TASK DEFINITION: Generate an explanation for the given claim using the provided supporting material from the paragraph. Please consider the following points while generating an output. 1) The claim will always have supporting proof in the paragraph, and the paragraph will have a clear point of view supporting the claim. 2) There can be instances where direct correlation to the claim is not available. Make use of the sentences in the paragraph to provide a corresponding output supporting the claim. 3) The explanation should be at least one and at most twelve sentences long.
PROBLEM: Paragraph: The governor, who is also a pediatric neurologist, worked to comfort victims of Friday's shooting and their families, while helping coordinate the massive government response. He discussed the shooting with President Donald Trump in a private phone call, stood shoulder to shoulder with other elected officials at a news conference and pressed for tighter gun control to national audiences. The subject of widespread mockery after the racist photo from his medical school yearbook surfaced, the Democratic governor appears determined to project that he's up to the task. "Actions speak a lot louder than words. And I will have the leadership that's needed," Northam said in an interview with NPR after the shooting, while discussing potential plans to push for increased gun regulations. Police said 12 people were killed and several others injured when DeWayne Craddock, an engineer with the city's utilities department, opened fire inside a municipal building Friday afternoon. Northam quickly left Richmond after the shooting and drove to Virginia Beach, speaking to local, state and other officials on the way down to coordinate responses and share information. After a news conference Friday evening, Northam took a call from Trump to discuss the shooting, with the president offering the federal government's full support. Michael Berlucchi, a Virginia Beach City Council member, praised the governor and other officials for their work to address the shooting's aftermath from the city's emergency operations center. "Nobody carried their baggage into that room," Berlucchi said Sunday. "The only thing I saw was public servants coming together to address the worst tragedy in the history of our city." On Saturday, Northam attended a vigil at a church where he told those gathered that "God is in control." He visited a hospital to meet with survivors and thank doctors and staff. In broadcast interviews with national media, Northam stressed the need for action to prevent similar deadly shootings. "We lost 12 lives yesterday. If you look at the commonwealth of Virginia, we lost over 900 lives over the past two years to gun violence, gun-related accidents," Northam said on CNN. "So I will make decisions in the upcoming days but we need to look at our laws: are they safe, do they keep people protected in the Commonwealth of Virginia?" The governor has long been an advocate for stricter gun control. He made the issue a top priority of his 2017 gubernatorial campaign, drawing from his experience as a pediatrician and Army doctor who has treated children and soldiers wounded by firearms. But a package of bills Northam pushed this year, including legislation to limit gun magazine size and give local governments broader authority to ban guns in city buildings, went nowhere in a staunchly pro-gun Republican-controlled Virginia General Assembly. Northam hinted Saturday in media interviews that he may be considering some kind of executive action related to gun control efforts that would bypass the legislature, but his office declined to say what specific actions he may take. Any dramatic moves by the governor would face stiff resistance from his political opponents. Philip Van Cleave, president of the Virginia Citizens Defense League, said Northam doesn't have any real power to impose new gun limits and any efforts to do so would be an attempt to deflect attention away his scandal. "He'd be very happy to try and change the focus away from the blackface stuff," Van Cleave said. Northam has been battling for months to regain a sense of normalcy in office after a picture surfaced in February of man in blackface and another person wearing a Ku Klux Klan outfit on his medical school yearbook page. Northam has denied being in the picture, and investigators recently said they can't conclusively establish the identities of either person in the 35-year-old photo. The governor withstood widespread pressure for him to resign, which weakened after scandal soon enveloped his potential successors . Two women publicly accused Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax of sexual assault, which he denies, and Attorney General Mark Herring announced he'd also worn blackface in college, just days after calling on Northam to resign. Both Fairfax and Herring have also resisted calls to resign. Fairfax was also in Virginia Beach after the shooting. He attended a church service Sunday where and pledged to take "serious action" to prevent future mass shootings. "I think that thoughts and prayers from politicians are not enough," Fairfax said. "We've had too many thoughts and prayers over the years and we've not acted in the ways to prevent these mass shootings in the future." ___ This story has been corrected to say pediatrician, not pedestrian. ___ Contributors include Associated Press writer Ben Finley. Claim: Shooting poses Virginia governor's first test since scandal.

