Good morning. The committee has come to order. One thing, i want to thank the witnesses for your testimony. Those appearing in person, traveling to d. C. To give it orally, and, also, answer our questions. The title of this hearing now is, i guess, examining the u. S. Approach to early covid19 treatments. I thought it was i originally set out a title of early treatments for covid, a essential component of a covid solution. It was inevitable that the coronavirus pandemic to be politicized into the tragedy it was. From the start, i knew it was impossible to have a perfect response. We were facing a new virus. No one wanted to underreact, and as a result i feared the tendency would be overreact. The challenges facing us were daunting. Our National Strategic stockpile had been reduced during the h1n 1 pandemic. It took time to develop a test. The fact that a large percentage of people that become infected exhibit no symptoms made the coronavirus even more difficult to detect and contain. I
Covid solution. It was inevitable was inevitable that the coronavirus pandemic would be politicized and this is a tragedy that it was paid from the start i knew it was impossible to have a perfect response and we are facing a new virus that caused an entirely new disease. No one wanted to under react and as a result i fear the tendency would be to overreact and create Unrealistic Expectations regarding our ability to stop a highly contagious pathogen. The challenges facing us were daunting and our National Strategic stockpile have been reduced during the h1n1 pandemic and had not been replenished. It took time to develop reliable tests and even more time to Scale Production to meet the demand. The fact that a large percentage of people that become infected exhibited no symptoms made the coronavirus even more difficult to detect and contain. I have tried not to criticize the elected officials that have had the response ability to make very tough decisions with limited and highly imperfe
But opening up to essentially mostly sunny skies to cover the balance of your saturday live shot coming in from the golden gate, this is usually the fog trapped in the morning not seeing that not too bad at Half Moon Bay either smart was talking about looks like mostly sunny from Vantage Point however theres that dense fog covering chunks of the east bay up to the north bay picking the valleys even into the Santa Clara Valley as well. Give you an idea how this all mixes out Going Forward to the Morning Hours. Again the advisory still 9 but we should clear out to the mostly sunny mode as we get to the late Morning Hours just a quick check on Storm Tracker little bit of traffic up to the north of some scattered clouds that will be with us. Temperatures a chilly even with this rain look at bottle coming in at 3236 for santa rosa with what ground wow thats interesting 43 going on for napa and we have a couple of 50s here and there, but usually moisture helps keep temperatures supported not
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