We know from the ethics including as we work for the last 15 years on these challenges that there is so much suspicion about medical research when it comes from the west. We saw what happens with polio and meningitis and we go in with the best of intentions thinking that youre going to hell. Whether the research is sort of just taking blood for all of these virology studies, which can make a tremendous difference, we all know that it happens when we take blood and then people die and then the rumor started. Where the messages have to do with them trying to understand what a placebo is an what youre coming from the United States in giving people nothing and i think that there are people theres more and more people trying to help your, but theres a lot of challenges. Is there anything youd like at a maximum has wanted to take the opportunity to talk about the kind of research that we are doing in liberia and as i said, being part of hopkins, people look to us for behavior change and comm
Eu leaders have been marking the centennial area of the start of the first world war. They came together in a small belgian town where half a Million People died fighting between 1914 and 1918. The leaders gather to hear the last post, a bugle call performed every day at the memorial to the british and commonwealth soldiers. Chancellor Angela Merkel became the first german leader to attend. She said holding a European Union summit in a city that was rebuilt from scratch after the war was a symbol of how the eu has made lives better. Europes leaders remember the great war. The resulting continent riven by alliances and rivalries. In a sign of just how much things had changed since, german chancellor Angela Merkel was cheered by the locals. Today, europes rivals mostly square off at eu meetings and not on the battlefield. Merkel says the leaders will look for compromises at their summit, even though british Prime Minister David Cameron is isolated in opposing Jeanclaude Juncker as Europe
The president was playing it down publicly, he is telling woodward in striking detail how dangerous, deadly and airborne the virus is. Heres the tape. And so what was president xi saying yesterday . We were talking mostly about the, the virus, and i think hes going to have it in good shape but you know its a very tricky situation. Inindeed. It goes through air, bob. Thats always tougher than the touch. The touch you dont have to touch things, right . But the air. You just breathe the air. Thats how its passed. And so thats a very tricky one. Thats a very delicate one. Its also more deadly than your, you know, even your strenuous flus. You know, people dont realize. We lose 25,000, 30,000 people a year here. Who would ever think that, right . I know. Thats pretty amazing. Then i say, well is that the same thing . This is more deadly. This is five per you know, this is 5 verse 1 and less than 1 . You know . So this is deadly stuff. It is striking to hear him say those details. That is ju
No, that would be great. Let me share with you a story from michigan that was highlighted in an article in the l. A. Times that talked about a woman named judith, 48 years old, work in a department store, had an Insurance Plan that costs are 65 per month that was a was affordable, she thought she had insurance, but then she was diagnosed with cancer and found out that her plan had a 2000 annual limit for treatment, so she delayed her care and it got worse, she was in a difficult situation. Madame secretary, after january 1, will judith or any other woman face a cap on their coverage for Breast Cancer treatment . No. Will judith or any other woman be charged more or be denied insurance just for being a woman . No. After january 1 will judith or any other woman have to fear being denied coverage by her Insurance Company because of Breast Cancer . No, she will not. These are all good things. Some people in michigan certainly think so. I received a letter from greg miller, who said that hi
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