Worked so much in the first couple of quarters. We are also expecting our investment ipo tomorrow. It is a very, very busy year for us, all in all. You are looking at health care opportunities. Everybody else seems to be doing that. That is why valuations have skyrocketed. What are you finding and what are you concentrating on within that space in particular . Nisa it is interesting. Board. St across the is, is really interesting when we invested in the first company, the first Vaccine Company to list in hong kong. One of our Companies Went out in hong kong, the first device company. Venus, thepo of whole medical device sector has become hot this year. Seen 25 areas we have Companies Getting funded in china alone. I am not sure about the competition. On the discovery side there is also excitement. Because valuation has grown so much, we would still stay away from very expensive deals. Historically, we have been investing 75 at least. Systematically we have been doing the same thing as
Modernizing the teleworking moving forward using Lessons Learned during the covid19 pandemic. We should have some good come out of this pandemic. This hearing is focused on what we can gain, what gaps are still there, and what better we can do for this process. Its been a decade since the last telework legislation. The telework enhancement act of it set the baseline standards 2010. For them to follow with telework and over the last 10 years, weve seen great advances in technology and workforce expectations and the increase in cybersecurity threats. So many changes in the world, it makes sense to take a close look at the telework policies and strategies than the federal workforce. Current pandemic has acted as a magnifying glass for telework policy improvement. This Committee Held a hearing in july and during the hearing we were able to gather valuable information concerning what private employers have done to support the Remote Workforce and we were able to draw Lessons Learned with ho
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Rising by 2000s a day. A vaccine on the horizon. The u. S. Could approve the pfizer shot as early as thursday. Secretary alex azar says all americans who want a vaccine should be able to get one next year. Azar we will focus on the front lines with the initial 40 million doses in the next month, and we will progressively keep adding more and more people. Be thinking in the februarymarch time frame you are going to see more general vaccinations. The Second Quarter of next year, we will have enough vaccine for everyone who wants it. Is dr. Georgeme rutherford, university of california San Francisco professor of epidemiology. You are in california, locking down as of yesterday. Give me some perspective. What is going on on the ground . How bad is it . Dr. Rutherford this week, we are having more cases than we have ever had. The icus are starting to fill up. Fresno and bakersfield, los angeles, metropolitan Southern California the icu capacity is below 15 . It is very, very problematic and