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DW Quarks July 11, 2024

1st time since a pandemic hit in early 2020. We have hope. In other words, i just want to say there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Vaccine developments have a right faster than expected, and this is tremendous news. You know, this could include, if were lucky, if everything goes right, this could be available just to do it in a few weeks. Is on the way. But its not your doctor. You still have to be disciplined to. We have least find out the facts, the nation that is appropriate to the ready, kate, this finds also coming up on this world aids virus which the pandemic almost made the world forget. But weve seen in at least a change the services is that early on we says and dipping in terms of the number of people getting tested, the number of people getting put on to treatment. And that can have effects over the long term of increased gas increase new infection and to our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and to our viewers all around the world. Welcome, we begin the day at the beginning of our world long, dark winter. Today is december 1st, and while there is much talk about the 1st kobe 1000. 00 vaccinations being given in europe and the u. S. This month, it is a reality for a very tiny few. If and when a vaccine is approved and administered this month, the 1st recipients will be Front Line Health Care workers and those living in Nursing Homes for the vast majority december and the start of 2021 will be spent much like october and november 2020, living with walk down restrictions to avoid catching the virus. German chancellor Angela Merkel and u. S. President elect joe biden have both predicted and into this pandemic sometime next year. And they have warned that many more may die along the way. And this puts pressure on regulators on both sides of the atlantic to promising vaccines are now up for approval. One from fives are in buying on tech, and the 2nd from modern finding effective vaccines is a crucial part of tackling the coronavirus pandemic, medan. It and pfizer biotech have now both applied for emergency approval. Moderna holds its vaccine, could get the green light by christmas eve. Any of us thought that our advisory meeting is likely to be on december 17th. It is how people see boiled up between the 17 and christmas. You know, the product is approved. If the u. S. Food and Drug Administration gives the go ahead, inoculations could start within hours of them led by the u. S. Thats the nation logistics chief general. Good staff, panna seems to me down those. Hes a baby on the radio. So as soon as we get approval or urge our county and these teams are going to get hold of a vaccine we have and stuff shipping it in the contrary, is going to vaccinate americans within 24 hours on the pro or the Company Hopes its latest trial results will lead to speedy approval in other countries too. In trials of the vaccine with more than 30000 people, only 30 participants became seriously ill. All of them had been given placebos shots. This makes the vaccine 100 percent effective against severe cases of covert. 19 reported side effects include pain at the point of injection chills and fever. These symptoms usually resolve within one or 2 days. You know, on a personal level, when we saw the 1st interim results, i think we were all really, really relieved and enthusiastic. I can tell you when i saw the final results last night, they came in a little bit earlier than theyd, we had planned for a lot myself to cry from the 1st or the company says it will keep monitoring to check for any further side effects or and for more going to chicago and bring in dr. Robert murphy, hes executive director of the institute for Global Health at northwestern universitys school of medicine. And murphy. Its good to have you on the program with theres a lot of excitement with these vaccines and we know that they will be approved. Were hoping theyll be approved soon. How quickly though . Can people be vaccinated . Well, good, there will be approved as early as the Pfizer Vaccine may be approved as early as december 10th. And they have stated publicly that they are ready to distribute immediately after that. Theyve located a Storage Facility which is very challenging for their vaccine because it has to be kept at minus 94. 00 degrees fahrenheit. Thats minus 7070. 00 celsius, that the Storage Facility is conveniently located right outside of the city of chicago. So for us, itll be ok, but movies that irans going to be a challenge. And we know the vaccination is a great thing, but isnt the United States missing a strategy in dealing with the coded 19 pandemic . I mean, when we talk about the development of a vaccine being a source of national pride, dont we talking about what has happened in the last 12 months with, with people not even wearing a face mask . Is that not a source of National Shame . Its a disgrace. Its embarrassing, one of the wealthiest big countries in the world to completely mismanage this pandemic is its, its horrific. And we have the highest death rate, highest infection rate of any high income country. Over 20 percent of all the worlds cases, only 4 percent of the population. You know, this vaccine cant get here fast enough because weve done really such a terrible job in protecting the citizens of this country. Terrible role model in the world. Nobody should do the way that we are doing. On the other hand, we also created operation warp speed, which is why were sitting here talking about the vaccines that are coming out. So thats the, thats the, the good part of this whole thing. You know, 6 or 8 months ago, if you asked me or any of the other experts in the field in whatever country, every single one of them would have said you would never have a vaccine in 2020. And were going to have to, you know, maybe even 3. Yeah, it is. Its a marvel of medical science that we are living through right now. How quickly will an Incoming Biden Administration be able to take this marvel of medicine and get a scope with 1000. 