we will talk about this with jim blumenstock, the pandemic response and recovery senior vice president for the association of state and territorial health officials. good morning. guest: good morning. understand. let's your title is senior vice president for pandemic response and recovery for the association of state and territorial health officials. tell us exactly what all of that means. guest: i would be pleased to. by its very nature, it is a new job, a new position with the association because of the covid-19 pandemic. with the association for 15 years, responsible for all of the health security activities. but recognizing how significant the pandemic is, not only for our immediate response, but obviously in the recovery to come, our association felt it would be most appropriate to have a senior executive exclusively dedicated to that effort. we are a national association that has members who are the chief health executive, public health executives of the 50 states, district of columbia, caribbeanpacific and territories. themle is to support individually and with all of the assets

we will talk about this with jim blumenstock, the pandemic response and recovery senior vice presidentor the association of state and territorial health officials. good morning. guest: good morning. host: first, let's