>> > > THANKS A LOT. IT'' S BEEN 2 YEARS. EXACTLY. 2 YEARS SINCE THE WORLD HEALTH AND WELLNESS ORGANIZATION DECLARED COVID-19 A GLOBAL PANDEMIC RAPIDLY. THE WORLD CAME TO A HALT AS LEADERS RACE TO CONTROL THE SPREAD OF THE INFECTION OVER 6 MILLION INDIVIDUALS ACROSS THE WORLD LOST THEIR LIVES AS WELL AS ANOTHER 453 MILLION HAVE BEEN CONTAMINATED WITH THE INFECTION. LOTS OF OF THEM STILL ENDURING SIGNS. THESE YEARS LATER ADVOCATES IN THE U.S.ARE CURRENTLY REQUIRING A DAY OF MEMORIAL TO KEEP IN MIND THOSE. >> > > WHO PASSED AWAY BECAUSE OF COVID AND THE FAMILY MEMBERS, OF TRAINING COURSE, WILL CERTAINLY NEVER COINCIDE. THE GLOBE HEALTH COMPANY HAD THIS TO SAY ABOUT OUR PROCEEDED FIGHT AGAINST THE VIRUS. >> > > THE VIRUS CONTINUES TO AND WE CONTINUE TO FACE MAJOR OBSTACLES IN DISTRIBUTING VACCINES AND ALSO TREATMENTS ANYWHERE THAT NEED TO LOCATE THAT HE IS FROM OVER. AS WELL AS IT WILL CERTAINLY NOT BE EVERYTHING ANYWHERE TILL IT'' S OVER. >> EVERY PERSON. > > THERE IS HOPE ON THE HORIZON SITUATIONS AS WELL AS A HOSPITAL STAY RATES ARE DECREASING IN THE U.S. PROMPTING MANY STATES TO RE EVALUATE THEIR COVID PROTOCOLS DROPPING REQUIREDS THAT HAVE BEEN IN POSITION SINCE 2020 NBC NEWS MEDICAL CONTRIBUTOR MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL NATALIE AZAR SIGNS UP WITH US NOW TO LOOK BACK ON THESE LAST 2 YEARS. EXCELLENT TO HAVE YOU WITH US. ANY REMIND US HOW FAR WE'' VE COME IN THE LAST 2 YEARS. HOW MUCH WE'' VE LEARNED. >> > > AS WELL AS LIKEWISE HOW MUCH WE'' VE LOST. YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE YOU CANISTER CATEGORIZE IT 2 MEANS. YOU PEOPLE. I ASSUME THERE ARE POINTS THAT WE DID REALLY WELL AS WELL AS THERE THINGS THAT WE CLEARLY MESSED UP ON, YOU UNDERSTAND, PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS IS IS HE COMPOSED OF A GREAT DEAL OF DIFFERENT ELEMENTS, EPIDEMIOLOGY REHAB PREVENTION.YOU KNOW, I ASSUME WE
DID A TERRIFIC JOB MOBILIZING THE SCIENTIFIC GLOBE AREA, RIGHT. THE COOPERATION BETWEEN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND SECTOR PROCEDURE LIGHTNING SPEED. THOSE ARE ALL TERRIFIC POINTS THINGS WHERE WE CLEARLY HAD SHORTAGES REVEALED THE DEFICIENCIES IN OUR PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLNESS INFRASTRUCTURE MESSAGING WAS AN PROBLEM. EQUITY HAS BEEN A MASSIVE ISSUE AND ALSO I ASSUME WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW. HIS FINANCING RIGHT. WE HAD A 22 BILLION DOLLAR ASK FROM CONGRESS. WE HAD 15 BILLION DOLLARS STRIPPED FROM THE NEXT PACKAGE. YOU RECOGNIZE WHAT THEY ' RE ANTICIPATING IN ONE MONTH ' S TIME. WE ' RE GOING TO HAVE AN ADEQUATE CASH FOR SCREENING BY MAY FOR MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES ADDITIONALLY THAN THAT FOR PAXLOVID THE ANTIVIRALS, THE FUNDING THAT THIS IS SO IMPORTANT IS PHYSICIAN TADROS CLAIMED IT ' S NOT OVER ANYWHERE UNTIL IT ' S OVER EVERYWHERE. JUST 14 %OF FOLKS IN LOW INCOME NATIONS HAVE ACTUALLY HAD ONE DOSE OF INJECTION. SO WHILE WE ' VE MADE GREAT STRIDES BELOW IN THE U.S.SKIES. IT