...& positive solutions to Climate Change, all of which will require us all to be engaged:pic.twitter.com/Iunu2vOt5q
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.@theNAMedicine tackles the other key issue of the day - Climate Change & Health, with Keynote from @LSHTM_Planet Sir Andrew Haines commenting on Solastalgia - distress caused by environmental changepic.twitter.com/D8ywTo6nQj
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..benefits of our personal choices on commuting, diet, housing expectationspic.twitter.com/rec0FRF058
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Thank you to
@LSHTM's@LSHTM_Planet's Dr. Haines, who by the way, has been doing day-long video conferences well before the COVID outbreak to help reduce his carbon footprint!pic.twitter.com/Fr14t4Fu6V
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Dr. Victor Dzau's leadership of
@theNAMedicine is crystallized in today's session, dealing w/ 3 existential threats that he's personally led the fight against at NAM: Climate change, pandemics, systemic racism & inequity. Now on to the final session - a real humdinger!pic.twitter.com/wzIrypwKhP
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Starting w/ President of the European Union Commission
@vonderleyen, a physician who understands the role of science in policy.pic.twitter.com/DsVnAquYgr
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EU will create an organization similar to US
@BARDA, will move forward with Green Deal to secure planet's health, economy & security, will strengthen respect for scientific evidence in policy & private sector decisions.@vonderleyen will lead fight against science scepticismpic.twitter.com/JFXJzpP7oX
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Now for a major power panel: Judith Rodin
@RockefellerFdn,@JeremyFarrar,@nfergus, Adrienne Hollis@UCSUSA,@JimYongKimWBG, @RepShalala. Wow! Dr. Rodin is the moderator. Worth logging on for right now!pic.twitter.com/jB9vYm8Xif
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@nfergus...we shouldn't expect a great period of 'normalcy' following COVID-19, or a liberation as some have suggested followed the Black Death. It will likely be more chaotic, if history's a guidepic.twitter.com/oUwdOM9Gd9
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@JeremyFarrar...Moving rapidly when a pandemic emerges 'with no regrets' is critical, but so is what you do beforehand! If you're trying to establish partnerships, policies 'on the hoof' you will fail. Based on his personal experiences working in Vietnam for 18 yrs.pic.twitter.com/D3TJOXHC0E
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.@EjToxicdoc
@UCSUSA we have a history in US of abusing our public health system to treat people as 'less than', e.g. Tuskegee, Henrietta Lacks. Need to make sure vaccine trials have wide coverage, and encourage participation - difficult in current administration.pic.twitter.com/cksJMPGNbL
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