Map showing e spread of the pandemic, that april 17th brin peak, the july 20ifth summer peak, the low point between summer and fall of september 19th and so far in the fall, e fall peak two weeks in november over 2 million cases, the total at that time 12,772,000 total cases but the headline is how the surge, inside usa today they write about that and a quote from matthew fox, professor of epidemiology at Boston University school of Public Health, he says it was inevitable it was going to get to the mountain states and when it got there there were so many susceptible people it was ready to take off. Matthew fox said we learned this time and time again in a reaction that pays off, wait until the spread is already substantial at that point your measures to contain the virus are really shutting things down completely. He also said it would be foolish to try to pin widespread outbreaks on single events such as the sturgis motorcycle rally, rather he said small get togethers make the spread
The 2020 election. And everybodys mind, i am looking at you on the screen. Will the election be over at 12 00 so i can go to sleep at 12 00 knowing who the next president is . You are on news. I apologize. The potential for long delays you can be assured sometime on election night, that certainty will grow, it goes on for months and months, the oval office, beginning late january this coming year, dont think that is going to be the case. You disagree with that. I dont disagree. I dont think you will get your midnight wish because of the volume of absentee ballots and the fact that we need a few states in the mountain and pacific time zones, but i do think there will be a clear idea of a winner by friday morning. Last time in the year 2000, the famous bush versus gore decision and case. It had usually been the case state courts were the ones that result election issues. In that situation federal courts got involved. Would you expect if there were any disputes the bush versus gore preced
Held by the Economic Club of washington, this is 50 and its. He is now only as a Senior Advisor to the joe biden president ial campaign. Attorneyurg who is an and a cnn commentator. I would like to recognize our special guests today. They are the ambassadors of singapore, liechtenstein, and other countries. I would also like to recognize our sponsors. The Title Sponsor is the bank of america. Our emerging leaders sponsors as well. Recommendso like to siemens usa. Our other corporate punters sponsors are now on your screen and i would like to thank them for their support. We have a few upcoming events. On november the 18th at 10 a. M. , we will have an event with alex gorsky. Of the johnson is one companies that is working on a virus. He is a very impressive person. I think people were really enjoyed that conversation. I will also have a conversation with another impressive person on december 9 the chief executive officer of accenture. She has been a member of the Economic Club board fo
Rules and procedures when things go wrong. The European Commission will be proposing a new european law. In this field which will tackle the issue of supervision of personal data and control of personal data every time we access a website and it asks us to establish a new Digital Identity or set up a user profile or to register on my platform the fact is we simply dont know what will happen to our data we must put a stop to this. And. This is why the European Commission well come forward with a proposal for a new secure Digital Identity one that we can really trust and that citizens can use europe wide for everything whether its right renting a bicycle or paying taxes. And identity that you have full control over where you can control the data that is transferred and how it is used that is our idea of a Technology Focused and centered around people. For the service of people in the 3rd focal point in infrastructure. We must keep up with the racing pace of technology and if we want to b
Global economy. Welcome to bloomberg surveillance. Itsve a lot to get to, five days of a packed agenda. We have many World Leaders at the forum. No matter where you are in the world, we need to check on the markets. The markets a little bit thin on compared to other days. Im looking. In crude oil is one we need to watch out for. You see on the screen, really rising today. Lower, ittocks edging will be appropriate earnings and gold climbing parade get to the first word news. Libyas oil industry have been caught in the crossfire. They havewn shot shut down and output 2011, peacesince talks are underway to work towards the p cease fire. Oilfieldave halted an letting widespread a second oilfield is expected to closure. Around 600 people have died and thousands wounded. In the u. K. , prices increased for the most on any january on record. 307es increased to nearly south of the pound. Before a new tax on foreign investors. China at least three people have died and 200 diagnosed with a new v