SOLUTION: Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam wasted little time getting to Virginia Beach after a gunman killed a dozen people in a city office building, the first major test of his leadership since a blackface scandal almost forced him from office four months ago.

PROBLEM: Paragraph: The Department of Health Services reported Friday that Wisconsin has seen 459 hospitalizations and 11 deaths due to flu complications this season. The number of hospitalizations is three times higher than last year at this time. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has elevated Wisconsin to its high flu category. South-central and southwestern Wisconsin have been hardest hit. And physicians said it could get worse before it gets better. "The best thought is that we are still going to be seeing it rise before we see it fall. Generally, the flu season lasts anywhere between four and 12 weeks, with eight kind of being the average," said Dr. Joseph McBride, an infectious disease specialist at UW Health in Madison. "I would imagine we are going to remain pretty high throughout January, but we'll see." In Milwaukee: 131 people have been hospitalized with the flu compared with 17 at this time last season. "We know that it's hitting some families pretty hard," Aurora Health Care pediatrician Dr. Kevin Dahlman said. State Health Officer Jeanne Ayers urged anyone who has not had an annual flu shot to get one. Claim: Flu hospitalizations spike across Wisconsin with 11 deaths .

SOLUTION: Wisconsin health officials are urging people to protect themselves as flu numbers spike across the state.

PROBLEM: Paragraph: "The story does not mention any costs of the experimental procedure. The story states that the new therapy eliminated the need for injections for months or years in 14 of 15 patients, thereby describing absolute benefits. The story states the new treatment is not without risks and that patients are prone to infection. However, there is no description of how severe this harm might be (could lead to death) or how frequently these occurred in the study. So, although harms are briefly mentioned, they are not adequately developed or appreciated. This is not a minor issue, as stem cell transplant can be associated with very signficant risks of infection, organ failure and even death. As an example of what can be left out in a shortened version, this line about potential harms appeared in the original LA Times story, but was left out of the Boston Globe version we reviewed: ""Burt's research group at Northwestern has performed 170 stem-cell transplants to treat a variety of immune system disorders, and two patients have died from the treatment."" The story does not report the strength of the evidence, namely whether this was a randomized trial or something less robust. Readers also aren't cautioned about the low number of participants or the short length of follow-up which limits the conclusions that can be drawn. The story does not overembellish the nature of the condition or its burden. The article quotes a source associated with the research and also quotes a source not associated with the research. The article discusses the alternate, standard thereapy for type 1 diabetics, which is insulin injections. The article states the treatment is experimental, letting readers know this procedure is not available at your local doctor's office just yet. The story states the research suggests a new avenue of treatment for people with Type I diabetes letting readers know this would be a new treatment (although the story states stem cell transplantation has been used with other conditions). Because the story had input from several sources, including one not involved in the research, it's safe to assume it did not rely solely or largely on a news release." Claim: Stem cell treatment used for diabetes

SOLUTION:
The story we reviewed was a 724-word version that the Boston Globe published, taken from an original Los Angeles Times story that had 1,253 words. While our overall review is quite favorable, the shorter Boston version left out important context for the story most notably on the potential harms of the procedure in question. We have written about this practice before. The article describes using adult stem cell transplantation to eliminate the need for insulin in people with type 1 diabetes. The article addresses many of our review criteria, including availability and novelty as well as describing absolute benefits seen in the experimental trial. The article does not adequately explain the strength of the evidence (e.g. was this a randomized clinical trial or something less robust? ), so readers are not given any guidance about the quality of the evidence. And there was no discussion of the costs of the procedure in this experimental phase or what it might cost if it became a treatment. The article also could have provided more context about harms, since serious complications, including death are possible. There was no discussion of how serious harms might be or how often they might occur. As an example of what can be left out in a shortened version, this line about potential harms appeared in the original LA Times story, but was left out of the Boston Globe version we reviewed: "Burt's research group at Northwestern has performed 170 stem-cell transplants to treat a variety of immune system disorders, and two patients have died from the treatment."