[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.02,0:00:03.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You may never have heard\Nof Kenema, Sierra Leone Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.80,0:00:05.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or Arua, Nigeria. Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.36,0:00:09.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I know them as two of the most\Nextraordinary places on earth. Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.96,0:00:15.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In hospitals there, there's a community\Nof nurses, physicians and scientists Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.03,0:00:16.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that have been quietly battling Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.61,0:00:19.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of the deadliest threats\Nto humanity for years: Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.34,0:00:20.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lassa virus. Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.12,0:00:23.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lassa virus is a lot like Ebola. Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.28,0:00:26.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can cause a severe fever\Nand can often be fatal. Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.05,0:00:30.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But these individuals,\Nthey risk their lives every day Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.02,0:00:33.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to protect the individuals\Nin their communities, Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.96,0:00:36.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and by doing so, protect us all. Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.09,0:00:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But one of the most extraordinary things\NI learned about them Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.02,0:00:42.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on one of my first visits\Nout there many years ago Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.62,0:00:44.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was that they start each morning -- Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.35,0:00:49.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these challenging, extraordinary days\Non the front lines -- by singing. Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.73,0:00:53.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They gather together,\Nand they show their joy. Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.09,0:00:54.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They show their spirit. Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.64,0:00:55.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And over the years, Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.82,0:00:58.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from year after year as I've visited them\Nand they've visited me, Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.96,0:01:00.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I get to gather with them and I sing Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.98,0:01:03.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we write and we love it, Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.18,0:01:06.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it reminds us that we're not\Njust there to pursue science together; Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.74,0:01:09.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're bonded through a shared humanity. Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.59,0:01:13.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that of course, as you can imagine,\Nbecomes extremely important, Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.93,0:01:16.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even essential, as things begin to change. Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.73,0:01:21.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that changed a great deal\Nin March of 2014, Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.54,0:01:23.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the Ebola outbreak\Nwas declared in Guinea. Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.43,0:01:26.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the first outbreak in West Africa, Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.58,0:01:29.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,near the border\Nof Sierra Leone and Liberia. Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.07,0:01:32.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was frightening,\Nfrightening for us all. Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.62,0:01:34.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had actually suspected for some time Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.56,0:01:37.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Lassa and Ebola were more\Nwidespread than thought, Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.22,0:01:39.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we thought it could\None day come to Kenema. Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.90,0:01:42.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so members of my team\Nimmediately went out Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.33,0:01:44.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and joined Dr. Humarr Khan\Nand his team there, Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.75,0:01:48.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we set up diagnostics to be able\Nto have sensitive molecular tests Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.45,0:01:50.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to pick up Ebola if it came\Nacross the border Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.63,0:01:51.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and into Sierra Leone. Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.92,0:01:54.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'd already set up this kind\Nof capacity for Lassa virus, Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.94,0:01:56.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we knew how to do it, Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.12,0:01:57.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the team is outstanding. Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.57,0:02:00.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We just had to give them\Nthe tools and place to survey for Ebola. Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.34,0:02:02.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And unfortunately, that day came. Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.99,0:02:07.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On May 23, 2014, a woman checked\Ninto the maternity ward at the hospital, Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.100,0:02:11.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the team ran\Nthose important molecular tests Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.75,0:02:15.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they identified the first\Nconfirmed case of Ebola in Sierra Leone. Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.11,0:02:18.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was an exceptional\Nwork that was done. Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.18,0:02:20.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were able to diagnose\Nthe case immediately, Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.46,0:02:22.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to safely treat the patient Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.80,0:02:25.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to begin to do contact tracing\Nto follow what was going on. Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.84,0:02:27.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It could've stopped something. Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.84,0:02:30.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But by the time that day came, Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.71,0:02:33.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the outbreak had already\Nbeen breeding for months. Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.09,0:02:36.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With hundreds of cases, it had already\Neclipsed all previous outbreaks. Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.76,0:02:40.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it came into Sierra Leone\Nnot as that singular case, Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.42,0:02:41.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but as a tidal wave. Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.12,0:02:44.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had to work\Nwith the international community, Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.42,0:02:48.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the Ministry of Health, with Kenema,\Nto begin to deal with the cases, Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.15,0:02:50.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the next week brought 31, Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.24,0:02:53.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then 92, then 147 cases --\Nall coming to Kenema, Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.94,0:02:57.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of the only places in Sierra Leone\Nthat could deal with this. Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.61,0:03:01.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we worked around the clock\Ntrying to do everything we could, Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.03,0:03:03.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to help the individuals,\Ntrying to get attention, Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.02,0:03:05.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we also did one other simple thing. Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.54,0:03:10.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From that specimen that we take\Nfrom a patient's blood to detect Ebola, Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.36,0:03:12.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can discard it, obviously. Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.44,0:03:16.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The other thing we can do is, actually,\Nput in a chemical and deactivate it, Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.08,0:03:18.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so just place it into a box\Nand ship it across the ocean, Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.83,0:03:19.