[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whitney Pennington Rodgers:\NBefore we really dive in Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to talking specifically about\NGoogle's work Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the contact tracing space, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let's first set up, sort of, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the relationship between\Npublic health and tech. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, I think a lot of people, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they hear Google and they think of\Nthis big tech company. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The think of a search engine. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there may be questions\Nabout why does Google Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have a chief health officer? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So could you talk a little bit\Nabout your work Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the work your team does? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Karen DeSalvo: Yeah. Well,\Nmaybe I am the embodiment Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of public health in tech. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Coming together, my background\Nis I practiced medicine for 20 years, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,though a part of my work\Nhas always been in public health. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, my first job,\Nputting myself through college, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was working at the state laboratory Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Massachusetts. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As the story will go, with joy,\Nwherever you connect it again, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a Massachusetts theme. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I, across the journey\Nof the work that I was doing Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for my patients Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to provide them information Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the right care and meet them\Nwhere they were medically, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,translated into the work Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I did when I was\Nthe Health Commissioner in New Orleans Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and later when I had other roles\Nin public health practice, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that really is about thinking\Nof people and community Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the context in which they live\Nand how we provide the best information, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the best resources, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the best services that are\Nculturally and linguistically appropriate, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,meet them where they are. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when the opportunity arose\Nto join the team at Google, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was really thrilled, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because one of the things\Nthat I have learned across my journey Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that having the right\Ninformation at the right time Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can make all the difference in the world.\NIt can literally save lives. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And billions of people\Ncome to Google every day Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,asking for information, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so it is a tremendous opportunity\Nto have that right information Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and those resources to people Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that they can make good choices, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that they can have\Nthe right information, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that they can participate\Nin their own health, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also, in the context\Nof this historic pandemic, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be a part of the broader health\Nof the community, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether it's to flatten the curve\Nor keep the curve flat as we go forward. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,WPR: And so it sounds like\Nthat there is this connection, then, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between public health\Nand what Google's work is Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in thinking about public education\Nand providing information. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so could you talk\Na little bit about that link Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between public health\Nand public education, and Google. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,KD: Definitely.