Was that we were situationally blind. We had no idea where this virus was and wasnt spreading. So when it came down to shutting down cities, rather than shutting down cities like new york city, we went for a shutdown across the whole country, which was unnecessary in retrospect. We could have focused on mitigation. We had no diagnostic test in the field to screen people. What c. D. C. Officials were relying on and telling the Coronavirus Task force was there was no spread of coronavirus spread, because they were looking at the influencelike surveillance, who is presentering tpresenting to hoss with flulike symptoms, and therefore the coronavirus may not be spreading. I was talking to officials over this time, and they were adamant about that, and i suppose the president was also being told that the virus wasnt spreading. And that may have affected his willingness to maybe talk it down a little bit. That really was the tragic mistake, not just that we didnt have the information that we
Lives in 188. 00 countries in the United States we launched the most aggressive mobilization since the 2nd world war the Fact Checkers in a country that suffered more than most from cope with 19 unlikely to question those claims as the Chinese Ambassador to the un listened in the General Assembly hall the president intensified his attack on china we must hold accountable the nation which unleashed this plague onto the world china in the early is days of the virus china locked down travel domestically while allowing flights to leave china and infect the world before introducing president xi the Chinese Ambassador made an impromptu intervention complaining about bullying and. China resolutely acts that baseless accusation against china his president in a clear contrast to President Trump said International Cooperation was the key to combating covert 19. 19 reminds us that were living in an interconnected Global Village with a common stake all countries are closely connected and we share
The knowledge river in sudan face the impact of destroyed homes and livelihoods from heavy flooding anxiety builds on the irish border as the u. K. Moves closer to breaking International Law with. Hello the number of people who have died from corona virus in the u. S. Has now reached 200000 and on the day that grim milestone was reached President Trump again put the blame on china in an address to the u. N. General assembly he slammed the country for unleashing this plague on the worlds and response china called for unity in the fight against covert 19 heres a diplomatic editor james mates with more. Like all the other World Leaders speaking at the u. N. President speech was prerecorded his words were as controversial as apple. We have waged a fierce battle against the invisible enemy the china virus which has claimed countless lives in 188. 00 countries and the United States we launched the most aggressive mobilization since the 2nd world war the Fact Checkers in a country that suffer
What is so interesting is where central bankers will be. Mark carney, the governor of the bank of england, it is just out across the bloomberg that he has finally landed. I thought he would be running the toronto maple leafs, but he will join the venerable brookfield of toronto. This is one of the Sterling Companies of canada, 100,000 strong. Esg. E will go all lisa hes going to be leading the environmental and social governance Investment Strategy at brookfield, which is eventually expected to rival the size of its real a structure businesses. The question is, what does this mean . Tom this has clearly been one of the leading efforts of the former governor of the bank of england. Our Francine Lacqua numerous times in interviews on esg as he led the bank of england, i would say more than any other central bank. Maybe i would get a hat tip to the bundesbank as well, but clearly leading on esg. I heard him speak on this at davos as well. This is to me a very natural outcome to see him jo
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