I and delighted to welcome an accomplished author and the administrative director of the Manhattan Project and the author of New York Times bestsellers with the british spy ring and wartime washington and in tuxedo park speaking to her new book the great secret. Thank you for joining us. Also thank you to the museum for inviting me to be with you tonight my first zoom presentation. Bear with me. Now im thinking i should have had wine. Winston churchill had a way with words. Men occasionally stumble across the truth but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing is happened Lieutenant Colonel Francis Alexander the remarkable humor of my book and in fact refused to leave the scene of a military disaster when churchill himself warned him to. And investigated and recognize the never before seen symptoms in a group of dying sailors to have lifesaving implications in the future. And then turns a chemical weapons report into a stepping stone and a tragedy into a medical triumph. To t
Jennet conant who was the granddaughter of administrative tractor the Manhattan Project and one of our nations leading scientists of the 20th century century pages the author of New York Times bestseller the regulars and tuxedo park a wall street tycoon and the secret palace of science that changed the course of world war ii. She will be speaking tonight about her new book the great secret the classified world war ii disaster that launched the war on cancer. Thank you for joining us jennet. Said thank you. I also want to thank you for inviting me to be with you tonight. Alas its virtually but im going to do my best. My first doom presentation so they are with me everyone. Ive had a lot of coffee and im thinking right now should have had a lot of wine but anyway here we go. Im going to start us off with a quote from winston churchill. He had a way with words. He once observed manic case only stumble across the truth but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happene
This theory does not only dishonor individual creates unnecessary suffering. How is it possible to set whether they are winning the fight against covid. We just held an event last week. If no mortality data was being recorded in the Public Domain according to who mentality fatality report. Will be talking about one strategy. From the measurement record in realtime. When they cannot generate him causes of death. An where were death in the community are left out. We will look att examples. From much better debt. Dot registration. Has still struggled to prove produce accurate and timely data. Will be focusing on the big picture. What can we do to develop modern systems. Wh what other Innovative Strategies are being tested and how can we move this issue up the agenda as it deserves. We are really lucky to be joined today by the experts in the field. They advised that brazilian government on this issue. The assistant director general. A delivery for impact at the World Health Organization.
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I am Amanda Glassman is senior fellow and executive price president at cdc. Today we will be talking about death and data in low and middle Income Countries from covid19 and all other causes. Accurate complete and timely data on mortality probably the single most powerful policy tools we have today to mitigate the Economic Impact of covid19 but what is also clear is that we have not collectively built the systems necessary to record peoples death in ways that enable more and to protect livelihoods. This failure does not only spawn individual experiences that creates unnecessary suffering. How is it possible to assess whether Subsaharan African countries are winning the fight against covid if a large share of total deaths and noncovid years go unreported or how to judge the trajectory of pakistan during covid19 if no mortality data of any kind is being ripped ported in the Public Domain according to dub a joes 2019 mortality report. Today will be talking about one strategy and mortality