Energy departments biological research during the coronavirus pandemic. Live coverage on cspan2. A couple of numbers about these comments. Keep your video feed on as long as youre in the hearing. Youre responsible for your own microphone. Please keep your microphone muted unless your speaking. Submit a record, email it to the committee, email address is circulated prior to the hearing. Good afternoon and welcome to todays hearing. Will hear about how these capabilities have been leveraged in response to the covid19 pandemic. I want to thank the Ranking Members, members of the subcommittee and witnesses for joining us today. Members of the subcommittee are enthusiastic about the Energy Innovations coming out of the nation. Given the labs providing our country, the materials pioneering power lines, and discovering 22 elements, the periodic table would be much smaller. As a covid19 pandemic begins to unfold in the u. S. , its apparent the does operatory programs are well positioned as we
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Progressed over the last several months, one of the key things is a funding opportunity with investigationsti as you mentiond telemedicine but also treatment pathways and protocols in the idea would be to Fund Investigation and get information out on a very short 4 6 month timeframe so we cann get that out there and replicate it and enhance learnings. We saw one of the key impacts of this with the south in the southwest, what we saw we went through this in early april in new york, new jersey, connecticut and as we were competing Healthcare Providers and Health Systems and they were learning from each other so much of the rest of america was not terribly impacted and then when it did hit places like florida, texas, arizona, Southern California ridge worked very aggressively to essentially bring the Health Systems and Healthcare Providers on the journey new york, new jersey, connecticut went on a couple moismonths before. The idea of learn and replicate and disseminate information out is
Down to discuss the coronavirus pandemic and response, preparing for the flu season, and resource priorities within the department. This is 15 minutes. What should be the hhs later Research Agenda as the nation six to understand what has happened during the pandemic and what kind of efforts should be sustained afterwards . Proven to be a valuable part of the covid response. This is such an unprecedented disease and its impact on the Health System is so unique. We are really learning. You can see we are learning how to treat patients with covid so much better as the time has progressed over the last several months. One of the key things we are doing as a funding opportunity with investigations as you mention, telemedicine and also treatment pathways and protocols in the idea would be to Fund Investigations to get information out on a short four to six month timeframe so we can replicate that and enhance learnings. We saw one of the key impacts of this with the south in the southwest. Wh
I just wanted to explain in advance that this advance that this history course looks at responses to disasters in American History, with an emphasis on research and writing. Over the semester, weve examined various disasters from different perspectives. First of all, the psychological and physical problems at jamestown. Disaster sermons and responses to fires, hurricanes, and epidemics in colonial america. Famine suffered by the donner party en route to california. Irish immigrants fleeing the potato famine and the ability to create new lives in this country. Disaster tourism at the johnstown flood of 1889. The impact of the triangle shirt waist factory fire in new york city and disaster art that emerged from the 1930s dust bowl. So, today we are discussing David Oshinskys Pulitzer Prizewinning book polio an american story. You all received questions i posted. And im really interested in this topic because i also teach a seminar on the 1950s, and thats when so much of this book takes p