Mastercard center and we are joining with the global erinnovators group on this effot to present the presentation today. We are very honored that elizabeth of cnn is leading the conversation and as a reminder, you can submit questions when you registered and we are happy to get to those questions as part of the conversation so thank you all and welcome, elizabeth. Peggy, thank you so much and i am so glad to be here with all of these wonderful panelists we are goingha to have with us. For nearly ten months into this outbreak, covid19 is exposing deepep inequities into the systm worldwide. Right now this virusac has killd more than a Million People worldwide. Its infected more than p Million People, millions left without work and economies have been left. Nany left in terrible shape so how do we ensure that Vaccine Development and Distribution Process is unhindered by domestic and international geopolitics. Id like to introduce the guests, kathleenen sebelius is e of Americas National G
Theres efforts to wrap it up. It will not get there when we first have first doses of vaccines. So the real issue is if that is locked up in advance which currently it is being still locked up by wealthy nations, the multilateral initiated by the time it gets the resources to compete will not have so the challenge we have is most of the vaccine manufacturing in these advanced purchasing agreement are in these large and merrily wealthy nations but not exclusively you if they are willing to play ball in sharon early doses the rest of the world will wake potentially months or a year or longer to receive the vaccine they need to protect their Health Workers and most vulnerable populations and that will leave a legacy that isnt just about thishad. It will undermine Global Cooperation on a host of other issues. If we cant cooperate in this situation on it sharing a vaccine, what hope do we have to cooperate on climate change, what hope do we have on otherproblems and with that ill stop and l
From the council on Foreign Relations, this is one hour. Welcome to todays council on Foreign Relations report launch of the independent task force preparing for the next pandemic. Perforce we will be talking about the one we are currently experiencing. Im the host of Weekend Edition sunday. We have more than i think 760 registered for this virtual meeting. We will do our best to get to as many questions as we can. But a little bit about this event. Began in 1995 analyzing issues of critical importance to this Foreign Policy in a nonpartisan way. They are responsible for the content of the new reports and in the task force programs 25th year launching the 78th and id like to welcome you to this discussion called in proving img pandemic. Thus, lessons for covid19. A brief introduction of the panelists. We have Sylvia Burwell the professor at the American University and the former u. S. Secretary of health and Human Services under president obama. Welcome to you. Also joining us is franc
Of an independent task force. They talk about the Global Response to covid19, the role of the World Health Organization and Global Health disparities. From the council on Foreign Relations, this is one hour. Welcome to todays council on Foreign Relations report launch of the independent task force preparing for the next pandemic. Perforce we will be talking about the one we are currently experiencing. Im the host of Weekend Edition sunday. We have more than i think 760 registered for this virtual meeting. We will do our best to get to as many questions as we can. But a little bit about this event. Began in 1995 analyzing issues of critical importance to this Foreign Policy in a nonpartisan way. They are responsible for the content of the new reports and in the task force programs 25th year launching the 78th and id like to welcome you to this discussion called in proving img pandemic. Thus, lessons for covid19. A brief introduction of the panelists. We have Sylvia Burwell the professor