Amanpour and Company

May 12, 2020

Christiane Amanpour speaks with U.S. Rep. Donna Shalala about today's U.S. Senate hearing and science reporter Donald G. McNeil Jr. about the country's roadmap out of the pandemic. She also speaks with Icelandic Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir about keeping the country's tourism-based economy alive. Hari Sreenivasan talks to Dr. F. Perry Wilson about the tension between politics and medicine.

U.S. Rep. Donna Shalala Reacts to Senate Hearing

2m 54s

Nearly every U.S. state is beginning to relax restrictions, but more than 80,000 lives are lost and the official death toll continues to rise. This as the WHO cautions countries to exercise extreme vigilance as they lift COVID-19 restrictions. Donna Shalala holds the record as the longest-serving Secretary of Health and Human Services. She joins the program to react to today’s Senate hearing.

Previews + Extras

  • What's America's Roadmap Out of the Pandemic?: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    What's America's Roadmap Out of the Pandemic?

    S2020 E2227 - 2m 26s

    What is America’s roadmap out of the pandemic? Journalist Donald G. McNeil Jr. knows better than most, having covered science, health and infectious diseases for the New York Times for more than two decades. He joins the program from New York.

  • Icelandic Prime Minister Talks Bringing Back Tourism: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Icelandic Prime Minister Talks Bringing Back Tourism

    S2020 E2227 - 2m 9s

    Iceland continues to record no new COVID-19 cases. The North Atlantic island nation has experienced around 1,800 cases, but just 10 reported deaths. This is in part due to rigorous testing and contact tracing. But Iceland's economy -- heavily dependent on tourism -- is taking a beating. To help recover, the government is lifting its travel ban on June 15. The Prime Minister speaks with Christiane.

  • Dr. F. Perry Wilson on Combatting Coronavirus Misinformation: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Dr. F. Perry Wilson on Combatting Coronavirus Misinformation

    S2020 E2227 - 17m 22s

    The pandemic has brought with it an overwhelming raft of information -- and with the science changing so fast, it’s fertile ground for conspiracy theories. Dr F. Perry Wilson calls it a “perfect storm,” a global crisis trapped between the medical and political worlds. He is a world-renowned clinical researcher at Yale University and is documenting his life working in a COVID-19 ward.

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