ellen johnson sirleaf trama president of public a play area they're proud to have served 26 year term successfully and have trained in over. 2 successive 3 elections and of course the hall gerry very proud to be the 1st democratically elected. president in africa is very good to have here on our panel today man avon welcome to the string delivery body can you. thank you if any money is yvonne eki sawyer i'm the man of freetown the capital of sara they own and i came into office in may 20000 from a private sector background with a commitment to transform a city and we've been working on a development plan which is called just that a stag and town. nice to have you minister booker though tell everybody here you are welcome to the city. thank you very much my name is for all of you know i know and i am. in harlem este and i am. a member of the investments trade and industry in. i'm really curious about this idea that maybe africa was a continent is sometimes of governance the citizens are not very happy because multiple different countries madam president when you came into power your co

while ago i had the opportunity to talk to the co-chair of that panel ellen johnson sirleaf former president of liberia and nobel peace prize laureate and i asked her whether this global pandemic could have been avoided if the w.h.o. had acted more sort of lead and china have been more forthcoming absolutely. if china given information on some of the early findings about a breakout. if o.o. i had the effectiveness of all a timely and effective and lomb system yes it could have been avoided i think the report is very clear. on why this is so we believe that. the issue of communication system is still here it needs to be in the in the digital age we think also nations could have done more to use beef and ignatius clip and show that you know a mask source so this is in context tracing all of those that. support could have been given you know she's fake so yes i think through timely and effective alarm system yes this big enemy could not have spread asked quickly and ass intensive intensively as it is. ellen johnson sirleaf there speaking with us earlier were 2 members of the national guard have

will short while ago we had the opportunity to talk to the co-chair of that panel ellen johnson sirleaf she's the former president of liberia and a nobel peace prize laureate we asked her whether this global pandemic could have been avoided if the w.h.o. had acted more sort of lee and if china had been more forthcoming. absolutely. it's if china has given information on some of the early trying things about a breakout. is done oh happy skeptic ness for a timely and effective alarm system yes it could have been forwarded i think our report is very clear. on why this is so we believe that it does the issue a communications system is still here and needs to be in the in the digital age oh we think also nations could have done more to use defensive measures they could have in showed you know mask social distancing context tracing all of those steps that help so put could have been given you know suspects still yes i think. timely and effective along system yes this be deadly could not have cracked quickly and ass intensive intensively as they did. a sobering else is there from the ellen joh

told you the pandemic could have been avoided had china acted sooner former liberian president ellen johnson sirleaf also pulled up the w.h.o. for not having labeled the outbreak a health emergency and a pandemic then it did. if china had given information on some of the earlier trying things about a breakout. oh had these captives nests for a timely and effective alarm system yes it could have been 40 i think our report is very clear the reporter is a preliminary one that was made public earlier in the week the sunless heads of the so-called independent planning for pandemic preparedness and response along with former new zealand prime minister helen clark china responded to some of the findings in this report. and that's only as the 1st country to sound the alarm against the pandemic we talked prompt and decisive measures even though we had incomplete information at the time. that we should of course strive to be better i think any country whether it be china the u.s. the united kingdom or japan every country should strive to be better. let's get some perspective on this from dr clare went

that up to the pandemic could have been avoided had china acted sooner from a liberian president ellen johnson sirleaf also pulled up the w.h.o. for not having labeled the outbreak a health emergency and a pandemic earlier than it did. if china and given information on the early 19th about a breakout. if 0 had be give us. a timely anything to get alarm system yes it could have been avoided i think our report here a play the reporter is a preliminary one that was made public in the week of heads of the so-called independent panel for pandemic preparedness and response along with former new zealand prime minister helen clark china responded to some of the findings in this report. someone that's only as the 1st country to sound the alarm against the pandemic we talked prompt and decisive measures even though we had incomplete information at the time. that we should of course strive to do better i think any country whether it be china the us the united kingdom or japan every country should strive to be better off. let's get some perspective on this from dr clare went home food is an assistant prof

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intensified well help organizations pandemic review panel co-chair and former liberian president ellen johnson sirleaf expressed disappointment in the vaccine plans which she said means shots won't be widely available across africa until 2022 or even 2023 she says it's no exaggeration to say that we are at risk of creating a distribution system grounded in iniquity. we're going to go to i guess just in a moment but 1st let's take a look at how many people have been vaccinated so far more than 46200000 doses in 51 countries have been administering that's according to data collected by bloomberg israel has vaccinated the most people per capita with more than one in 4 israelis having received a dose of the pfizer biotech formular it's followed by the u.a.e. and bahrain in the u.k. just over 6 percent of the population of $66000000.00 have received a vaccine shot in the united states it's more than 4 percent guinea is the sole low income country to have delivered any shots at all so far last week providing doses of the russian sputnik back seemed to only 25 people and that's including the presiden

