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Distribute a vaccine. This is 30 minutes. All yours. All mine . Great. Good afternoon. And thank you, secretary azar, for joining us today at cdc headquarters. It is a privilege to have you with us and we appreciate your leadership throughout this unprecedented response. Covid19 is the most significant Public Health challenge our country has faced in more than a century. And the pandemic is not over. And the pandemic is not over. Earlier this week, covid virus cases reached over 40 million globally. Here in the United States, we are approaching a critical phase. In a few moments, dr. Jay butler, cdc director for Infectious Disease and the former Incident Manager of the cdcs covid19 response will provide you a brief update on our current situation. I know it has ....
Livestreamed and broadcast on our Network Across the carolinas as well as our partner station in columbia. Many of you tuned in this evening to watch the candidates for u. S. Senate in their second debate. Both campaigns agree to the four net of that debate. This week, Campaign StafferJamie Harrison asked that the incumbent senator be tested for covid. The senator was tested last friday. In a Statement Released yesterday afternoon, the Harrison Campaign wrote, i cannot responsibly debate in person tomorrow night and allow politics to put my family, my campaign staff, and members of the media at unnecessary risk. The Graham Campaign responded, mr ....
Spike in cases across the u. S. We looked at the latest reported data how we are on an upward slope of a bigger wave of confirmed infections than anything we experienced to date. We talked about what actions would be needed to turn this around and how we made worse by the administrations declaration of surrender to the virus. We discussed the vital importance of wearing masks, protecting yourself, protecting your neighbor and to save around 100,000 lives in the months ahead between now and just after the first of the year. This is not political. It is patriotic. Wearing a mask p, where one,eriod. We focused on the weight this virus is hitting communities of latinoparticular black, and native american communities. We are seeing racebased disparities across the aspect of this virus, higher infection rates lower access to testing and harder time quarantining safely because of their financial circumstances. Lower access to quality treatment when they are infected and tragically, higher mor ....
Good afternoon. And thank you, secretary azar, for joining us today at cdc headquarters. It is a privilege to have you with us and we appreciate your leadership throughout this unprecedented response. Covid19 is the most significant Public Health challenge our country has faced in more than a century. And the pandemic is not over. Earlier this week, covid virus cases reached over 40 million globally. Here in the United States, we are approaching a critical phase. In a few moments, dr. Jay butler, cdc director for Infectious Disease and the former Incident Manager of the cdcs covid19 response will provide you a brief update on our current situation. I know it has been a difficult year for americans, but we are going to come through this on the other side. I am al ....
Our next Vice President , senator, kamala harris. [applause] senator harris grew up believing in the promise of america and fights every day to ensure that promise is fulfilled for all americans. She started fighting for working districtameda countys office and from there, she became the first black woman elected as san franciscos district attorney. In 2010, she made history again by becoming the first black woman to be elected attorney general of california. Overseeing the countrys secondlargest justice department, where she continues her fight for families, the lgbtq community, students, and our environment. Since joining the senate in 2016, senator harris has continued her fight for all americans. As a member of three powerful committees, intelligence commitee, judiciary, and homeland security. Senator harris graduated from howard university, where she was in the Alpha Kapp ....