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as coded related infections and deaths around the world continue to climb the fight back has begun with vaccines being approved in russia china the united arab emirates britain and the united states to name just a few and vaccination programs have already begun now health authorities face the task of convincing skeptical populations that these drugs which have been bused through development and approvals processes are safe i'm phil gayley in berlin and this is the day. american people can be confident to truly promote confidence in these vaccines we must start by acknowledging this history of mistreatment and exploitation of minorities by the medical community and the government while we cut red tape. we

could no corners this speech was a reflection of extraordinary scientific advances and did not compromise safety and i also believe that history will record that this week. was the beginning of the end of the coronavirus pandemic. also of the day these are boom times for the gaming industry especially a so many of us have been forced to stay indoors it's big business big of in hollywood apparently so when a game flops the pain is felt as far away as the stock market at one point she has a game to make a cd project red dropped 30 percent today because its much anticipated game cyberpunk 2077 finally went on sale there were so many complaints about its bugs glitches and crashes that sony with jewett from their play station stole our leads and. one where. they made

really. welcome to the united states is continuing to set records in terms of the number of covert related deaths and infections but there has been some good news for us about sedation program began this week using the biotech fire as a drug and the 2nd facts this time made by but is expected to gain approval by the u.s. food and drug administration shortly by president mike pence who chairs the federal government's coronavirus task force got vaccinated today alongside the u.s. surgeon general jerome adams. i didn't feel a thing as the u.s. surgeon general and a black man i am equally aware of the symbolic significance of my back summation today but vaccines even ones that are 95 percent effective while not alone in this

pandemic we must now do the necessary work to go from vaccines to vaccinations it would truly be the greatest tragedy of all if disparities in covert outcomes actually worsened because the people who could most benefit from this vaccine can't get it or won't take it and we all hope and i think this is doable that by the time we get to several months into this year we will have enough people protected that we can start thinking seriously about the return to normality and that's up to all of us to step forward and get vaccinated let's take a closer look as the u.s. enters this a new stage in this a process against covert. correspondent in washington all of us saw that welcome oliver like pence has been leading the u.s. government's response to this pandemic would 310000 americans have died more than 17000000 people have become infected on his watch people rightly ask what has mike

pence and coronavirus task force been doing all this time. well it's a fair question to ask phil if you consider how mike pence always praised his role in bed donald trump's role in the handling of the pandemic while at the same time of course he received lots of criticism you just mentioned the numbers that have been soaring and spiraling out of control so one of his jobs was to make sure there is enough ventilators and protect personal protective equipment in the hospital which he did of course but what really stands out in mike pence this role is inconsistency also his contrariness so for long periods of time he refused to wear a face mask in public there is this really famous video footage of him where he visited a hospital and he was the only person without a face mask so really critics say that mike pence has been sending out the wrong signal in times when the pen demick was continuing to spiral out of control if you

consider scientists recommending wearing face masks and the u.s. administration doing quite the opposite so now he was the 1st higher ranking member of the u.s. administration to get vaccinated that was certainly done in an effort to boost public trust there's a lot of skepticism around still as we speak he's also wearing a face mask now but don't forget that he downplayed the virus for long periods of time right let's listen to that skepticism because it was particularly interesting that mike pence got but insulated today alongside u.s. surgeon general jerome adams a black man who is a worried about vaccine skepticism about to black and latino americans lack of trust especially in communities of color is not without good reason to truly promote confidence in these maxine's we must start by acknowledging this history of mistreatment and exploitation of minorities by the medical community and the government. but then we need to explain and demonstrate all that has been done to

correct and address these wrongs as a school that further surveys put skepticism of vaccines amongst african-american and hispanic populations anywhere between 50 and 60 percent why do you think about it is. now this rifle and it's worth mentioning here that it's not only the minority is not only the african-americans and the a spanish there are polls that actually say that 60 percent of all americans would be willing to willing to get vaccinated so in turn 40 percent are opposing a vaccine at this point in time and that certainly has to do with dollar trumps handling of the damage with the fact that the u.s. administration downplayed the risks the coronavirus poses the mask cold of the whole mask debate was politicized so that all plays into the vaccine question now with regards to minorities and to african-americans in particular as you mentioned one 3rd of them does not want to get vaccinated so that the obvious reason for them

