responsibility for the situation to one another. the spanish government has now started to procure for about accommodation for the migrants. many fear that this housing was fed up before long, and europe's debt is from barely thanks to watch. the fight against the coronavirus pandemic has the rate of infection been developing. what does the latest research say information and context around a virus update on t w. passionate competition. that was here at the time and technician,

i think, runs fine on you tube out of all the corona virus cases in the world, one out of every 5 years in the united states. despite hard lessons in the spring and restrictions over the summer infections, a still rising, new york city schools are closing today and students will be learning from home. we have to do more to fight back this 2nd wave. so the state has made very clear additional restrictions are coming or putting more stringent measures in place, so we can get schools back up and running soon that we can protect new yorkers

across the border. so why use the u.s. an economic powerhouse struggling more than any other country in the world? total cases in the us of past 11000000 of the 250000 have died. and a growing number of americans are uninsured. is the fault of outgoing president, donald trump, and can incoming president joe biden clean up the mess? a correspondent company in the chinmoy reports is on the border with mexico. but no one is talking about the wall anymore. the pandemic is raging here. numbers are soaring, right? now we have about $241.00 inpatient cases. now, to contrast with about 45 days ago, we only had 30. but a lot of those people that you see going into the stands behind me. they will wind up inside our hospital,

have authorities are already arranging to move patients to other cities. if the hospitals become overwhelmed, planning for months of strain, there is already a backlog in dealing with the dead refuge generated more outside the hospitals serve as makeshift more terrorists. funeral homes in el paso are so overwhelmed that families sometimes have to wait a week to bury a last one. funeral director sam selves are struggling to cope earlier in this race is what we really want. the level of stress is very high because it is not comparable to how it used to be. some months ago we had to run 30 services per month. right now we're having around 18 sort of issues for me is this 2nd wave of the pandemic is not only hitting record numbers of people. many of could die loco lockdowns in the basle to try and curb the spread are wreaking havoc a business. this is where the economic effects of the pandemic can most clearly be

seen. downtown el paso seems abandoned. also this restaurant wasn't able to keep most of itself. now the owner has to attend the few clients himself. the current situation had a clear impact on his political decision. he voted for joe biden. i knew he could do better than donald trump, and i think we all hope the same. we hope for a different government that supports us. some money, it all works just around the corner. for him, the presidential race is not over yet, nor from president biden is not going to be the president of the immigrants. going to be donald trump. he feared his business might be hit by the pandemic. but now he has orders until july next year. republicans, he says, are good for the construction sector. despite his support for trump, he has his own opinion on covert 1000, specially after he tested positive. everyone is going to get the virus and we're

going to fill up the hospitals. testing is one of the crucial instruments to avoid to this problem may get cordy needs 10 testing centers in the past. so he works for a private company that is being paid by the state of texas. but his main concern in the pandemic is not political. i don't have fully knowledge of what joe biden is planning to do in his administration. but until now we haven't had any kind of difficulties with the current administration. i don't think it's a matter of resources. the main concern is how to communicate to the people what to do or not. supporters. biden supporters to different sides that seem to come together in the past. your hardest team joins us from the german institute for international and security affairs. he's in tallinn. so in your opinion, what went wrong in the world's top economy? well, there are 2 sets of factors, i would say that went wrong. the 1st set has to do with the trumpet ministration.

trump, himself wasn't very interested and listening to experts doing the right thing, trying to do the best job he can and mitigating the spread of the virus. and the other set of factors concerns, structural issues in the united states. the fact that they have a very unequal health care system. the fact that the welfare state is quite weak and quite fragmented, and lot of people don't receive welfare. and the 3rd factor is that they have federalism, and a lot of action is actually up to the states and their governors and not to the central government. i would say those are the main reasons why it didn't go so well in the united states. let's pick up on the 1st one of those then what, what effect did the at going president play the role so the virus is playing down of the virus? well i think we all are familiar with the press conferences that he gave late spring and early summer where he really just rattled and gave all kinds of

