And actually like jacksons founder, john jackson who is joining us today, secretary kerry, john kerry at the time, left new haven to serve in vietnam. He then served more than two decades in the u. S. Senate before becoming the 68th secretary of state under president obama. You probably know all of that, but what you might not know is that secretary kerry continues to pay it forward, helping to train the next generation of leaders here at the Jackson Institute and across yale and in many schools. Its my pleasure to welcome secretary kerry at this time. Sector, rapture might offer some initial perspectives on how you assess the global ramifications of covid19 and then introduce our panelists. Thanks. Thank you very, very much, and ted, both of you, thank you for organizing this event, particularly gym in the Jackson Institute, the jackson school. Its really the underwriter of what were doing here today and its a privilege for me to take part in this with a very distinguished group of di