[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,,I want to lead here by talking\Na little bit about my credentials Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to bring this up with you, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because, quite honestly, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you really, really should not listen\Nto any old person with an opinion Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about COVID-19. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I've been working in global health\Nfor about 20 years, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my specific technical specialty\Nis in health systems Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what happens when health systems\Nexperience severe shocks. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've also worked\Nin global health journalism, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've written about\Nglobal health and biosecurity Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for newspapers and web outlets, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I published a book a few years back\Nabout the major global health threats Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,facing us as a planet. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have supported and led\Nepidemiology efforts Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that range from evaluating\NEbola treatment centers Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to looking at transmission\Nof tuberculosis in health facilities, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and doing avian influenza preparedness. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a Masters Degree\Nin International Health. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not a physician. I'm not a nurse. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My specialty isn't patient care\Nor taking care of individual people. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My specialty is looking at populations\Nand health systems: Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what happens when diseases\Nmove on the large level. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we're ranking sources\Nof global health expertise Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on a scale of one to 10, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one is some random person\Nranting on Facebook Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and 10 is the World Health Organization, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd say you can probably put me\Nat like a seven or an eight. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So keep that in mind as I talk to you.