Vaccine development and efforts to address disparities in minority communities. This is abouttwo hours 45 minutes. This hearing will come to order. First i would like to welcome our witness, doctor robert redfield, director of the center for Disease Control and prevention and we thank you for being here this morning. Doctor redfield, to discuss the cdc and ongoing response to covid19. I also want to welcome the subcommittee members, Ranking Member congressman thomas paul andour full Committee Chair. I want to thank you to subcommittee members who are here in person as well as subcommittee members who are participating by secure video teleconference. Before i moved to my Opening Statements and because this is our first labor hhs and Education Appropriations Committee hearing with some members participating remotely, i would like to begin by offering a brief explanation of how it will work and in order to benefit those members and the public. This hearing room has been configured to main
With the american soldier goes american medicine. Backing him up by his side, with him in his advance. In wartime and in peace, the medical department carries on, fighting disease, healing and rehabilitating the sick and wounded and working to search out disease vectors to prevent, detect and control epidemics. To pursue this mission successfully, the medical department was backed up by a farflung network of laboratories stretching from north to south, from east to west. Clinical, Public Health and Research Laboratories were required everywhere. Diseases new to the army doctor were being encountered, new procedures, methods of treatment and control had to be developed and evaluated. Operation and combat under extreme heat and cold produced problems that were a challenge to the medical department and its laboratories. Behind this vast medical Laboratory Organization which followed the armies to every distant outpost on our fighting front were the Mission Divisions and services of the Su
Use and no place for such weapons in canada the World Health Organization says it doesnt believe the coronavirus was manmade the agencys emergencies chief michael ryan said scientists are assured the disease occurred naturally he was responding to a question about u. S. President trumps claims he had seen evidence it came from a lab. We listened again and again and numerous scientists who looked at the sequences looked at this white house and we were assured this was is natural in origin and what is important is that we establish what that natural host for this virus is. And that and the primary purpose of doing that is to ensure that we understand the virus more we understand the animal human. Interface and we understand how the end of the human species barrier was breached and the purpose of understanding that is that we can put in place the necessary prevention and Public Health measures to prevent that happening again anywhere south korea and india have stopped using chinese made r
This is a city in south korea just north of the countrys capital song kim jong suit is on his way to an appointment. With your eye you here for a test and then yes this is for you to read it. And these are to wipe down anything in the car youve touched with your hands on in. This drive through testing the size has been set up on a parking lot people up processed here without having to leave their cars. All the 1st step is to fill out a question a. When the internet i have a list any traveling ive done recently on the symptoms that i have to agree on one for you know have you been to china or if youre upset or any other country affected by the pandemic in the past 2 weeks and a call thanks. Sore throat chills shortness of breath or other respiratory issues no more than usual. To felt a little feverish this morning so he decided to get himself tested. At the next stop his temperature is taken. It says 37. 5 now the other side. Is going to be 7. 5 kind of high just slightly elevated this
This is a city in south korea just north of the countrys capital so kim jong suit is on his way to an appointment. There are you here for a test and then yes this is for you to read it. And these are to wipe down anything in the car youve touched with your hands on it. This drive through testing size has been set up on a parking dont people up process here without having to leave their cars. All the 1st step is to fill out a questionnaire. For. The internet i have a list and a traveling ive done recently on the symptoms that i have on one through your have you been to china europe so or any other country affected by the pandemic in the past 2 weeks and. Coughing sore throat chills shortness of breath or other respiratory issues. Now more than usual. To felt a little feverish this morning so he decided to get himself tested. At the next stop his temperature is taken. It says 37. 5 now the other side. Is the 7. 5 kind of high just slightly elevated this side is 37. 2 will you. Please pro