Still rising why wasnt the United States more prepared . You cant be prepared if youre not funded to be prepared. Narrator who is accountable . Do you think that this administration has done what it needs to do to protect healthcare workers . I think a lot more could be done. Narrator and what will happen when a vaccine is ready . Given the abject failure, of the administraon we do worry. Narrator now on frontline americas medical supply crisis. Frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. And by the corporation for puic broadcasting. Major support is provided by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org. The Ford Foundation working with visionaries on the frontlines of soal change worldwide. At fordfoundation. Org. Additional support is provided by the abrams foundation, committed to excellence in journalism. The park foundation
Still rising why wasnt the United States more prepared . You cant be prepared if youre not funded to be prepared. Narrator who is accountable . Do you think that this administration has done what it needs to do to protect healthcare workers . I think a lot more could be done. Narrator and what will happen when a vaccine is ready . Given the abject failure, of the administraon we do worry. Narrator now on frontline americas medical supply crisis. Frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. And by the corporation for puic broadcasting. Major support is provided by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org. The Ford Foundation working with visionaries on the frontlines of soal change worldwide. At fordfoundation. Org. Additional support is provided by the abrams foundation, committed to excellence in journalism. The park foundation
Welcome, everybody. Today our select subcommittee is holding a hybrid hearing where some members will appear in person and others will appear remotely via web x. Since some members are appearing in person let me remind everyone pursuit to the latest guidance from the house of intended physician, all individuals attending this hearing in person must wear a Face Covering. We will allow you to remove them as you see me doing in order to speak. I know a little bit about how your glasses get fogged up and you dont see where youre going. Members who are not wearing a Face Covering are not permitted to remain in the hearing room and will not be recognized to speak. When youre not speaking, we expect for you to have the face mask or we will not recognize you. Let me make a few reminders about hybrid hearings. Those members appearing in person you will be able to see members appearing remotely on the two monitors in front of you. On one monitor you will see all the members appearing remotely at
Amgen, genentech, gilead, regeneron, four of the greatest in the world for doing exactly what theyre doing. And currently 10 different therapeutic agents are in active trials an some are looking incredibly successful we have to go through a process. It will be a fairly quick process, i tell you based on what the fda told me. 15 are in plans for clinical trials. Theyre advancing rapidly. A Second Company announced that the fda authorized it is vaccine candidate to begin clinical trials. Johnson johnson is already there. I believe theyre the one thats first and now we have a Second Company that Just Announced and we were just, was just approved. So we have two companies at that level, for the vaccine itself. We have you no performed 100, well, if you think of this, 1. 79 million tests. That is one million, 790,000 tests nationwide. I think were going to put up a screen here someplace that theyre on cue, just on cue. And here it is. This is the process starting on 5 march and ending right
Regeneron, four of the greatest in the world for doing exactly what theyre doing. And currently 10 different therapeutic agents are in active trials an some are looking incredibly successful we have to go through a process. It will be a fairly quick process, i tell you based on what the fda told me. 15 are in plans for clinical trials. Theyre advancing rapidly. A Second Company announced that the fda authorized it is vaccine candidate to begin clinical trials. Johnson johnson is already there. I believe theyre the one thats first and now we have a Second Company that Just Announced and we were just, was just approved. So we have two companies at that level, for the vaccine itself. We have you no performed 100, well, if you think of this, 1. 79 million tests. That is one million, 790,000 tests nationwide. I think were going to put up a screen here someplace that theyre on cue, just on cue. And here it is. This is the process starting on 5 march and ending right there, right about now, r