Andy Slavitt: ‘What I Saw Down in Miami Did Not Look Like a Bunch of Vaccinated People’

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SLAVITT: "Yes. And I just very much appreciate that those comments and it’s one of the reasons why it's so important people ask why does the FDA take time to do their work. People also ask why do you make such a point of emphasizing the FDA’s independence and why do you make such an important point about emphasizing the transparency? It’s because the science is going to be where the science is. The results are going to be where the results are going to be. And the American public will need to hear that directly. And it’s important that they have great confidence in what comes out of our -- our independent scientific agencies. So we’re going to hold on any judgment other than what Dr. Fauci has indicated from these studies until we hear from the FDA and they will go through a very rigorous process. And after that we will help interpret the results to the public. So, there’s a second question which I think is for Dr. Walensky, which is I believe, commenting on travel and the uptick in travel and I think there was part of the question was, you know, what about the vaccinated people that are traveling? I don’t think -- what I saw down in Miami didn't look like a whole bunch of vaccinated people, but I could be wrong. But -- you want to address that one."