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Pandemic Update with Dr. William A. Haseltine
Join The Common Good with Dr. William Haseltine to discuss Covid-19, where we are and where we’re going. Moderated by Honorary Advisory Board Member, Susan Del Percio.
About The Event
Covid-19 is unfortunately still very much with us. It is ravaging parts of this country,particularly in places with relatively low vaccination rates. However, we’re also seeing more breakthrough cases that many of us imagined. As our future with Covid-19 remains uncertain, we thought it’d be a good time to bring back Dr. William A. Haseltine to provide a briefing - where we are and where we’re going. Moderated by Honorary Advisory Board Member, Susan Del Percio.
Thursday, September 9th, 2021
4:00pm-5:00pm EST
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Dr. William A. Haseltine is a scientist, businessman, author and philanthropist. His contributions to HIV/AIDS and genome research established Haseltines repute as a scientist. After his time as a professor at Harvard Medical School, he founded Human Genome Sciences and served as chairman and CEO. In 2001 he was listed as one of the 25 most influential business people and in 2015 was listed as one of the 100 most influential leaders in biotechnology. He has authored many books, the most recent being A Family’s Guide to Covid and Covid Related Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (CV-PTSD): What It Is and What To Do About It
Haseltine has been a scientific voice throughout the pandemic. He is adamant about his opposition the herd immunity strategy and has advocated for other solutions to minimize the COVID death rates.
Susan Del Percio is a nationally recognized crisis communication expert and public affairs strategist. She is a political analyst for MSNBC, columnist for OZY media, and a consultant for the award-winning HBO show, The Newsroom.
Del Percio has served as a media spokeswoman on many campaigns, both political and corporate. With nearly 30 years of experience in the political, government, nonprofit, and private sectors, she is a trusted advisor who helps leaders develop, execute, and win purposeful campaigns. Her unique insights on government procedure, regulatory environments and public policy are highly sought after, but her passion for problem solving sets her apart.
Del Percio attended The Common Good Forum & American Spirit Awards on May 21st, 2018, and spoke on the panel “Political Landscape: Future of Elections, Campaigns, & Parties” alongside John Della Volpe, former Congressman David Jolly, and Bill Schneider, with moderator John Harwood. She returned to participate in the Post Vice Presidential Debate Panel on October 8, 2020 and was joined by nationally known strategists from both sides of the aisle: Tara Setmayer, Hilary Rosen, and Stan Greenberg to have an incredible conversation following the debate.
Covid-19: Then, Now, and What's to Come
Covid-19 has changed all aspects of our society throughout the entire country and the world, and continues to do so today. How did we get here? What should we expect now? And where are we going? Are just some of the questions on the forefront of everyone’s minds. Join The Common Good for Covid-19: Then, Now, and What’s to Comes moderated by HHS Deputy Asst Secretary for Health Rear Admiral (ret) Susan Blumenthal, MD with Dr. Daniel R. Lucey from Georgetown University and a leading scholar in infectious diseases, and former CDC director Dr. Tom Frieden as we learn about the origins, the spread and what the future will be like as a result of Covid-19.
Covid-19 has changed all aspects of our society throughout the entire country and the world, and continues to do so today. How did we get here? What should we expect now? And where are we going? Are just some of the questions on the forefront of everyone’s minds. Join The Common Good for Covid-19: Then, Now, and What’s to Comes moderated by HHS Deputy Asst Secretary for Health Rear Admiral (ret) Susan Blumenthal, MD with Dr. Daniel R. Lucey from Georgetown University and a leading scholar in infectious diseases, and former CDC director Dr. Tom Frieden as we learn about the origins, the spread and what the future will be like as a result of Covid-19.
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Dr. Tom Frieden, MD, MPH served as Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Commissioner of the New York City Health Department.
As Director, he led the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) work that ended the Ebola epidemic, launched initiative that will prevent 500,000 heart attacks and strokes, sounded the alarm and accelerated progress addressing the epidemic of opioid use, and increased effective action on the front lines to find and fight winnable battles and protect and improve health in the United States and around the world.
As Health Commissioner, he led health transformation in New York City which increased life expectancy by 3 years. He created plans to combat HIV and increased tobacco control resulting in the saving of countless lives.
He currently serves as President and CEO of Resolve To Save Lives which aims to prevent epidemics and save 100 million people from cardiovascular disease.
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Daniel Lucey MD, MPH graduated from Dartmouth College and Medical School, completed Internal Medicine Residency at UC San Francisco 1982-1985, and an Infectious Disease Fellowship and Masters in Public Health (MPH) in 1988 at Harvard.
He worked in the US Public Health Service for five years at the NIH and FDA. Since 2003 he has travelled overseas every year, mostly to Asia and Africa, to meet with colleagues involved with outbreaks of infectious diseases e.g., SARS, H5N1 avian flu, pandemic H1N1 human flu, Nipah virus, anthrax, MERS, H7N9 avian flu, and Ebola (in Sierra Leone and Liberia).
In 2014 he joined the O’Neill Institute as a Senior Scholar. Since 2004 he has taught a course on Global Emerging Infectious Diseases at GUMC and organized cross-campus symposia on infectious diseases at the Medical Center and School of Foreign Service. His proposal to the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History was recently approved for development of an exhibition on Global Zoonotic Emerging Infectious Diseases.
Dr. Susan Blumenthal has served as U.S. Assistant Surgeon General, the country’s first Deputy Assistant Secretary for Women’s Health, Director of the Office on Women’s Health, and as Senior Global Health Advisor in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). She is an internationally recognized medical expert and leader who has been a major force in bringing important public health issues including women’s health, global health, disease, obesity, and violence prevention, and mental illness to increased scientific and public attention, helping to place them at the top of our nation’s health care agenda.
Dr. Blumenthal has also been involved in the national public health response to terrorism, emergency pandemic preparedness, biotechnology issues, and emerging disease threats including AIDS and COVID-19. She is currently a Senior Fellow in Health Policy at New America where she is focused on a broad range of issues including the COVID-19 pandemic, applying technology to advance public health, health reform implementation, food insecurity, women’s health, and global health. Additionally, Dr. Blumenthal serves as Senior Policy and Medical Advisor to amfAR, the Foundation for AIDS Research and is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Tufts and Georgetown Schools of Medicine.
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