The nasdaq off 95. The dow off its session lows but still taking a hit today. The uncertainty boosting gold prices above 1900 an ounce. Take a look at gold as well. 1900. Okay. We will also take a look at johnson johnson, merck, fiedzer and fiedz pfizer and regeneron, on pins and needles awaiting the president s announcement. Lets go straight to Edward Lawrence for a preview of what we are expecting to hear. Reporter exactly, the president signing any minute an executive order that in one way will get departments the look at ways they can further reduce drug prices going forward. Also, we have heard it may include the provision that connects the prices the u. S. Pays with foreign prices. The prices Drug Companies charge Foreign Countries. That is the deal exactly the president worked out between gilead in the United States where the United States will basically buy the entire supply of remdesivir. Remdesivir is a drug that helps coronavirus patients. The president puitched a simila ide
Next, a look at scams, profiteering and conspiracy theories from the coronavirus pandemic. Medical experts, victims of disinformation campaigns and legislatures from both the u. S. And canada discuss the challenges they are facing. Hosted by George Washington Universities Institute for data, democracy and politics on tuesday. This is an hour and ten minutes. Welcome to our continuing conversation about the flaws of big social media platforms in response to the disinformation campaigns around covid19 pandemic, a very serious situation, obviously, where lives are literally in the balance. Im frank sesno affiliated with the institute of data and democracy in politics which is presenting this event together with the International Grand committee on disinformation. I will be your moderator and your timekeeper. I will continue this conversation with our distinguished panelists and guests. If you are a journalist joining us, feel free to put your question into the q a field. I will try to inc
The institute of data and democracy and politics which is presenting this event together with the International Committee on this information. Ill be your moderator and your timekeeper and i will continue this conversation with her distinguished panel and guest. If you are journalist, please feel free to put your question into the q a field, make sure that is addressed to everybody so we can see that and i will try to incorporate some of the questions to our panel in a bit. Social media platforms as we know and discussed our allowing actors to sell on illegal and overpriced medical equipment during the pandemic. That is one of many issues that we see across a social media platform. This one is not a new problem, social media platforms continue to allow the dangerous disinformation during the covid19 pandemic and in so doing they expose how dangerous and how irresponsible this kind of behavior can be and the role that they play in continuing to allow it. Rampant conspiracy theories make
Minutes. Welcome to our continuing conversation about the big social media platform in response to the disinformation campaigns around the covid19 pandemic, very serious situation where lives are literally in the balance. Im the director of the George Washington University School of Public Affairs affiliated with the institute of data and democracy and politics which is presenting this event together with the International Committee on this information. Ill be your moderator and your timekeeper and i will continue this conversation with her distinguished panel and guest. If you are journalist, please feel free to put your question into the q a field, make sure that is addressed to everybody so we can see that and i will try to incorporate some of the questions to our panel in a bit. Social media platforms as we know and discussed our allowing actors to sell on illegal and overpriced medical equipment during the pandemic. That is one of many issues that we see across a social media plat
Will try to incorporate any of those questions to our panel in a bit. Social media platforms as we discussed are allowing unscrupulous actors to sell unsafe, illegal, and overpriced medical equipment during this pandemic. That is one of many issues that we see across the social media platforms. This one is not a new problem. Social media platforms continue to allow these dangerous disinformation during covid 19 pandemic, and in so doing, they expose just how dangerous and how irresponsible this kind of behavior can be and the role they play and continuing to allow it. Rampant conspiracy theories make , confusingon worse people, distracting people. Social media platforms have the technological know how and resources to fix it, that they but they have little incentive to do so. Weve got a distinguished panel these problems. People on the front lines who are dealing with these issues directly and legislators who are trying to do something about it from two countries. First, a look at some