00 strategy in place and running, including vaccinations. What little sleep the vaccination separate . The biden . People already have their own basic shadow government. They have their own coded panel already selected. There are already making plans. I would think that those plans will be put into place on january 20th. It will start right then its too late, but its, its, its not, it is still going to help it. Were going to get on track here. You were quoted in the recent New York Times article as saying that the centers for Disease Control will have to be rebuilt. What did you mean by that . And we were wondering how bad of a state is the c. D. C. I mean, we are, we thought we were talking about one of the worlds leading Infectious Disease organizations. It had been, it had been, its, it is no longer. It has been basically emaciated. Its been stripped of all its power and authority taken over by politicians and incompetent leadership. Starting at the beginning with the testing with the German Government actually offered to sell us some p. C. R. Testing that they had developed. And we turned it down all we can. We can do it and not was a huge mistake. The 1st batch that they made was, was didnt work that set them back among. And in that, you know what happens with one month in this disease. Weve had 4000000. 00 new cases in november alone here in the United States. Yeah. Total embarrassment. Anyway, the c. D. C. Has screwed up from the beginning there. Unfortunately, youve got people. Politicians got their hand in the policy making there in, controlling what is said. I mean, there are good people at the c. D. C. , but the leadership is terrible. Robert murphy with the institute for Global Health at northwestern universitys school of medicine, dr. Murphy, we appreciate your time and your insights tonight. Thank you. Be optimistic about things are going to be really helpful there. I will try. Thank you. Well then when the European Medicines Agency gives its approval to a 1000 vaccine of the European Commission must also give the vaccine the green light, a formality. And one expects that to take place at whitening speed. The president of the European Commission says 5000000000 doses have already been secured for the European Union. At the moment being the Member States are working on the vaccination plans and on the logistics for the deployment of tens of millions of doses of vaccine. Because just to say that its not the vaccine, that is important, vaccinations are enforced. And so, if everything goes well to the 1st european citizens, my 8 already the facts seem a tick before the end of december. There are some positive thinking right there for you. Lets take the story down to our brussels correspondent barbara. Very mean to you, barbara, or so a fundamental i and said this week, something that we have heard a lot recently. Its not the vaccines that work. Its vaccinations that make vaccines work. Is the European Union prepared to bring those vaccinations once a vaccine is approved the big countries are because they have had about 6 months to prepare for the since the early summer. There was talk about scientists making big steps and having great progress towards a vaccine. So governments could know that this was happening, and as you said earlier, the German Government, for instance, has started to build the special of vaccine centers. And they also install those ultra freezers. There are medical freezing units that can keep this somewhat difficult beyond take fires of x. In that needs to be kept in the 16 cold storage. And they say then then different logistics from there to individual doctors. It all will have to be done within one way, so that one day and people of being vaccinate then on the front line is so they have been working at it. The french president has been talking about a Huge National effort next spring to sort of bring the facts into the whole country is so many of the big countries are out on the way to being well prepared. Some will call in the military, trying to get old the help they can. Some of the Eastern European countries where the Health Systems are already struggling, that they might have bigger problems and they might not be able to rustle up enough doctors and nurses and personnel to do this. But everybody who want to tell from brussels could have a job in the last months. There was no lack of goodwill and no like of money. Just as you find when biotech, they 1st applied for emergency use authorization in the u. S. Not here in europe by on take as a german company. Is there a perception that the regulators in the u. S. Or maybe sastre, than in the e. U. That the regulators can act more decisively in a crisis . Me, what are you hearing there . The regulators in the u. S. Can act which ever way they want. If they just take the data from the producers, from the companies and say ok, we look at your tests and we simply decide to believe you, it can be done within 3 days, more or less. If they decide to do what the europeans do. And they say no, we appreciate soren as above speed, then they will really look at all the rows of data. They will look at the results of the test. They will make cress across comparisons. They will sort of put their experts to sort of the check probabilities of those rows of data and so on. If this is a very difficult process. Now the european regulator, the e m a n amsterdam. They have already a panel of high ranking experts on standby since may, who are now ready to sort of jump in was their scientists and their laboratories and say were going to do the work. So they want to do it very well. And very sorry, because there is an aspect to this as well as in the United States, you find in europe, those conspiracy theorists and those vex enterovirus, who are all too ready to jump on. A product