[indiscernible chatter] the subcommittee on health will now come to order. Good morning, colleagues. The chair now recognizes herself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. Madam chair, would you yield for a parliamentary inquiry as we start this hearing . I want to do my Opening Statement pardon me . I already recognize myself, but i will recognize you afterward. Id be holding, or that we would be holding a hearing under these circumstances. But i think it is a necessary one. Our country is in pain. Americans are afraid, you they they are sick, hungry, and jobless, and over 80,000 souls have been lost. The government that was supposed to protect them has failed. They haveheroes, and risen, extraordinary, ordinary americans showing courage, compassion, and a sense of selfsacrifice and duty beyond what could have or should have of them. Been asked regular americans have risen when their leaders have not. We are the greatest country on , and we have the most deathsnd the most from co
[indiscernible chatter] ms. Eshoo the subcommittee on health will now come to order. Good morning, colleagues. The chair now recognizes herself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. Mr. Burgess will you yield for a parliamentary inquiry . Ms. Eshoo i want to do my Opening Statement. Pardon me. I already recognized myself but ill recognize you afterward. I never thought id be holding or that we would be holding a hearing under these sad circumstances, but i think its a necessary one. Our country is in pain. Americans are afraid. Theyre sick. Theyre hungry and jobless. And over 80,000 souls have been lost. And the government that was supposed to protect them has failed. There are heroes and they have risen, extraordinary, ordinary americans showing courage, compassion, and a sense of selfsacrifice and duty beyond what could have or should have been asked of them. Regular americans have risen when their leaders have not. We are the greatest country on earth, and, yet, we have the mos
Sample . Some of those viruses came from the bbi resources, nih, and some of those viruses came from laboratories that received the initial seed from cdc. Thats helpful to know. In some conversations ive been a part of at nih, they indicated that the real key here was to get the dna sequence which china did eventually put up, i believe, at the end of december, early january. And that in terms of going after the vaccine, it was that sequencing that really mattered most Getting Started on Vaccine Development, and there are other scientists who are very distinguished that believe that the delay of getting the virus sample actually didnt set them back. Is that an accurate assessment or do you have a disagreement in that view . I know scientists disagree, so do we up here. But im kind of hearing that having the sequencing really mattered most and getting the virus important but did not set them back in proceeding to get the Vaccine Development underway. Sir, china posted the sequence on feb
Trump is worried the white house outbreak will undercut his plan that the pandemic is fading. The white house is now conducting strict testing and contact tracing, two tools the president tried to downplay. This morning, the death toll in the u. S. Is almost at 80,000 people. At least 12 states are still seeing an increase in cases. At the same time, the majority of states will relax stay at home orders this week. And that Key University of washington model now estimates that the u. S. Death toll will surpass 100,000 by next friday. Thats memorial day weekend, before it in fact, this is because of what they call an explosive increase in mobility among the American People. There is also new concern about coronavirus in children, more than 80 kids in new york have been hospitalized with severe symptoms. Three children have died. All suffering from this mysterious inflammatory disease believed to be linked to coronavirus. Okay, john. Joining us now is maggie haberman, White House Correspo
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