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's what we did. Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.00,0:03:22.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We sent it to Boston, where my team works. Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.72,0:03:26.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we also worked around the clock\Ndoing shift work, day after day, Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.58,0:03:30.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we quickly generated 99 genomes\Nof the Ebola virus. Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.48,0:03:33.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the blueprint -- the genome\Nof a virus is the blueprint. Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.56,0:03:34.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all have one. Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.74,0:03:36.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It says everything that makes up us, Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.71,0:03:38.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it tells us so much information. Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.64,0:03:41.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The results of this kind of work\Nare simple and they're powerful. Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.40,0:03:44.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We could actually take\Nthese 99 different viruses, Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.89,0:03:46.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,look at them and compare them, Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.36,0:03:49.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we could see, actually,\Ncompared to three genomes Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.23,0:03:52.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that had been previously\Npublished from Guinea, Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.09,0:03:55.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we could show that the outbreak\Nemerged in Guinea months before, Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.83,0:03:57.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,once into the human population, Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.69,0:04:00.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and from there had been transmitting\Nfrom human to human. Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.39,0:04:01.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, that's incredibly important Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.96,0:04:04.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you're trying to figure out\Nhow to intervene, Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.35,0:04:06.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the important thing\Nis contact tracing. Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.44,0:04:09.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We also could see that as the virus\Nwas moving between humans, Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.86,0:04:11.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was mutating. Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.14,0:04:13.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And each of those mutations\Nare so important, Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.32,0:04:15.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the diagnostics, the vaccines, Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.66,0:04:17.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the therapies that we're using, Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.17,0:04:20.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are all based on that genome\Nsequence, fundamentally -- Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.56,0:04:21.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's what drives it. Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.80,0:04:24.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so global health experts\Nwould need to respond, Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.71,0:04:25.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would have to develop, Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.93,0:04:28.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to recalibrate everything\Nthat they were doing. Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.08,0:04:32.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the way that science works,\Nthe position I was in at that point Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.28,0:04:33.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is, I had the data, Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.46,0:04:36.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I could have worked\Nin a silo for many, many months, Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.12,0:04:38.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,analyzed the data carefully, slowly, Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.34,0:04:41.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,submitted the paper for publication,\Ngone through a few back-and-forths, Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.83,0:04:44.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then finally when the paper came out,\Nmight release that data. Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.98,0:04:47.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the way the status quo works. Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.21,0:04:49.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, that was not going to work\Nat this point, right? Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.80,0:04:51.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had friends on the front lines Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.43,0:04:54.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to us it was just obvious\Nthat what we needed is help, Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.71,0:04:55.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lots of help. Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.89,0:04:57.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the first thing we did is, Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.31,0:04:59.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as soon as the sequences\Ncame off the machines, Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.02,0:05:01.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we published it to the web. Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.48,0:05:04.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We just released it to the whole world\Nand said, "Help us." Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.34,0:05:05.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And help came. Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.69,0:05:06.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before we knew it, Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.88,0:05:09.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we were being contacted\Nfrom people all over, Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.24,0:05:11.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,surprised to see the data\Nout there and released. Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.71,0:05:13.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of the greatest\Nviral trackers in the world Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.98,0:05:16.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were suddenly part of our community. Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.09,0:05:18.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were working together\Nin this virtual way, Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.44,0:05:21.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sharing, regular calls, communications, Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.45,0:05:24.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to follow the virus\Nminute by minute, Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.22,0:05:26.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see ways that we could stop it. Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.03,0:05:30.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there are so many ways\Nthat we can form communities like that. Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.18,0:05:35.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everybody, particularly when the outbreak\Nstarted to expand globally, Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.53,0:05:39.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was reaching out to learn,\Nto participate, to engage. Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.79,0:05:41.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everybody wants to play a part. Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.41,0:05:44.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The amount of human capacity\Nout there is just amazing, Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.21,0:05:45.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Internet connects us all. Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.96,0:05:49.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And could you imagine that instead\Nof being frightened of each other, Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.23,0:05:51.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we all just said, "Let's do this. Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.11,0:05:53.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's work together,\Nand let's make this happen." Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.66,0:05:56.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the problem is that the data\Nthat all of us are using, Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.43,0:06:00.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Googling on the web, is just too limited\Nto do what we need to do. Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.49,0:06:03.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so many opportunities\Nget missed when that happens. Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.16,0:06:05.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in the early part\Nof the epidemic from Kenema, Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.67,0:06:08.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we'd had 106 clinical records\Nfrom patients, Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.43,0:06:11.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we once again made that\Npublicly available to the world. Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.29,0:06:14.