The outbreak under control. A future thats up in the air a bailout plan to keep a strain Airlines Flying but is that enough money. Grow and control to me. And top tips from a former astronaut on how to come to grips with life in isolation. Alarming new numbers are showing the strain of the coronavirus pandemic on the worlds 2 biggest economies there is increasing doubt about the u. S. President s 2 week deadline for getting businesses back up and running and that he states 22000000 americans have made jobless claims just in the past month numbers not seen since the Great Depression of the 1930 s. And chinas Gross Domestic Product has plummeted by almost 7 percent in the 1st quarter thats the sharpest for. All since it opened up to the world 40 years ago and theres been a big rise in the death toll in the original epicenter of the outbreak 50 percent more people died than was previously reported the citys total is now said to be 3869 while katrina you has more from beijing and she told
Secret puppet masters. I guess i should start out by pointing out that irises are microbes as well. It made sense to call this this is a young, a writer for the atlantic, author of a new book called multitudes of other microbiota microbes of our panel. Here is paul, a Science Writer for the New York Times and other many books including most recently, a planet of viruses. Im an author of a book called pandemic about how microbes cause academics and all of these folks are going to be for sale by barnes noble and will sign them after this session signing table h. I hope you can come join us for more discussion. First, before we start, i would like to ask is anyone here in microbiologist . Okay, weve got four. We cant make anything up. [laughter] i think its really interesting time to talk about microbiology because there is a paradigm shift in recent years. If think back to the late 19th century, we thought about microbes mostly as these intruders we have to target with physical physician
Kevin good evening. Welcome to mount vernon. My name is kevin butterfield, i am the director of the fred w. Swift National Library for the study of George Washington at mount vernon. It is my pleasure to welcome you here tonight. The Ford Motor Company each month sponsors a free book talk like this one. An opportunity for the community to come and learn from the greatest historians in the field. Thank you for being here tonight. We are thrilled to have you. We will hear a brief hesitation from susan swain, copresident and chief executive officer of cspan, and coauthor of the president s. She will be joined by brian lam, the founder and executive chairman of cspan and moderating an esteemed group of historians discussing the american presidency. The american presidency is, as you know, a fascinating subject of inquiry in every possible way. [laughter] in the constitution, there is not as much said about it as you would imagine. Article one is quite long. Article two is quite shorter. As
Welcome to the more than 1,000 registered attendees at this jackson virtual discussion forum. This is the fifth of these discussions. These discussions have tapped the Exceptional Leadership in knowledge that resides in the jackson network. Today is no exception. All of our panelists today are senior fellows who teach here at yale. Our moderator today, secretary john kerry graduated from yale, and like jacksons founder, john jackson is joining us today, secretary kerry, john kerry at time, left new haven to serve in vietnam. He then served more than two decades in the u. S. Senate before becoming the 68th under ry of state president obama. You probably know all of that, but what you might not know is that secretary kerry continues to pay it forward, helping to train the next generation of leaders here at the Jackson Institute and across yales many schools. It is my pleasure to welcome secretary kerry. This time, secretary, perhaps ou might offer some initial perspectives on how you ass
Brad wenthrup. Your reaction to this seemingly good news. We are not out of the woods, but it seems like its good news. You want to see the numbers go down. The goal all along was to beat the models. You saw the models happen in other countries where it went right up, very high. We were trying to stay under that and keep our Healthcare System in check and not overrun. This is good news because thats what we have been after all along. Starting to see the trend go down. Liz will be do you think the United States has answered the wakeup call . You saw the warnings about pandemic. Now the president is saying one of the toughest decisions of his life is reopening the country possibly on may. Americans may wake up to a brandnew world of having to wear masks, and maybe tests for coronavirus. New apps on their iphones and phones to track them if they are near somebody who has coronavirus. Do you think congress has answered the wakeup call that has been ringing for years. We are in an able of a