following those polls is that 5 they said they would be afraid of the side effects some said they even would be afraid to get cold it through the vaccine there's a general distrust also in big c. and so it all comes down to misinformation to conspiracy theories and the less educated these groups are the more vulnerable they are for that kind of misinformation and so in the next few hours the u.s. food and drug administration is expected to approve a 2nd coronavirus vaccine this time from medan it will sort of difference isn't likely to make. well 1st of all there is a much smaller company than take pfizer the 1st vaccine that was that was allowed here in the united states they have never produced a vaccine before but the result is quite similar to the buy and take pfizer vixens highly effective 94 point one percent in their trial the important difference here

is the way that it's stored and it's transported because it can be can be stored in just a normal freezer versus the minus 70 degree celsius alter free though that's needed for the bio and take pfizer vaccine so it makes it all a lot easier for the supply chain and it's also a more accessible that scene for local communities especially if you look at rural areas and there are a lot of those here in the united states as you know and by the way this is also of importance for developing countries ok so the timing looks good for joe biden he'll be taking over as president as probably 2 vaccines get approval and the vaccination program is rolled out so is that the approach of a biden white house likely to differ much from its predecessors. well you can you could consider that you know 1st of all his predecessor donald trump has been very much invisible today also played a very passive role in the handing of the pen demick in particular since it became

clear that he lost the election and as we speak we are getting new record numbers in deaths and in new cases of course so joe biden's point has always been we've got the vaccines now but the pandemic is not over yet so it's more important than ever right now as the cases go through the roof to wear a mask and that's why he is putting a mask mandate in place for the 1st 100 days really following of his of his presidency come january 20th really following the advise of scientists you are and that is a very different approach of course in comparison to the administration as joe biden is really trying to make this is number one topic and his number one priority as soon as he takes on with his presidency and just a quick word about the holiday season. giving 3 weeks ago christmas this next week another spike in infections it seems inevitable.

it looks like it there is no nationwide mask mandate in place right now so that would be one point to prevent the spread another point or another aspect would be to stop traveling and there is also no nationwide curfews or lock downs in place so it will all come down to joe biden to take action here. all of us allies in washington thank you well looked on restrictions will be playing a new unwelcome role in christmas celebrations around the world this year comfort 90 means households in europe being urged to be doing the holidays without visiting health care workers meanwhile will be facing some of the highest risks like many families around the world the deed you call bees are preparing for a christmas unlike any other. for hard working mom and dad especially this one is wrapped with added meaning. this year we're lucky because we've managed to organize our shifts so we can stay home and

celebrate on christmas day it will be different from other years because we will not have grandparents and uncles with us to protect them. that's because the virus looms large in this household and top partner on the roots you have spent the year fighting the coronavirus here. when you start your shift and you don't know how your patients are doing there is always fear she says. as intensive care nurses they've been caring for the critically ill helping patients check in with their families and all too often to say goodbye some harder to forget than others. in the world don't want to remember that day when fabio made the video call to his wife and children he touched his chest with his hand and said they need to ensure be me i'll see you soon see you soon never came true unfortunately because fabio didn't make it. at the beginning of the

pandemic italian health care workers were among the busiest in the world it took its toll. i don't want to see we got used to seeing people die but we were going to work with a kind of resigned feeling we would go to work trying to give dignity to the last moments of these people's lives no instead we are fighting back. for some couples spending their days visited by death would prove to draining the glenda to see this year has made them grateful for what they have a mortice to come. still to come all the day another sign of life returning to normal in the chinese city where the pandemic began hearty souls in will harm have even gone back to taking their cold plunges there's

