Muchneeded good news on treatment and vaccines for the virus. Health and Human Services secretary elex is our wednesday and in operation warp Speed Reading same expects 40 million doses to be ready for distribution by the end of the summer, but 20 million americans. Pfizer and moderna said this week their candidates proved to be about 95 effective in the late stage clinical trials. Pfizer said friday it would seek emergency use authorization from the fda. Professor of Health Policy and the Johns Hopkins Public Health and fox news medical contributor. Doctor, welcome back. Good to see you. Before we get to the vaccine, i would ask you about the state of the pandemic right now. How much worse will he get before it gets better . If you think about it in terms of the electoral college, we need to get to about 220 americans having been infected to have community immunity. Hopefully we will have good vaccination rates before we get to that number but we are taking a lot of infection into the
Also, counterterrorism analyst washington Thomas Anderson talks about the evolving threats facing the u. S. Since the september 11 terrorist attacks. Washington journal is next. Host it is the washington journal for september 11. Todays show will focus on the 19th anniversary of the 9 11 attacks. You can see planned events at the pentagon which you are watching at ground zero in new york. On cspan, cspan2 and cspan3. You can check the website for specific channel and time information. Follow along on the radio app. We will take your calls on this remembrance day. Here is how you can call us. The eastern00 for and central time zones. 202 7488001 for the mountain and pacific times. If you want to text us, do so at 202 7488003. Post on our cspan feed. On this day, several papers across the United States devoted. Heir editorial page here is the tribute out of johnstown, pennsylvania. On the 19th anniversary, our nation is distracted by politics. We are obligated to pause on this september
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Of harvard the dean medical school. Of the reportr from last september, giving a grim warning of the impact of the pandemic. The phone lines are open. 202 7488000 if you live in the eastern or central time zones. 202 7488001 for those of you in the mountain and pacific time zones. A line set aside for medical professionals, doctors, nurses, emts, 202 7488002. Thank you for joining us. We begin with the numbers, courtesy of Johns Hopkins university. Around the world, 3. 6 million confirmed cases and the global death toll approaching 257,000. Is joining us. Y he is the dean of Harvard Medical School. I want to start with a story you were quoted in in the wall street journal. You were working with chinese doctors privately for best practices and treatment. Dr. Daley we are. The current pandemic respects no international boundaries. Medicine and science are forces for International Diplomacy that transcend politics. In late january, when it was clear that the virus was ravaging china, coll
Washington. Words matter. And those words have created a certain amount of confusion and when you lack clarity that can create confusion and confusion can lead to panic. Brennan President Trump visited the usns comfort on saturday. The hospital ship is on route to new york to help ease the load on the says hospitals. Our country is at war with an invisible enemy. Brennan new york state accounts for half of all coronavirus cases in the u. S. Governor andrew cuomo is preparing for the weeks ahead. You dont win on defense, you win on offense. You have to get ahead of this, anticipate what is going to happen. Brennan around the world, there are unprecedented efforts by leaders to cope request global shortages of ventilators, medical supplies and personal protective equipment for medical workers. President trump signed a 2. 2 trillion package of Economic Relief for individuals and businesses, but with a recordsetting three at a, 3 million unemployment claims last week is it enough to stop t