You can go and get a microphons are your questions can be heard. Please join me in welcoming john barry. [applause] thank you very much. Its kind of funny to be sitting here in a Community Room of the Louisiana Legislature talking about this subject largely because although you might not think it, politics is very involved in the story of the pandemic i cant think of a better place to talk about politics in the legislature. When you read about the 1918 pandemic in the newspapers these days you say the death toll was over 20 million. That estimate comes from the first of the disease thats fairly accurate for the western world but wildly inaccurate for the rest of the world. In a Nobel Prize Winner that spent most of his life studying influenza concluded that the death toll was a minimum of 50 Million People and possibly as many as 100 million. All this was in a world with the population 28 the size of today. So, if you adjust the population, the death toll on 1918 was between 175 to 350
They discussed best practices to protect against spreading and contracting the virus, as well as the database built to track outbreaks in realtime. Experts at the forefront of the response. Expertar from a is recognized in the field of Public Health preparedness, pandemic, and Infectious Disease and prevention of and response to biological threats. We will hear from a researcher who created the outbreak being used worldwide to track the virus. We will talk to an expert in influenza and other emerging infections. A health hear from systems epidemiologist and control expert. Finally, we talked to a nurse epidemiologist Whose Research speaks to streamline care options that optimize navigation, and retention and care for persons with Infectious Diseases. As the outbreak evolves, we hear from a distinguished panel of experts from across Johns Hopkins university who shed light on the understanding of the virus, its progression, and our response effort. Our goal today is to bring their knowle
Infectious disease, and Emergency Preparedness from Johns Hopkins University Held a briefing on capitol hill regarding the coronavirus. Best practices against contracting the virus as well as a database built to track worldwide covid19 outbreaks in real time. Welcome to this special briefing from the Johns Hopkins university of medicine. Think you for joining us. Im the director of operations for the Johns Hopkins critical events preparedness and emergency response. We are here to talk about the outbreak of 2019 Novel Coronavirus known as covid19 with five john hopkins experts who have been at the forefront of the response. First, we will hear from the Infectious Disease expert. And prevention of and response to biolo second, a researcher who created the output map being used to track the virus. Third, an expert of virology and influenza and other emerging infections. Fourth, we will hear from a Health Systems epidemiologist. Finally, we talked to a nurse epidemiologist Whose Research
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