Speakers include doctor anthony tolkien, director of the National Institute of allergy and Infectious Diseases and hamburg , former fda commissioner. This is about an hour. Why are we even hear. I will give one example. In 2009 there was a pandemic flu. Make a swine flu, i dont know why. Its beside the point. Doing you want enough to go back and out of blake instructed more than 2 billion people. As far as i can tell and theres a lot of reporting on this, the who acted incredibly admirably and rapidly in getting vaccine out. And the only reason that it wasnt one of the most devastating epidemics in the history of humanity is because that person particular flu decided not to be berlin. We dont get a vote but the Gates Foundation else modelers who are pretty good and they estimated that had been anything like the 1918 flu, 33, 37 Million People would have died and then we wouldnt be having this conversation or at least some of us wouldnt becausewe began. And what happens when these sort
Being late. The days take on a life of their own. So, but i wanted to say good morning. Good morning, dr. Collins, welcome back to labor hhs to the appropriations subcommittee. Let me just say a thank you on behalf of the of the subcommittee for hosting members of the subcommittee for the site visit at the nih campus last week. We had a wonderful opportunity to learn more about nihs work. We met with the researchers who were working to cure Sickle Cell Disease, to develop treatments for major depression, the shrinkage of cancer tumors in children. We heard from participants whose lives have been changed by Clinical Trials. So it was a moving and an informative, but a very moving experience, as well. Let me welcome our witnesses including the five institute and Center Directors who join us today, and in addition, and always a great addition dr. Francis collins who has joined us many times, director of the National Institutes of health. Today joined by dr. Bruce tromberg, by the institut
Reason that it was not one of the most devastating epidemics in the history of humanity is because that particular flu decided not to be very lent. We dont get a vote. But the Gates Foundation has mathematical modelers that estimated that, had it been anything like the 1918 flu, 33 million, 37 Million People would have died, and we would not be having this conversation because we would be dead. What happens when these sort of things occur is if they dont kill a lot of people, we just move on, especially when it comes to influenza, which people seem to think is just a word that means i dont feel well. For the first question, i would like to ask tony, maybe you can explain why we would want universal vaccines, how does this work, and how is the pandemic different from what we get every year, and where are we . Ok. Thanks, michael. Very briefly, because i know we have a lot to talk about, but the situation with influenza, as many know, is that unlike a virus like measles, which, if you ha
Why are we even here . I will give one example. In 2009, there was a pandemic flu. They called it swine flu. The outbreak infected more than 2 Million People. As far as i can tell, the who acted incredibly admirably and rapidly in getting vaccines out. The only reason that it was not one of the most devastating epidemics in the history of humanity is because that particular flu decided not to be very lent. We dont get a vote. But the Gates Foundation has mathematical modelers that estimated that, had it been anything like the 1918 flu, 33 million, 37 Million People would have died, and we would not be having this conversation because we would be dead. What happens when these sort of things occur is if they dont kill a lot of people, we just move on, especially when it comes to influenza, which people seem to think is just a word that means i dont feel well. For the first question, i would like to ask tony, maybe you can explain why we would want universal vaccines, how does this work,
The public should trust science. He spoke at the History Museum in los angeles at an event hosted by the public square. This is just over one hour. Now it is my great pleasure to introduce tonights moderator, an awardwinning science journalist reporting on the diseased state of the world oceans earned her both a Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting and the award for public understanding of science. She regularly contributes Opinion Pieces for the Los Angeles Times as a Senior Editor and writer at the huffington. Please give a warm welcome. [applause] thank you. Its great to see such a robust crowd and energetic crowd. Ive been a fan since its inception. Its actually my anniversary ten years ago i moderated my first panel on Climate Change so im thrilled to be back and with this wonderful panel i would like to introduce eric conway, historian of science and okchnology and the coauthor ofa a book merchants about how a handful of scientists obscured the truth on issues from tobacco sm