Senator Bill Frist is a doctor and former US Senator from Tennessee. We interviewed Senator Frist as part of our #PassTheMic series. Here’s some of what he had to say in the interview. We’ve got an enemy that is a virus that knows no borders. It doesn’t need visas or passports so the universality of that enemy is global. The challenge is that it’s a stealth virus: unlike most viruses where you’re infectious when you’re symptomatic, in this case, you may...
Dame Minouche Shafik is the director of the London School of Economics. We interviewed Dame Minouche as part of our #PassTheMic series. Here’s some of what she had to say in the interview. The biggest challenge we currently face with coronavirus is — and it seems obvious to say this — that it’s a global pandemic. So unless we solve it everywhere, we will never solve it. On the health side, a global response is essential for solving this pandemic. Otherwise,...
Dr. Anthony Fauci is the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Julia Roberts interviewed Dr. Fauci as part of our #PassTheMic series. Here's some of what Dr. Fauci had to say in the interview.  We're currently dealing with a public health crisis, and the most important thing that people can do right now is listen to the scientific evidence. At the moment, that clearly indicates that physical separation is working to a certain extent. So now...
The COVID-19 pandemic is dominating news channels, social media, and our daily conversations. With such an overwhelming amount of information, it can be hard to cut through the noise. That’s why we’re launching #PassTheMic, so that we can hear directly from the experts and frontline workers. Each day, celebrities including Julia Roberts, Danai Gurira, and Hugh Jackman will hand their social media channels over to medical experts like Dr. Anthony Fauci, frontline workers like Dr. Tsion Firew of Columbia University,...