COVID-19: Global Town Hall KEYNOTE Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel | A Partnership of World Affairs Councils

The Tennessee World Affairs Council in cooperation with a half dozen sister Councils collaborated to bring you a two-evening special presentation on COVID-19. This is the sterling keynote and scene setting address by a leading physician and expert on the pandemic, Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel. *** Dr. Ezekiel Emanual, MD, Ph.D., is an American oncologist, bioethicist and senior fellow at the Center for American Progress. He is the current Vice Provost for Global Initiatives at the University of Pennsylvania and chair of the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy. Dr. Emanuel was keynote speaker for the first of two evenings of the COVID-19 Complexities: Global Town Hall seeking a better understanding of the impact of the pandemic and the way out. Examining Critical Issues in the Global Pandemic COVID-19 has touched every part of the world but its effects and the reaction of different countries has been uneven. In an interconnected world we need to understand the pandemic’s impact beyond our borders. Importantly, the progress toward a COVID-19 vaccine and therapeutic treatments is a global pursuit. There are, as well, already no shortage of changes made and those to come in reaction to the global catastrophe – in our communities, technology, health and science, government performance, elections, the global economy and our lifestyles. A group of World Affairs Councils – nationwide, independent, nonpartisan educational organizations – is joining together with an international network of journalists and specialists to organize conversations over the course of two evenings in early September. The goal is to help Americans understand the impact of the pandemic in an interactive program open to all.