and new columnist at the times, and for the first half of our programme, professor peter hotez is with us, expert in molecular virology and microbiology at the baylor college of medicine. what we ve known for some time about the uk s response to the covid pandemic is that the protective ring the government claimed to have thrown around care homes wasn t very protective at all. between march 2020 and april 2021, some 39,000 people died in care homes from covid. the public inquiry, which is still to begin, will examine whether more could have been done. in the interim, some of the evidence the panel will consider is now being tested in the court of public opinion. the reporter isabelle 0akshott, who co authored a book with matt hancock, has now shared with the telegraph 100,000 whatsapp messages which the former health secretary had shared with government officials. the goal of 100,000 tests per day by the end of this month. in one message, from april 14th 2020, mr hancock te
Matter with their refusal to even consider a short term funding bill known as a continuing resolution. Its a measure which could realistically be brought to the floor of congress over the past few days before funding runs out next saturday at midnight. Instead, republican holdouts want to consider each appropriations bill separately which is a time consuming and extensive process that would take more than a week. Ahead of the call with republicans yesterday afternoon, speaker Kevin Mccarthy expressed a bit of hope, telling reporters he things when it gets down to crunch time the holdouts will, quote, hopefully move off. A few hours later, however, this meant, delusion a congressman garrett grace, a mccarthy ally, you will remember him, he was instrumental in the Debt Ceiling Negotiations of few months back. He had tougher words. He compared the holdouts to arsonists who burned their own houses down than want credit for putting the fire out, he added, quote, anyone who says we are going
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much for your company this evening. since we have peter hotez with us, we are going to continue the medical theme. some big news today for 30 million americans who are living with diabetes. the pharmaceutical giant eli lilly has just announced it will cap the cost of insulin for diabetics at $35 a month. that s a godsend for people who struggle to pay for their treatment, some of whom have been paying over $300 a vial in recent years. last year, joe biden signed a bill, the inflation reduction act, which capped insulin at $35 for seniors. today, he applauded eli lilly s decision to go further, which he said should encourage other manufacturers to follow suit. joining me now is james briggs, who has been covering the price cap for axios. thank you very much for being with us. 34.2 million people, 10% of the us population, have diabetes, so this is a big decision. this is a big decision. yeah, it is a hue this is a big decision. yeah, it is a huge decision this is a big decision. yeah
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