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in our own lab, we could show\Nthat you could take those 106 records, Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.98,0:06:18.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we could train computers to predict\Nthe prognosis for Ebola patients Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.63,0:06:20.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to near 100 percent accuracy. Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.43,0:06:22.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we made an app\Nthat could release that, Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.55,0:06:25.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make that available\Nto health-care workers in the field. Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.34,0:06:28.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But 106 is just not enough\Nto make it powerful, Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.63,0:06:29.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to validate it. Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.80,0:06:32.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we were waiting for more data\Nto release that. Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.48,0:06:34.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the data has still not come. Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.55,0:06:37.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are still waiting, tweaking away, Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.10,0:06:39.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in silos rather than working together. Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.96,0:06:42.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this just -- we can't accept that. Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.22,0:06:46.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right? You, all of you,\Ncannot accept that. Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.05,0:06:47.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's our lives on the line. Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.76,0:06:49.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in fact, actually, Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.49,0:06:52.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many lives were lost,\Nmany health-care workers, Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.06,0:06:53.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including beloved colleagues of mine, Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.98,0:06:57.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,five colleagues:\NMbalu Fonnie, Alex Moigboi, Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.75,0:07:01.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dr. Humarr Khan, Alice Kovoma\Nand Mohamed Fullah. Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.78,0:07:04.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are just five\Nof many health-care workers Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.33,0:07:06.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at Kenema and beyond Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.12,0:07:09.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that died while the world waited\Nand while we all worked, Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.18,0:07:11.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,quietly and separately. Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.06,0:07:13.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, Ebola, like all threats to humanity, Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.12,0:07:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's fueled by mistrust\Nand distraction and division. Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.03,0:07:20.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we build barriers amongst ourselves\Nand we fight amongst ourselves, Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.82,0:07:22.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the virus thrives. Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.67,0:07:24.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But unlike all threats to humanity, Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.48,0:07:27.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ebola is one where\Nwe're actually all the same. Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.16,0:07:29.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're all in this fight together. Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.06,0:07:31.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ebola on one person's doorstep\Ncould soon be on ours. Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.18,0:07:34.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so in this place\Nwith the same vulnerabilities, Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.00,0:07:37.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the same strengths,\Nthe same fears, the same hopes, Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.44,0:07:40.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope that we work together with joy. Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.43,0:07:45.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A graduate student of mine\Nwas reading a book about Sierra Leone, Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.52,0:07:47.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she discovered that the word "Kenema," Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.88,0:07:51.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the hospital that we work at and the city\Nwhere we work in Sierra Leone, Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.35,0:07:55.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is named after the Mende word\Nfor "clear like a river, translucent Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.55,0:07:57.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and open to the public gaze." Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.44,0:07:58.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was really profound for us, Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.01,0:08:01.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because without knowing it,\Nwe'd always felt Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.13,0:08:04.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that in order to honor the individuals\Nin Kenema where we worked, Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.33,0:08:08.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we had to work openly, we had to share\Nand we had to work together. Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.07,0:08:10.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we have to do that. Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.28,0:08:14.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all have to demand that\Nof ourselves and others -- Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.06,0:08:16.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be open to each other\Nwhen an outbreak happens, Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.96,0:08:18.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to fight in this fight together. Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.63,0:08:21.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because this is not the first\Noutbreak of Ebola, Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.56,0:08:23.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it will not be the last, Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.04,0:08:26.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there are many other microbes\Nout there that are lying in wait, Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.22,0:08:27.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like Lassa virus and others. Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.66,0:08:29.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the next time this happens, Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.20,0:08:32.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it could happen in a city of millions,\Nit could start there. Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.42,0:08:35.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It could be something\Nthat's transmitted through the air. Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.14,0:08:37.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It could even be\Ndisseminated intentionally. Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.31,0:08:40.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I know that that is frightening,\NI understand that, Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.32,0:08:42.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I know also,\Nand this experience shows us, Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.100,0:08:46.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we have the technology\Nand we have the capacity Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.34,0:08:47.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to win this thing, Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.96,0:08:50.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to win this and have\Nthe upper hand over viruses. Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.83,0:08:53.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we can only do it if we do it together Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.12,0:08:54.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we do it with joy. Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.87,0:08:56.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So for Dr. Khan Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.42,0:09:00.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and for all of those who sacrificed\Ntheir lives on the front lines Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.61,0:09:03.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this fight with us always, Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.03,0:09:05.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let us be in this fight with them always. Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.86,0:09:07.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And let us not let the world be defined Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.76,0:09:09.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the destruction wrought by one virus, Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.90,0:09:12.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but illuminated by billions\Nof hearts and minds Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.71,0:09:13.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,working in unity. Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.94,0:09:15.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you. Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.14,0:09:22.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)