a difference between swimming and winter and swimming in summer after you try you may not be able to change the habit and will be addicted to. only the un you can find solutions to the covered pandemic reaches deep and global inequality that was a message from u.n. secretary general and turning to terrorists as he addressed the german bundestag in a special ceremony marking the un's 75th anniversary is to go tears was that welcomed by a chance for the president front of steinmeyer he said the can play a central role in backing efforts to stabilize the world order during the pandemic a germany currently holds one of a security council vote states is more often turning to terrorist be branded me at the facebook lenient the printer make has exposed deep divisions. shine a light on an equality and justice and an adequate social security systems. seizure

heart. the riskiest are suffering the most everywhere this is class clear that this global crisis needs a global solution. well the visit by the secretary general comes as the u.n. a fights to stay relevant the principle of multilateralism which it was founded has come under fire from world leaders including the u.s. president to donald trump even germany's chancellor machall says multi last multilateralism is denting its effectiveness. $945.00 the end of world war 2. diplomats gathered in san francisco u.s. president harry s. truman summed up their own business goals this way. the terminator. already war i on the 24th of october

that year the u.n. charter came into effect signed by 50 founding countries the war had taught them a powerful lesson. since then the un family has tried to alleviate hunger and care for the poor. and the weak. i thought the peaceful resolution of conflicts and a worldwide ban on violence those are the ideals of the united nations. but the organization hasn't always lived up to those goals the un was unable to stop the 1994 genocide in rwanda where hundreds of thousands of people died or were driven from their homes then came this rubber needs a massacre during the bosnian war in 1995 when dutch un troops stood by as genocide happened on european soil. one major

structural problem dates back to the un's founding russia france the us great britain and china each had veto power to block action on the security council. for the un 75th jubilee german chancellor angela merkel addressed the central issue off this is the kind look too often when it comes to making clear decisions the security council is blocked we need reforms the united nations must adapt to take on the challenges of the 21st century. the u.n. may have lost some of its luster over the decades but if it didn't exist we would probably have to invent it to promote peace and combat hunger in the world. you know. so i think it's it's just different i don't know what i put my finger on

it was different there are the games before. me to try this one it's been delayed quite a few times as well so the hype keeps getting more and more of it's obvious that late so i really sights but. it's called the game is talking about cyberpunk 2077 and open bold adventure set in a dystopian safety vault by crime corruption and cybernetics itself hollywood actor on a range that was one of the most highly anticipated video games thank you sadly the real world experience has failed to live up to the hype of the masses of complaints the game's on playable and over console's because of the numerous bugs glitches and crashes sony os withdrawal cyberpunk for playstation stolz and his offering refunds was it's a massive blow for europe's biggest videogame develop a cd project thread which is also behind the popular which are games. in the can we take

a look at this with jeff gasman who's an american videogame expert he co-founded and is editor in chief of the gaming website giant bomb dot com he joins us from past alumina california san francisco welcome to the day and just give us an idea of how big a deal this game is. well thanks for having me it's cyberpunk is one of the most anticipated games of the year and in a year when so many launched a new console hardware and microsoft launching a console hardware it still managed to rise up to that level even though it doesn't technically take advantage of that new hardware and part of it's because it's been delayed multiple times and it's fallen on the heels of their previous games which are 3. which did quite well and built the reputation of cd project read up quite a bit so what was your impression of again. i found it to be very disappointing i think it has a lot of problems across the board i spent about 50 hours with it start to finish

and. it's got the problems of the bugs and glitches and things like oh this person is inside the this car or this car and motorcycle trying to occupy the same space at the same time it's just like shaking a pardon exploding and. but also i think a lot of the story and a lot of the depth that you would expect from a game of this scope just isn't there it feels very shallow in a way it almost feels like that maybe there was more there at some point i'm speculating at this point but you know there was more there are some point but they cut it because they had already delayed it so many times that they just felt the need to get it out the door he said oh i wanted to ask you about dots that because the last point that you made that it seemed thin a shallow and then people were expecting a few bugs a few pacis is not going to deal with that aspect of the complaints is it. no i don't think it will you know they'll they'll fix the technical issues you know

