Hello everyone and welcome to Amampur here's what's coming up.

As the global economy hurdles towards depression a vaccine is the way out.

We speak to the preeminent scientist tasked with finding that holy grail, Dr Richard Hatchet.

Then in Israel's war on coronavirus, the state's Arab doctors risk everything on the front lines.

Plus, they have changed their definition of how politics matter and why government matters to focus overwhelmingly on economic policy.

Trump's country club Republicans, the New Yorkers Evan Osnos, on quiet compromises

made in the voting booth. Plus.

Focusing, singer Laura Marling joins us, her latest album is a soothing balm for troubled times. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Kriste Manpur working from home in London.

As much of the world continues to battle COVID-19, we're facing a global recession of

historic proportions. In the United States numbers are expected to show the

economy shared 22 million jobs last month alone. 30 million have been lost since

the shutdown began and here the UK is likely to see the deepest

recession in its history. The same for the EU. And while this is because so many

people have obeyed those stay-at-home orders, the question now is will people be comfortable

leaving their homes to go back to work? Experts tell us the only real way out of this health, economic and indeed psychological crisis is a vaccine or treatments.

More than a hundred trials are in the works around the world right now, the most important mobilization in a generation.

But when will one be successful, if ever?

Well, the man to ask is Dr Richard Hatchet,

CEO of the very organization trying to speed up

development of a vaccine, SEPI, that's the organization, it's the coalition

for epidemic preparedness innovations. He also served as an advisor on pandemics for

President's George W Bush and Barack Obama. And Dr Hatchet is joining me now

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