conflicting messages about what to do to fight the virus. and we also know that he gave an interview to bob woodward where he's where he warned off the rock virus already in early, early march. but then he played it down to the public because he didn't want to hurt the economy and economy. and he wanted the stock market to do well. and i think the conflicting message, the fact that he didn't listen to experts, the fact that the people he appointed apart from the medical experts by the people he appointed on a political level, were not the most competent ones. they all contributed to, to the bad response that didn't really help there and containing the virus. so how will the new president do things differently? i guess he's got a bit of a mystically no. right, i mean, joe biden already emphasized that this is one of his main priorities. he's already appointed a council of advisors to fight the pending. and this point he's kind of in a bind because at the moment the virus release spreading rapidly and is kind of out

of control. so i wouldn't expect him to fix the problem soon after he enters office on the 20th of january. i think it will be quite hard at this point to contain the virus. the people are tired of restrictions of lockdowns, and i'm afraid that's i think the solution will only come when vaccine is approved and widely distributed. one positive in your study, you wrote these huge aid packages, helped stop poverty from growing in the u.s. . but that aids temporary. what now and what's that mean for americans? health. right. the for our aid packages that were passed by congress had a volume of over 2 trillion dollars and they actually did quite a lot to mitigate the economic damage of the pandemic. they provided as stimulus to the economy and they also helped simple people to make ends meet. included in that

was a $1200.00 check for every adult citizen below a certain income group. plus they actually extended unemployment aid and lifted unemployment $8.00 to $600.00 per week, which and 1st actually lower at the poverty rate. despite the bad economy. poverty actually went down. but those measures expired at the end of july. and congress has not been able to agree on an extension. so i think that's also one thing that's biden is going to try to do is get congress to, to pass another package. even if you are well off, you're not going to be spared from the coronavirus all you. i mean, if everyone else around you is in a worse situation or affected by the vice. i mean the virus doesn't discriminate, right? the virus itself can hit anyone and as we saw from the fact that even president contracted it, nobody is really safe. on the other hand,

the effects of the virus have been very, i'm equal 1st of all the u.s. health care system is equal to begin with. the quality of care varies a lot between regions and even within regions. the new york times found out that during the 1st wave of the pen damage in march, the death rate in the poor are areas of new york city was 3 times as high as it in the rich hospitals of manhattan. so the effects have really been on equal people are especially hard and even recently i read that there infection rate is hospitalization rate is 4 times higher than that of white people. virus itself doesn't discriminate, its effects can be very unequal, and dr. i'm equal thanks for joining us today. my pleasure. and time for your questions on the coronavirus is derrick williams. what are the differences and similarities between flu and covert 19?

this is a regular question now that flu season is upon us in the northern hemisphere. let's, let's look at the similarities between the 2 diseases 1st starting with how they spread, which for both is mainly through droplets emitted when infected people cough or sneeze or talk with both respiratory diseases. people are also contagious before they begin to show symptoms themselves. and both can also have the same general pathology, at least at 1st, so many of the same symptoms. according to the u.s. centers for disease control, the overlap includes fever, cough,, shortness of breath, the t., sore throats, runny nose, muscle pain, and headache. so if you develop those symptoms, especially in combination, it's a good idea to get tested. finally, of course,

both can kill you. but that brings me to the 1st of the big differences i want to mention. kogut 19 is a lot more likely to kill you than the flu, especially if you're elderly, or best. current estimates say between about $6.10 times more likely could $1000.00 patients also appear to be contagious for longer than flu patients and more contagious than they would be if they had the flu, which, which isn't surprising really because for most of us, sars cove 2 is still a novel pathogen that our immune systems have never encountered before. most humans have encountered flu strains before and although they mutate rapidly, which means they can evade the immune system again and again. experts say to some extent that forewarned is forearmed. finally, although both diseases can cause serious complications like inflammation of the,

of the lungs or the heart of the brain or other organs coded 19 seems to do it more often, which to at least some extent, explains why it's more deadly than see it tomorrow. they're constantly growing, living costs are rising, they're becoming more densely populated. and now cities are pulsing to the beat of corona. they've become breeding grounds for the virus. isn't the end of the road. a new beginning to see the planet in the flux made in germany. next to the point to strong opinions,

