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Difference between innovating and just shear invention. and misrepresentation. one last question to you. one of the factors that straddles these two different cases, in both cases the defense is saying essentially these women are made scapegoats of the bad actions of other men. holmes partner and of course jeffrey epstein. w will that defense fly? >> in the case of elizabeth holmes, i dont think that it will fly. it was presented that she is a strong woman, she is a smart woman,governed by someo...

Problem. of course the surge in case numbers are rattling, but dr. fauci thinks the true measure of how hard this new variant is hitting us and to be controlled is actually this. >> if you really want to look at the true impact on society, its much more important to see who gets sick and who doesnt, who requires hospitalization or doesnt. so, if we have a larger number of people getting infected but the degree of severity is very, very low, that would be very important. and if you just count the...

So, if we have a larger number of people getting infected but the degree of severity is very, very low, that would be very important. and if you just count the numbers of infections, you may get a misrepresentation as to what is actually going on. >> so, severity of cases is what to keep our eyes on now. does another top pandemic worrier agree? joining me is dr. ashish jha, dean of the brown university school of public health. welcome back to "cnn tonight," doctor. with regard to that kaiser dat...

Will be. we know that. weve seen it with delta. well like ly see more of it wih omicron because of its extraordinary capability of transmitting from person to person. if you get infections at a higher rate, but the lack of impact on severity might be important. so if you really want to look at the true impact on society, its much more important to see who gets sick and who doesnt. who requires hospitalization or doesnt. so if we have a larger number of people getting infected, but the degree of ...

Presidents program, which he will be speaking about this afternoon, is to dramatically increase the availability of testing, putting up about 20,000 testing sites. were getting half a billion tests very quickly, literally within the next few days, and then have a situation where you can get anywhere from 200 million to half a billion tests a month. well, very soon, have all the tests people need. you are correct, it is an important part of the comprehensive program of staying safe. >> we do get ...

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Diplomacy issue, not policy differences. is that fair? >> well, its really fair to say that im not a politician. im many things. im a doctor. im an army colonel, and many things, but politician ive never been accused of being that. and i dont think its really about sharpness of tone, although, i have to say that when people misrepresent the facts very deliberately, and they put the public in jeopardy because of their misrepresentation, then my retorts might be -- might hurt their feelings a litt...

An arm me colonel, many things, but a politician i have never been accused of being that. and i dont think its really about sharpness of tone, although i have to say, when people misrepresent the facts very deliberately and they put the public in jeopardy because of their misrepresentation. what my retorts might hurt their feelings a little bit. but it is really not about peoples feelings when its legislators for example. we need to correct misinformation to protect the public. well this isnt ab...

Diplomacy issue, not policy differences. is that fair? >> well, its really fair to say that im not a politician. im many things. im a doctor. im an army colonel, and many things, but politician ive never been accused of being that. and i dont think its really about sharpness of tone, although i have to say that when people misrepresent the facts very deliberately, and they put the public in jeopardy because of their misrepresentation, then my retorts might be -- might hurt their feelings a littl...

The radar and theyre very positive. but then there is overall a sense there is a lot. of misrepresentation, - generalisation and the kind of pushing of common tropes that we used to find - on the kind of fringe of social media, which are entering i into mainstream media now. and not really being challenged robustly, whether thats - on broadcast, on topical debatel programmes, or in newspapers, or specifically magazines and newspapers... - so, like what? and is that what youre suggesting the next...