This is 45 minutes. The only introduction i will give to both is first of all, im certainly grateful for your time. This effort was launched a year ago with the support of my personal political mentor and one of my earliest conversations with the doctor i said who among your former colleague should we go about trying to get involved . He gave us three names and two of those three names are johnny ernst and rob johnson. We are grateful, but also i want you to know that you honor the legacy of dr. Colburn by a participation today. Senator ernst, lets start with you. Some opening comments, and senator johnson we will then go to an open and up for questions if we have time. Thank you for joining us. Im so thankful to be here. Senator johnson is a great champion and a wonderful colleague. Im just starting a course. Im so glad you mentioned the senator because he led the way when it came to within our federal government. We want to honor him. He has been an inspiration for so many of us. Her
Be joiningeden will us and whats behind the numbers out daily by Johns Hopkins university . You live in the eastern half 2027488001. , in the mountain and pacific time zones, medical professional, 202748, 8002. We begin with the numbers from Johns Hopkins university, around world now more than 2. 5 million confirmed cases and the death rate now approaching 177,000. Here in the u. S. , we have over 805,000 cases with more than 44,000 confirmed deaths across the country. Joining us from brooklyn is dr. Tom frieden, former director of the centers for Disease Control and prevention. He served in the Obama White House and is the former new York City Health commissioner and currently president and c. E. O. Of an Organization Called resolve to save lives. Well talk about that in a moment. To begin, dr. Frieden, with the debate going on in states around the country. Your advice as they look to reopen their economies, many casebycase, gradual basis . Were all eager to get out as soon as possibl
He served in the Obama White House and is the former new York City Health commissioner and currently president and c. E. O. Of an Organization Called resolve to save lives. Well talk about that in a moment. To begin, dr. Frieden, with the debate going on in states around the country. Your advice as they look to reopen their economies, many casebycase, gradual basis . Were all eager to get out as soon as possible. Go out too if we soon, we could have a resurgence cases,s, an explosion of which could overwhelm our Healthcare Facilities with the lives of Healthcare Workers and to having to go back in for a longer period of time so the challenge here really is to at six different factors. First is, is the virus coming down . Are we seeing fewer cases and least twohs for at weeks . Second, is our Healthcare System so that if there is another surge in cases, we can manage those cases, helping to survive and preventing Healthcare Workers from becoming infected. Third, is there a Public Health
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