Able to ease some of the restrictions to encourage everyone together and this. Is the problem. Also coming up its spreading and its dangerous im talking about fake news and faults information about the. Moment there was a belief that. Would be able to get rid of the virus people started to say that you should start thinking and drinking. And thats going to help you kill the virus so they prescribe the drug. Big effect and that was completely false information. Viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome we begin the day with a question if you observed it now how was your easter. Weekend but we now know what a major holiday looks like in the shutdown lockdown coronavirus world we live in at the moment there was silence from San Francisco to solve spur on sunday and an easy a natural low and now comes the clamoring calls for an end to travel and work restrictions this week some countries will begin leaving the walk down austria will become the 1st European Union member to start reopening nonessential businesses in shops it is a different story however in france and in the u. K. With new cases and deaths from the coronavirus in both countries some of the highest in the world paris and london say it is simply too early to ease up at all here in berlin chancellor Angela Merkel she is weighing the options for germany the current lockdown is scheduled to end this coming sunday should it be extended well today the countrys National Academy of sciences said no not completely in its report the academy recommends gradually reopening primary and secondary schools across the country the report says that schools could soon be followed by shops and restaurants with one important condition table should be positioned to comply with social distancing the academy also recommends that people wear face masks in Public Places for additional protection and the economy warns that these reductions in restrictions should only occur in conjunction with nationwide testing for the virus they give a big yes to testing and they give a nod to some data surveillance the academy says g. P. S. Data collected from our mobile phones could be used for that very important contact trades or earlier we spoke with claudia visa and one of the academics who contributed to todays report. Its not just a Health Problem it is an economic of the we cant ignore that we do have to. Deepen our efforts to to to Work Together to to try to solve this particular situation we have to better isolate for example. People who are infected for that when i need it but it datta us that we need a doctor scientist to model these particular situations we need the support of the public who voluntarily give. For these models and well to encourage each and every one to Work Together on this problem we cant just treat it is as a problem of the Health Care System it is much more than that it was claudia visa month speaking with us earlier that report will be one of the considerations this week as german chancellor Angela Merkel begins consultations on whether or not to extend the current walked out restrictions to talk about that im joined tonight from stuttgart by dr stefan caliph when he is a german politician member of chancellor im going to air calls c. D. U. Party mr hellman its good to have you on the program what do you say should these even want down restrictions should they be loosened here in germany. Yes everybody of us are curious waiting for these records and see its a very balanced report of the National Academy of. Suggestions are very nice its a science based. Science based. Of good politics and i think the suggestions are route to start in into the lock down the restrictions and starting to report it into schools for example into the secondary school not into kindergartens because its more difficult to keep distance between the children so to start primary and secondary school and also not in the Higher School level because they can do it by yourself the Digital Learning and thats one of the one of advice this day give to us and chancellor on wednesday to get we just state president s of the states will take the decision stand up to do but i think its a very good basis for the 3rd to develop an interim mr cowper do you think that the decision made this week will it be made solely on the science the david that youre talking about or or what about the attitude in the feeling of the people of the german people do you think that they are growing tired and fatigued of this lockdown. The polls Say Something different 80 to 90 percent. This is a lock down and all of what we decide to do so do you think its necessary for road to protection of the health of people so we started a discussion about economical. Particle only the consequences of to look down to most of the people of the. Government and all that they decided to get out and now we have to see what we can losing in. Pollen sent i think its very good dont you have a very strong scientific advice if its times and it also shows that its very important to have researchers that have liked it well enough to give us a good advice and also for the chance to learn to execute their different port they came out today mr calvert also advocates using. Our data from our smartphones to track people are germans concerned about this type of surveillance do you think that this is maybe opening the door into a surveillance state of the future. Yes we have a debate on death for true if you look on h. B. O. And sauce korea for example a lot of success with dont miss it but we have to discuss it in chumley a little bit different and so we say it can be a duty to use this system to use these apps but it can be. You can be. Yes and then i think it can look also in show we developed a good at. Least variable through. Yes the controlling enabling but it would be a duty i think that surprised. Also a political field mr come you know the entire world has been looking to germany in this pandemic because the mortality rate is so low compared to your neighbors compared also to the United States and asia but also the adherents to the restrictions of this lockdown has also been high how do you explain that why are germans willing to obey a the lockdown in comparison maybe more so than their neighbors here in europe why is that. Yes i think people will feed it all what we decided to do is that a lot of those. Things we do for the health system. Successfully we have around 3000. 