And how its bond the Temperance Movement in the 1830s. This is about 50 minutes. Ok, we have been talking in this class about the american republic, which is a radical experiment for its time. There were very few republics in the world. So, this is a risky venture, because it expects a lot of people. In a monarchy, the duty of the people is essentially to obey. But in a republic, the citizens must anticipate. They need to vote. They should follow issues. They should be involved in campaigns. And so, a republic asks much more of people. And this is the foundational generation for this american republic. Yet, this is also the peak period for Alcohol Consumption in america. So, there is a paradox in which the political thinking, the political ideology said we need a republic with a virtue. An electorate where the people are committed to the wellbeing, the common good of the country and should be willing to set aside their self interest to advance the common good. That is virtue. Yet, this
An electorate where the people are committed to the wellbeing, the common good of the country and should be willing to set aside their self interest to advance the common good. That is virtue. Yet, this is a time when people are drinking as never before, and you can see the statistics here that historians have come up with. In 1790, the per capita Alcohol Consumption in the United States, in the equivalent of gallons of 90 proof alcohol what does 90 proof mean . Everybody knows the answer to that. [laughter] i ask you about Alexander Hamiltons fiscal policy, and there are crickets in here. I ask you what 90 proof means, and everyone knows. 45 alcohol. Per capita, that is also a term. What does per capita mean . Yeah . [indiscernible] ok, in the u. S. Population, we say per capita, that includes women and children in newborn and thats and we are taking the quantity of alcohol consumed in 1790 and dividing by the total population and we are getting 3. 5 gallons per person. I think we con
For the vaccine breakthroughs. Touting the unclear contribution made by his administration. He signed an executive order to ensure americans had First Priority for vaccines produced in the u. S. What trump did not mention are the almost 300,000 americans who have died from coronavirus. Nor did he mention the u. S. Just recorded its highest weekly covid19 death toll. Since the start of the out break. Today we obtained a copy of the White House Coronavirus task force report. That included the dire warning that the current vaccine implementation will not substantially reduce viral spread or fatality until the 100 million americans can be fully immunized which will take until late spring. No one from the Incoming Biden Administration was invited to participate. Despite being tasked with the effort to distribute the vaccine to millions of americans in the coming months. We heard from president elect biden anyway. In his own event. Where he formally introduced his Health Department team layi