Possibly be given the truly crazy world in which we live at the moment. Im scott henkel, im the director of wyoming institute for Humanities Research and im so happy to welcome you to tonights think and drink. The topic of which is, pandemics in historical perspective. So, im so happy to introduce dr. Melissa morris, who is assistant professor of history and american studies here at the university of wyoming and a member of the Humanities Research institutes steering committee, who will be our moderator tonight and who will introduce our speakers. So, please, welcome. Thank you, scott. Thank you to all of our panelists for agreeing to participate, who i know are in later time zones. So, thank you for sticking with us. And, of course, to all of you out there tuning in in some form or another. Im just going to do a brief introduction to our panelists and then ill let them each talk for a couple of minutes more about how their work intersects with our theme tonight. First we have Michael
To the qatar blockade within the next 2 months. And just their exclusive investigation unveils recordings of one of the worlds most wanted men attempting to negotiate immunity from prosecution in the nation. And this hour president elect joe biden is expected to be a big deal in his plan to revive an economy ravaged by the pandemic, we will carry it live. The World Health Organization is warning the world not to relax its guard as the push for a Coronavirus Vaccine shows signs of progress. This is not the time for complacency. While we continue to receive encouraging news about coffee of 19 vaccines and remain cautiously optimistic about the potential for the new tools to start to rise in the coming months. Right now, we are extremely concerned by the surging cases we are seeing in some countries, particularly in europe and the americas. Us pharmaceutical firm says their results from trials show its vaccine is 94. 5 percent effective. Its really important milestone in the fight against
The vaccine this year. And were looking forward to maybe about 500000000. 00 to a 1000000000. 00 this next year. But that is going to be a 247 operation. It will be not, wont solve this problem. Its going to require many vaccines as weve been saying for a while, but we ought to be able to do our part from here for. This is really important. A White House Correspondent kimberly health kit has boy, in terms of who gets this vaccine . Well, according to the target ministration, it will be most vulnerable populations that will be getting it 1st that includes the elderly and those with compromised immune systems. But also what we know is that in fact, this could be 1st, be distributed about 20000000. 00 doses as early as december and the top Infectious Disease specialist dr. Anthony found, she says in fact that this vaccine is what he says is as good as it gets. The virus is not going to stop and call a time out. While things change the virus is just going to keep going. The process is just
Healthy as any of us can possibly be given the truly crazy world in which we live at the moment. I am scott henkel, i am the director of the wyoming institute and im so happy to welcome you to tonights thing can drink. The topic of which is, pandemic and historical perspectives. So i am so happy to introduce dr. Melissa morris who is assistant professor of history in american studies here at the university of wyoming and a member of the Humanities Research institute here committee who will be a moderator tonight and who will introduce our speakers. So please wear. Thank you, scott. And thank you to all of our panelists for agreeing to participate. Who i know our later time zones so thank you for sticking with us. And of course to all of you out there tuning in in some form or another. Im just going to do a brief introduction to our panelists and then i will let them each talk for a couple of minutes more about how their work intersects with what we are doing tonight. We so first we hav
America and the caribbean brush to help those made homeless by a tropical storm. Us president elect joe biden is moving forward with transition plans as the congratulations at home and abroad continue to come in on sunday even if it is Church Cemetery where family members are buried including his late son this week he will meet with his advisors to build a plan for combating coronavirus in the u. S. And reviving the economy donald trump golfing outside of washington is refusing to concede defeat tweeting about legal challenges a vote recounts final tallies is still being done in several states and he insists without evidence the election was fraudulent the bottom was congratulated by a former president turned republican where is he george w. Bush on sunday he says that the vote was fair and its outcome was a clear. Heres more of what george w. Bush said to the notes posted on instagram he thanked biden for the patriotic message that he delivered on saturday night adding that he had als