Over with the Capitol Insurrection Committee set to start its work tomorrow. Plus, tokyo now bracing for a typhoon with the olympics in full swing. Cnn spoke to one group of olympians who might be happy about this news, the u. S. Surf team. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. And we begin this hour with our Health Lead as the pandemic spirals Out Of Control across the united states again. The nations largest city, its largest state, and one of its largest federal agencies all announcing today that vaccines will become mandatory for government workers. This started with new York City Mayor Bill de blasio Ordering City employees to be vaccinated by midseptember. California Governor Gavin Newsom followed suit requiring proof for all State Employees and Healthcare Workers. Then this afternoon, President Biden confirming that the Department Of Veterans Affairs is requiring all Healthcare Workers to get the shots. The orders come as doctors and Public Health experts continue to raise the al
Introduce you to ben muchler our featured speaker for this evening. Ben is an associate professor of history at Oregon State university. He received his ba from harvard and actually played music professionally for a period of time after graduating. He then went on to Columbia University where he received his phd in american history. Ben has been a fellow at multiple institutions including the american antiquarian society, massachusetts historical society and the omahaundra institute. This is bens first book and let me just hold it up here. Its called the province of Affliction Illness in the making of early new england. So i will turn it over to ben so he can go over some of the main themes of the book before we go into our discussion in Q A. Thanks so much ashley into jim and Kayla And Scott as well and welcoming scott in his new position. Its been too long since ive been at the american antiquarian society in person, but i have very fun feelings of it. And i remember my fellowship th
Introduction, i am going to introduce you to ben mutschler, our featured speaker for this evening. Ben is an associate professor of history at oregon state. He received his ba from harvard and played music professionally for a time after graduating. He then went on to Columbia University he received his phd in american history. Ben has been a fellow at multiple institutions, including the american antiquarian society , the massachusetts historical society, and others. This is bens first book and it is called the province the province of Affliction Illness the making of early new england. I will turn it over to ben so he can go over some of the main themes of the book for we go into our Discussion And Q a. Ben thank you so much, ashley, and to jim and sky as well. It has been too long since i have been at the american antiquarian society in person but i have fond memories and i remember my fellowship well. It is not only stunning for the Range And Depth of its holdings also the communit
Covid19. What theyre doing here and in maces like it across the country is key to getting us out of this devastating pandemic that has taken more than half A Million american lives. Despite that incredible loss of life, polls are showing about a third of americans are still hesitant or downright unwilling to get a covid19 vaccine. The antivaccine movement has had a long history. Before covid history we were invested in filming a documentary about vaccine hesitan hesitancy. Now more than a year in the pandemic, we thought that was more important than ever for you to see. This is a Cnn Special Report the truth about vaccines. Measles is making a come back. The nations is in a Public Health emergency. This is the epicenter. Akin to taking a Pipe Bomb and throwing it in a busy Times Square subway. This was a Public Health nightmare. What do you do . Ive never seen anything quite like this. Traveled all over the world, seen outbreaks in Refugee Camps in Haiti And Pakistan and jordan, but in
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