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
National institute of allergy directortious diseases dr. Anthony fauci and National Institutes of Health Director dr. Frances collins took part in a discussion at Washington National cathedral on the and the us response progress of a vaccine by the end of the year. And welcome to, Washington National cathedral. I am the dean of the cathedral. On behalf of the bishop of the diocese of washington and all of us who serve in his cathedral, welcome. We are so glad you have decided to join us for this important conversation this evening. Convening conversations and bringing people together to discuss some of the most important issues of the day is one of [indiscernible] priorities. And paul8 the Nancy Ignatius program has given his to focus on many important issues, issues that sit at the intersection of faith and public life. The nancy and Paul Ignatius program fund was established by children, their friends, and other relatives, as srecognition of nan and paul service and commitment to Was
62,000 patients admitted with serious cases of covid19 that breaks the record of 60,000 patients that was set back in april. The u. S. Recorded an 8th straight day of more than 100,000 new cases and texas became the first state to top 1 million coronavirus cases surpassing all of italy. Governors across the country are urging people to stay home and limits, socializing. California could surpass 1 million confirmed cases by tomorrow. There were 7400 new cases today and 69 people died. While here in the bay area there were 300 new cases and one new death. Contra costa and santa cruz counties were forced to roll back their reopening plans due to a rise in covid cases and San Francisco has also halted reopening plants other bay area counties are on track to do the same. If they are unable to slow the spread. How about this if everybody wore a mask, the lockdowns might go away sooner and the pandemics impact on the economy might not be as bad yeah well thats the upshot of revised recommenda
News at 6. One person is Wearing Masks said quote people Wearing Masks that helps even more. Now its 6 a major update from the cdc on mask guidance this time, giving americans yet another reason that why everyone should wear a Face Covering to try to prevent the spread of covid19 thank you for joining us at 6 oclock everybody. Im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis Infectious Disease experts from Stanford University and elsewhere. Our police that their counterparts at the cdc are finally getting behind the idea of universal maskwearing kron fours rob fladeboe reports on the newly revised mask recommendations and what universal use could be in for our economy and the need for lock doubts. The center for Disease Control and prevention now says masks benefit the wearer the announcement is in line with the data that has been available all along so Stanford University Infectious Disease expert doctor Robert Siegel and basically you know maskwearing makes sense from a logical standpoint it mak
Coronavirus and vaccine. This event hosted by the Washington National cathedral. And welcome to, Washington National cathedral. I am the dean of the cathedral. On behalf of the bishop of the diocese of washington and all of us who serve in his cathedral, welcome. We are so glad you have decided to join us for this important conversation this evening. Convening conversations and bringing people together to discuss some of the most important issues of the day is one of [indiscernible] priorities. And paul8 the Nancy Ignatius program has given his to focus on many important issues, issues that sit at the intersection of faith and public life. The nancy and Paul Ignatius program fund was established by children, their friends, and other relatives, as srecognition of nan and paul service and commitment to Washington National cathedral. While we said goodbye to nan last year, her legacy lives on here at the cathedral, and we are so pleased to have paul as the mainstay of our cathedral commun