The Inaugural Episode w/ Former Deputy Director of HIV Prevention at CDC Gary West

On our inaugural episode of the Collier Democratic Roundup we talk with Gary West. Gary is a former deputy director of HIV / AIDS Prevention at CDC where he worked in a variety of positions over a 35-year career. He is also the former Senior Vice-President in charge of Research at Family Health International. In retirement, Gary has been giving lectures at U.N.C. Chapel Hill and Duke Universities where he speaks about his broad career in public health and his work on HIV / AIDS, smallpox, influenza, and other infectious diseases. In part 1 we talk about Gary's views on the COVID crisis, the difficulties in testing, how we should view the W.H.O. and the C.D.C., and how America handled the early stages of the pandemic.Also on the podcast is our panel discussion where our panel discusses the reduction in global emissions as a result of the Coronavirus shutdowns and how governments may react to the economic effect with cuts to environmental regulations. We discuss the opinion piece written by Vice-President Biden in late January and how it provides a stark contrast in foresight between President Trump and his Democratic opponent. And we discuss the latest evidence of how the Republican party plans to defend the President's handling of the Coronavirus Pandemic. Also we have news and information on whats going on in the local party and how you can get involved to help elect Democrats in November. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/30/climate/global-emissions-decline.htmlhttps://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/01/27/coronavirus-donald-trump-made-us-less-prepared-joe-biden-column/4581710002/https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/blame-and-counter-charges-the-u-s-china-rhetorical-war-over-covid-19