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Friends and we are in this great museum and with the exception of the chilly weather and we have an excuse to say this and to date, what i want to talk about in the auto empire and we understand this crucial moment to get a better grasp of it. We turn our attention to this experience. Its not easy to be the first speaker after the lunch break but ill try to make it interesting. For the ten long years between 1912 and 1922, through the period of crisis which was in conflict. In 1912 and 1913 and the First World War in 1914 and finally the turkish war in 1919, 1922. The empires in the capital room had millions of people dead wounded and captive. A lot believed they were the one on a much larger scale in the conflict step preceded and followed it. Its four years from october 1914 to october 1918. The hope of regaining the territories lost in the previous conflict is the most valuable but also the empires last promises in africa to the cold war against italy in 1911, 1912. More importantly
Speakers include doctor anthony tolkien, director of the National Institute of allergy and Infectious Diseases and hamburg , former fda commissioner. This is about an hour. Why are we even hear. I will give one example. In 2009 there was a pandemic flu. Make a swine flu, i dont know why. Its beside the point. Doing you want enough to go back and out of blake instructed more than 2 billion people. As far as i can tell and theres a lot of reporting on this, the who acted incredibly admirably and rapidly in getting vaccine out. And the only reason that it wasnt one of the most devastating epidemics in the history of humanity is because that person particular flu decided not to be berlin. We dont get a vote but the Gates Foundation else modelers who are pretty good and they estimated that had been anything like the 1918 flu, 33, 37 Million People would have died and then we wouldnt be having this conversation or at least some of us wouldnt becausewe began. And what happens when these sort
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Referring to it as because really is its so wonderful. See all of you in the library enjoying these amazing author talks about amazing books. I want say i invite you to share your experience on social media. Use the hashtag wri book. And yeah just let other people see how much fun were and hopefully inspire them to come again because well be keeping it going tomorrow. So i didnt introduce myself, so ill do that. Im jane rotunda, am the director of the book festival, and im really, really honored to be here with you all and to be putting these amazing author events tonight. Its a true honor. I use the pronouns. She her and i want to start by also thanking the Madison Public Library. I want to thank the Madison Public Library foundation. Its because of their support and festival sponsors that were able to provide these free public to our community. Its its why its all possible. And this is a special, an important moment that im really honored to take part in is in drews intraday using ou