This hearing is called to order. On december 30th, 2019, dr. Lee wang young, a 34yearold ophthalmologist at wuhan central hospital, took to a group chat he was in with some friends from medical school to discuss a sarslike illness that had recently been sickening people around the city. He posted a snip pet of a lab analysis that had found sars coronavirus, an extensive bacteria colonies in a patients airways and says this new illness had even led his hospital to quarantine some patients in the emergency department. So frightening, a member of the group chat replied, is sars coming again . Fice it to say the Chinese Communist government, which like all authoritarian regimes, is often more concerned about protecting its image than the life and safety of its citizens, was not pleased. And even as dedicated Public Health experts scrambled to warn each other, and collect more information on what was happening, chinas Security Services were busy trying to stop it. And probably the starkest
The centers for Disease Control related to 530 e cigarette related incidents of lung disease in 38 states and the u. S. Virgin islands. First, i want to make clear that we did not plan to have this emergency hearing at the beginning of this congress, let alone this time last month. On august 23rd, officials from illinois reported the first death due to a mysterious vaping related illness. And since then, a total of eight individuals have tragically died in this outbreak. The response to this crisis, cdc is warning the American Public to consider not using e cigarettes of any kind. Because the subcommittee has investigated the youth vaping epidemic and the companies behind it, we feel its our duty to draw attention to recent Government Health warnings about the dangers of e cigarette use. The longterm Health Effects of continued vaping is unknown. What we do know should give us pause. State Health Departments continue to conduct retro active analysis of patient records to better underst
Lung disease. We heard testimony from centers for Disease Control and prevention experts held by a House Oversight subcommittee. It is about two hours 40 minutes. Good morning. Sorry for the delay. The subcommittee will come to order. Without objection the chairs are authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. Without objection id like to have a few members waived onto the committee. Congressman jordan, congressman meadows and congressman cox. Shall be permitted to join the subcommittee on the dias. Without objection so ordered. I now recognize myself for five minutes to give an opening statement. We are here to amplify the recent Health Warnings issued by the centers for Disease Control related to 530 ecigarette related incidents of lung disease in 38 states and the u. S. Virgin islands. First, i want to make clear that we did not plan to have this emergency hearing at the beginning of this congress, let alone this time last month. But on august 23rd, officials from m
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Good morning. The subcommittee will come to order. Without objection, authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. I would like to have a few members, congressman jordan, congressman meadows, and the subcommittee to recognize questioning the witness. Without objection so ordered. I recognize myself or five minutes to give an opening statement. We are here to amplify the recent Health Warning for the centers for Disease Control related to 530 ecigarette related incidents of lung disease on 38 states. I want to make clear, this emergency hearing at the beginning of this time. On august 23rd officials from illinois recorded the first death due to a mysterious vaping related lung illness and since then a total eight individuals tragically died. In response to this crisis the cdc considering putting the American Public not using ecigarette. Because the subcommittee investigated the use vaping epidemic we feel it is our duty to draw attention to the recent government Health W