>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY.

WE'RE HERE WITH DR. JON LAPOOK.

SO, YOU'RE NOT A POLITICIAN.

YOU DON'T TALK ABOUT POLITICS.

BUT WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF AN ELECTION RIGHT NOW.

COMING IN TO THE HOME STRETCH.

WE JUST HAD A DEBATE ON TUESDAY.

HIS DIAGNOSIS IS FRIDAY MORNING, 1:00 A.M., SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AT LEAST WHEN WE FOUND OUT.

HOW LONG IS A REASONABLE QUARANTINE AND THE OBJECTIVE OF

THIS QUESTION IS CAN HE BE AT THAT NEXT DEBATE, WHICH IS LESS

THAN TWO WEEKS AWAY?

>> WELL, TYPICALLY, SOMEBODY WHO IS INFECTED-- REMEMBER, HE WILL

BE IN ISOLATION, BECAUSE HE'S ACTUALLY INFECTED.

AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE FOR 10 DAYS FROM THE TIME THE SYMPTOM

BEGINS.

AFTER 10 DAYS, IT HASN'T BEEN SHOWN THAT YOU CAN INFECT OTHER

PEOPLE, THAT THE VIRUS CAN INFECT YOU.

SO HE SHOULD BE IN ISOLATION NOW.

FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, HE'S ESSENTIAL

PERSONNEL, I'M SURE HE WON'T BE LITERALLY IN ISOLATION.

THERE WILL BE PEOPLE COMING IN THERE.

BUT PEOPLE WHO ARE WITH HIM SHOULD BE GEARED UP.

THEY SHOULD HAVE PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.

THEY SHOULD BE WEARING MASKS AND HOPEFULLY GOGGLES, GOWNS,

GLOVES, IN THE HOSPITAL, AND EVEN OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL

BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR SPREAD BY AIRBORNE ROUTE, THEN

PEOPLE SHOULD BE PROTECTED.

AND I SHOULD ADD THE REASON WHY THE WORD "AIRBORNE" HAS TAKEN ON

SUCH A BIG, CHARGED MEANING IS THE C.D.C. IS CONCERNED WHEN

PEOPLE HEAR THE WORD AIRBORNE THEY'RE GOING TO THINK SMALLPOX,

TUBERCULOSIS, MEASLES, WHICH REALLY HAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT

TO GO THROUGH THE AIR.

THEY'RE WORRIED WHEN THEY HEAR THE WORD AIRBORNE FOR COVID-19

THAT'S GOING TO SAY YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CHANGE, YOUR GUIDANCE

HAV MORE STRINGENT PROTECTIVE MEASURES.

ACTUALLY, I SPOKE TO THEM ABOUT THIS, EVEN IF IT IS AIRBORNE

IT'S NOT FELT TO BE SPREAD BY THE AIRBORNE ROUTE NEARLY AS

MUCH AS SAY MEASLES OR TUBERCULOSIS.

AND I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

IF WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT'S HAPPENING THROUGH THE AIR,

THROUGH THESE ARSOLZ, THEN WE CAN FIX IT.

AS PEOPLE LIKE JOE ALLEN FROM HARVARD SAID, ONCE YOU

ACKNOWLEDGE IT YOU DO THE THINGS YOU SHOULD DO, WHICH ARE

BASICALLY IMPROVE THE VENTILATION, WHICH IN A LOT OF

BUILDINGS IS NOT SUFFICIENT.

>> Stephen: DO YOU THINK BIDEN WAS IN ANY DANGER TUESDAY

BECAUSE THAT'S IN THE PERIOD OF TIME, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THAT

THE PRESIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN INFECTED.

>> YEAH, I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.

I'M HAPPY TO HEAR TODAY HE WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN 12 FEET

AWAY.

BUT IF THE PRESIDENT HAD EVEN A LITTLE BIT OF VIRUS IN THERE

WITH THIS POTENTIAL TO HAVE AEROSOL SPREAD, IT COULD HAVE

GONE ACROSS.

THEY WERE OUT THERE FOR A WHILE.

AND WE KNOW FROM AEROSOL SCIENCE, THE LOUDER YOU SPEAK,

THE MORE, THE HIGHER NUMBER OF THESE AEROSOLS AND THERE WAS A

LOT OF LOUD SPEAKING THERE.

AND THAT IS WHY DR. FAUCI IS SO ADAMANT ABOUT PEOPLE NOT GOING

TO BARS INDOORS.

WHAT HAPPENS IN A BAR, STEPHEN, RIGHT?

YOU CAN'T HEAR, BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS TALKING SO LOUD.

SO YOU SAY, "COME CLOSER.

LET ME COME CLOSER TO YOU, AND I'LL TALK LOUDER, AND I'VE BEEN

DRINKING AND I DON'T HAVE A MASK ON BECAUSE I'M DRINKING."

SO THE AEROSOLS ARE COMING.

I'M TALKING LOUDER, AND THAT'S JUST A RECIPE FOR SPREADING

COVID-19, FOR SPREADING SARS-COV-2, THE VIRUS WHICH

CAUSES COVID-19.

IF THERE'S ANYTHING PEOPLE TAKE OUT OF THIS TONIGHT IS, REALLY,

WEAR THE MASK.

THE MASK WORKS.

IT'S NOT 100%, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT

FOR EVERYBODY TO DO IN THE PROPER SETTING.

>> Stephen: YOU HEARD JON LAPOOK-- DRINK ALONE AND DRINK

AT HOME.

DR. JON LAPOOK, EVERYBODY.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE DOCTOR.

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH "60 MINUTES" ANCHOR JOHN DICKERSON.