00 deaths thats a lot less than in other countries and i think we started early to test and also to protect people. That we are not quite the immigrant template in other countries by death rate higher there but. You can see the population in germany in accordance with that look the government did so long all right mr stuff on health and a member of the German Parliament joining us tonight from stuttgart mr governor we appreciate your time tonight thank you very much. The United States is the country with the most confirmed coronavirus cases and deaths it took less than 2 months for the corona epicenter to migrate from china to italy to new york in that time u. S. President donald trump repeatedly downplayed the severity of the outbreak despite being warned several times in january of a potential pandemic now trump is taking responsibility for leading what he calls americas best response to the virus and he does that on Live Television every evening when his Coronavirus Task force holds a press briefing at the white house now the conservative wall street journal has criticized trump for turning the deaths of thousands into a Campaign Rally during those press briefings i want you to take a listen to what happens when reporters pose critical questions that do not fit trumps narrative of the pandemic. Im really happy with the job were doing and im glad that this team and me are here for this horrible thing i mean its a number of people have said it but and i feel it actually im a wartime president this is a war where you say to americans are watching you right now who are scared i say that youre a terrible reporter thats what i say. It was it were just a very nasty question and i think its a very bad signal that youre putting out to the American People i have a big decision coming in. And i only hope to god that its the right decision but it will be based on. The input from a lot of very talented talented people very smart people and people that love our country thank you all very much thank you so much has been written about the u. S. President s combative cantankerous character and his penchant for profane insults of others the president S Mental Health has also become the subject of concern 27 americans like her interests have even offered a book entitled the dangerous kings of donald trump in which they ask does trumps malicious narcissism make it impossible for him to distinguish between right and wrong or for more on that subject im joined tonight by professor isabel the horses are called here shes director of psychiatry and psychotherapy at the sharp hospital here in berlin dr hoys its good to have you back on the day we we should let our viewers know that there is a rule known as the goldwater rule which prohibits psychiatrys from giving opinions about public figures without personally examining that public figure with that in mind how significant is this book by 27 of your american colleagues. Well i have read that book and i thought it was very insightful and of course its significant shift 27 of very well known very respected psychiatrys to us from 1st rate medical schools and university put together a book like that this is for thought food for thought and you know we want to say were not trying to get a diagnosis here but we want we are seeking understanding of what we see and hear from truong you specialize in Narcissistic Personality Disorder long before he became president going trump was labeled a narcissus what do you see and hear when he speaks tree were going to be meeting with. Everybody can can just tick the boxes on the d. S. M. I. V. Criteria for a Narcissistic Personality Disorder and then count how many of these 9 criteria trump fulfills. And its actually pretty easy exercise now of course. Nobody has. As i know of has actually examined him and so you should not make a diagnosis and i think thats a very valid statement and i wanted it here too to go what a rule of course bought. Say that said is that we know a lot of trouble i mean he is probably where arguably one of the most outspoken open president s there is he displays every aspect of his personality so we dont really have to examine him in person if you will we can just watch his. Public appearances and if and read the books those people who are having. Buttes is with experienced. Those who have lived together with him those who have worked together with sit with him so we have so much mason about him that it is probably. Down in middle high able to say that there is some problem with his personality. I mean it does make a difference when were talking about a private figure or even a pop culture figure compared to the u. S. President the most powerful person in the world and if we accept that trump is a narcissist in the white house does that change the calculus for Mental Health experts in the u. S. Do you think do they have a duty to speak out about this. Well let me 1st clarify i mean an arsonist many people are narcissistic theyre benign narcissistic we all might have a narcissistic streak in us that arent people who are on t. V. Or have to go in front of cameras every day so that is nothing bad that is that is that its all right that is fine but when you are talking about a narcissist with that you know a personality disorder that is that is not so fine and that is a mental disease or whatever which isnt that obvious. For all a persons it is difficult to grasp that that