Support. Michael keenan welcome to conflict zone thank you hong kong has started off this new year with mass arrests 53 prodemocracy politicians and activists detained on the grounds of subversion under the new National Security law the move has been condemned by the worlds leading democracy has Rights Groups law associations as being nothing more than a crackdown is hong kong witnessing a dismantling of its freedoms and its opposition wont i dont think so 1st of all just like you were never deals in the world we are busy fighting the pandemic. Certainly the massive arrest that happened earlier this year is about a primary being held there last year it involving 5060 people who participated in a primary in preparation for last years election ok so so far the basis of the. Primaries involves a lot of candidates whose election platform. Volley. Article 22. 00 of the National Security law which is to paralyze the government to stop everything from functioning to basically opposed every si
What ideas do they have of their future. D. W. Dot com africa megacities the multimedia. Could enter. The for. Islands and immunization for indonesia a logistical nightmare. Its the Worlds Largest archipelago. Shipping shots to hundreds of millions of citizens spread across more than 17000. 00. From the been there very good good from actually taking a public boat is not an ideal condition for distribution of fact. Ceilings on drugs over the wall but i think its just not safe to carry vaccines in crowded conditions not moving at least in parts of vermont. And the countries Vaccination Campaign is highly controversial it prioritises younger people over the elderly. The government argues that they make up the bulk of the countrys workforce that the breadwinners. Critics say theyre more vulnerable could lose out. Indonesia has dropped 1000000. 00 coronavirus cases and to clamp down on the soaring infectious rate its launched one of the worlds biggest vaccine drives but its strategy is cont
Probation member of Hong Kongs Legislative Council and deputy and Chinas National Peoples Congress he says the log needs clarification so why does he still support. Michael keenan welcome to conflict zone thank you. Hong kong has started off this new year with mass arrests 53. 00 prodemocracy politicians and activists detained on the grounds of subversion under the new National Security law the move has been condemned by the worlds leading democracy has Rights Groups law associations as being nothing more than a crackdown is hong kong witnessing a dismantling of its freedoms and its opposition. Well i do think so 1st of all just like you were never deals in the world we are busy fighting the pandemic certainly the massive arrests that happened earlier this year is about a primary being held last year it involving 5060 people who participated in the primaries in preparation for last years election ok so so for the reasons of brother or sister the primary involves a lot of candidates who
With the secret science bill is that it asked us to gather information we have no authority to gather and it asks us to release information where i cannot protect peoples personal privacy or confidential Business Information in order to release that publicly. And frankly, the way in which science works in this country is we dont look at the scientists dont exchange all the broad data, although they can and they often do, but they dont have to in order to do scientifically credible ng independent peer review which is the core of how this country has done science forever. Isnt it true that the American Cancer Society did that research independently of the federal government . Well, the two issues that started this concern about secret science had to do with the development of basically studies that were developed by the American Cancer Society and harvard, two not unknown or well thought of or poorly thought of entities. And they had information that we sought. We were given the informat
Federal government . Well, the two issues that started this concern about secret science had to do with the development of basically studies that were developed by the American Cancer Society and harvard, two not unknown or well thought of or poorly thought of entities. And they had information that we sought. We were given the information we had the authority to gather. They offered opportunities for that raw data to be reviewed in oneonone review by researchers, but they are cohort studies. Theyre individuals that are followed for many years. It is theyre great studies. We rely on it. But they are so filled with personal information that it would be impossible to redact that in sheer. So were doing the best we can to get the information out to people that were allowed to release, but in no way does the lack of access to raw data preclude us from relying on these studies and many others that have been the core of how we look at developing National Ambient air quality standards. Thank