Home as covid19 cases increase across the nation. More than 13 million americans have been diagnosed at over 2,000 americans are dying every day from the virus. As states brace for an uptick in cases due to holiday gatherings the nations most populous county, los angeles county, is set to impose strict stay at home rules that will take effect tomorrow. Meanwhile, health way be on the way as the first doses of pfizers 1ir9 vaccines are headed to the u. S. From belgium, but keep in mind a vaccine isnt expected for wide distribution until later 2021. A cdc panel will meet on tuesday to decide how the initial supplies of the vaccine will be allocated. Joining me now Emergency Room Physician and california congressman and a good friend raul ruiz, cardiologist dr. Bernard ashby on the committee to protect medicare, dr. Mercedes carnethon from Northwestern University and dr. Corey hebert, former cochair of the louisiana governors covid19 Minority Task force. We should also note that dr. Heber
Good bye sean. This week in a screeching u. Turn and in an apparently chaotic manner the johnson government announced a new month Long National lockdown in england starting today but this is a lockdown with a difference schools universities and key workplaces remain open hospitality house parties and holidays are forbidden elsewhere across these islands things are different wills is already a week into a much stricter to be close time while Northern Ireland is half way through month long restrictionists scotland this week saw the introduction of a 5 regionally based system today we asked to Public Health experts whether these measures contain the virus across the u. K. While the world awaits a vaccine professor harvey burns a former chief medical officer of scotland is a new president of the British Medical Association he is in a unique position to assess and assesses whether the virus can be brought back under control through these tight or Public Health restrictions dr coming out of
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I want to start today sure for the flexion on the passing of so Sean Connelly screen legend the worlds most famous scot the definitive bond demon golfer sean connery was all of these things and much much more to me he was a loyal steadfast friend over more than 30 years but i took this show on some 23 years ago the pun passed in a really wanted to interview with sean connery and he readily agreed but suckin stances in health prevented that happening and the reason was that of all the interviews that shown that over the years all the things that were written about him only read one from the the scottish offer Willie Michael vanny which got cost of capturing the essence of sean connery because this was not just a a great personality a great movie star this was a great human being a deeply deeply humanness funny ironic human being with great views on on life and Everything Else and never frightened to express them. In my life ive been privileged to meet a few great people but only a few a
Peters, and delivering the opening statement, a minute to acknowledge the United States passed another milestone that we have lost 200,000 americans to covid19. Our hearts go out to their families, husbands and wives, mothers and fathers, children, grandchildren and grandparents. Americans everywhere must fight to stop the virus from spreading, to protect millions more from experiencing this loss. As members of congress we will go to republicans, all united to be our part. We turn to opening statement, unlike every hearing, in the u. S. Congress economic committee, simply explore economic issues. We will focus on Public Health. With the closing of coronavirus is in march causing unemployment in april, democrats reset some of those Public Health experts in the country. Two all two nobel prize laureates, 5 former chairs of the president s council of economic advisers and 3 were president of the National Economic association over 2 dozen in all. Every one of them have the same urgent mess