The presiding officer under the previous order, the Senate Stands adjourned until 4 30 p. M. On friday, and that py the pediatric vaccines the us py needs to play more of a role moreof a role in this effort. There are a number of entities including the bill and Melinda Gates foundation and these International Organizations that are doing their best to hold this together. They need support from large vaccine manufacturing nations and currently theyre not getting it from the us, theyre not getting it from china, theyre not getting it from russia and other people in that station that needs to change before we see that result. This is just to the group, clearly one of the main issues for the next pandemic is how do we sort of improve our national and International Disease surveillance for the next time because youve touched on chinas lack of transparency during the early stages of this pandemic and it had devastating consequences of what needs to be put in place for that to happen again .
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
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 frances townsend, a cochair and former assistant to president bush Homeland Security counterterrorism and vice chairman and general counsel are in chief Administration Officer from the forbes incorporated. Welcome to you. Thomas is a codirector and senior fellow from Global Health economics and Development Director of the Global Health programs. Finally stewart patrick, the senior fellow in governance and director of the
Listen live on the free cspan radio app. Next, Public Health officials look at efforts to improve flu vaccines and have developed eight universal vaccine this Committee Hearing is about two and half hours. This hearing will come to order and without objection the chair has authorized to play recess at any time. Lets me say good morning and welcome to our witnesses t. Todays hearing on vaccine, science and innovation, smallest box smallpox once plagued the worlds population killing approximately 300 Million People the 20th century alone it. Smallpox is the only human disease to be eradicated thanks to the development of the vaccine. Another devastating disease, polio, had just 33 cases reported worldwide in 2018 compared to 350,000 cases in 1988. Everyday vaccines save lives especiallyly the lives of childn and other vulnerable population. There is no such thing as healthy skepticism when it comes to vaccines. Unfortunately, theres a wellfunded Disinformation Campaign targeting the publ