WE'RE HERE WITH DR. SANJAY GUPTA.

ALL THE CONTENDERS -- MAJOR PARTY CONTENDERS FOR THE 2020

ELECTION ARE OVER 70, EVEN ELIZABETH WARREN WHO JUST

DROPPED OUT IS 70 HERSELF.

>> YEAH.

>> Stephen: SHOULD THEY CONTINUE TO CAMPAIGN?

>> YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE A DIFFERENT

CAMPAIGN IF THEY WANT TO BE AS HONEST ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN

THIS COUNTRY AS POSSIBLE.

>> Stephen: LOOKS LIKE BERNIE AND BIDEN HAVE CANCEL THEIR

RALLIES.

>> CANCELED RALLIES.

>> Stephen: CANCELED THE AUDIENCE FOR THE DEBATE, WHICH

IS ON CNN.

>> YEAH.

>> Stephen: THE PRESIDENT HAS HUGE RALLIES.

>> LOOK, I KNOW HE'S GETTING GUIDANCE FROM REALLY GOOD PEOPLE

AROUND HIM.

I KNOW THESE PEOPLE, THEY TALK TO ME, SOME OF THEM ARE MY

SOURCES, I TALK TO THEM ON A REGULAR BASIS.

HE'S AT LEAST BEING TOLD THE DEAL WITH THIS.

I MEAN, WITH RALLIES, YOU CAN'T SOCIAL DISTANCE PEOPLE.

PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE RIGHT UP ON TOP OF EACH OTHER.

THEY COULD SPREAD THE VIRUS.

EVEN IF THEY DON'T, SOMEBODY TESTS POSITIVE, ARE YOU GOING TO

BASICALLY GO BACK AND TRY TO QUARANTINE LARGE GROUPS OF

PEOPLE?

PEOPLE COME FROM ALL OVER THE PLAY, AND THEN THEY GO BACK TO

THEIR HOMETOWNS, HOW DO YOU -- TO CONTACT TRACE, TO FIGURE OUT

WHERE THIS VIRUS WENT, HOW IT SPREAD, IT'S SUCH A HUGE BURDEN

ON THE PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM.

IT IS A BURDEN ON THE PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM TO HAVE RALLIES

BECAUSE OF THAT.

IT'S NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, A POSSIBLE MEDICAL ISSUE, THAT'S

THE BIGGEST ISSUE.

BUT THINK ABOUT ALL THE WORK THAT WOULD NEED TO BE DONE IF

JUST ONE PERSON, THEN, TESTED POSITIVE.

IT'S A REAL ISSUE.

AGAIN, I KNOW PEOPLE THAT ARE VERY CLOSE TO THE PRESIDENT AND

WITHIN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ARE TELLING HIM THIS.

>> Stephen: BEFORE WE GO, CAN I GIVE YOU A TASTE OF THAT?

>> YES.

>> Stephen: AND IS THIS ACTUALLY EFFECTIVE?

>> YEAH, HAND SANITIZER, GOOD 60% ALCOHOL, WHICH THAT STUFF

DOES, I'VE CHECKED.

SOAP AND WATER REALLY GOOD.

>> Stephen: BUT A GOOD SCRUB.

20 SECONDS.

>> Stephen: 20 SECONDS.

YOU KNOW WHAT, SO I DO THIS, AND YOU'VE REALLY GOT TO GET IN

THERE LIKE THAT, AND THEN THE OTHER SIDE.

WHEN YOU'RE A SURGEON, YOU GET UP TO YOUR WRISTS AND FOREARMS,

TOO.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT HERE.

DON'T FORGET THE THUMBS.

20 SECONDS IS A LOT LONGER THAN YOU THINK.

I TRAVEL A LOT, AND I'M IN THE TERMINAL REST ROOMS, AND I'VE

NEVER SEEN SO MANY GUYS BEING SO DILIGENT AND WASHING THEIR

HANDS.

SO THAT'S GOOD.

IF NOTHING ELSE GOOD COMES FROM THIS, WE ARE CLEANING THAN EVER.

>> Stephen: REMEMBER, INTERLACE YOUR FINGERS WHEN YOU

WASH, EVERYBODY.

HERE'S THE CHURCH, HERE'S THE STEEPLE, THE ENTIRE CONGREGATION

IS EXTREMELY NERVOUS.

( LAUGHTER ) >> VERY GOOD.

>> Stephen: DOCTOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT.

>> Stephen: "CORONAVIRUS: FACT VS. FICTION" IS AVAILABLE DAILY

ONLINE.

DR. SANJAY GUPTA, EVERYBODY.

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.