Im victor blackwell. Good morning, im amara walker in today for christi paul. So thanksgiving week is here. And so is this expanding coronavirus surge. Consider this the u. S. Has recorded 12 million cases across the country. Just six days ago, the u. S. Hit 11 million cases. And for the 19th straight day, the u. S. Has added more than 100,000 new cases daily. A record 83,000 people are in hospitals right now, away from their families heading into the holiday. And the calls to avoid thanksgiving trips arent keeping the crowds away. Friday was the second busiest day at u. S. Airports yet during the pandemic. There is good news on treating covid19, however. The fda has issued an emergency use authorization for the antibody cocktail, the same therapy that President Trump ruffed during his hospital stay. Paolo sandoval is following this from new york. Good morning, paolo. What more do we know about who can access this treatment and when . Reporter we know that the food and Drug Administration has authorized regeneron for emergency use on those patients that have been determined to be high risk. It does not apply to patients that have been hospitalized and had to be potentially pout oxygen because of their treatment, to fight the virus. In terms of how soon people would potentially be treated with this drug, we do know that regeneron says that they are looking to have doses available for at least 80,000 patients by the end of this month. And potentially up to 200,000 patients by the start of the year. The u. S. Food and Drug Administration on saturday issued an emergency use authorization for regenerons antibody cocktail to treat covid19 in highrisk patients with mild to moderate disease. President donald trump received the therapy when he was hospitalized for coronavirus. According to the fda, the cocktail, which mimics an immune response to infection, reduced covid19related hospitalizations and emergency room visits in some patients within 28 days of treatment. They t works best in patients who are given the treatment early before the virus has taken hold in the body. The chief executive officer said in a statement the demand may initially exceed splooupply mak it critical that regen cov 2 is distributed equitably to the patient most in need. U. S. Coronavirus cases surpassed 12 million saturday. An increase of more than one million cases in less than a week according to Johns Hopkins university data. Over 255,000 americans have died. November already accounts for almost a quarter of all covid19 cases, and 9 of deaths. Almost every state in the u. S. Has reported a rapid surge in cases. In texas, the division of Emergency Management reports a team of 36 National Guard personnel have been sent to el paso to help the city cope with the surge of covid19 deaths. Good news on the horizon, experts say promising vaccines are on the way. Cdc will recommend which groups should receive a covid19 vaccine first. We have a number of categories of individuals that gha in the first may go in the first round of vaccinations. Among those are health care providers, individuals at highrisk conditions, individuals living in nursing homes, first responders, essential personnel, individuals over 65 years of age. Reporter as we head into thanksgiving, airports across the u. S. Bracing for increased travel amid the pandemic. With the cdc recommending coronavirus testing before and after international flights. We should mention regeneron is not the only Company Working to advance these kind of antibody therapies. At least 70 other treatments out there are being investigated also. The food and Drug Administration issued an emergency approval for a similar drug under similar circumstances just earlier this month, victor and amara. These are certainly tools that these Health Officials and these doctors need as they try to keep that death count, you heard out of west texas, the National Guard called in to help perform mortuary services. Paolo sandoval for us, thank you. Lets bring in one of those health experts, dr. Carlos del rio, associate dean of Emory University of medicine at Grady Health System in atlanta. Good morning to you. Lets start with the authorization of the regeneron cocktail. We know that its to treat highrisk patients with mild to moderate disease. But before they get to the hospital. So when is that sweet spot . Is it immediately after the the diagnosis, or is it once they start to get the systems symptoms, i should say, and how do you determine who is most at need if theyre not hospitalized . Well, these are incredibly good questions. What we know is the sooner you receive this treatment the better it is. For example, like the president received it. So the reality is if you are over 65 and you have comorbid conditions like diabetes, obesity, or some other, you know, immunosuppression and you get diagnosed with covid19, you should be considered for the therapy pretty much immediately. The sooner within the first three to four days of getting diagnosed is the best time to receive it. The challenge, of course, is finding it because its actually in limited supply. And the other thing is Health Care Systems and clinics are struggling to figure out how to administer this because this drug, you have to put you have to get it in the hospital. You have to give it intravenously and depending on the