Straight out, would increasing the number of uninsured by tens of millions and increasing costs for the 133 Million People with the preexisting condition make it easier or harder to contain this pandemic . Thank you, senator, for the question. Clear clearly, access to Timely Health care is critically important in terms of Public Health, and in terms of this pandemic its also true. Access to timely, Effective Health care remains an important Public Health measure. I would take that as overturned that this would make it a lot harder to control this pandemic. Dr. Redfield, we have got to understand what happened with cdcs testing guidance for asymptomatic people exposed to covid19. I am relieved that cdc reversed course on friday, but i am concerned about why cdc put out guidance that contradicted the widespread views of the medical and Public Health community was not drafted by cdc scientists and did not undergo cdcs strict, scientific review process. Dr. Redfield, how is it a document p
Country baselessly fighting the election results, he has tested positive for covid19. Hes in a d. C. Hospital being treated for what were told are mild symptoms but says hes recovering quickly. Rudy is one of the more than 101,000 americans who are waking up in hospital beds this morning. And they are just some of the 14 million americans who have had the virus. I am now one of those americans. After testing positive for covid19, i have spent the better part of the last two weeks in bed isolating and taking all the precautions needed to protect myself, my family and my community. My husband and my kids, they have it, too. We still dont know how we got it, but were getting better, and we are very, very lucky. I am grateful to be back and on the mend and broadcasting safely from home where im still isolating until i know for sure that i am no longer contagious and positive. But that is not the case for the families of the 283,000 americans who have died. More than 2,000 of them died just
Sign or simply veto this spending bill that is also tied to the economic stimulus package that they have been working out. Its unclear what the president will do after lawmakers pass these proposals only a few days ago. The drama today is focused on the house floor with democrats trying to put forth a unanimous consent measure to increase the 600 stimulus amount to 2,000. Thats something that the president wanted. Republicans say they wont support the effort. Now nancy pelosi says she plans to have the entire house meet for a roll call vote on the measure. The idea here is to get all lawmakers on the record with this. Meantime with so much uncertainty out there, whether well see another shut down or assistance for americans will dry up, lawmakers are encouraging the president to sign the bill that congress has already approved. When we finally thought we would be able to give people help, thats what people need, help. Be able to begin to continue to work on this in january doesnt give
Executive actions, orders, and memorandums. 30, in all. Among them, halting funding for trumps border wall. Reversing trumps muslimtravel ban. And orders to start combatting the covid19 and mending the damage it has done to our economy. Including, an expansion to the foodassistance program. Fasttracking stimulus payments to americans. Improving access to unemployment benefits. And giving federal workers a 15 minimum wage. But President Biden cannot do it alone. He will need congress. And while, yes, his party is in control of both chambers, there are signs tonight, the gop is ready to obstruct. All of this, as we learn that on monday, the house will formally send its article of impeachment to the senate. Majority leader Chuck Schumer has now agreed to postpone the trial to february 8th. A sign of good will by schumer, following requests that trumps legal team get more time to prepare. And then, there is this. Late, last night, katie benner, of the new york times, dropped this bombshell
Public health field and its a real, you know privilege for me to. Be here with you to you know to talk about your brilliant new book. I want to just you know start simply. You know explain the title silent invasion and you know the reasons you wrote the book what you talk about a little bit at the beginning of the book. Yeah, great professor and im gonna call you larry. So thank you. Its really an opportunity to be with you again. Weve had a long career together battling pandemics around the globe and making sure the most vulnerable are served and i hope we take that message here in this country, but i called it silent invasion to really raise the alert that despite the capacity. We hadnt been diagnosing truly diagnosing respiratory diseases ever in this country. I was confronted that in africa 20 actually in 1998 where fever was treated first as malaria, and then its Something Else and then its Something Else and maybe it was tuberculosis and maybe it was hiv and it was all perceptive