Covid solution. It was inevitable was inevitable that the coronavirus pandemic would be politicized and this is a tragedy that it was paid from the start i knew it was impossible to have a perfect response and we are facing a new virus that caused an entirely new disease. No one wanted to under react and as a result i fear the tendency would be to overreact and create Unrealistic Expectations regarding our ability to stop a highly contagious pathogen. The challenges facing us were daunting and our National Strategic stockpile have been reduced during the h1n1 pandemic and had not been replenished. It took time to develop reliable tests and even more time to Scale Production to meet the demand. The fact that a large percentage of people that become infected exhibited no symptoms made the coronavirus even more difficult to detect and contain. I have tried not to criticize the elected officials that have had the response ability to make very tough decisions with limited and highly imperfe
One of those companies is glaxosmithkline. Based in england, and also now the largest vaccine manufacturer in the world. Its ceo is emma walmsley. She was trained in the classics in oxford, but now has a test of producing a vaccine that will cure covid19. How many times a day do people ask you when youre vaccine is going to be available . Emma [laughter] that is definitely a very regular question, whether from employees, customers, media or my mother, so very frequently. Obviously, we have all been delighted to see the recent news of the first results coming through on vaccines. Yesterday, i was on a call with 10 of the global pharma ceos who are heavily involved in bringing solutions to covid. We are excited and optimistic to see some of the first data coming through and looking forward to seeing a lot more in the next six months. We have three vaccines in the clinic and two therapeutic treatments. Everyone is understandably very impatient, because i think the imf said every month of
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Secretary this week, sharing a bleak Economic Outlook if the u. S. Fails to act. Listen. Its an american tragedy, and its essential to move with urgency. Inaction will produce a selfreinforcing downturn causing yet more devastation. David meanwhile, novembers Unemployment Rate comes down to 6. 7 . Thats good news. But the new job numbers were disappointing, signaling that the recovery is slowing a bit. And no wonder considering the determination of some local and state leaders to keep people from resuming normal life with draconian lockdown orders that call for even more restrictions. Listen. Regions where the icu capacitity is falling below 15 , we are now mandating that we are implementing a stayathow many order for three weeks. David the nations economic fate really hinging on the period of delivering the covid19 vaccine. But a slight setback there as well as pfizer admit es theyll be slashing their vaccine rollout target in half after a supply chain problem. More on that later in t
Secretary this week, sharing a bleak Economic Outlook if the u. S. Fails to act. Listen. Its an american tragedy, and its essential to move with urgency. Inaction will produce a selfreinforcing downturn causing yet more devastation. David meanwhile, novembers Unemployment Rate comes down to 6. 7 . Thats good news. But the new job numbers were disappointing, signaling that the recovery is slowing a bit. And no wonder considering the determination of some local and state leaders to keep people from resuming normal life with draconian lockdown orders that call for even more restrictions. Listen. Regions where the icu capacitity is falling below 15 , we are now mandating that we are implementing a stayathow many order for three weeks. David the nations economic fate really hinging on the period of delivering the covid19 vaccine. But a slight setback there as well as pfizer admit es theyll be slashing their vaccine rollout target in half after a supply chain problem. More on that later in t