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Jersey one time g. O. P. Rival of donald trump who went on to serve as head of trumps Transition Team he joins us from new jersey governor thank you in the United States has about 4. 5 percent of the worlds population but 29 percent of coronavirus deaths how do you account for that i think a few things ari 1st off its great to be back on this you would see this. That we 1st off i think were the most Transparent Society in the world so i think were giving Accurate Information all the time i dont you can say that about the chinese the North Koreans the russians i know they were getting Accurate Information from them and i cant imagine that the chinese dont have more coronavirus case that ice but the other thing too is larry we were a little bit slow to react here theres no question about that that you know i was advocating in early march a shutdown it really didnt happen for another 2 weeks after that you look at your state where you are right now california they shut down sooner than an
Spirit welcome to the policy briefing a serious bid im tom gilligan, director of the Hoover Institution. Its at Stanford University and one of the most preeminent research centers. For more than a century homage and has been dedicated to generating policy ideas that promote economic prosperity, National Security and democratic governance. The assimilation of our work has led to sin of vacant impacts on important Public Policy initiatives here and around the world. We begin to take steps that will lead us of the crisis i hope you find value in these important discussions as we look forward to ways to mitigate potential effects that the coronavirus has had on the u. S. And on the world. As a reminder, we will be taking audience questions and encourage you to submit yours using the button at the bottom of your screen. Todays briefing is from larry dimon, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. Larrys advised the world bank, un, state department and other governmental and nongovernmental
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