that might not be quite ready might not be a 100 percent state. I mean, if the regulators, if theyre, if theyre quick, can the same be said about politicians in the e. U. We know theres another the e. U. Summit scheduled for next week. We know that poland and hungary, they are threatening to block a passage of passage of the e. U. Budget, which is worth trillions of euros. I mean is that is that impasse going to be broken next week . You cant but hope. I mean, this whole situation is truly hell on wheels and the European Union really sort of being beaten down and then sort of thrown and plunged into the stronger crisis during this year. And now having to contend was those 2 smallish Member States, sort of going against the grain going against the common interests in saying were just pursuing what we want and what we think is right. Nobody had expected this to that extent and it is wholly missed. Diplomats say that next monday is the absolutely last day where the budget could sort of be processed within the normal regulations. And if no solution is to be found to tomorrow or maybe thursday, then the summit next week will have to make a decision. The only way out then would be to really decide that the Corona Recovery Fund will be proposed and decided upon among the 25 Member States who wanted. They leave hungary, poland, and maybe slovakia i would and they have to continue the budget on the basis of 2020. But this is a messy situation, its a situation that nobody in your needs and wanted, and the political ill will that is being generated towards hungry in poland is enormous. This bill will have to be paid one of your stays. All right, tell you what it is, barbies all the storyboards in brussels. Barbara, thank you. Covered 19 has dominated headlines this year, but it is not the only deadly pandemic. The h. I. V. Virus, which causes aids. It continues to spread some 40 years since the epidemic was 1st declared. Now the latest figures show that in 201938 1000000, people were living with hiv aids, nearly 700000 people have died from the virus. Hiv is now a manageable condition, much like diabetes in the last decade. The number of new infections. Its decreased along with the number of people who have died from a yet that trend is expected to reverse this year because of the coded, 19 pandemic. And lockdowns, which are causing a shortage of hiv medication, more people dying in 2020 from not one, but 2 pandemic virus. So lets have efforts to develop a successful each of the vaccine. Have they been put on the backburner because of code that we asked hindraf street leading german epidemiologist actually about, you know, bringing attention to this hiv aids pandemic again, because indeed they have much concerns that the quote 19 pandemic ball pushed aside. I am sure its an age to be an aids prevention. Now, of course we dont know the impact yet at that age of the aids hat. But 9 of them happen in each of the 8. The estimates that when you have 6 months of lack of delivery of, and every provide a medication that you get up to a 1000000 aids that in a year or so, which would push back, i want absolutes almost a decade. So it doesnt seem to be as that, but we only know next year and then you 8 reports come out are there was indirect street speaking with us earlier, Eastern Europe is the region with the worlds Fastest Growing h. I. V. Epidemic thats according to you in a over the past decade, new infections in the region have risen by almost 30 percent. One country that is bucking that trend is ukraine, where improved testing in treatment is helping people live life to the fullest. W. s Nick Connelly talked to 3 ukrainians about how h. I. V. Changed their lives. Thats what ive been. Ive had a lot of nos in my life because of my h. I. V. Status without a doubt about it. I thought hiv was something that any effect to trust the cheats and drug addicts and that if you were quite normal, nothing bad could happen. But i didnt go and i will never tell anyone about this. That was my 1st reaction to major positive test results. Ive had a chinese since i was born. My dad died of aids when i was 7. A year later, my mum told me i had a child. As a kid, you dont get what everyone else is thinking that your life is over, that youre going to die. My mum told me id have to take pills and that was it. It was border going to cost my partner became seriously ill and the doctors didnt have a clue. One day, the man i was dating, decided to take off the condom without telling me a month or so. Later i had tonsilitis and a rash. I just remember thinking, i know what this is, the butterfly tat enough of keeping it secret. So i decided to tell my classmates at college. Yes, im a child be positive. I ended up telling everyone, maybe i was just lucky, but the reactions were great, and i ended up going out with the prettiest girl in our group, which was whats in the 21st century age. Doesnt have to be a game changer. If everyone has access to testing and treatment, this disease is manageable problem with visits, even i get messages from other people with hiv, thanking me for speaking out about my status. Theyll tell you that theyve had hiv for 10 years, but only their mothers know what. So many people are giving up on themselves and their lives. Theyre convinced that theyll never have a serious relationship or a decent job. And they just end up cutting themselves off from everything. I try to show them that its not the age of the status thats doing that to their lives. Its their fears that are the problem with it. Theres no reason to give up a picture. We are presenting the biggest and darkest perspective of humanitarian aid in the area that we have ever set out. And that is a reflection of it as oh, that was the un coordinator for emergency relief. Mark local warning that the Global Pandemic is taking a high humanitarian toll. At the start of this year, his agency t

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