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The delusion was that the first COVID patient
was the only one. In fact, the disease
was already spreading inside the United States. The challenge for scientists
was to convince politicians to mobilize the country to fight a virus
no one could see. In a meeting on January 23rd, Rick Bright made his pitch
to Alex Azar. My assignment,
remember in BARDA, is to make sure
that we start making drugs, vaccines, and those
tests as quickly as possible
was the only one. In fact, the disease
was already spreading inside the United States. The challenge for scientists
was to convince politicians to mobilize the country to fight a virus
no one could see. In a meeting on January 23rd, Rick Bright made his pitch
to Alex Azar. My assignment,
remember in BARDA, is to make sure
that we start making drugs, vaccines, and those
tests as quickly as possible
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The delusion was
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that the first COVID patient
was the only one.
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In fact, the disease
was already spreading
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inside the United States.
00:00:10.408 --> 00:00:13.612
The challenge for scientists
was to convince politicians
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to mobilize the country
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to fight a virus
no one could see.
00:00:19.484 --> 00:00:21.062
In a meeting on January 23rd,
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Rick Bright made his pitch
to Alex Azar.
00:00:25.456 --> 00:00:27.076
My assignment,
remember in BARDA,
00:00:27.792 --> 00:00:29.895
is to make sure
that we start making
00:00:29.927 --> 00:00:34.367
drugs, vaccines, and those
tests as quickly as possible.
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Movie Summary
An in-depth look at how the United States government handled the response to the COVID-19 outbreak during the early months of the pandemic.