drug, you have to have a place where you can do it, and you can bring patients with covid in in a safe environment. So our typical infusion rooms where we have Cancer Patients are not the best part. Were all trying to figure out how to give it, where to give, and who to give it. Theyre useful drugs, and i think its a step in the right direction to have something to treat mild to moderate covid. And now we have nothing. Expectation is to manufacture enough for 80,000 patients by the end of this month, 200,000 by first week of january, 300,000 by end of january. They acknowledge that need will outpace supply. But when you have a million diagnoses a week of covid, how big is that gap between whats available and whats needed . I mean, the gap is enormous. If youre diagnosing more than 100,000 persons per day, lets assume of those 100,000 persons youve diagnosed per day 30 will be eligible. Thats 30,000 people every day that will be eligible for this drug, and youre manufacturing, you know, enough to treat 20,000 to 30,000 a month. Thats how big the gap is. We have to stop the spread. Were simply getting outpatient therapies, our icus, capacity in hospitals, were getting overwhelmed. This is like trying to drink from a water hydrant. When it comes to vaccines, we understand that the cdc committee, theres a committee thats meeting to discuss, you know, who should be receiving the covid19 vaccines first. Can you tell us what these conversations are sounding like, and what youre view is on how we can ethically approach this issue . Well, i would recommend that you and your viewers look at the National Academy of science, engineering, and medicine report that was issued last october on equitable allocation of covid vaccines. This is a committee that was made of very highlevel individuals, very distinguished persons, experts in the field, and coshared by some of the best and brightest in the area of vaccinology and public health. They recommend a tiered approach. They started saying, acknowledging were not going to have enough vaccines to vaccinate everybody immediately. How do you tier vaccination. They recommend starting with first responders, health care workers, People Living in longterm care facilities, elderly, people with very high risk of complications, then moving to the general public. The cdc committee and meeting specialists has basically taken the report from the National Academies and are accepting the suggestion. A practical question because weve been showing the long lines that weve seen at airports. A lot of people traveling ahead of thanksgiving. We may see that as we head into december. What is the right way to handle decisions on thanksgiving . Because as you know, dr. Del rio, people are going to still travel as we see, no matter what the guidelines are. Well, again, you have to think that theres a really very, very safe way to do it in a really very, very highrisk way to do it. And you have to decide whats the safest and the best for your family. I would start by saying, you know, if youre going to travel, be sure to travel wearing a mac and dont take it off. Wearing a face shield or goggles. Having hand sanitizer, avoiding, you know, avoiding proximity to people, so socially distanced, et cetera. Dont drink, dont eat, dont take your mask off on the plane or when you drive. Number two, once you get to the place youre going to be at, be sure you get tested before you travel, you get tested after you travel. Then i would also say, keep it to small number of individuals. No more than ten. Number four, you know, if you can do it outside, do it outside. Outside is always better than inside. You can do it inside, have have a good ventilation in the room. And finally, be sure to spread people out when theyre eating, when theyre getting together. The more you can keep people apart, the better it is. You know, avoid as much hugs and in proximity as you can possibly do. And if youre not going to be eating, put your mask on, its not a bad idea when youre having strangers with you. I if you do all those things, at the end of the day, you can stay safe. Quickly, the time frame of testing before you travel one to three days . My recommendation is one to three days after they travel and three to four days after they travel. As a way to its not 100 sure, but it decreases your risk that somebody, you know, asim mark is going to come asymptomatic is going to come in. If i have a College Student returning home now, i would take that person, keep their mask on, and you know, three to four days after they arrive i would get them tested. Doctor, appreciate your time this morning. Thank you so much. Happy to be with you. This week, georgia will count ballots cast in the president ial election for a third time. The Trump Campaign is requesting a recount as expected after the vote was certified on friday. Cnn has more from the white house. Kevin, georgia counted the votes and then audited the count, and now the Trump Campaign wants the state to recount the audited votes i mean, what is the end game here for the campaign . What do they want . Whats the expectation . Reporter well, it really seems at this point like theyre delaying the inevitable, putting off what will happen in january which is that joe biden will become president. They are facing a disappearing legal pathway. In georgia, as