It was fourth of july weekend of 2017 and i was six months into my activism of trying to warn america about the threat from internet platforms like facebook. And i realized i needed to find a way to go to washington, d. C. And didnt know anyone. And a friend said you need to meet barry so as it happened, he was in new england for the fourth of july weekend and so was i, so we met at a hotel in boston and at this point, im terrified because i had been watching all the things that happened in 2016 and im beginning to get the sense that facebook and other internet platforms are so big that theres nothing we can do and hes got the hair, the tie, the suit, he sits back and proceeds to explain we will control these guys by bringing back antitrust law. At that point i had spent the better part of four years and antitrust was defunct. He says no you just have to believe in miracles. He said we are going to get back and restore capitalism in america. Im looking at him and i think that he is fro
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Force and warned tonight of another surge of covid19. It evening. Dr. Fauci stressed the importance of wearing a mask and following guidelines for social distancing. We are here in out more with what the doctor said about the pandemic and how students reacted to the virtual event. Reporter frank, doctor fauci spoke for 45 minutes tonight and a very frank conversation with Berkeley Students. It is my distinguished honor to welcome dr. Fauci to the berkeley form. Reporter in a virtual fireside chat sponsored by the form the Student Group in the school of Public Policy , dr. Fauci, director of the National Institute of allergy and Infectious Diseases talked about the pandemic. I have never seen a disease with a wide range of clinical manifestations from 40 to 50 of the people who get no symptoms at all. Reporter he said the vaccine probably would not be widely available until spring or fall of next year. Our baseline of infection is around 40,000 per day, which is unacceptably high, so we
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