Whats your reaction and into. Strong and the w. H. O. Well thanks for having me on. You know this is its not an opportune time to start to defund any efforts at Public Health i think that should be hopefully obvious to most people you know donald trump is no fan of Global Institution i think he certainly would want to take steps to make sure that blame is placed didnt places other than where he is im not suggesting that the w. H. O. Did its job perfectly here i think the weather today b. H. O. The c. B. C. Or anybody else plenty of blame to go around but in the middle of a crisis to take the feet up the street that you need in the middle of a global epidemic doesnt make a lot of sense to me was the obama admin and what the Obama Administration is you know would have been prepared for this. Well look its hard its hard to prove a negative i think i think id say 2 things one is there was a. Structure in place that would have been able to respond more quickly i think thats thats the 1st th
A wartime president. Well lets think about what our best wartime president s do they arm their troops they read the data theyre in kept to kl good news they are decisive they move their troops around and they make quick decisions and they follow the data theyre not instinctual so i would love to say i would love for President Trump to take on those characteristics those are his i think tendencies i think hes more instinctual i think hes more like to be praised and sees himself in the problem i dont think he has made it a priority to arm the front line namely the doctors and nurses but he should and i would give him all the credit in the world if he if he did. As of about Nursing Homes the best data and its very incomplete says that at least 2500 Nursing Homes in 36 states have corona virus infections what the federal government is not tracking the incidence of call the 1000 and factional deaths in Nursing Homes why not. Well look we have a 1000000 and a half People Living in Nursing Ho
Sheltering in place. Addressing the impacts of cove in 19. Its also part of the future of democracy series with Additional Support from the initiative. And a collaborative local center and donor. We hope others will support their examples. I am thrilled to be talking about two experts on a lot of things including the effects of covid19 and the effect it is having. Here in u. S. And around the world. He has written for that magazine since the late 1970s. He takes the human approach to some of the most pressing issues. The authors of the recent beth bestseller. James, thank you so much for being here. He is the director of policy. They had have a impressive career. It has taken her to the International Institute for strategic studies in london. I remember her from in the bay area. In the National Security council. Thank you so much for your time. Its a great pleasure. Thanks to being here. Thank you for joining us. We do want to answer your questions as part of this conversation. You can
Human activity has brought us to the brink of the worlds 6th major extinction of it and the people in this film just come take it anymore. Donald trump opens up a new front in the co the 19 war this time against the World Health Organization the experts will weigh in on this edition of politics. On tuesday President Trump announced that he would do with the whole contributions to the World Health Organization and blame the agency for not alerting his in ministration to the dangers of the coronavirus for reaction im joined by Andrew Sullivan former acting administrator of the centers for medicare and medicaid during the Obama Administration he joins us from minnesota whats your reaction and into. Strong and the w. H. O. Well thanks for having me on. You know this is its not an opportune time to start to defund any efforts at Public Health i think that should be hopefully obvious to most people you know donald trump is no fan of Global Institution i think he certainly would want to take
Medicaid during the Obama Administration he joins us from minnesota whats your reaction and into. Strong and the w. H. O. Well thanks for having me on. You know this is its not an opportune time to start to defund any efforts at Public Health i think that should be hopefully obvious to most people to donald trump is no fan of Global Institution i think he certainly would want to take steps to make sure that blame is placed didnt places other than where he is im not suggesting that joe the c. B. C. Or anybody else plenty of blame to go around but in the middle of a crisis to take the feet up the street that you need in the middle of a global epidemic doesnt make a lot of sense to me was the obama admin and what the Obama Administration is you know would have been prepared for this. Well look its hard its hard to prove a negative i think i think id say 2 things one is there was a. Structure in place that would have been able to respond more quickly and i think thats thats the 1st thing t