you said, theyve requested a recount of those ballots. The margin in the state is still short, small enough, to meet the threshold for this taxpayerfunded recount. As you mentioned, there was a hand recount of ballots last week. Technically an audit. That did not significantly change the results in georgia. This recount will be conducted electronically by scanners, so it will go much quicker. But given what happened last week, theres no expectation that the results in georgia will change. Now, these attempts to delay the results come as the president s case is collapsing, the latest in pennsylvania. Yesterday a judge not only denying the request to block certification of votes in the state, but essentially laughing them out of court saying that their efforts led by Rudy Giuliani were disjointed, calling them strained legal arguments without merit, speculative accusations, and essentially saying that the Trump Campaign was trying to disenfranchise millions of voters in pennsylvania. Now Rudy Giuliani had kind of taken the lead on the case there. This is one of the most important ones given how many electoral votes are at stake in pennsylvania. He made his first courtroom outing it decades last week. It was a shambolic appearance for the former new york city mayor. Clearly the judge saying he didnt think highly of it. As these legal cases fall apart, this was at least the 30th more than 30 cases withdrawn or dismissed from the Trump Campaign. He is increasingly turning to republican legislators to try and convince them to delay certification of votes or possibly to switch their electors from biden to trump. He summoned the republican lawmakers from michigan to the white house on friday. They explained to him the process for certifying votes in their state. They came out afterwards to see that they had seen nothing that would change the results in michigan. Nevertheless, the Republican National committee and state republicans in michigan are asking for a 14day delay of certification in that state. As the county audit as the state audits votes in the states largest county, wayne county. So all of this, delaying the results, challenging the legal the legal cases in courts, even as they fall apart. Its much more about casting doubt on the selection. Putting joe biden in this frame of an illegitimate president , all of this trying to role up the president s base even as the inevitable will happen, joe biden will become president in january. Yeah, i mean, even with these legal challenges, i think you said 30 or so that have failed, are we going to see more any more republicans come out and say, and acknowledge that, you know, the President Joe Biden he is i should say president elect joe biden . We did see yet pat toomey, the republican senator from pennsylvania, he praised the judge in that case who he called a conservative republican. And he congratulated joe biden on becoming the president elect. We should note pat toomey is retiring. He doesnt necessarily carry the same weight that other republicans do in terms of having to arppease the presiden, appease his supporters. We also saw hi cheney say if trump cant prove the allegations, he needs to move on and uphold the sanctity of our elections. But if youre looking for any reason why republicans might not be speaking out, look no further than the president s twitter feed. He went after liz cheney last night. Kevin, thank you so much. Rebecomea buck, youre up next rebecca buck, youre up next. Lets talk about the biden transition now. And i understand that were getting more about the cabinet picks and some announcements coming this week. Thats right. It looks to be a big week for the biden transition. They are not waiting around for trump to be satisfied with the Election Results to placate trump in any way. They are moving full steam ahead and, in fact, that is intentional. Initially the biden transition and president elect, rather, joe biden, had talked about wait willing until the balance of power in the senate was clear, until the Senate Runoffs in georgia had resolved, and they knew whether republicans or democratser going to control the senate next year when he takes the presidency. But they decided that they were going to move ahead with their cabinet right now, as soon as possible, to send a strong message to President Trump and his supporters and the country that joe biden will be president next year. Hes continuing to make those preparations. We are going to see some cabinet picks this week. Were expecting them as early as tomorrow to begin. And we could be looking first at treasury secretary, joe biden saying he already picked the person he has in mind to nominate, one of the frontrunners were predicting is will brainard, someone who would be a consensus pick. That gives a sense of how joe biden is going to go about the process. He was a moderate candidate in this election. I think thats probably a hint as to how hes going to govern and be making these types, as well. Appreciate it. Thank you so much. Georgia senator Kelly Loeffler received mixed results from coronavirus tests. She tested positive on friday, but then on a second test on saturday it came back inconclusive. She and fellow republican senator david perdue are both in runoff elections in january. And theyve held summer rallies together in recent days on. Friday, they rode on a bus with Vice President mike pence to two campaign stops. And on thursday, they campaigned with arkansas senator tom cotton. The audience also not socially distanced. And many people not wearing masks. In 59 days, World Leaders will be dealing with a familiar name, but a new administration. How will they react to this new President Biden . Plus, for many, thanksgiving will be very different this year. Were going to discuss ways to protect your Mental Health during the holidays. Among my patients, i often see them have teeth sensitivity as well as gum issues. Does it worry me . Absolutely. Sensodyne sensitivity gum gives us the dual action effect that really takes care of both our teeth sensitivity as well as our gum issues. 