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
Cree institute for Industrial Economics and trade in the create Aerospace Industries for cohosting. Im lisa, i have the honor of introducing are for speakers today. Before i would like to mention a word about safety. We have a very secure building and to not expect any emergency situations. If something does occur please exit the building using the staircases and emergency exits. Please walk toward the geographic building. Then there i will give you further instructions if necessary. I wonder do surfers two speakers. [inaudible] briefly introduces two. Prior to joining he served as director of the Economic Research division. Also an advisor for government organizations and private sector organizations. He had a notable career as an economist. Thank you. Good morning and welcome. Glad to have you here. Simply so many are here for the program. This is our 30th weve been doing this. Im pleased with this partnership. Were so right now than any time, im a little startled at how alarmist the
Conference. A morning and thank you for coming to the event. Its a pleasure to cohost the conference. Like to thank our partners, the cree institute for Industrial Economics and trade in the create Aerospace Industries for cohosting. Im lisa, i have the honor of introducing are for speakers today. Before i would like to mention a word about safety. We have a very secure building and to not expect any emergency situations. Ions. If something does occur please exit the building using the staircases and emergency exits. Please walk toward the geographic building. Then there i will give you further instructions if necessary. I wonder do surfers two speakers. [inaudible] briefly introduces two. Prior to joining he served as director of the Economic Research division. Also an advisor for government organizations and private sector organizations. He had a notable career as an economist. Thank you. Good morning and welcome. Glad to have you here. Simply so many are here for the program. This i
Its a pleasure to cohost the conference. Like to thank our partners, the cree institute for Industrial Economics and trade in the create Aerospace Industries for cohosting. Im lisa, i have the honor of introducing are for speakers today. Before i would like to mention a word about safety. We have a very secure building and to not expect any emergency situations. If something does occur please exit the building using the staircases and emergency exits. Please walk toward the geographic building. Then there i will give you further instructions if necessary. I wonder do surfers two speakers. [inaudible] briefly introduces two. Prior to joining he served as director of the Economic Research division. Also an advisor for government organizations and private sector organizations. He had a notable career as an economist. Thank you. Good morning and welcome. Glad to have you here. Simply so many are here for the program. This is our 30th weve been doing this. Im pleased with this partnership.