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Regarding it as a fad of problem, mark carne gave a speech in 2015 when he talked about the tragedy of the horizon, he was talking about the horizon, he was talking about the fact that bankers in particular when they led money to certain companies do not look at the long—term impacts of those company's behaviour in relation to climate change in the same tragedy on the horizon can be applied to governments who are not looking at the long—term impacts of decisions they're making on the planet. i do not think at the moment that the younger generation in particular will put up with this. we ha...

A few months ago, there l was the argument that no - country should be vaccinating youths, vaccinating children or teenagers until adults . were vaccinated, and now that has shifted to there shouldn'tl be any booster shots, - and there isn't much more objection being made to younger people getting vaccinated. - the us, ithink, says. it is stepping up, it has delivered about 100 million| doses to over 60 countries, and biden has said there i will be a pledge ofi billion. today you heard china saying they are going to supply- 2 billion doses. it's notjust— about supply, though. it's also about...

Certainly you do have an uneven distribution around _ the world of vaccines. right now the who says of the doses administered so far, _ 80% of them have been in countries that are home to less than half- of the population and they tend to be wealthier countries - like britain and the us. so that is absolutely the case and you have the who chief. shifting his red lines. because if you remember, a few months ago, there l was the argument that no country should be vaccinating youths, - vaccinating children or teenagers until adults were vaccinated, - and now that has shifted to there shouldn't be...

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You, if you've been able to approach that in an innovative way or a way that might be -- might give lessons and help to other parts of the country that are struggling with that? >> one thing that we've seen is the power of local leaders stepping up, validating and normalizing this idea of vaccination. one of the things that we know is a core value in our community here in illinois is respecting data, respecting science. we have a community filled with people who are educated, who vaccinate their kids. and quite frankly who want to move on from the pandemic. and they recognize that vaccination ...