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discover the i subscribe to documentary just when things were looking up, everything shot down again. the 1st lockdown was an nice chance to take a bit of a break for us lucky ones. and if you managed to remain untouched by the virus, fix a few things around the house. read lots of books, learn to bake bread, but it did drag on and now partly because some people that god down a little,

a lot of us a back and knocked out. the thrill of life in the big city is dwindling. in fact, that life in general is changing in a big way, is coded 19, redefining cities as we know them. well, besides getting people to accept that mosques, good hygiene and social distancing do actually help in preventing the spread of diseases like code. it is just one thing i'd like to ask my workmates, friends, family and everyone else out there. let's make this work. this is a once in a lifetime chance to change our working world for the better. lots of us probably never thought we could do our jobs from home. what a great opportunity to free up more time instead of commuting, be more creative and productive. it can take a lot of discipline, though not to get into lazy habits. this is a totally new way of working and is also a lot more that could change besides ever returned to normal cities teeming with traffic. people moving freely with no fear

of co, the 19. how will this pandemic shape the future of our cities? since the corona virus outbreak up to 40 percent of people have been working remotely, it's an opportunity for us to rethink, you know, how we live our lives. what does that mean for our current commute? what does that mean for the nature of the office space? because if people are going back to the office part of the time that means other coworkers are not in the office when you are in the office, it's not just the world of work that's changed. transport habits have to do worry that the mobility that occurs is likely to come in by single occupant vehicle. but in fact, if people are anxious about being in public transportation, and that will make traffic congestion actually worse,

not better. the increase in automation far predates the pandemic, but some researchers say the pace of change is picking up speed. we've seen the rise in the use of drones, as well as, you know, facial recognition technology for monitoring surveillance of the pandemic has certainly celebrated the use. i think those technologies were moving pretty quickly already. so i think it's pretty hard to know how whether or not it's actually going to get faster or, or not. i think the technologies that really do interest me a lot are the self driving car technologies because those actually shape urban form . and i think unquestionably there's a desire for things that don't involve human interaction. but what about the people who don't have access to all this technology contrie at risk of widening

the digital divide? my worry is that this series of covert inspired digitalisation remote work will be even more of a source of global inequity. and will be even more of a dividing line between those people who are skilled enough to dial into the technological world. and those people who are left behind and that's not all as remote working developes jobs are increasingly likely to get outsourced. the technological connection across the globe is going to increase as a result of this. so it's going to be even more natural to turn to india for software support, even more natural to outsource various things to southeast asia. so the technology revolution is going to continue while work has, might be scattered all over the world, commutes a set to get shorter. that could lead cities to have

a smaller radius. in other words, urban dwellers will be able to get everywhere they need within 15 minutes on 1st or by bike to work the shops or the doctor. and that could affect the design of in a city. as we saw that in this pandemic, we are inside all the time. but imagine if there were family, private, or private, outdoor spaces, you're sure integrated into our houses that would improve, improve our quality of life quite considerably. what we've noticed, sensis pandemic is the importance of outdoor space or access to outer space. and so in thinking of building design in might include, you know, a difference in lobby design or the way he says, our access so that people can go up and down without having to use an elevator. but will people also leave big cities as a result of the pandemic?

i think that he's will definitely remain very much as lively in moving places. so few one activity and big cities will definitely stay as specially in asia. this will def, this trend will go on, but the c.t.'s will change in the sense that they give access to their citizens, to their users, to many different things like green, like access to work, access to technology, health, etc, on a much more local scale, poor world mega cities are likely to continue to grow, at least, unless things become really absolute horrific. i mean, remember that as terrible as cold $1000.00 is the death rate so far, far less than they were say during the color of pandemics of the 1900 century. and despite those color appendix the cities like, you know, berlin or paris or london continue to grow even though the cities were killing fields. so big cities aren't to superior any time soon. covered 19

is already leaving its mark on an open landscapes. some cities like berlin feel like they've turned into a ghost towns and it's pretty much the same feeling for the commercial real estate sector. business is disappearing him out of floor space for shops and offices that have been rented or sold is in free fall. when you compare the 3rd quarter with the same period last year, you'll see the trend is the same across germany's main st. it's a lot of companies are either putting off decisions to rent or buy space or they're downsizing focused. as see the trend gathering speed, construction continues. we're closing down. everything must go. signs like these are a common sight nowadays and by that, businesses are shuttered across the city many for good because of coronavirus restrictions. according to a survey by britain's royal institute of chartered surveyors,

