harvard school of journalism and culture counted so good to talk to you thank you very much for being with us. thank you very much for having me now karen blaming journalists or the media for creating a beehive is as old as our profession itself but. is that really an applicable charge in these days. when it wasn't i think when the big national governments and international organizations like the double your children were behind the most apocalyptic predictions about both the scale and belief thousands he'll call that 19th prediction that thankfully failed to realize but created a lot of fear or perhaps a lot of justifies here and on the left. well i think that obviously the pandemic is an extremely scary situation for everyone around the world and it's also extremely important for you insist to have access to information about what's happening on the ground and now i think that it's obviously important to balance what is obvious the reporting around a phrase scary situation with also managing the emotions audiences who are already i think in many cases finding this a baby from medics

sharon while gordon from director of research and development and environment and the harvard school of journalism media and culture counted so we to talk to you thank you very much for being with us thank you very much for having me now karen blaming journalists or the media for creating behi it is as old as our profession and south but. is that really an applicable charge in these day and age when it was i think really begin the actual governments and international organizations like the w.h.o. which were behind the most apocalyptic predictions about double the scale and belief that called it 19 predictions that thankfully failed to realise but created a lot of fear or perhaps a lot of justified here and not in the last. well i think that obviously the pandemic is an extremely scary situation for everyone around the world and it's also extremely important for you insist to have access to information about what's happening on the ground now i think that it's obviously important to balance what is obvious reporting around the phrase scary situation with also managing the emotions audiences who are

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of the "washington journal." of harvard the dean medical school.f the reportr from last september, giving a grim warning of the impact of the pandemic. the phone lines are open. (202) 748-8000 if you live in the eastern or central time zones. (202) 748-8001 for those of you in the mountain and pacific time zones. a line set aside for medical professionals, doctors, nurses, emts, (202) 748-8002. thank you for joining us. we begin with the numbers, courtesy of johns hopkins university. around the world, 3.6 million confirmed cases and the global death toll approaching 257,000. is joining us.y he is the dean of harvard medical school. i want to start with a story you were quoted in in "the wall street journal." you were working with chinese doctors privately for best practices and treatment. dr. daley: we are. the current pandemic respects no international boundaries. medicine and science are forces for international diplomacy that transcend politics. in late january, when it was clear that the virus was ravaging china, colleagues from china reached o

of harvard medical school. i want to start with a story you were quoted in in "the wall street journal." you were working with chinese doctors privately for best practices and treatment. dr. daley: we are. the current pandemic respects no international boundaries. medicine and science are forces for international diplomacy that transcend politics. in late january, when it was clear that the virus was ravaging china, colleagues from china reached out to us asking for help. it was a time when there was tremendous tension between our countries. our government was struggling. channelse not formal for communication. the centers for disease control was not involved in china. the national institute of health was rebuffed. because of personal connections, we linked to our chinese colleagues and began working together. in those early times, they were reaching out to us for help. very quickly, the tables were turned and we started asking them for help. the communication continues. it is a model for cooperation. in those clinical trials, those long conversations, what has surprised you the most? ar

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disease at the harvard school of public health, and a discussion of racial and health disparities in the pandemic with national medical association's dr. oliver brooks. c-span's "washington journal live at 7:00 a.m. this morning, and be sure to watch sunday at 9:00 a.m. for a look back 50 years to the antiwar student state, widgetent erupted into a deadly confrontation between students and the ohio national guard. yea, oh, yea, oh, yea, all persons having business in front of the supreme court of the united states, the court is now sitting. >> for the first time in u.s. history, here the u.s. supreme court live. coronavirusto the pandemic, the court's hearing oral arguments in 10 cases by teleconference. c-span will provide live comverg coverage of these. u.s. trademark are if it -- office versus booking.com. a part of history and listen to the supreme court oral arguments as they are heard by the justices, live monday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span, on demand at c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app-. ♪ television has changed since he sent began 41 years ago, but our mission continues, to provide an unfiltered view of government. already this year, we have brought

of harvard medical school. i want to start with a story you were quoted in in "the wall street journal." you were working with chinese doctors privately for best practices and treatment. dr. daley: we are. the current