concept that there is a mental disorder in somebody who is so not a systemic but. When it when youre asking me. Does it make a difference weathers you or i are nurses is to whether it is trying to hold i bet it does. You know the president has tweeted about how good the t. V. Ratings of his press briefings have been you know at the same time thousands of americans are dying from the coronavirus this is this whack of empathy here insensitivity does that play into a Narcissistic Personality Disorder if it doesnt its one of the criteria and its one of this gary wants and one thing that we should all really be worried about really worried about i mean i was shocked when i heard him say that his ratings are better than what the bachelor are Football Game or something i mean that is really such a. Such as doc lack of empathy that is. Horrible were going to have to leave it there dr Isabella Hoyer call your joining us tonight from berlin as always victoria we appreciate your time and your valuable insights thank you youre welcome. Well the corona virus is dangerous to our health but it is faulty information about the virus as part of the w. Social media series on living in a locked down we look at ways to identify and stop the spread of false information on. We dont know just fighting and were fighting i mean for to me what hes talking about is a rapid global spread of false information during my research i came across 3 types of fake news and misinformation regarding the coronavirus number one was wrong health which was to be honest sometimes pretty weird for a moment there was a belief that eating garlic would be able to get rid of the virus people started to say that you should start taking into drinking mortar and and thats going to help you kill the virus so they prescribe. Drugs electric effect and that was completely false information number 2 was false information about the origin or the spread of the virus. Was. That the europeans brought it into the country and it was not going to affect anyone other than white people at 1st and the 3rd one was general false rumors about the severity of the crisis so many of the real photos and videos the typical completely out of context this video claims to be taken in the u. S. This year but its actually a move to mexico in 2017 some of them are just so outlandish but then this go on a crisis situation its sometimes really hard to distinguish between something thats true and something that falls so how can we detect and stop the spread of fake news and misinformation a former cia analyst and the fact checker from buzz feed will tell us. What we know about misunderstood permission is that it works because cannick anxiety fear again and there are. It really plays on peoples instincts to pass a dont you know immediate where you. Are sort of in a situation where our brains are sort of shut off that Critical Thinking part that makes us stop when we see information stead of having that instinct i have to tell everybody in my life but i just learned to say ok to maybe instead of search it out and see if there is correct Information Available misinformation accidentally wrong information this information will say its intentionally wrong information meant to manipulate her stomach found on social media or on faced news sites or passed on via group chat by family or friends. Just simply ask questions of your friends where did you get it and then youll start to see you know that person got it from someone else who probably got it from somebody else who probably heard you know got it from somebody out real quickly realize ok thats a brimmer thats not fairly Accurate Information a lot of the time if you get the sort of authority referenced in there seen before casting and you know just go to the website of the authority itself and if its not available on there who channels you should just take a step back and say you can you need to this is not good health. What you think about need for. Style of sharing information and. Texture on an image is probably the most hazardous we share information that there is and thats because theres just absolutely we are getting the full picture youre completely lacking context youre completely lacking sources and so i would say that if youre seeing it i mean. Trying to pass on information about a blunder its in we just dont. Actually are going to seasons are a great 1st of information buried on 3rd party of the most part recent were called the international action. That was a crowded over 100 Fact Checkers around the world to be able to look at these schools and some people differently which is in different regions. So that if you super easy online tools you can use to detect fake news my favorite is google reverse image search the person posting these pictures claims they were taken in italy you just right click on one and go to search google for image it already says venezuela bowling balls on the streets and you can see a lot of Fact Checking sites have this picture done this so many tools but just to name 2 others as examples there is a bottom of top was a bottom meter where you can check whether a twitter account is a bottle out and then there is news gardner which is an extension where you can see whether a website is trustworthy are not. The best use of advice really is like do not insta share anything just take a breath stop you now because it is that sort of like a motion of reaction that is obviously you know its very very understandable that we are feeling it but thats what gets us into trouble obviously passing on bad Health Advice can have direct and dangerous consequences but spreading other types of wrong information about the virus can have less immediate but broader implications a lot of the most of this information that we see. A lot of research. And a lot of heat and thats a global phenomena. The exact perfect time for a country that wants to you know leverage Something Like