industry insiders expect commercial property values at rense to the crime worldwide because of the pandemic. but there are some exceptions. as you know where the entire non-food retail sector has been hit hard, but local delivery fans have booming as our companies stall and transport goods. people order more and more online logistics companies are. what prices for commercial property may be sinking, and commercial rents to get construction is booming in berlin and other cities across germany, large scale projects, even entire districts are being built. how can that be the complex going up in and around the ruins of this former department? store in berlin will include shops, offices, arts, venues, restaurants, and apartments. but they come at a price, a $1000000.00 euros, or more for $100.00 square metres. that's not untypical the high end of downtown

apartment. because of the pandemic, the developers have yet to start marketing the commercial spaces. but the apartments are selling like hotcakes. we were a little concerned about the impact of the pandemic on the market. but we found that it's made no real difference except for a minor delay. in fact, we're seeing a heightened interest in buying property interest. low interest rates worldwide. i mean investing in bonds is a losing game. vast amounts of money have been pouring into real estate. but how long are things like you to stay that way? i asked the head of a company that markets condominiums. this phase of constantly rising prices is drawing to a close. that's entirely normal. it can't go on forever,

in certain segments of the market. we are indeed already seeing that, especially in berlin. there are huge office blocks with vast amounts of space in cities across the globe. but millions of people are now working from home because of the pandemic. will office buildings like this one in berlin ever fill up again? i asked a board member of the public housing company, which also manages commercial property on farmed fish, being more requests to defer rental payments. and when it comes to new leases on commercial premises, potential tenants are asking for pandemic cluess in their contracts. that means is their right to terminate if another pandemic hits in fall. but overall, the market is held up better than we expected earlier in the crisis. apartments where people can also work continue to be in demand,

but what will happen to all the empty shops and restaurants and access office spaces. it will be quite a challenge to find future uses for these empty premises. will cities have been on an explosive growth trajectory over the past centuries? but take a good look at the result. in so many cases, ugly, crowded, full of concrete void of green traffic gridlock, bad temperatures, the sun bouncing off all that cement. have cities had their day or could they be doing their bit to fight climate change? i think they could be the city obsolete or the solution to climate change? could jericho is the oldest, continuously inhabited city in the world. it was a stablished 11000 years ago. the city's location near a river and its mild climate made it attractive because it meant the land could be farmed all year round. and many cities developed around trade routes often by

rivers. the german city of front foot is an example. others like tokyo grew around palaces now home to 38000000 people. it's the biggest urban area in the world. big cities are often associated with air and noise pollution, as well as rising rents. despite that city's continue to draw more and more people . advantages include access to medical care, jobs and educational institutions. half of the world's population currently resides in cities. by 2050, it's expected to be 2 thirds. but cities account for 80 percent of worldwide c o 2 emissions. something has to change in the austrian capital. vienna city planners have decided not to build parking spaces in a new area of town. they want to discourage car use with new housing constantly

being built. there's no shortage of accommodation. the average rent at 5 euros per metre squared is pretty low. more green spaces are cropping up, and public transport is constantly being expanded too. it costs just one euro to use the city's transit system for a day. that's led to record numbers of passengers. vienna has been ranked the most livable city in the world. but during the pandemic, the number of passengers on public transport fell by 50 percent. as people returned to their cars. something city planners couldn't have foreseen. i've heard about a lot of people designing big incentives for the suburbs all for the serenity of the countryside. i don't know if i could give up. actually

a mate of mine is thinking about doing just that. and so are other the coronavirus pandemic is causing city life to lose its appeal. but lynn, for example, has a population density of over $4000.00 people per square kilometer. it's hard to do anything without a mosque. julian and elizabeth have lived in the german capital for nearly 30 years in the popular cool expect district. but they've fallen out of love with the place as if not find it strenuous. and now i realize that i always found it strenuous but never noticed. there's aggression in the air. if you're out on your bike, for example, you constantly have these little disputes with people. notice that more now they really would have wanted to move away for a long time, but i was always too busy in the city and the countryside seemed so far away.