journal primetime" tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span. joining us in elledge with the harvard medical school. he is professor of genetics. about science and research. you hear stories daily about covid-19 research, models and the like. what is the sense, best way to approach what people digest? guest: this is a huge question. created totalhas information overload. it is a tsunami of information we have never seen. -- are coming online every day. it is important that people work quickly. it is essential, but it comes with risks. much of the information cropping up is not pure -- not peer-reviewed. eager to report this news but it is important for people to oh distinguish between types of information they get. there are three things to consider. one is the source of the information. , howecond is the messenger the information is transmitted. the third is the type of evidence. is it published peer-reviewed research, or is it a preliminary unverified? onis an anecdote or based observations from different labs over time using lots of experiments? it? kind of information is is it research done in laboratories? mice, humans? al

harvard school of public health. and a discussion of racial and health disparities in the pandemic, with the national medical association with dr. oliver brooks. journalashington live friday at 7:00 in the morning. and i look back 50 years at the antiwar protest at kent state, which erected into a deadly confrontation between students and the ohio national guard. ♪ y, oh yay,oh yay, all persons with business before the united states are a mod -- are admonished to give their attention, for the score does not sitting. -- four the court is now sitting. >> the court is now hearing cases via teleconference. c-span will provide live coverage of each session. monday a ton :00 a.m. eastern, justices there the case of the u.s. patent and trademark office versus booking.com. the case concerns the travel company's fight to trademark its website. be a part of history and listen to supreme court oral arguments as they are heard by the justices, live monday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span, on demand at c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. house speaker nancy pelosi held a news conference with the chair of the new select subcommittee looking into the

disease at the harvard school of public health, and a discussion of racial and health disparities in the pandemic with national medical association's dr. oliver brooks. c-span's "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. this morning, and be sure to watch "washington journal" sunday at 9:00 a.m. for a look back 50 years to the antiwar student protests at kent state, which erupted into a deadly confrontation between students and the ohio national guard. "q&a," househt on south sudanese videogame -- is bringing the refugee experience to a wider audience. to all the young people, so it is changing the way they think about war. aboutwas like how teaching them how to play video games? in the videogame, it is the same ,hing, helping in my country killing people, how things are sent out, really playing for resolution.nflict >> watch sunday night on c-span's "q&a." >> on rhode island governor gina raimondo and her husband answered students' questions on the coronavirus pandemic. the governor said she expects grade school classes to resume in the fall but acknowledged that the environment will look different with students possibly having to wash their hands more, wear face masks, and spread

of the workplace safer. >> "washington journal" continues. host: our first guest this morning is dr. sarah fortune. not only is she a professor at the harvard school of health, she serves as the chair of the department. she is here to talk about the response of covid-19 in the united states. good morning. guest: good morning. host: in the ultimate process of resolving covid-19 or putting controls to it, can we start with the role of antibodies. play ine will they stopping the spread of the disease? guest: antibodies are how we are going to get out of this mass at a biological -- mess at a biological level. this is how you protect yourself against infectious diseases, and antibodies are how people who are infected with the virus and survive, how they are protected against secondary challenge and how a vaccine works. host: the collection of data on anybody's, how does that work, and what type of numbers do you have to see to make a good estimation of where we are at? you just asked two questions, how to we use antibodies to understand how people are infected, and how do we understand whether those antibodies in those people are and how can we use th

journal continues. host: joining us is stephen elledge with the harvard medical school. he is professor of genetics.bout science and research. you hear stories daily about covid-19 research, models and the like. what is the sense, best way to approach what people digest? guest: this is a huge question. created totalhas information overload. it is a tsunami of information we have never seen. -- are coming online every day. it is important that people work quickly. it is essential, but it comes with risks. much of the information cropping up is not pure -- not peer-reviewed. eager to report this news but it is important for people to oh distinguish between types of information they get. there are three things to consider. one is the source of the information. , howecond is the messenger the information is transmitted. the third is the type of evidence. is it published peer-reviewed research, or is it a preliminary unverified? onis an anecdote or based observations from different labs over time using lots of experiments? it? kind of information is is it research done in laboratories? mice, humans? all