. 720 00:37:24,775 --> 00:37:25,676 >> JOE BIDEN, ONE, TWO, THREE. 721 00:37:25,743 --> 00:37:28,312 >> Stephen: PERFECT, YOU'RE A NATURAL KID 722 00:37:28,379 --> 00:37:33,451 ( LAUGHS ) >> JAKE GYLLENHAAL, ONE, TWO, 723 00:37:33,517 --> 00:37:33,784 THREE. 724 00:37:33,851 --> 00:37:34,552 >> STEVE? 725 00:37:34,619 --> 00:37:37,121 >> Stephen: NO ONE CALLS YOU STEVE! 726 00:37:37,188 --> 00:37:39,156 >> MERYL STREEP, ONE, TWO, THREE. 727 00:37:39,223 --> 00:37:43,027 >> Stephen: THESE ZOOM DAYS BEING WHAT THEY ARE WE HAVE TO 728 00:37:43,094 --> 00:37:46,464 MAKE SURE WE'RE TECHNICALLY BUTTONED DOWN. 729 00:37:46,530 --> 00:37:51,268 LIKE DUCT TAPE AND CHICKEN WIRE MY BROTHER, ED, MY OLDER BROTHER 730 00:37:51,335 --> 00:37:53,671 ED CALLS ME STEVE. 731 00:37:53,738 --> 00:37:57,041 TOM BROKAW OCCASIONALLY CALLS ME STEVE, AND TOM HANKS CALLS ME 732 00:37:57,108 --> 00:37:57,908 STEVE. 733 00:37:57,975 --> 00:37:59,844 >> I MEAN-- >> HEY, STEVE, HOW ARE YOU. 734 00:37:59,910 --> 00:38:03,714 TOM HANK, ONE, TWO, THREE. 735 00:38:03,781 --> 00:38:07,218 >> JAKE TAPPER, ONE, TWO, THREE. 736 00:38:07,284 --> 00:38:09,787 >> TANDY NEWTON, ONE, TWO, THREE. 737 00:38:09,854 --> 00:38:11,656 >> YES! 738 00:38:11,722 --> 00:38:11,922 YAY! 739 00:38:11,989 --> 00:38:12,790 MWAH! 740 00:38:12,857 --> 00:38:15,693 ( WHISTLING ) >> KATE WINSLET, ONE, TWO, 741 00:38:15,760 --> 00:38:16,661 THREE. 742 00:38:16,727 --> 00:38:23,501 GOD I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO BURST INTO SONG NOW. 743 00:38:23,567 --> 00:38:25,970 >> Stephen: SO WE HAVE TO SLATE DO YOU. 744 00:38:26,037 --> 00:38:28,739 >> SARAH PAULSON, ONE, TWO, THREE. 745 00:38:28,806 --> 00:38:31,776 >> RICKY GERVAIS, ONE, TWO, THREE. 746 00:38:31,842 --> 00:38:34,378 >> CONE AN O'BRIEN, ONE, TWO, THREE. 747 00:38:34,445 --> 00:38:38,349 >> MINDY KALING, ONE, TWO, THREE. 748 00:38:38,416 --> 00:38:42,353 >> TREVOR NOAH, ONE, TWO, THREE ( WHISTLING ) 749 00:38:42,420 --> 00:38:44,288 >> ANDY COHEN, ONE, TWO, THREE! 750 00:38:44,355 --> 00:38:47,491 >> ANDERSON COOPER-- I DON'T KNOW, DID I DO THAT RIGHT? 751 00:38:47,558 --> 00:38:49,927 >> SEE, I'M CLAPPING. 752 00:38:49,994 --> 00:38:51,429 >> Stephen: PERFECT! 753 00:38:51,495 --> 00:38:51,729 PERFECT! 754 00:38:51,796 --> 00:38:52,563 PERFECT! 755 00:38:52,630 --> 00:38:56,333 >> CHANCE THE RAPPER, ONE, TWO, THREE. 756 00:38:56,400 --> 00:38:57,268 >> ALLISON JANNEY. 757 00:38:57,334 --> 00:38:58,536 >> AARON SORKIN,. 758 00:38:58,602 --> 00:39:00,071 >> MARTIN SCHIFF. 759 00:39:00,137 --> 00:39:03,074 >> CHRISTIAN BAILS. 760 00:39:03,140 --> 00:39:06,077 >> RYAN REYNOLDS, THREE, TWO, ONE. 761 00:39:06,143 --> 00:39:09,980 WE DO IT EVERY DAY GLI MIGHT POP A BALLOON. 762 00:39:10,047 --> 00:39:12,116 >> CHER, ONE, TWO, THREE. 763 00:39:12,183 --> 00:39:14,518 >> QUEEN LATIFAH, ONE, TWO, THREE. 764 00:39:14,585 --> 00:39:16,587 >> JULIE ANDREWS, ONE, TWO, THREE 765 00:39:16,654 --> 00:39:21,325 ( WHISTLING ) >> STEPHEN COLBERT, ONE, TWO, 766 00:39:21,392 --> 00:39:21,992 THREE. 767 00:39:22,059 --> 00:39:23,794 JON STEWART, ONE, TWO, THREE. 768 00:39:23,861 --> 00:39:24,428 >> Stephen: THANK YOU. 769 00:39:24,495 --> 00:39:25,663 THAT'S IT. 770 00:39:25,730 --> 00:39:27,298 NOW, LET ME SEE TRACY. 771 00:39:27,364 --> 00:39:28,099 >> SAY HELLO. 772 00:39:28,165 --> 00:39:31,602 AND THE BOYS ARE HERE, TOO. 773 00:39:31,669 --> 00:39:31,969 HELLO. 774 00:39:32,036 --> 00:39:33,104 HI, EVIE. 775 00:39:33,170 --> 00:39:37,742 LOOK HOW EVIE IS NOW-- EVIE IS THE PRODUCTION ASSISTANT. 776 00:39:37,808 --> 00:39:41,245 SHE HAS TO DO ALL-- SHE'S, LIKE, PRODUCING THE SHOW DOWN THERE. 777 00:39:41,312 --> 00:39:44,081 >> Stephen: YOU SLATED, DIDN'T YOU, JON? 778 00:39:44,148 --> 00:39:47,685 THERE, DO IT AGAIN. 779 00:39:47,752 --> 00:39:50,755 THIS IS UNSUSTAINABLE IS HOW I WOULD DESCRIBE THIS. 780 00:39:55,226 --> 00:39:56,527 >> Stephen: THANKS TO GEORGE CLOONEY, JOHN OLIVER, AND 781 00:39:56,594 --> 00:39:58,729 EVERYONE IN BETWEEN. 782 00:39:58,796 --> 00:39:59,430 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. 783 00:39:59,497 --> 00:40:02,500 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 784 00:40:10,040 --> 00:40:13,277 THAT DOES IT FOR OUR ONE-YEAR QUARANNIVERSARY SPECIAL. 785 00:40:13,344 --> 00:40:17,047 TUNE IN NEXT YEAR, WHEN I HOPE WE HAVE NOTHING TO COMMEMORATE. 786 00:40:17,114 --> 00:40:19,750 JOIN US NEXT WEEK FOR MY GUESTS RINGO STARR, LUPITA NYONG'O, AND 787 00:40:19,817 --> 00:40:22,453 MAGIC JOHNSON. 788 00:40:22,520 --> 00:40:24,054 GOOD NIGHT. 789 00:40:24,121 --> 00:40:26,457 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 790 00:40:26,524 --> 00:40:28,292 Captioning sponsored by CBS Captioned by 791 00:40:29,426 --> 00:40:33,430 Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org