Dramatically. I would echo the callers point the Administration Needs to listen to Public Health experts. We know what we are talking about. Let me ask you about a tweet from the president. Lets take you to a Live Committee hearing on how to develop a safe and effective Coronavirus Vaccine. A safe and effective vaccine could hasten the end to this disaster us pandemic but the herd immunity that would end covid19 once and for all would allow all of us to get vaccinated. We need public trust in the entire vaccine project. Around the globe nearly 200 vaccine candidates are being developed and 20 have entered human Clinical Trials. In the United States five have entered human trials with large Clinical Trials that begin later this month. With a historic all hands on deck effort underway the timeline to develop a vaccine may be compressed from several years from 12 to 18 months. Moving with this amazing speed must not allow for cutting any corners. Today we will hear how the tried and trust
This hearing will come to order ask without objection the chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. Let me say good morning and welcome to our witnesses. Todays hearing on vaccine science and innovation. Smallpox once plague said the worlds population plaguing 300 Million People in the 20th century alone. Smallpox is the only human disease to be eradicated thanks to the development of the vaccine. Another devastating disease, polio, had just 33 cases reported worldwide in 2018 compared to 350,000 cases in 1988. Every day vaccines are saving lives especially the lives of children and other vulnerable population. Theres no such thing as healthy skepticism when it comes to vaccines. Unfortunately, there is a wellfunded, Disinformation Campaign targeting the public and weakening Public Health laws. School vaccination requirements have been common place in the u. S. For generations and exemptions were granted only for legitimate medical reasons. However, in my home state of texas,
Welcome back. At this time i would like to introduce our second panel of witnesses. The first witness on our second panel is dr. Sharon watkins. Dr. Watkins is the director for the bureau of epidemiology in the state epidemiologist for the Pennsylvania Department of health. Shes also the president of the council of state and territorial epidemiologists. Dr. Watkins is responsible foror management and oversight of the bureau of epidemiology which includes the division of infectious disease, Environmental Health and community health. Dr. Watkins has led disease prevailed at outbreak response efforts include those with zika, hepatitis a. Dr. Watkinss has over 40 peerreviewed publications and over 20 years of experience in applied Public Health and epidemiology. Thank you for being here, dr. Watkins. Our secondgy witness is dr. Robin robinson. Dr. Robinson is currently Vice President of Scientific Affairs for renovacare incorporated. Director of development for wound healing. Previously se
The next pandemic. Hopefully its not the next pandemic right here. You might think that the Natural History museum is not the best place to have a meeting like this. I would suggest that the Natural History museum is the best placed at the meeting like this. This museum is the largest Natural Museum and has 145 million objects. I say that objects whatever but the reality is collecting the Natural World for the last 300 years and preserving those objects in museums and this is the place where we have what we know about planet earth so the records have collect and over the expansion of humans. In any given year, 400 phd is working behind the scenes. Last year, over 400 new species were described. At the same time, we welcome 6 million visitors. Most of those visitors are tourists which means the next year is a different 6 million so in a decade you might get as many as 50 Million People in this building. We live in Interesting Times with human population is growing. There are so many thi
The next pandemic. Hope early hopefully its not the next pandemic right here. I would suggest that the Natural History museum is the best placed at the meeting like this. This museum is the largest Natural Museum and has 145 objects. I say that objects whatever but the reality is collecting the Natural World for the last frontiers in preserving preserving those objects in museums and this is the place where we have what we know about planet earth so the records have collect and over the years brizard by research scientists. Last year over 400 were described by scientists working the building. At the same time we welcome 6 million visitors. Most of those visitors are tourists which means the next years a different 6 million so wanted to 80 may get as many as 60 people in the building. We live in Interesting Times when human population is growing. There are so many things happening on the planet where humans and her face in the Natural World and where it seems like pandemics can emerge.