that's that will come in time they've already said they've got patches planned for january february and probably beyond. but at the end of the day unless they're going to bring the voice cast back in to record new lines unless they can get more of keanu reeves' time to correct some of the issues there were were as medicinal depth. i don't see them getting to a point where the game is as as deep and as satisfying as i think some players would be looking for and so sony pulling this that that's that seems to i think that's unprecedented a stole from to pulling a game like this over the form and say issues that's a big deal as well yeah it very much is it was quite a shock when that happened last night here as if time that's yeah that doesn't happen very often there are certainly some cases where there was a batman game that was pulled from the p.c. store front steam for about 4 months for issues. but this is probably the biggest.

and closest to launch like this felt like and if you read it if you read the statement that sony put out around this it makes it sound like they were kind of were like hey we're we're pulling this down it didn't wasn't a joint statement with the publisher like hey because of this we're opening up refunds and so on and so forth it felt like sony stepping in and saying like hey we we need to do this if only just satisfy our consumers who are complaining quite a bit about the issues with the game yeah let's let's take a look at the tweet that came from the publishers cd project to read the good news being of course that the disappointed game is won't necessarily be left out of pocket so part of the tweet from the cyberpunk timeline starting today everyone who's not willing to wait for updates and wants to refund that digital copy of the game can do so by submitting a request and then they give a website address so jeff gasman who funds out who's going to pay for that is

not going to be sunny or is that going to be say the project red. well i think it'll be it'll come and ultimately it'll be funds that don't go to see the project red as a result of the sale of the games sony would get their cut 30 percent if you believe what the talk is about what their cut typically is so they'll be out that money on the sales but primarily these are digital copies of games so it's not a case of like physical discs traveling though there are some examples of that as well like cd project red has said that they'd be assisting with refunds on physical games which that's a little bit more complicated because i don't need to do players then have to shift the discs to yes to see the project read directly like that's a complicated process and also they put a a very tight timeline on this that feels a little disingenuous where they said like you must request by the 21st of december which is monday that's they're not giving players a lot of time to to do this and you may end up in

a situation where some players buy copies after that date and still find it to be unsatisfying they're big patches are planned until next year so ok it's i don't feel like they're doing enough here good talking to you thank you jeff i guess i'm an american the video game journalist from john dot com thank you. fans of a young survivor of the time the city of new how nobody attracts a steady stream of visitors but 2020 change that low downs and fears of water could be infected that kept people away but time is massive surveillance and contact tracing efforts of boat outbreaks under control the clout of the crowds and no flocking back to the river. warming up before a bracing daily ritual high on. these are the riverside regulars' refresh by a frigid plunge into the young the river many credit their good health to

a vigorous swim through its murky brown waters. but your there's a difference between swimming in winter and swimming in summer but as for winter swimming i can say after you try you may not be able to change the habit and will be addicted to it. a famous figure from china's past popularized the practice chairman mao founder of communist china in 1966 a stage swim in the young sea helped mel launch a political comeback nearly 50 years on his strong man image has remained afloat among the river swimmers. and i now was still swimming in the young sea in his seventy's so we learned from chairman mao to swim in the big waves of the river right having such a good source of water we must learn from the practice we must insist on swimming in the young sea river. well

a funded version for strong swimmers the mighty young sea also poses a drowning hazard a volunteer lifeguard squad some 2000 strong make it their business to be ready so far they've chalked up 700 rescues. where we swimmers saved people from the water before we formed an official volunteer squad but we did not have scientific rescue skills so we decided to get organized and train with each other to carry out scientific rescue operations from which although you know. as winter sets in a steady flow of swimmers slices through the water another sign of the city coming back to life and its people going out to seize the day. and that was the day i bought a lime ever you'll find us on twitter at the end of the news use the hash tag the

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