Hardtoreachen populations with the goal of ensuring that a safe and effective vaccine is available v for every american o wants one so i want to welcome you for the discussion. I can see and hear you so hopefully the others can as well i want to ask a question about the ongoing surge. Many suspected this to be bad but we are creeping towardsds 200,000 cases per day. Last tuesday we broke the single state record for debt and then the next day we broke it again. Meanwhile ive seen large crowds still going c to the malls and people are all on the street out protesting the closure of bars. There is clearly something going on so how does the cdc and the rest of the American Enterprise go aboutth convincing the public to take this seriously . That is a great question and i dont think that its that people dont take it seriously. I think it is just that people are tired. Just this week i canceled our christmas vacation and i think what folks need to understand is now is the time to really buck
When you can soon line up with one. We begin with mike tobin at pfizers factory up in michigan. Reporter we saw that historic first shipment leave here yesterday carrying doses of the vaccine. The followup today is more trucks, more boxes nilled with vaccine leaving the pfizer plant in michigan. Yesterday, 189 boxes left here. That works out to little more than 920,000 shots in the arm. Today, 400 boxes or 1. 9 million doses of vaccine ship from here. Within hours of the first shipment leaving here, ups landed its first plane with 38,000 doses of vaccine at its World Distribution facility in louisville, kentucky, where the doses are sorted. Planes and trucks take it from there. It is humbling, you know, being part of this vaccine process. Its going to take a lot of lives. Reporter three kentucky hospitals got 975 doses of vaccine each as the priority has been to get the vaccine to Health Care Workers. Dr. Jason smith got the First Vaccination in kentucky. The vaccine is going to 636 di
My honorable friend is right about the need to support local business particularly in the hospitality sector. In addition to the 3000 pound grant, another grant of 2100 pounds among businesses in the hospitality and accommodation sector on top of the support we have given by for low and Business Rates and in dat which support the hospitality sector. Im aware how difficult it is in hotels that face a tough time, we would to our level best to support and give 1. 1 billion to local countries to help them support businesses facing difficulties. But one thing to the house as we come out of the lockdown, the way forward is not just through the vaccine that we hope we will start rolling out in the course of the next few weeks and months but it is the prospect of Mass Communication and i pay tribute to the people of liverpool who really stepped up, hundreds of thousands in liverpool have been tested and that seems to have helped to drive the virus down in liverpool and we want to see that type
They look at Climate Change, covid19 Vaccine Development and science policy priorities for the Biden Administration. Kira thank you everyone for coming. Were going to get started. Thank you for coming to this summit, the future of science in america summit. Now that election day is behind us, we are eager to discuss the highstakes ahead for science and policy as we conclude a devastating year and as we approached 2021. Next slide, please. Chief ofeditor in leapsmag. Its an awardwinning magazine about science and the future of humanity. Our ambition is to critically impact how the public views scientific innovation. We are published by good and up worthy and were grateful for Program Support from leaps by bear. We are thrilled to partner with the Aspen Institute Science Society program for this event. Aaron i am aaron mertz. I am the founding director of the Aspen Institute Science Society program. Science society was established in 2019 with a mission to elevate public trust in science
Grows in the european union. Breonna taylors family says kentuckys legal system failed her and vows to keep protesting until the officers involved are charged. Lebron james and his teammates beat the den berg nuggets beat the denver underer just one game away from the finals. Welcome to the program. We begin the hour in egypt with reports that at least two protesters have been killed after thousands defied a Police Crackdown to protest the government for a sixth straight day. Dozens were arrested in raids ahead of the demonstration. That did not stop people exposing their anger over corruption, a deteriorating ,conomy, poor Living Conditions and the president. Despite the threat of arrest or even death, protesters took to the streets in several areas across the country on friday. Ragecalled it a friday of to demonstrate their opposition to the rule of the president and demand that he resign. Heard inike this were cairo. In the epicenter since protests militaryt sunday, personnel were d