Activities with tpolitics. Were fortunate to have four National Reporters who know harvard well, who know the institute of politics well, two graduates of the college, a bey phillips from cnn and alex burns from the New York Times. And two resident fellows, margaret of axios and a chief correspondent from the Washington Post to continues as our senior fellow. So were very fortunate with the expert moderation, to have the three journal irses discuss election 2020. Its been an eventful few weeks with the democratic and Republican Conventions and the president ial debate, vicepresident debate in key states and a chance to gain their inside perspective and their insights into this critical election. As i said, this really starts off our election 2020, this will be a big part of our framework for this semester. Next week two important forums one with andrew yang the former president ial candidate offering his perspective on the race and some of the policy ideas he advanced. On tuesday night
I am Amanda Glassman is senior fellow and executive price president at cdc. Today we will be talking about death and data in low and middle Income Countries from covid19 and all other causes. Accurate complete and timely data on mortality probably the single most powerful policy tools we have today to mitigate the Economic Impact of covid19 but what is also clear is that we have not collectively built the systems necessary to record peoples death in ways that enable more and to protect livelihoods. This failure does not only spawn individual experiences that creates unnecessary suffering. How is it possible to assess whether Subsaharan African countries are winning the fight against covid if a large share of total deaths and noncovid years go unreported or how to judge the trajectory of pakistan during covid19 if no mortality data of any kind is being ripped ported in the Public Domain according to dub a joes 2019 mortality report. Today will be talking about one strategy and mortality
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Roy discusses the herd immunity approach. With the new school year beginning in schools and colleges across the country, the acrostic candidate joe biden said if he is elected help is on the way. To School Systems and parents. Good morning, this is washington journal. We start the program asking you about your experience so far. How is it going back either remotely or in person, is it working . Four those of you in the eastern and central time zones. For mountain and pacific. For educators, our number is 2027488002. If you want to send us a text, that line is 2027488003. Tell us your name and where you are texting from. And ontter or twitter. It was his Second Campaign appearance after his convention, biden in delaware yesterday. You can find it at cspan. Org. The Washington Post, biden blames trump because the education gap a national emergency. Joe biden sought to channel the frustrations of students, parents, and teachers around the country i blaming trump for School Districtss inab
We are delighted to have you here and look forward to your questions. Ofwelcome the College Class 2024. As you begin your journey here at harvard. We wish you all the very best. We hope you engage the institute of politics, attending forums, working with our fellows and the range of programs we have. We welcome you to campus. We look forward to your engagement with the activities of the institute of politics. Tonight, we are fortunate to have four National Reporters who know harvard well and know the institute of politics well. Two graduates of the college. And two former resident fellows. The chief correspondent of the Washington Post, who continues as our senior fellow. We are fortunate with expert moderation to have the three journalists discuss election 2020. It has been an eventful few weeks after the republican and democratic conventions. As we look to the future with the debates, the key states, so a real chance for us to gain their inside perspective and insights into this crit