GLOBALLY. WE ARE. THIS IS NOT BEHIND United States YET. IT ' S NOT DEFINITELY. ALLOW ' S DISCUSS TRANSFORMING POINTS. CERTAINLY, THE VACCINATION. WHAT ATTRACTS ATTENTION TO YOU WHEN YOU LOOK BACK AT THIS YEAR ' S OH, MY BENEFITS. I WOULD SAY THE VACCINE, RIGHT. I SUGGEST, AS WELL AS AND ALSO ALL THE CREDIT REPORT MOSTS LIKELY TO TO THE FORMER MANAGEMENT FOR PROCEDURE LIGHTNING SPEED IN THE CREDIT HISTORY GOES TO THIS MANAGEMENT FOR FOR FOR HAVING THE ABILITY TO DEPLOY INOCULATION ACROSS THE COUNTRY. BUT AS AS I DISCUSSED AS WELL AS AS WE ALL KNOW, THERE HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLE HINDRANCES TO ACQUIRING WHAT WE HAVE MOST OF OUR POPULACE VACCINATED BUT STILL POPULATIONS A SUBSTANTIAL PERCENTAGE THAT HAVE NOT BEEN VACCINATED.YOU KNOW, I LIKE I I ALWAYS SAY WE SIMPLY TINNED ' T TAKE A LOOK AT THIS PANDEMIC FROM, YOU RECOGNIZE, FROM JUST THE THE UNITED STATES. I FROM THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE ' S I THIS IS A WORLDWIDE PANDEMIC. AND SO, YOU RECOGNIZE, WE REALLY HAVE TO KEEP OUR EYES WIDE OPEN RELOCATING'ONWARD ALTHOUGH IT LOOKS GREAT BELOW LOOKS TERRIFIC IN NEW YORK CITY CITY WHERE WE ' RE SITTING WITH EACH OTHER WERE NOT WEARING MASKS. AND ALSO I HOPE THAT BUT YOU RECOGNIZE, THE VIRUS IS TRICKY IT STRUCK JUST'PRIOR TO AN OMICRON US HOW QUICKLY THINGS CONTAINER CHANGE AND ACTUALLY WRAPPED LIBERALLY FROM A WEEK TO THAT AND WE WEREN ' T READY. SO WITH THAT, I ASK YOU, WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE IS NEXT FOR COVID AS WELL AS. > > ARE WE PREPARED IF SOMETHING LIKE THIS OCCURS AGAIN. DID WE LEARN A LESSON IN THESE LAST 2 WARMER. THAT ' S THE THING, WHICH IS WHY THE FINANCING CONCERN IS SO FRUSTRATING BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO BE LOOKING AT WITH WITH YOUR EYES WIDE OPEN AND IT ' S STUNNING TO ME THAT ANY PERSON IN THIS COUNTRY WOULD ASSUME THAT WE HAVE EVERYTHING BEHIND US.GIVEN WHAT ' S OCCURRED YOU KNOW,'APPEARANCE, I I ' M I ' M EXTREMELY URGED THAT THE VACCINATIONS WE HAVE ARE
STILL STANDING UP AND ARE STILL EFFICIENT AGAINST THE NEW VARIANTS THAT TRANQUILITY. BUT, YOU UNDERSTAND, ONCE AGAIN, LIKE WE ' VE STATED BEFORE, IT ' S A SNEAKY VIRUS. I HOPE IT DOESN ' T THROW WAS A GREAT DEAL OF NEW CONTOUR. I THINK THE UNITED STATES AS WELL AS SPECIFIC LOCATIONS OF EUROPE ARE HEADED AND DEFINITELY THE RIGHT DIRECTION. > > BUT WE SIMPLY TINNED ' T STRIP EVERYTHING AWAY, INCLUDING CASH ALL AT ONCE. I ASSUME WE ' RE REALLY >> GOING WHERE WE ' RE GOING TO SHOCK OURSELVES IN AN UNFORTUNATE METHOD A NUMBER OF WEEKS TO MONTHS. IF THAT ' S THE SITUATION, LET ' S HOPE THAT THAT IS NOT THE CASE. AND THANK YOU A LOT. I IMPLY, WHAT AN WHAT A LANDMARK FOR ALL OF US TO LESS 2 YEARS LATER, A GREAT DEAL OF US ARE ASSESSING WHERE WE WERE 2 YEARS AGO YOU BEAR IN MIND BEING THE TRANSFORMING POINT FOR YOU NBA NUMBER WATCHING THAT VIDEO GAME AS WELL AS GOING UP A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE PROBABLY DO.ALL RIGHT. PHYSICIAN IS OUR THANKS A LOT.
