we talk about ed wilson or other people trying to estimate how many living species there are in planet earth nobody knows how many vertebrate or vertebrate with any precision to make ranging from 8 million to 100 million species but then if you add the virus and bacteri bacteria, nobody knows. the percentage of viruses coming out of animals that are pathogenic to humans may well be a small percentage. but the ones that are exceptions to that are consequential. thanks for your question. thank you of the song of the dodo very much. i had a question of the genealogy of these diseases. using a human genome where there is evidence that has killed a lot of people causing the bottleneck in the human population is now totally harmless because all of the survivors have produced generations and that's all that's left so looking back in time from old pandemics to trace disease that way. >> i haven't seen much on that. one of the things that's very interesting to me is tracing in the human genome they call it endogenous retroviruses in the hiv retrovirus the rna virus that insert themselves perman

we talk about ed wilson or other people trying to estimate how many living species on planet earth. nobody knows how many species of vertebrates and invertebrate animals, plants, fungi art with any precision. they make estimates ranging from 8 million to 30 million, to 100 million species. when you add the viruses and bacteria, nobody knows. [inaudible] >> guest: the percentage of viruses that come out of animal pathogens to humans may be a very small percentage but the ones that are, are the exception are consequential. >> thanks your question. hello i enjoyed your book very much. i used it while i was a student in a class on biology. i do have a question about the genealogy of these diseases. i was curious if they had been using the human genome from the deep past where there's evidence of stuff that kills a lot of people maybe killed issues with the human population but is now totally harmless because all of the survivors have reproduced down the generations. so looking back in time for old pandemics and to trayce disease that way. >> guest: i haven't seen much on that. certainly

atlantic monthly, the new republic and the smithsonian, washington post magazine and the wilson quarterly. and on the op-ed opinion and book review pages of the boston globe. "the new york times", u.s. today and "the washington post". he lives in manassas, virginia. please give a warm savannah welcome to robert wilson. [applause] >> thank you, chris. i appreciate that introduction. i'm hoping your app works better than the app that was done for .he iowa caucuses [laughter] i trust it will. you probably actually tested it. thanks to all of you for coming this morning on this cold morning.init it's very pleasant to see so many of you here and it's very pleasant to see c-span here and i want to thank c-span for all it does to support book culture in america and i'm tempted and i am would be tended to say normally what remains a book culture in america but on a day like today is very optimistic about the state of course. i love being in savannah and my wife martha and i come often as we can. we live outside of washington dc and we have a place on the panhandle of florida and we used to dread the 15 hour drive

monthly," the new republic, the smithsonian, the "washington post" magazine, and the wilson quarterly. and on the op-ed opinion and book review pages of the "boston globe."he the "new york times", "usa today" and the "washington post." he lives in manassas virginia. please give a warm savannah welcome to robert wilson. [applause] >> thank you. i appreciate that introduction. i'm hoping your app works a lot better than the app that was done for the iowa caucuses. [laughing] i trust it will. you're probably actually tested it. and thanks to all of you for coming this morning on this cold morning. it's very pleasant to see soo many of you here. it's very pleasant to see c-span here and what you think c-span for all that does to support book culture in america. i would be tempted to say normally what remains of book culture in america, but on a day like today it's very easy to be optimistic about the state of books. books. i love being in savannah. my wife martha and i come here as often as we can and we live outside washington dc. and we have a in the panhandle of florida. we used to dread the 15 hour dri

he was meeting with president wilson and collaborating can-- with ed deboise, although i got the feeling he didn't get on with either of them. he was a seminal figure who's prophetic and often tragic life offers a link between frederick douglas and the modern era. and her research explores the role of african-american literature and the creation of radical black political consciousness during the progressive era. she's currently the interim director at tufts university and co-direct the african-american trail project at the center for study of race and democracy. she is also a very good friend to mhs. one of our speakers in our legacies of 1619 series, helped us work on planning at that series, and she was also the commentator at the seminar last week. so she's a frequent visitor, please join me in welcoming her. [applaus [applause] >> thank you very much. can everyone here me. i wanted to say a special thanks to the historical society. i did most of my research here, combing through archives and taking advantage of the wonderful resources so i thank them for helping me in one of the man

woodrow wilson got sick at treaty of versailles, a year after it start ed and the flu lasted another year after that. we are going to need an important independent task force to help us think over the next couple of years and maybe bring something of the national academy of science and medicine and help think through this. it is going to be at the height of election. it is going to be very important and independent committee of experts to really assess this. >> who would do something like that though? the white house wants to keep a grip on the coronavirus task force. we don't hear briefings from the cdc or other organizations. do you see any evidence that there is any move to have an independent committee? >> i think we'll have to go that route. the number of the national cabinet medicine and this is why this organization was set up to provide independent and unbiassed advice to the white house instead of the government without interferences. we are going to need them because there are so much complexity going on and everything is constantly biased. it is going to make americans los

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zimmerman and ed young, and later john berry describes 1918 flu pandemic they killed as many as 100 million people worldwide. enjoy book tv, now it over the weekend on "c-span2" read. >> robert wilson is with us today courtesy of paul and heather hamilton. he is the author of matthew brady, portraits of the nation and explore king a biography of clarence kane. he is the editor of the american scholar, a former editor of preservation and the founding literary editor of civilization a farmer book editor empowers we use today in the editor of the washington post book world. his essays reviews infections have appeared in numerous publications including american scholar, the american short fiction, the atlantic monthly,ti the new republic, the smithsonian, the washington post magazine, and the wilsonn quarterly. and on the opinion and book review of the boston globe three times, yesterday, and the washington post. he lives in virginia please give a warm savannah welcome to robert wilson. [applause]. robert: thank you chris, i appreciate that introduction. i hope your app works a lot better than the one done for the iowa caucuses. [laughter]. i trust it. what you probably actually tested

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