There was a tongan merchant inine with vessels built europe. The planes will bring more and more tourists to the friendly island. More islanders will leave to study in other countries. Under the leadership of the queen and the prime minister, tongas isolation is disappearing. The latest government has been prudent and progressive. Rule of prosperity without destroying traditional customs. Looking forward to the expansion of trade, the government carefully considered the effective increase of cutbacks to the outside world. It was realized there was a very definite and growing threat to the tongan people. The population was totally unprotected against smallpox. And smallpox is a disease which is rampant throughout southeast asia. This was tongas problem, to vaccinate a vulnerable population of 70,000 against smallpox. To do it immediately and inexpensively. [singing] tonga inrty came to march of 1964 in response to a request by the tongan government. There were five of us from the u. S.
Remote hearings certainly arent the same as sitting together in our Committee Room but this new authority has allowed us to continue to do our work on behalf of the American Peoples while keeping our staff, family and broader communities safe. This is the second official virtual subcommittee hearing in the ways and means committee. As with our previous hearing i want members to know i plan to continue this committees long tradition of collegiality and substantive debates. Even as we conduct our business from afar i will continue to work with our Ranking Member and his staff so to ensure that the rights of all members are respected in this new virtual format. Before we turn to todays important topic i want to remind members of a few procedures to help you navigate this new platform. First, consistent with regulations the committee will keep microphones muted to limit background noise. Members are responsible for on meeting themselves when they seek recognition or when recognized for the
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Resources that want to replicate what is being done in the mission where asymptomatic people are being tested, and the university of california is participating, say in like chinatown, is there interest at the department of Public Health in replicating that setting in the Community Like chinatown, that obviously has a disproportionate number of congregate living situations . I think were always interested in gaining more information. A project that happened with ucsf was largely organized and staffed and maintained by them, which is what made it possible, but were certainly interested in gaining information about epidemiology of covid in our city. And were particularly interested in understanding more vulnerable populations and more vulnerable living situations as to what epidemiology might be so we can better serve the public. Supervisor peskin my last question, not to drag you into the friction that is existing between the executive branch of government and legislative branch of gove
On the community and society at large. Its also part of the clubs future of democracy efforts. With Additional Support from the zuckerberg initiative. We are so grateful for the support and hopefully others will follow the examples. I am personally thrilled to have those two experts on a lot of things including the effects of covid19 and what it may have democracy here in the u. S. With the recent bestseller. James, thank you so much for being here. Corey is the director of the American Enterprise institute. She has have in the press of career which is taking her to the International Institute for strategic studies in london. The hoover institution. Where i remember her from in the bay bay area. Bay area. In the department of defense. Thank you so much for your time. Its a great pleasure. Also to our audience for joining us. We do want into your questions as part of this conversation. You could submit them in the text chat. I will be giving those questions as they work some into the co