The current drop in Vaccination Committee on health, education, labor and pensions will please come to order. I would like to welcome everyone and go through some administrative matters that we do at the beginning after consulting with the attending physician, the sergeant at arms, cdc, health and Human Services, individuals are seated six feet apart. There is no room for the public to attend and the press is working as a pool and the hearing may be watched gaveltogavel online. Both of our witnesses, dr. Collins and Surgeon General adams are participating in person. Some are in person, some are participating by videoconference. The office of attending physician has advised that senators and witnesses may remove their masks to talk in the microphone since our chairs are six feet apart or more. That is why my mask is off and i am more than six feet apart and when i am in a hall or walking on the senate floor, i wear my mask. We are grateful to the rules committee the sergeant at arms, th
Forward with a scaleddown Economic Relief bill that republicans introduced. National institutes of health orector and Surgeon General on capitol hill for a Senate Health hearing on Vaccine Research and development. They spoke about ongoing Clinical Trials for a Coronavirus Vaccine and the possibility of one being ready by the end of the year. Some of thescussed challenges of distributing a vaccine and the current drop in vaccination rates due to misinformation and public mistrust. Committee on health, education, labor and pensions will come to order. I would like to welcome everyone and go through some administrative matters that we do at the beginning after consulting with the attending physician, the sergeant at arms, cdc, health and Human Services, individuals are seated six feet apart. There is no room for the public to attend and the press is working as a pool bang and the hearing may be watched gaveltogavel online. Both of our witnesses, dr. Collins and sargent general adams are
Addressing it, we are joined by Lori Trammell freeman, the ceo of the National Association of county and city Health Officials. Thank you. Host tell us about your association. What is its role and mission . Guest the National Association of county and city Health Officials, we are the National Nonprofit the represent local that represents nearly local 3000 Health Departments across the country in a number of ways. We provide them with resources and publications and guidance. We also are a liaison between our Health Department and the federal agencies. The cdc, health and human services, fema and others. And we basically advocate on their behalf, to ensure that our Government Public Health system is resourced in the correct ways. Host how are most city and county local Health Officials funded . Guest they are funded through their state primarily, our federal government, typically at allocate Health Funding to the states. States across the country, Public Health activities in their commu
While that is actually a very genuine question is wrestling real or fake this was on the digital spy they asked and the answer yes it is real and it is fake so i want to use the analogy. Its hard to be a wrestler you know it looks easy and looks like its all fake but in fact its hard to breathe through this mask and of course some of the greats good guy but vs bad guy fights all of World Wrestling entertainment and entertainment still cold steve austin versus do we know rock johnson obviously dwayne the rock johnson was the good guy and stone cold steve austin the bad guy now the rules of the game are the good guy always has to win right the good guy wins hope token versus andre the giant that was back in our day versus much oh man randy savage so the good guy always wins and the bad guy loses well they analogous situation happened in america in 1996 a bit after eat back then w w e used to be called off World Wrestling federation and in 1906 we saw the birth of n. B. C. And fox and thi
Reporter for politico. I am joined by democratic congresswoman karen bass of california, chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus, and ,ew york citybased physician founder and ceo of advancing Health Equities which partners with Health Care Organizations to tackle Racial Health disparities. We are here to talk about the disproportionate impact the coronavirus pandemic is having particularlycolor, africanamericans and latinos. It is an issue i have spoken to epidemiologists about over the last two months. We will discuss the push by lawmakers and Public Health racial for more holistic and ethnic data on coronavirus cases, the historic neglect of black and brown health that led to this moment, what immediate action is being taken to mitigate the impact of coronavirus on minorities, and finally, what can be done to address the longstanding Public Health issues that this crisis has brought to the forefront. We will incorporate audience questions at the end, soaked tweet us at political