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We estimate that theres about 30 more people who are facing Food Insecurity today than did prior to the pandemic. And at our food bank were distributing 70 more food than we did back in march before this all began. We know that communities that were already vulnerable prior to the pandemic are even more vulnerable right now. But as you said, many of the people who were showing up, 50 of them, are coming for the first time in their lives. Thats a result of lost jobs, lost employment. They are now where before they were volunteers at these food pantries, theyre now in the line getting help so that they can have the food that they need. Wow. What a tough situation to be in. I know a lot of russ are us in same boat. I have so many friends and family impacted economically in some way, either being laid off or, you know, going through these financial hard times. You mentioned you guys are giving out 70 more food. Any concerns of running out at some point . I mean, how are you keeping the pantry stacked . So weve received tremendous support from private philanthropy, individual donors, from federal stimulus resources. And thats allowed us to respond very aggressively. Were well positioned to continue that activity indefinitely. And we think this is going to be a marathon in terms of the recovery. But that said, we think its critically important that congress and the federal government find ways to authorize additional stimulus funding so that we can add to the resources that are available. We think the demand is only going to grow from here. We see whats happening with the virus around the country. We think the economic consequences of that are going to intensify. So this is by no means over. We need to continue to be supported, and we need additional stimulus funding to help augment what were doing with food banks. Im still struck othby what told me about the volunteers who were helping at the food pantries who are now the ones who are standing in line. I cant imagine how emotional it must be for them to be in this position now. Well, its very humbling. You know, every time i go out to a food pantry and meet with the staff there, the volunteers there and the people who are receiving food, i run into someone who who just a few months ago felt like they were in a very solid position. Now the rug has been pulled out from under them. And theyre trying to scramble to keep their family together. Thats particularly painful right now during the holidays when were coming together to be thankful and to be with family, to have fellowship, and so its really important that our food bank and the entire Community Come together, put our arms around our neighbors who are struggling now. Yeah. The holidays usually a tough time for a lot of people in general. Then you put the coronavirus pandemic on it, and on top of the financial difficulties, and its exacerbating a lot of the struggles. Appreciate you joining us, kyle wade. Thank you for your time. Thanks for having me. So President Trump participated in his final g20 summit yesterday. But his attention was focused on the Election Results. The meeting starts at 8 00, and 8 13 you start tweeting, are you really paying attention, mr. President . This Holiday Season, wake up in a winter slumberland with a cozy casper mattress and pillows, soft percale sheets, even glow, our magical light for better sleep shop the black friday sale and save up to 30 today at casper. Com eso when you do, make it countor bwith crest prohealth. It protects the 8 areas dentists check for a healthier mouth. The 1 toothpaste brand in america. Crest. Im craving something were missing. The ceramides in cerave. They help restore my natural barrier, so i can lock in moisture. Weve got to have each others backs. 