i think this is really -- i hope it never happens again that people don't understaff and underresource which is such an important task. >> there are people in the conservative side of things who say that this technology and this focus on technology somehow actually depressed the vote. >> i think that people -- that's their choice. i do not fundamental believe in that at all. i don't know how it would depress the vote and turn out less people. if that was the case, michael can talk to it probably better than i could, but then should barack obama have won by more in 2008? >> there's almost no way that's true. just for what it's worth. zach and i were talking about this at lunch. this also reveals just how hard it is to build technology at scale inside an organization that's as messy and moves as fast as a political campaign and that the point zach is making about the right people to build the right kinds of things is really important. the technology seems to accessible to us, but creating it is actually really, really difficult. there's a very big difference between using and consuming a

ebola is from dehydration because of the intense fluid loss, especially in an area where they're underresourced and they don't really have the option to give a lot of intravenous fluids which here in the united states and developed countries that is something taken for granted. so the fact that when people are airlifted back, that's so readily available and you can give them and replace the fluid they're losing, it seems to be associated with a very good outcome. >> your son has said that he was aware of the risks. he wanted to go to western africa as a journalist to expose who was going on, tell the world what was going on. what did he tell you about the conditions and the care there in western africa where this epidemic is wreaking such havoc? >> well, he sent us some footage that he was filming and with some narration that he wrote. and it's really distressing. you realize the degree to which the health care system in liberia is completely overwhelmed. people -- outside clinics with no room to get in. outside makeshift tents with no access to intravenous fluids and literally dying on the str

we think they were underresourced and not ready so maybe there's a paradigm shift to get the w.h.o. perhaps to be ready for these kinds of emergencies. one would have assumed that they were ready but what a surety is there? they didn't have the money to do it. that is when i started going to their various -- asking them for money and that's my contribution. >> thank you ambassador. the gentleman in the second row. please identify yourself. >> my name is peter connor and i'm from texas. i'm a national security consultant with a focus on science and health and cyber. my question is to dr. nelson michael. he talked a great deal about vaccines and i'm sitting next to your vaccine expert here but i didn't hear in the address by the panel much about therapies and i do represent a company that has a therapy that set the fda right now looking for an emergency exemption for it. what anybody on the council or dr. michael care to address that question about potential therapies? >> the reason i didn't speak to that specifically is because it's neither my field of expertise nor is it anything cu

i think this is really -- i hope it never happens again that people don't understaff and underresource which is such an important task. >> there are people in the conservative side of things who say that this technology and this focus on technology somehow actually depressed the vote. >> i think that people -- that's their choice. i do not fundamental believe in that at all. i don't know how it would depress the vote and turn out less people. if that was the case, michael can talk to it probably better than i could, but then should barack obama have won by more in 2008? >> there's almost no way that's true. just for what it's worth. zach and i were talking about this at lunch. this also reveals just how hard it is to build technology at scale inside an organization that's as messy and moves as fast as a political campaign and that the point zach is making about the right people to build the right kinds of things is really important. the technology seems to accessible to us, but creating it is actually really, really difficult. there's a very big difference between using and consuming a

when you look at the underresourced areas it's hard for them to maintain health. they don't have health literacy. they sometimes don't have access to good foods. they don't have the economic conditions that promote health. i think as an organization and health care system, partnering together with organizations that are on this stage and throughout the industry is one of our obligations. we look forward in working with you to improve the health of our community. >> i'm sue segal representing g.e. what we would like to do at g.e. is really utilize the employer bases for catalyst change. we represent health in a number of ways. one as one of the biggest medical device manufacturers and so we have the spongtd of technology. in addition to that, we have our health foundation, our g.e. foundation. and there we make grants as it relates to major issues surrounding health. as an example, the area of primary care shortage and underserved regions where we have put our clinical health clinics in some of those areas. in addition to that, when you think about our own employer

public-private partnership and so-called precompetitive collaborative research and they're really underresourced in terms of research funding at present time. so i think there is a critical need and it is one where we know that if we develop it, it will make a huge difference. the other thing is that the regulatory process is really cumbersome and congressman waxman noted that congress recently gave us some new strategies and authorities to be more nimble and flexible. but putting regulations into place takes years and the notice and comments process is an important one for getting input. but it's lengthy, et cetera. so thinking about what are some of the models for how to work in more responsive, more collaborative and more flexible ways in these kinds of situations where an emerging technology and an emerging opportunity is there i think is a challenge. i don't know if it could be fixed by legislation per se at the present time but i think it is an area that we need to delve more deeply into because it really matters. >> and in the end i know if my early years in the pharmaceutical industry th

[applause] now, since that time urban alliance has served, excuse me, has placed over 1500 underresourcedh in various paid internships and served over 15,000 youth overall. today i'm proud to say that 100% of our interns graduate from high school, 90% of them go on to two and four-year colleges, and 80% of them persist to their second year of college. [applause] and, yes, even with that work and the work that many of our outstanding partners, our peers in this field such as europe, genesis works, futures and options, youth build and many, many more, even with our work and all that they do as well, we continue, unfortunately, to have large segments of our youth population who continue to be left behind socially and economically, and in particular our african-american and latino youth. you heard jacques say a few minutes ago, he talked a bit about the out-of-school youth, the disconnected youth, and he mentioned the 6.7 million young people who are out of school and out of work. and each of those young people costs society $700,000 over their lifetime, and 60% of black teens are unemployed

>> because these are impoverished places and completely underresourced and nobody pays attention untilpidemic broke out, warnings that were ignored. >> i have spent my life saying you can't leave people without basic health care. west africa is a place even a year ago i tried to get funding for health workers in liberia of all places. this is before the epidemic. i've been told, we have no money, this is the wrong cycle. >> why did the w.h.o. fail so miserably in picking u the signs early? >> i think two things. one, they made mistakes because earlier ebola epidemics have kind of controlled themselves. second, they are at this point in turmoil because of budget cuts. cdc also is experiencing big budget cuts right now. we don't invest in these things, joe. we take it for granted. things are fine until a crisis. and these places are chronically underinvested right now. you look at any list of what's potentially a disaster for the world. epidemic diseases right at the top of the list. >> this is a natural security issue. >> of course it is. this is a human security issue. >> it's a nation