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Michael, if you would, i'd like you to read one particular poem because of course, you are a poet and a writer and there is one poem you wrote long before the pandemic at the world, it's called these are the hands and it was written to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the creation of the nhs i think back in 2008 but i think people right around the world would love to hear this short poem because it captures something very important about the way in which healthcare workers give of themselves to keep people like you in your condition alive at the worst of times. would you read it for us? these...

The movie played out in real life because the movie makers went to the world health organization, the cdc. they looked at h1n1. they looked at sars. they said how is this likely to play out? this is what we think is going to happen. ten years later it's exactly what happened. >> you know my wife christina is in the wellness business. she made a good point. the book shouldn't be necessary. this should have been out there already. the government should be telling us we know what to do now. we do this and this and this. i had francis collins on, the head of the nih, and he was using terms like "h...

This should have been out there already. the government should be telling us we know what to do now. we do this and this and this. i had francis collins on, the head of the nih, and he was using terms like "hope" and "they" in terms of what we need to change." i hope we blah blah, and they blah blah. he is they. there should be no hope. we know what we need to have ready for ppe, for vaccine trials which he talked about a little bit, for testing, for all the reagent and everything we need, the swabs. do you think they're doing that? >> no, not right now. what's striking to me, chris, if you lo...

Drug, replace your hip. these other hands that fill the bath, mop the floor, flick the switch, sue the saw. burn the swabs, give us a jab, throughout sharp's, designed the lab. —— throughout sharp's. and these are the hands that stop the leaks, empty the pan, wipe the pipes, carry the can. clamp the veins, make the cast, log the dose and touch us last. hmm. touch us last, that's quite a last line. what do you feel you have lost, michael, as a result of this terrible experience you went through because it is pretty much a year ago now but i know physically you describe yourself as recoverin...

Replace your hip. these are the hands that fill the bath, mop the floor, flick the switch, soothe the sore. burn the swabs, give us a jab, throw out sharps, design the lab. and these are the hands that stop the leaks, empty the pan, wipe the pipes, carry the can. clamp the veins, make the cast, log the dose and touch us last. hmm. "touch us last", yes, that's quite a last line. what do you feel you have lost, michael, as a result of this terrible experience you went through? because it's pretty much a year ago now but i know physically you describe yourself as recovering rather than recovered....