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But about two hours after the start of the opening session thats virtual, he skipped on a session on pandemic preparedness to go golfing. President trump has not commented on the surge in cases in the u. S. Over the last week, but he did find time to blast the media. Yeah. He falsely claimed that the news media was not covering how the pandemic rapidly spread outside of the u. S. And you know this is not true. Cnn and most other news sources have regularly covered the pandemics impact around the world. Lets bring in Time Magazine contributor and cnn Global Affairs analyst kim dozer. Good morning to you. Lets start there. The bold hypocrisy from the president who blames the media for not having a conversation about the Global Impact of covid19 and when the Global Leaders are having that conversation, he is on the golf course. Well, good to be you with, vic thtor and amara. What this shows World Leaders is how little he is focused on the job that he is still doing through the end of january. And yes, its an insult, but at the same time, many of the diplomats ive spoken to are relieved that theyre about to get a change in the oval office. Theyre already looking forward which is why despite President Trumps insistence on recounting votes, they are already reaching out to Vice President and president elect biden. One of them even complained to me that biden wont discuss future Foreign Policy saying there could only be one president at a time. And foreign leaders are good and ready for him to be on the job. Lets talk about that move forward because what it will not be although some people voted for the president elect expecting a return to normal. Anthony blake, his National Security adviser for a long time, says that its not like you can treat the Trump Administration like some several rabble anomaly, this is this is a new normal. Explain how and why this just will not be going back to january 19th, 2017. Well, the major thing thats going to change is tone. Biden is known for his relationship with a number of World Leaders that has stretched over decades. But also his outreach has been toward compromise, cooperation, behindthescenes as i understand it sort of folksy, downtoearth chats with people to reach common ground. With someone who is very informed on the issues already. But there were some things that the Trump Administration has done that are going to tie his hands. Things like they pulled out of the Transpacific Partnership which was going to be a trade agreement with u. S. Allies across the pacific, that was supposed to help offset chinas predatory trade practices. The problem is, china has just now minted one of the largest free trade agreements in the world with its regional partners, including australia and new zealand, who are u. S. Allies. That is going to make it harder for biden to put the screws on china because now theres going to be this relationship that makes it a lot easier for those countries to trade amongst each other and cut the u. S. Out. For so much of the talk of being tough on china, the abdication from the u. S. To back away from the tpp put together the largest trading bloc in the world. As you said, australia, new zealand, japan, south korea, as well. And thats going to be something, as you said, that the president elect will have to deal with. Lets talk north korea, as well. PreTrump Administration, the obama strategy was strategic patience. But the engagement of kim now through the summits between President Trump and kim jongun, and kim traveling to russia and to to south korea and to china, as well, what how will that impact what kim will accept moving forward from a biden administration, strategic patience seems like it will be difficult to continue. Strategic patience is going to be tough, especially when kim now has up to a dozen weapons thought to be able to reach major cities in the united states. And he has this understanding from one of the first summits with trump that the u. S. And north korea have an agreement whereby north korea will denuclearize if the u. S. Denuclearizes. Thats not what the u. S. Believes it agreed to. But because the wording was so vague and because of some of the statements that trump made, that has created expectations in pyongyang that now wont be matched by this coming administration. Thats going to make it much harder to reset. And traditionally one of the major countries that the u. S. Has relied on to make north korea heel is china. And right now, bidens coming in with not a lot of leverage to get beijing to do Something Like that. One of the immeasurable contributions, ill put that way, from the Trump Administration has been the use of fake news. That phrasing. Weve heard it from erdogan in turkey, assad in syria, from duterte in the philippines, to deny facts, to suppress the media. Discuss if you would the rhetorical change globally that were seeing at the end of a Trump Administration. Well, one of the things youre going to see which we havent seen so much is more whats called messaging discipline. What comes out of the oval office is most likely now going to match whats coming out of the pentagon, cia, the state department. Whereas with the Trump Administration, many of the officials had been afraid to speak publicly because theyll go out and get press conference with what they think is the policy, and then President Trump will speak to someone from a news outlet, et cetera, change his mind, and tweet something that makes that one of his own officials look ridiculous. Now thats not going to happen like it used to. Well be back to trying to find the seam between what weve heard from the white house and the state department. It will be very difficult to see whos disagreeing with whom. That said, President Trump is not going to go away, and his movement and also all of the Media Outlets that parrot or support what hes saying, that sort of echo chamber is going to continue with a global footprint. So across the world, i think youre still going to have foreign leaders, dictators able to say, well, americas just not the place it used to be. Kim dozier, always enjoy the conversation. Thank you so much. Enjoy this sunday. Thank you. Amara . Be sure to watch an allnew episode of the cnn original series first ladies. This week highlights the life of hillary clinton. Heres a preview. Over the years weve influenced each other. We have a wonderful relationship going back to our days in law school. The couple met at yale where hillary was one of only 27 female students in a class of 235. 