next and lectures in history professor subjects teaches a class ellen johnson and the factors that led him to escalate the war in vietnam. professor jacobs argues that the 1964 presidential campaign against the hawkish cold water influenced johnson to be seen as a form a strong for president. >> today subject is lyndon johnson and i think it it is fair to say is best remembered by historians and general public for one reason and one reason only. vietnam. johnson is the first president most frequently associated with the vietnam war. there is a quote in 1967 and which johnson said to the reporter, this is not london johnson's war, this is america's war. by dropped at tomorrow, this war will still be here. and he was right when he was out of office the war continued. but the manner the war was fought and lost is described to johnson. vietnam is widely considered lyndon johnson's failure, betrayal etc, depending on your ideology. but there are two books in print right now by larry berman and george hiring, both entitled lyndon johnson's war, and both advance a compelling if sometimes cont

emergency sooner well a short while ago i had the opportunity to talk to the co-chair of that panel ellen johnson sirleaf former president of liberia and nobel peace prize laureate and i asked her whether this global pandemic could have been avoided if the w.h.o. had acted more assertively and china had been more forthcoming. absolutely. if china given information on some of the early 19th about a breakout. if done oh i had the captive nest of all a timely and effective economic system yes it could have been avoided i think the report is very clear. on why this is so we believe that in debbie issue a communication system is to our needs to be in the in the digital age we think also nations could have done more to use beef and ignatius to ensure you know a mask social distancing quantic tracing all of those step that help support could have been given you know she respects so yes i think through timely and effective alarm system yes this bit and they could not have spread as quickly and ass intensive intensively as they did. johnson sirleaf there speaking to us earlier want to be up to speed now w

one panel member, former liberian president ellen johnson-sirleaf, said the w.h.o.enforcement power. >> member states are looking at w.h.o. for leadership, coordination and guidance, but are not equipping it with the authority, the access or the funding needed to provide that. >> woodruff: the panel also criticized china and other nations for failing to act earlier on the pandemic. president-elect biden had an emotional departure from delaware today, on the eve of his inauguration. it happened at a national guard headquarters named for his eldest son beau,ho died of brain cancer in 2015. mr. biden noted the significance, then choked up. >> it's deeply personal that our next journey to washington starts here. a place that defines the very best of who we are as amerans. well, excuse the emotion, but... ...when i die, delaware will be written on my heart. >> woodruff: later, the bidens arrived at joint base andrews, outside washington. they will spend the night at blair house, the president's official guest residence, before moving into the white house tomorrow. mr. bi

well a short while ago i had the opportunity to talk to the co-chair of that panel ellen johnson sirleaf for former president of liberia and nobel peace prize laureate and i asked her whether this global pandemic could have been avoided if the w.h.o. had acted more assertively and china had been more forthcoming. absolutely. if china has given information on some of the early findings about a breakout. if done oh i had the captive nest of all a timely and effective economic system yes it could have been avoided i think our report is very clear. on why this is so we believe that you debbie issue a communication system is to our needs to be in the in the digital age we think also nations could have done more to use beef and ignatius to ensure you know a mask source so this is in quantico tracing all of those stepdad to help support could have been given you know suspects so yes i think through timely and effective alarm system yes this bit and they could not have bread at quickly and ass intensive intensively as they did. their co-chair of the panel of experts next to to the u.s. were to s

johnson single-dose which if safe and effective, can be a game changer. the pfizer product in much of africa and latin america and southeast asia will be too challenging. ellen: so just one follow-up and then we will close. is there a good estimate of how much vaccine has been wasted and what is the reason for the waste? dr. beyrer: i have not seen any national aggregate data, a lot of this i been anecdotal. i -- there have been some challenges where it cannot be refrozen and then people who had appointments scheduled either could not come or did not come for whatever reason, so those doses have been wasted. we have not invested in as opposed to for example south africa which they have done much better at this than the u.k. s that something we should not be proud of. we need to invest in a national tracking system so that we'll know how the vaccines are being used and we avoid this problem of waste. they're too precious to waste. >> thank you for your presentations and insightful answers. we will e-mail the lynx and shared in the chat. and with that i'd like to say thank you to everyone for joining us today. >> with the biden administration now leading the f

and i'm now joined by ellen johnson sirleaf who is the former president of liberia as well as a panel of co-chair madam president it's a privilege to have you on in a today's a w h o a meeting as we've just reported you expressed the panel's disappointment with the current code that 19 vaccine roll out why. because according to the reports. despite the fact that scientists have been so effective in getting up there seem ready for a huge super early we know hind that in the rule out. the wealthier nations there will resourced are ones that are going to get that they're seen. we used to. africa estimate sampo. whereas in wealthier nations a 100 percent the target is to to have me show. all the estimated 100 percent of all a citizens in a case of africa just 2020 percent clearly the poor nations you know i'm not going to be able to get those best in certainly not big enough for the next 2 years 20212022 before we'll be able to do that and. we believe also unless there.