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  1. Sheri Fink So in 2018, it was the hundredth anniversary of the terrible 1918 flu pandemic. This was called the Spanish flu. And it just killed millions and millions of people around the world. So on that hundredth-year anniversary, many gatherings were held to discuss the lessons of that flu pandemic for today. And there was this one gathering of high-level people in Atlanta, Georgia, where the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is based. And among the officials there was a group from the National Security Council. It had actually been created, a special unit on global health security that was created after that terrible Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Archived Recording So let’s begin with you, Dr. [INAUDIBLE]. Sheri Fink So one of the officials with that group, with that unit — Archived Recording (Luciano Borio) Well, it’s a pleasure to be here with so many of my colleagues. And we’ve been working together for more than a decade on these issues. Sheri Fink — she steps up to the podium and she says — Archived Recording (Luciano Borio) The threat of pandemic flu is our number one health security concern. We know that it cannot be stopped at the border. Michael Barbaro So this is a pretty senior health official on the National Security Council warning her colleagues that there is a very predictable threat here — a pandemic flu and — Archived Recording (Luciano Borio) Are we ready to respond to a pandemic? I fear the answer is no. Michael Barbaro — in her words, the country is just not really ready for it. So we should do something about it. Sheri Fink Exactly. And as it happens, the very next day, that global health security unit where she worked was shut down by a senior member of the Trump administration.
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  2. Sheri Fink So in 2018, it was the hundredth anniversary of the terrible 1918 flu pandemic. This was called the Spanish flu. And it just killed millions and millions of people around the world. So on that hundredth-year anniversary, many gatherings were held to discuss the lessons of that flu pandemic for today. And there was this one gathering of high-level people in Atlanta, Georgia, where the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is based. And among the officials there was a group from the National Security Council. It had actually been created, a special unit on global health security that was created after that terrible Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Archived Recording So let’s begin with you, Dr. [INAUDIBLE]. Sheri Fink So one of the officials with that group, with that unit — Archived Recording (Luciano Borio) Well, it’s a pleasure to be here with so many of my colleagues. And we’ve been working together for more than a decade on these issues. Sheri Fink — she steps up to the podium and she says — Archived Recording (Luciano Borio) The threat of pandemic flu is our number one health security concern. We know that it cannot be stopped at the border. Michael Barbaro So this is a pretty senior health official on the National Security Council warning her colleagues that there is a very predictable threat here — a pandemic flu and — Archived Recording (Luciano Borio) Are we ready to respond to a pandemic? I fear the answer is no. Michael Barbaro — in her words, the country is just not really ready for it. So we should do something about it. Sheri Fink Exactly. And as it happens, the very next day, that global health security unit where she worked was shut down by a senior member of the Trump administration.
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  3. Sheri Fink So in 2018, it was the hundredth anniversary of the terrible 1918 flu pandemic. This was called the Spanish flu. And it just killed millions and millions of people around the world. So on that hundredth-year anniversary, many gatherings were held to discuss the lessons of that flu pandemic for today. And there was this one gathering of high-level people in Atlanta, Georgia, where the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is based. And among the officials there was a group from the National Security Council. It had actually been created, a special unit on global health security that was created after that terrible Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Archived Recording So let’s begin with you, Dr. [INAUDIBLE]. Sheri Fink So one of the officials with that group, with that unit — Archived Recording (Luciano Borio) Well, it’s a pleasure to be here with so many of my colleagues. And we’ve been working together for more than a decade on these issues. Sheri Fink — she steps up to the podium and she says — Archived Recording (Luciano Borio) The threat of pandemic flu is our number one health security concern. We know that it cannot be stopped at the border. Michael Barbaro So this is a pretty senior health official on the National Security Council warning her colleagues that there is a very predictable threat here — a pandemic flu and — Archived Recording (Luciano Borio) Are we ready to respond to a pandemic? I fear the answer is no. Michael Barbaro — in her words, the country is just not really ready for it. So we should do something about it. Sheri Fink Exactly. And as it happens, the very next day, that global health security unit where she worked was shut down by a senior member of the Trump administration.
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