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Thank you for having me, and thank you for this topic. We so often neglect Mental Health and our psychological health, and its such an important part of our overall health. So the first thing we want to make sure is that we give ourselves the grace and the space to feel whatever we are feeling. Loneliness, sadness, anxiety. And then remember selfcare. We are not hopeless. We should call on our usual coping skills, whether that be prayer, yoga, meditation. We should make sure were getting plenty of physical activity. At least 15 minutes a day. And we should try to make sure were getting enough sleep and eating as healthily as we can, although this week well give ourselves a pass for our thanksgiving day meal. Next week those are just a few things. We have to remember selfcare. By the way, when we are no longer coping well, we are not fulfilling our role, obligations, there is no shame in seeking professional help. In fact, thats the ultimate in selfcare. Yes. My favorite certainly helps me. You know that o. J. Song, christmas just aint christmas without the one you love . Yes. You know, thats a romantic r reverence. In a familial way, does it help to pull out the tree and the ornaments with all the memories, to try to create an environment for yourself and then face the difficulty of doing it alone . I wonder, is there any general advice for make it feel like christmas even though youre not going to have the people that you love there with you . You know, i think so. Many of our routines have been disrupted, especially our holiday routines. Again, heres an opportunity to develop new routines. And absolutely pull out those decorations. Pull out that tree, decorate. Do it in new ways, though. Make sure, though, that you stay connected with family and friends. We have technology today, right, we have the oldfashioned telephone if you dont have a data plan. So make plans. Schedule a time where folks can be together either on zoom or conference call. Plan to make the favorite mac and cheese, everyone do their own version of mac and cheese. So absolutely i think there will be new routines and new ways to celebrate this year, but we can do that. And we do that in these new ways see that next year we can all be together again. Yes. That is the hope. Fingers crossed. I dont know if you noticed this, doctor, or you, victor, driving around and talking to friends my husband and i were having this debate, when to put up the Christmas Tree or the holiday decor. And a lot of people are already doing it. Usually its after thanksgiving. And my tree is already up, and i think its because weve been feeling so down, we just want to feel better again. And i think that lifts a lot of peoples spirits. Lastly, doctor, if you could talk about the psychological toll in general this year, this entire year has put on us. You know, just anecdotally, talking with friends and coworkers, i feel like as well as so much pressure now on marriages and relationships. You know, i feel like 2020 was a year where weve learned a lot about who we are, especially under these strained circumstances. 2020 has been a year that has put increased pressure on us all. And on top of that, again, the pandemic, the social unrest, the police violence, on top of that, we dont have our usual modes of escape, right. Usually we could do things, we could travel, we could escape, many of us are in our homes together, and its important to talk, to be open. Again, to give ourselves grace and space to be honest. Also, not to be perfect. One of my favorite memories is the mom who early in the pandemic said, you know what, i cant do this all. I cant be the perfect mom, the perfect teacher, the perfect employee. So we have to make sure that were having open, candid conversations, setting background reece, and getting help when we need it. And yes, lets put the tree up early. Lets celebrate hanukkah early. Lets do all of the things, any little thing that brings us joy in the moment. Dr. Patrice harris, thank you so much for being with us this morning. I havent decided yet if im putting the tree up really . Putting the whole thing up for myself and taking it down alone a month later i just i dont know. I will considerit more now that than advice. Thank you for having me. Well be right back. So wrap up a cozy casper mattress and pillows, soft percale sheets, even glow, our magical light for better sleep. Shop the black friday sale and save up to 30 today at casper. Com even glow, our magical light for better sleep. Man 1 vo proof of less joint pain woman 1 oc this is my body of proof. And clearer skin. Man 2 vo proof that i can fight psoriatic arthritis. Woman 2 vo . With humira. Woman 3 vo humira targets and blocks a specific source of inflammation that contributes to both joint and skin symptoms. 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