Challenges involved in rolling out covid19 vaccines across the country. They will also discuss the opportunities for the Biden Harris Administration to deliver a rapid coordinated response to covid19, that includes strategic use of vaccines to protect more people. The speakers will bring a sciencebased perspective on these and other topics. Please note participants are welcome to use images, video, and quotes readily from the webcast and the content is for immediate relief. Release. I would like to briefly introduce our two speakers. Dr. Chris beyrer is the director for human health and public rights in the department of epidemiology, International Health and Health Behavior and society at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and also the founding director of the center for Public Health and human rights. During the pandemic, dr. Beyrer has been engaged in research and focusing on lessening prisons to prevent the spread of covid19, transmission of covid19 and efficacy of
Out covid19 vaccines across the country. They will also discuss the opportunities for the Biden Harris Administration to deliver a rapid coordinated response to covid19, that includes strategic use of vaccines to protect more people. The speakers will bring a sciencebased perspective on these and other topics. Please note participants are welcome to use images, video, and quotes readily from the webcast and the content is for immediate relief. Release. I would like to briefly introduce our two speakers. Dr. Chris beyrer is the director for human health and public rights in the department of epidemiology, International Health and Health Behavior and society at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and also the founding director of the center for Public Health and human rights. During the pandemic, dr. Beyrer has been engaged in research and focusing on lessening prisons to prevent the spread of covid19, transmission of covid19 and efficacy of mask wearing, as well as the d
Commissioner green . Present. Commission chow . Present. Commissioner guillermo, present. Ill note the commissioners. Thank you, mark. Well move on to the next item, which is approval of the minutes from the last Commission Meeting on january 5th. Commissioners, upon reviewing the minutes, are there any amendments . And if not, do we have a motion to approve . Before we go into the vote, i have to make sure there is nothing on the item. Thank you. And this is a general instruction, but you will press star 3 if youd like to raise your hand, and ill say the same introduction over and over again. Okay. So there is no comment at this time. Well vote. Commissioner chow. Yes. Commissioner green . Yes. Commissioner chong . Yes. Commissioner guillermo tkpwhrerpl . guillermo. And. Our next item is the directors report. Good afternoon, commissioners of health. This report focuses on covid19, and i will be providing an update and as well with regards to the current status of covid19 and our vacci
Lot and im just astounded by the problem mankind has created for the oceans. We can be better stewards of gods creation and what were going to dog is have a hearing today about some solutions, and senator leahy and myself will sit down and find a way to create somee kind of fund that people can contribute to. I know theyre doing it at the world bank, that i like the fund idea where the world kd of comes together under amecan leadership to solve the problem. So too are two colleagues, thank you very much for your leadership and senator leahy. Thank you very much, mr. Chairman. With all joking they goes back and forth, i think it safe to say that the chairman and i feel very strongly about this. We do wt to help. Senator whitehouse and i were in vietnam last year. We met with the vietnamese officials and scientists to discuss Ocean Plastic poltion, had a great meeting. S. White house was a star at that, but heres a country with a 2000mile coastline, and when i say we, that means all huma
And others will appear remotely. Sie some members are appearing in person, let me first remind everybody that pursut to the latest guidancerom the house attending physician, all dividuals attending this hearing in person must wear a face mask. Members who are not wearing a face mask willot be recoized. Let me also make a few reminders for those members that are appearing in person. You will only see members and tnesses appearing remotely on the monitor in fro of you when they are speaking in what is knowas active speaker mode. A timer is visible directly in front of you. For the members appearing remotely i kw that you are all aware by now. But let me remi everyone of a few points first. You wille able to see each other speaking during the hearing. Whetr they are in person or remote as long as you haveour web said to active speaker mode. If you have any queions about this actation, please contact the Committee Staff immediately. Second, we have a timer that should be visible on yr scre