in early july i announced the deployment of surge response teams. these are teams comprised of experts from the department of health and human services, the cdc, the defense department and the federal emergency management agency fema to areas in the country that need help to stem the spread of covid-19. since then the federal government has deployed nearly 1,000 staff including doctors, nurses, paramedics into 18 states. today. i'm announcing that the defense department will double number of military health teams, that they will deploy to help their fellow americans and hospitals around the country. additionally we're increasing the availability of new medicines recommended by real doctors, not conspiracy theorists. the monoclonal antibody treatments have been shown to reduce the risk of hospitalization by up to 70% for