I acknowledge some of the things I have said have been misinterpreted as an unwanted flirtation. To the extent anyone felt that way, I am truly sorry about that.

I now understand my interactions may have been insensitive or too personal and that some of my comments given my position made others feel in ways I never intend.

the governor for months and months and months did not release full data on the death toll inside of nursing homes.

he had to yank those doses back because they were stuck and deemed, you know, only fit for that program.

You don`t defeat a virus with politics. You use science and technology.

There is nothing to investigate. All the numbers we produced were exactly right. We didn`t provide all the information that was requested. That did create a void and misinformation did fill the void.

Everybody was working 24 hours a day. Everybody was overwhelmed. We were in the midst of dealing with a pandemic and trying to save lives.

We made a mistake --

To be clear, all the deaths in the nursing homes and in the hospitals were always fully publicly and accurately reported.

In retrospect, we should have prioritized providing more information.

They have been denying the reality of the situation from the beginning. You want to start over, you want to hit the reset button, I will tell you how we hit the reset button in this country. We start this time with the truth.