Soledad im soledad obrien. Welcome to matter of fact. How will the covid 19 pandemic end . The most certain way would be the development of a safe and effective vaccine. Private companies and governments worldwide are racing to produce a vaccine by the end of the year. But doctor anthony fauci, the countrys top Infectious Disease expert said it could take 12 to 18 months. And even that timeline would be ambitious by historical standards. There are roughly 100 candidates for a vaccine in the works, with a handful fasttracked for human trials. The Clinical Development of a Vaccine Development has three phases. First, its given to a small group of people, then a bigger group, then an even bigger group, in order to test if its safe and effective. And these series of tests can take years, which has led to calls for a different type of testing. Our special contributor joie chen looks at the push for human challenge trials. Josh my names Josh Morrison. Im a volunteer for human challenge trial
What would you risk to reopen the country . Soledad im soledad obrien. Welcome to matter of fact. Reopening the country is not like flipping a switch. A safe return to any kind of new normal requires planning. Are we there yet . Infectious disease experts are warning the president and governors to take it slow. As governors in texas, south carolina, florida, georgia and tennessee are already lifting restrictions to reopen some businesses. I spoke to doctor tom frieden, the former director of the cdc and president and ceo of resolve to save lives, a Global Public health organization. Dr. Frieden, thank you for talking with me. Six states so far say theyre going to be opening up in the definition of whatever that means. Sort of varies a little bit. But how do you feel about that . What would your advice be to those people who run those states . Dr. Frieden this is a very hard decision. We need to follow the data and we need to understand the pace of the virus, even though it spreads very
Not with family. The role tkhap lanes fille fill during our Health Crisis. Soledad welcome back to matter of fact. Isolated and alone we hear stores of covid19 patients soledad im soledad obrien. Spending their last moments quarantined in hospital and that welcome to matter of fact. Means no family present with a the coronavirus pandemic has comforting word or holding their exposed many things and how ill prepared lots of countries were hand. Hospital chaplains are trying to for a Health Crisis and how bridge that offering peace in a time of uncertainty. Dependent we are on technology i had a conversation with and how resilient we can be we reverend martin montonye the need to be. One other thing that has come to supervisor of clinical pastoral education at nyc health and light in these days the hospitals, bellevue. Disparity that leave so many to soledad can you give me some suffer. Already the data shows black and insight into how much access you brown people are more likely to are g
Know what it was. Inside the exhibit shining a spotlight on the right for a woman to vote. And how a century of struggle inspires future generations of voters. For me the 19th amendment is everything. Soledad im soledad obrien. Welcome to matter of fact from the National Archives in washington, d. C. The nations archives were rounded in 1934 and today hold billions of records that tell the stories of americas history. The archives launches a new exhibit called rightfully hers comemorating the the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment. Ratified by 36 states in 1920, the 19th amendment prohibited states from denying the vote on the basis of sex. It was a victory for womens rights but not for all women. For perspective, i sat down with three historians, ann gordon, the preeminent scholar on the Womens Suffrage Movement and the editor of the Elizabeth Cady stanton and Susan B Anthony papers at rutgers university, marcia chatelain, an associate professor of history and African American st
Herald quick. Yes sir. I live in maryland does that make it difficult to write about miami quick. I am more concerned with the larger american story what faces the nation emotionally and morally. The characters of your new book the last thing you surrender who are they and how did they meet quick. Is based on the uss oklahoma when george is injured and then his life is saved as the ships capsizing. You are looking at world war ii . Yes. To talk about the race war and my piece is that we already had a race war but nobody claims that but if you look like the bolsheviks and the japanese on the pacific and america that went into the military and having race riots i think we are already in a race war. Because nobody claims that as that. What did you discover that you did not expect to . That the power to subvert even our own selfinterest. And the riots from mobile alabama that outlines for at least one week as shipyard at the height of the war providing material to the men who are fighting