Columbia University professor Jeffrey Sachs, an economist who said he was appearing before the council on his own behalf, said the consequences of the sabotage were “enormous” not only from the economic losses but in the heightened threat to all cross-border infrastructure including undersea internet cables and offshore wind farms.
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"The poor were America's essential workers, on the front lines, saving lives and also incurring disease and death," Mr. Sachs said. "This pandemic report aims to shed light on the unequal burden of the pandemic, and to help point the way towards a fairer, healthier and more prosperous nation."
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