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>> so which position do you support here? or do they both have a strong case? >> i think its a really interesting situation in terms of the way that governments respond to this. what omnicron is telling us that you have to control the pandemic globally, as well as locally. and it comes back to the mantra weve heard all the way through, that none of us are safe to all of us are safe. its true that there are low levels of vaccination in south africa. a lot of that is not to do with vaccine supply,...

Former british prime minister gordon brown, now w.h.o ambassador for global health financing, has been outspoken about how this variant is no surprise. he said, quote, our failure to vaccinate the rest of the world will come back to haunt us. but the current prime minister, boris johnson, has pushed back against that narrative when it comes to the omnicron variant. so well play the clips back to back here. >> lets just remember, only 25% of what america has promised in vaccines to the rest of th...

Billion doses have been delivered at cost, thanks to the deal the uk government did with astrazeneca, and i think when you look at the arrival and the spread of omicron, sadly it has been in countries where the problem has not been supply of vaccine, it has been really to do with hesitancy and lack of take—up, so i think there might be many... we do need to do more to vaccinate the world, the uk has been leading in that, but i dont think, and i will defer to chris and patrick, i dont think tha...

Crucially the unknown risks. we know that unvaccinated people have concerns about side effects as well as of the vaccines have been tested enough. according to our latest results and over time in our sample of unvaccinated people has gotten much smaller but the main hesitancy attitudes have been pretty constant. 0verwhelmingly, there are three attitudes that are common in people who have chosen not to vaccinate. they remain to be concerns there hasnt been enough testing, concerns about side effe...

If that music pops out at any point, it has that affect on you. i dont understand why. i just think that its ingrained now. ingrained in our culture. somehow. somehow. but -- you know, that was the job we had, to get over that. >> lets talk about the album. you obviously, the opportunity to go to nashville. sometimes i dont understand the allure that nashville has for british artists or people from australia, because i was raised in the south. say, oh, yeah. just go up 65, theres nashville, but ...

Aside and they said, you know, this jury cant come back with a not-guilty verdict, can it? um, and i remind people often that, you know, you had not one but two prosecutors who actually saw this tape but kdeclined to initiate charges against these individuals. and so, i think that is the reason for hesitancy, although the prosecution has done a yeomans job in putting together the best case they possibly could. >> bakari, talk a little more about that because i wasnt alt lunch at the chop house b...

Actually saw this tape but declined to initiate charges against these individuals. so i think that is the reason for hesitancy although the prosecution has done a yomans job in putting together the best case they possibly could. >> talk a little more about that. i wasnt at lunch at the chop house but ive had a lot of people ask me essentially why would the defense say those things about ahmaud arberys toe nails? why would she say something that offensive? the answer has to be to a degree because...

Do you see any questions, is it those people just waiting their turn or do you see any hesitancy or people are saying i got two, i dont need three? >> i think theres been a lot of confused messaging around boosters to the point that a lot of people, including patients that i see, they are not even thinking about boosters as in they have heard about this debate. they are now thinking, well, im pretty well protected with two doses. do i really need this third dose, is it just something thats nice ...

Theres a lot more hesitancy going on there. potentially driven by a lot of misinformation, potentially some of it from russia for example. in other countries there are long running hesitancy towards vaccination. although in france they overcame that with some quick, smart policies earlier on this year. which saw them introducing passports to get into certain places. there a lot going on. in britain i think weve done reasonably well in getting our aduu done reasonably well in getting our adult va...

The Health Secretary said the UK is ‘fortunate’ to have less vaccine hesitancy than other countries.