host: he is the founder and ceo generon pharmaceuticals. caller: my question has to do with those who consider this hysteria. it is all about the rate of mortality. out of 1000 people, one would die from the regular flu versus 20 from the coronavirus. or something like that. why do we make the point that so many more people will need extensive care. host: thank you for the call. guest: great question. it is hard to know how to make these calculations. we don't know how may people have infections. looks like this virus could be five to 10 times more lethal than the flu virus. but that isn't the only issue here. there are loads and loads of americans who have had related clues. they might be protected. or have been vaccinated. i encourage everyone to get their flu vaccine. it is still not too late. if you can get to a place that is giving it. the flu vaccine protects so many people. ish this virus, the problem that none of us have seen it before. none of us have been back to needed. have people who could potentially get sick around the same t

of the generon company that i built over the last 30 years. we are an antibody primarily centered company. we are no strangers to collaborating with the administration. we worked with secretary azar's group and we came up with a cure for ebola. and we're very proud of that. the group was really instrumental in testing that under unbelievable conditions in the congo. it didn't create quite as much excitement because, thank goodness, it didn't hit our shores. but we can use the exact same technology and we already have. we have 1,000 antibodies that are already sitting in dishes. we're screening and selecting them and anticipate if all goes well 200,000 doses per month can come out of our factory in new york starting in august. the unique thing about our technology -- president trump: we'd be title of the bill use the vaccine that early? >> depends on what we see and how closely we work with the f.d.a., which we will do. the f.d.a. has already reached out to us. we have to work closely -- president trump: that process would be faster than john's

spokes park is an -- spokesperson margaret harris joins us to talk about the pandemic, and then founder generon discusses drug therapies for covid-19. another guestve to talk about the latest developments in response to the pandemic. watch washington journal live at 7:00 this morning and join the discussion. tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern on afterwards, eileen zimmerman looks at white-collar drug addiction and her book smacked. thismeone struggling with addiction is struggling with addictions in their life, maybe know,al illness, you someone i could see on the side of the road, living under a bridge. i was very wrong, although it hits hard in those communities, there are plenty of people at the top of the economic ladder also struggling. >> watch tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span two. new york governor and members of his administration held a coronavirus news conference in albany. the governor announced that the number of deaths increased from 519 27 28 and it noted the number of patients visiting the intensive care unit has decreased. this is one hour. >> good morning.