Participating in the trial. We want to break it down more. What do we know . What are the questions . Reporter pfizer is telling us they have a vaccine that appears to be more than 90 effective. They studied this immunization in 43,000 people, and within about a week after the second dose, they found that more than 90 of people who got the vaccine were protected against the actual coronavirus. Know that it didnt take very long. We dont know the actual numbers of how we people were infected, but if we are looking at more than a 90 effectiveness rate, which was much higher than anyone expected, we are getting suggestions that this vaccine is quickly protective for many people. We still dont have news on how long it is going to last. We dont know whether or not there will be any safety signals. After that, they might be filing for emergency use authorization. Jonathan what kind of vaccine is this alix what kind of vaccine is this . Vaccine. It is an mrna theres nothing like this that exis
What that means now in the policy and the security space. Im excited to have an excellent panel to talk about that. Weve got heather conley, our vice president. We have john. We have sara glasser, the Deputy Director of secure fisheries and amy lair, the director of our human rights initiative. Thank you to the panel, and im going to sit down and be quiet and turn it over to my excellent panel, and well start off with heather. Thank you so much. Good morning, everyone. I think the arctic is the best place to talk about that intersection of climate stress and security. And in many ways the arctic is telling us, actually, both polar regions are telling us theyre under the most dramatic stress as the arctic certainly is warming two to three times faster than any place on the planet. And in many ways we are now dealing with a very new ocean. In fact, our former coast guard commandant called the arctic americas fourth coast. I thought that was a powerful way of thinking about it in part bec
Climate on oceans, Marine Biodiversity and human populations living in vulnerable areas. I appreciate it andthanks to our first panel. Ive enjoyed the conversation. I think were going to pick up on the end of that conversation around this idea of the Dynamic World and what that means now in the policy and security space so im excited to have an excellent panel to talk about that. Heatherconley , John Mimikakis was Vice President for oceans Environmental Defense fund, there was director of fisheries and amy lehr who is the director of the Human Rights Initiative so think the panel and im going to sit down and be quiet and handed over to my panel and we will start off. Thank you so much, good morning. I think the arctic is a tough place to talk about. The intersection of climate stress and security. And in many ways, the arctic is telling us, actually most polar regions are telling us they are under the most dramatic stress as the arctic certainly is warming 2 to 3 times faster than any
Middle class. Hope if it continues to be middle class how long of the crisis because middle class wants better, goods and services and expensive and that will, drive, that is driving politics more and more. The fact leaders have to address the concerns, discontent in the streets. I think that will drive the economy even more. There is a lag effect there. Doesnt matter where it comes from but they need better services. I said this before, it is not a matter anymore access to goods. There are 250 million cell phone lines in brazil for 200 Million People. It is matter of access to phones that actually work. The debate shifts from the goods to the services that makes those goods useful. I think that will be a key driver for Economic Growth going forward. That leads opening up with the economy with the debate that is happening. On the Prosecutors Office and constitution, i dont think the constitution is bad thing. There were excesses to some extent. In hindsight, the company came out after
Infrastructure funding. And in land waterways have the impact of the panama canal expansion on us ports. It is an hour and 45 minutes. [inaudible conversations] the meeting will come to order. And i happen to be one of those. And i recognize that this time, senator cardin. And introduce pleasure to have secretary ron here before the committee. Secretary ron, secretary of transportation in maryland. As i was telling as a chairman, this is the third state, secretary of transportation. Department of transportation and new mexico state highway and transportation, cant hold onto a job. Very proud of the work in maryland. And the organization in maryland with the secretary of transportation is responsible for coordinating modes of transportation. Mister ron has done an outstanding job in directing that department, very large budget. He also served as american state transportation officials, 20072008 and national leadership, proud to have him before the committee. Very good. Recognize senator