Francis Collins: “. . . the world has seen us as the soldier to the world. Might we not do better both in terms of our benevolence and our…”

Freedom has responsibilities, not just rights. And if this is what we have to do to get to the point where this virus is sent packing, well, that`s up to all of us to get there.

Let me remind you of the last sentence of that Gettysburg Address: 'that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom — and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.'

I`m a scientist, I`m a doctor, I`m not a politician, but somehow this is all gotten tangled up, and people have lost their grip on evidence of what ought to be used to make a decision like this.

I’m a patriot. I love my country, and I’m worried about my country right now.