Dr. Anthony fauci a member of , the White House Coronavirus task force, discussed the ongoing pandemic area George Washington university hosted the event. Everybody, i will come to a very special edition of healthy you. I am frank sesno. I cohost the series. The school of media and Public Affairs, where i hang out. We are talking to amazing people on the front lines of this pandemic, getting their insights, knowledge and experience about how we survived it. Today , Challenging Health crises to confront humanity. Malaria, tuberculosis but probably nothing as dangerous, disruptive and divisive as covid19, which as we speak has claimed more than 170,000 lives he United States alone, he is a doctor, researcher, immunologist. I first covered and interviewed him when i was a White House Correspondent for cnn in the 1980s and aids was exploding. He was one of the first to see the threat, dedicated himself to resources and research the medicine needed to control it and now covid19. Dr. Fauci,
With six president s on some of the most difficult Challenging Health crisis to confront humanity. Hivaids, ebola, topeka will probably nothing on the dangerous disruption, divisive as covid19. His claimed more than 170,000 lives in the u. S. Alone. 5. 4 million cases here. I first covered and interviewed him when i was a White House Correspondent seen in the 1980s and hivaids was exploding first on the scene. Good to be with you. Let me start by saying thank you for your time again and how are you doing in the middle of all of this . This is insanity. You are right. It is really surreal but im fine, it is very intense. Obviously we are working 16 and 17 hours a day on this. It is something we have to do. It is a challenge as you all know, is historic, we havent seen anything like this in 102 years. Since the 1918 pandemic. Its challenging to the entire world and we, the u. S. Has been hit worse than virtually any other country when you talk about cases and deaths so its a real importa
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And booksellers will be interested in going deeper on the subject of tonights talk, please use the link on the live stream page to purchase your copy of the long stick the long fix. Doctor vivian lee is us science and healthcare administer. Among her leadership role, she has served as the inaugural chief scientific officer advice dean of the medical center. Prior to that she was vice chair for research in the department of radiology. For 6 years served as ceo of utah health and dean of university of utah school of medicine in salt lake city. During that tenure she was elected to the association of American Medical College council of deans and administrative courts and a member of Advisory Boards of Massachusetts General Hospital and the university of Pittsburgh School of medicine, the Harvard Business review, journal of the association of medical colleges and other publications. Speaking of other publications vivian lees first book was on cardiovascular mris, not for the faint of heart