there's a pandemic has made it clear to us where we stand and where we live. the kind of apartment we have, the kind of neighborhood we live in. it's all been amplified now. and that sense of being hemmed in by a city life has driven us out into the countryside to find freedom. little un us has long enjoyed that freedom. his family moved to a village outside bella and 3 years ago. rents in the city have sold out for the past 10 years. many young families to me for a way to places where housing is more affordable. so whole everything we could

afford in berlin was too small. we could have had a small house, the same size, it's our apartment, but why bother the money thought we'd rather be further away, but have more space but the distance from the city is a problem. it takes on a collecting an hour and a half to get to work and there's no daycare hair either. there are no amenities within walking distance, bakery or supermarket. you need the car for everything. 'd 'd but they still don't regret that decision to leave the city. 'd who are here, why it here definitely has a calming effect just to sit outside and breathe in the fresh air or bask in the sun. 'd burn has also become noticeably quieter. as a media artist, florian told police about as an alternative health practitioner and has to go to

her office in town. except that during a pandemic, many patients are staying away. the couple felt it was time to make some decisions . this wasn't something we've been wanting to do for a long time. the pandemic just gave us the impetus. after staring at the wall for months, we went out into the countryside to look around and choose a house. they got the keys in july. and since then, they've spent half the time here, a 2 hour drive from berlin. we love it here, but i don't know if that will still be the case in 5 years time, or maybe i will find it annoying and to have to drive out of the city. but right now it's just great. looks nice,

but it's actually not all that easy to just abandon the city in the middle of a lockdown. at must be briefly tricky for all those digital nomads who have no one said workplace, but like to flip open their laptop in faraway places. it high up in the alps or out on the endless plains of africa. it must be hard right now with travel being so restricted. it's not a bad business model. don't tell the boss in line and when i was on the road, you know, every day you know, even knew it was going to happen. having

an office job for, you know, you knew what next week was going to break. you know, you knew the commute, you knew what game you're going to take lines from where you're going to go and take, you know, home and there is a lot to 5 steps are really becoming this. all don't add up. want to make sure that your job is fully, you know, step to understanding that you need to move slowly. step 3 is to look for places that have lots of like by step for us to really look for places that have a place that sort of easy to look at. one think over time my people moving remotely, companies being ok with you know, people working from home and so you know,

if you live in say new york city and you really expensive, let their young have to go in the office. why not move to a and she pursued it by going to a beach, going to market. you know, right now, as i look outside my apartment, i see a parking lot. i'd rather see a beat. you have to balance, work and play, and it's a lot harder to do when you're in a place that you possibly want to play, the faster you move, the harder it is to find that out. and invariably, one stop for moving slowly is the key to the balance. you're gay, as well as just being mentally stable and not exhaust outlets.

i stupidly once lost the contest and then went sailing, thinking i could just have, like i've had the phone and that was not the case. and you know, travel around africa where there's just for weeks now, why 5, you really want to just want to make sure that we're ever going there straight kind of a quick google search. can you say tell you, you know, people who have been there before. if it's good or bad, you know, one of the great things about working remotely as i like other people do it. and so you can usually find a lot of communities around the world of other digital nomads, not for yours or are doing fine, exciting. 8 of work all i can use if i have a facebook or through a co co or trying to get friends and friends,

it's like finding games and, and amazing until you know, it's 95 and don't cafe. you can't see it doesn't have air conditioning in the flies everywhere. so i look for places that, you know, are easy to get. so you have a lot of various activities. public transportation by i think everyone should just go do this. you know, i specially now in an age of zunes and you know, you know, you go into the office, take a break, you know, for 4 days, somewhere close by i might just do that at a beach that have been nice to look at, but we don't have windows in the studio doing in the meantime, it's human contact. so many of us a craving. a city doesn't have to be full from a, but it can be fun when the streets of buzzing with activity and lots of tourists

are in town. i know my colleague all of this, is it, he's been using all that time on his hands to address his own pandemic and juiced anxieties and pondering over why the dinosaurs could make a comeback. fair, where is everybody? i'm often working from home, of course, coming up next here, in n.z. remember the good old days you know, lane was packed with tourists. everyone wanted to come here and they still didn't and we've gone into hiding to protect ourselves and office and rightly so.

what do you do all day buddy? it's kind of dad's here now. well, you used to be in all the pictures. you had no cities deserted,

just people flee for the countryside alone reclaimed by nature. it's buildings covered in ivy gear, prancing around the brandenburg gate. maybe even the dinosaurs will return, so it takes one to know who won on the judging a level off and the rest of my team here. i'm sure i'd miss them if i had to work at home all the time. thanks for joining us for another look at the changing world of business and how our city's taking a good hard look in the mirror right now. let's hope they get green up and spot up . otherwise, i might just entertain the idea of packing my bags and leaving someone a little more relaxed. stay healthy, everyone, and while you're all cooped up at home, don't forget to check out our social media. the next time

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