Saying rich nations need to show solidarity towards the global south face the consequences. Plus the game stop friends ends the week with fuel thats outrage on small investors also on line growth has restricted the buying of the companys shares so what will happen next in this wild ride on wall street. Has welcome to the show the president of the year European Commission also a fund a line has urged Pharma Company astra zeneca to stick by its commitments to supply the e. U. With its covert 900. 00 vaccine comments come after the british swedish firm said it was cutting the number of doses for the e. U. By 60 percent because of production problems. The drugmaker also said it was not contractually obliged to deliver on the line said the contract is quote Crystal Clear the controversy comes as the bloc faces pressure with many countries countries failing to meet their vaccination targets. Other w. s correspondent mark martins joins us now from brussels hes following this ongoing story the
Centers event on the nations response to the coronavirus pandemic. I serve as the chief medical advisor. Today the Bipartisan Policy Centers future is releasing a new report. You can find this report at bipartisanpolicy. Org. That is bipartisanpolicy. Org. Since the beginning of the pandemic a year ago, there has been more than 25 million confirmed cases of covid19 and more than 430 cases deaths across the country, accounting for 25 of deaths worldwide. While cases, hospitalizations and deaths have slightly decreased, the numbers continue to be staggering and there is great concern variants, more transmissible strains of the virus, may become dominant over the coming weeks leading to a further worsening of the pandemic. Todays report comes as president Bidens Administration launches an effort to combat the pandemic in Congress Considers additional aid to bolster the response and jumpstart the economy. The initiative released its first report, bipartisan subscription for health care in
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That are sitting in on his to make this great decision. Thank you. Chairman can we have the next caller, please. Caller hello. Can you hear me . Chairman we can hear you. Please proceed. This is reverend brown. I was just giving my introduction earlier. If i could add some humor to this occasion. Madam chair chairman mr. Brown i am proud madam chair, i want to say thi this im sorry, dr. Brown, but we have a board rule that only allows each person to make Public Comment once. So any additional information, if you want to provide it in writing, we will make sure to add it to the record. Thank you so much. Chairwoman next speaker, please. Caller good morning. My name is felicia jones. Im the founder of wealth and disparities in the black community. And i would like to make some points. Of course i am in support of reparations, but im also in support of reparations now. There have been three reports in 55 years written on black people, studying black people. And as of today, we are worse o
That housing remains a priority, Small Business remains a priority, and that San Francisco really goes back and actually makes due on its promise to include black san franciscans in every part of the Economic Development and the success of the city moving forward. Thank you. Thank you. Can we have the next caller, please. That completes the cue. Chairwoman thank you so much. Thanks for the tremendous amount of really knowledgeable and compelling Public Comment. Supervisor mar . Thank you, chair ronan. I also just wanted to thank all of the Africanamerican Community leaders and activists for sharing your powerful comments. And, of course, thank you to supervisor walton, director davis, and mayor breed for your bold and thoughtful leadership on reparations for the Africanamerican Community and reinvestment and full support and equity for the Africanamerican Community looking ahead. So, yeah, i you know, as so many speakers noted, this is long overdue, but im really excited that, you know