The U.S. and Germany recorded their highest COVID death tolls on the same day.
Here's how their responses to the pandemic compare...
Here's how their responses to the pandemic compare...
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00:00And within a short period of time, I think we want to get back to normal.
00:03Very standard phrase.
00:05We want to just get back to normal, get back to where we were
00:07a little more than nine months ago.
00:09We're doing incredibly.
00:30But we need to reduce contact.
00:57Conclusion is simply that the number of contacts is too high.
01:01The reduction of contacts is not sufficient.
01:27We have it in our hands.
01:38We are not powerless.
01:40We have, without a doubt, difficult months ahead of us.
01:57The ultimate decision
02:26rests with the governors of the various states.
02:29And I hope the governors make wise decisions who will decide
02:33where the vaccines will go in their state and who will get them first.
02:36Sign an executive order to ensure that the United States government
02:57prioritizes the getting out of the vaccine to American citizens
03:02before sending it to other nations.
03:07I just want to say that if we have too many contacts before Christmas
03:11and then it is the last Christmas with the grandparents,
03:15then we will have missed something.
03:16We shouldn't do that.
04:06Well, they're Christmas parties.
04:15And frankly, we've reduced the number very substantially, as you know.
04:19And I see a lot of people at the parties wearing masks.