It is fascinating because the stock is up 67 , at the highs of 74 , on pace for its best day. On the hope that they may be will come up with a vaccine. Markets are so excited for the possibility of a vaccine against this virus. David not just the markets. I think all of us are excited. In the meantime weve been hearing from dr. Fauci from the nih talking about the prospects of reopening and what the risks are. Are the markets reacting to what he is saying . Abigail not all that much. His remarks are more cautious that a vaccine will be available this fall. The idea of herd immunity, not a lot of positive commentary. These are the major averages fluctuating. Not a huge reaction. I would say there is caution. One of the pieces of news on the day that weve been talking about is some degree, especially yesterday, the bond issuance. A piece of this has been on the idea the fed will step in and buy some of these credit etfs. Today is the day they start the at. Investment group they start tha
And actually like jacksons founder, john jackson who is joining us today, secretary kerry, john kerry at the time, left new haven to serve in vietnam. He then served more than two decades in the u. S. Senate before becoming the 68th secretary of state under president obama. You probably know all of that, but what you might not know is that secretary kerry continues to pay it forward, helping to train the next generation of leaders here at the Jackson Institute and across yale and in many schools. Its my pleasure to welcome secretary kerry at this time. Sector, rapture might offer some initial perspectives on how you assess the global ramifications of covid19 and then introduce our panelists. Thanks. Thank you very, very much, and ted, both of you, thank you for organizing this event, particularly gym in the Jackson Institute, the jackson school. Its really the underwriter of what were doing here today and its a privilege for me to take part in this with a very distinguished group of di
Venezuela this time using former us soldiers toward mercenaries to the very real surveillance state inspired fears that are gaining ground with each new revelation coming out of the Us Government and silicon valleys plans for potential Contact Tracing but its the plotline that is with unfolding in the african country of somalia since the birth of 2020 that we will focus on today in particular its the very under reported fact that since january 1st 2020 the United States government through the pentagons Africa Command has been conducting a brutal barrage of air strikes inside the battered nation just security dot com reports that in the 1st few months of 2020 the u. S. Has already conducted at least 39 air strikes in somalia to put that in perspective africa carried out 63. 00 airstrikes during the entirety of 2019. In fact nick turse the fantastic journalist who has consistently been a form. And after calm side he points out that u. S. Africa command has conducted more air strikes in s
That since january 1st 2020 the United States government through the pentagons Africa Command has been conducting a brutal barrage of air strikes inside the battered nation just security dot com reports that in the 1st few months of 2020 the u. S. Has already conducted at least 39 air strikes in somalia to put that in perspective africa carried out 63. 00 airstrikes during the entirety of 2019. In fact nick turse the fantastic journalist who has consistently been a thorn in africa side he points out that u. S. Africa command has conducted more air strikes in somalia than it did during all of Barack Obamas 8 years in office. Yes my friends it appears that while the world has been targeting colbert 19 the u. S. Government has decided to target small humans i remember back in early april when the United Nations secretary general and tony will get better declared to the world that quote there should be only one fight in our world today our shared battle against cold with 19 we must mobiliz
Reflecting on her latest book. At phone lines are open 202 7488000 in the eastern and central time zones. 202 7488001 for those in the mountain and pacific time zones. We begin with the numbers courtesy of Johns Hopkins university. More than 2. 7 million confirmed cases around the world. In 185 countries, a total of 195,000 deaths. In the u. S. , more than 850,000 cases. The death toll expected to reach 50,000 within a day. Your us is a dock Infectious Disease physician and associate professor at the Boston University school of medicine. She serves as the director of special pathogens unit at Boston Medical Center. Thank you for being with us. Guest thank you for having me. Host let me begin with the pandemic and where we are. What have we learned so far, and what happens next . Guest there are a couple of interesting studies this week alone that tell us where we are within this pandemic. That haveicenters seen huge numbers of cases, we are at the point where we are coming off of the p