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a closer look at the project. our mission to analyze the fight for market dominance versus west getting ahead with the w business beyond on you to ah ah, the finally back in the middle of the action, football fans from across europe are coming together. the beer is flowing and all of it is happening without face mask as if nothing ever happened. we are worried about the delta. the variance variance means we have to stay cautious. so delta variant is coming. it spreads faster than previous, very good. it was normal. the party over should europe be back on

a crisis footing? is the vaccine rolled out not fast enough. what the verdict to europe is the glass half empty, or half full. hello and welcome to d w cove at 19 special. i'm daniel winter in berlin. delta delta plus even a gamma, a veritable alphabet soup of corona virus variance. let's take a closer look at delta, which originated in india. it spreads faster than the original in europe, it's becoming the predominant strain. delta accounts for 97 percent of all sequence to positive test samples in the u. k. and is blamed for sending infections rising once again. it's also dominant in portugal and russia elsewhere. the variance is spreading quickly in austria, where it represents one of every 2 cases. and it's getting a foothold in the czech republic, 2 in germany. recent data shows,

delta is around 37 percent of new infections, but the countries infectious disease center recently estimated it was already higher, perhaps 50 percent. some predict the delta variant could account for 90 percent of all new cases by the end of august, but may sound bad, but remember, there is no evidence for the diseases any more dangerous. the scientific evidence shows the spread of delta is cause for caution, but not for panic. getting the best choice of the faculty they can cope with 19 is likely to come as a big relief to those lucky enough to have one or you. but what happens when you very come along? well, just have some good news on this front. against the delta vary and bio tech was found to be 80 percent effective at preventing symptomatic disease. that's according to a study by public health, england. astrazeneca was 60 percent effective after the delta plus fare and

not enough data is available to know how to interact with immunizations. scientists in india and worldwide and looking into it research, just say it's unlikely lout fox, the current job, as well as the vaccines effectiveness against the variance. another big question is, how long was shot to protect us for? according to a nature paper, it could be a good while. that's remo, renee jobs like biotech madana. so figure of the immune response found in some bio tech vaccinated people was fed by research has to be a strong indication that protection could last for years. that's against 19, as it looks at the moment, if the virus changes out of recognition, it might be a different ball game that that may or may not happen in the future. so now the vaccines available are best way answer this from demick. and joining us now is a doctor and last back, tyler, a religious,

don't the austrian academy of sciences. so alpha, beta gamma epsilon, delta, delta plus. even now, how worry do we need to be about all these variance? i don't know whether we're just the right word. i would say we have to be alert because we know that the virus keeps changing is something we have been observing since the beginning of the demick. and we do know that there are certain variants which has become more pictures, sometimes also acquiring immune cape properties, so evading the new response a bit better. and these are all properties that one has to factor in when we tried to come to the virus by, for example, particular measurement, such as social distance thing or an explanation. and why is it that we're now suddenly hearing about so many variants showing up? are they really just coming to light just now? we just started to understand the more what, what's the case that i think it's

a very interesting question that science itself and assigned to i think don't fully understand yet. what is clear is that many of the very and the extra take quite some time until the survey. but just to give you one example, delta has been 1st sequence in september of 2020. so it took more than half a year for the buyer to eventually hit the u. k. and eventually the rest of continental europe and the world. and so this is one thing, it takes time for this very at the same time over we have evidence that we see over the last month that evolution might be accelerating, but it's somehow part of to might be faster in acquiring mutations. and these are all process that the scientists try to understand better. ok, and looking at what the possible near future could be dealing with all of these various the u. k. so the aiming for total unlocking on june 19th, but delta case numbers are still very high. so is this the right thing to do?

in your opinion? do we just have to accept that there is going to be no good time to unlock and just grit our teeth and get through it? i mean, to cite some well known scientists in the u. k. this is going to be a big experiment. and it's always, i think, difficult or impossible to, to know upfront what's gonna happen. but i think chances are that this will lead to a big spike, an increase of infection. and the question is, how much will this effect cost because they should rate. and the cases of clinical disease. and we do know that in general, the current vaccines including after authentic it is used why in the u. k. but also biotech for example, has a very high protection. again d, v, d. and this is something i think that one has to be in. there are quite a big share of the population, including the younger ones that have been not estimated. what did this experiment

turns out to be the right way? right. well, i just like to pick up on the actually, you know, israeli research is just recently said that the by on tech job is less effective against the delta very than previously thought. which is what i guess you were referring to there. what does this mean for the fight against covert 19? they would have to distinguish between the different effects of, of being vaccinated. on the one hand, vaccine is there to protect yourself. so it's kind of an existing action. and this is still giving you a very high protection against the variance. the other point if you would like to seem to prevent the spread of the virus, so from being infected in the 1st place, and then transmitting the virus to other persons. and there seems to be some data coming from the thread that maybe those people have been vaccinated with biotech quite some time ago or right. and this is also important to factor in time that those people might still get infected, although they don't come to the disease or develop severe disease. so i think

overall they would use that's the vaccine, are working against delta. not it could be that they're not as effective anymore in reducing the spread. so i'm all, we kind of wasting our time with too much alarm ism around the variance. i'm not sure i think we shouldn't be surprised anymore. ok, so one and a half years of the pen then is that there will be new variance coming around and would have delta epsilon lumber. the greek alphabet had 24 letters. so let's see when we reached omega. but i think these are the things that we can expect. the big question with all of these new arriving variances, do they have to change proper des moines, picture to the lead to more disease? are they potentially escaping the immune response be from natural infection or from vaccination? and this is something i guess it has to be assessed for each and every various

questions for the future for us to last that dr. andrea back tyler of the austrian academy of sciences. thank you very much for joining us. thank you for having and it's not just us who asked the questions. now it's your turn. it's the part of the program where we put one of your questions to our science correspondent, derek williams. paul, back seen black virus or simply keep it for closing severe disease. oh, okay. i've talked about this certain times in the past, but maybe it's centering update on, on what we know now. as you rightly point out mark initial trials carried out with vaccines that have been approved for you so far. they were set up to look at the vaccine safety and how well the vaccines were able to block the development of symptomatic disease in recipients, in particular, severe disease and,

and they're really, really good at that though they're not perfect. what are called breakthrough cases do occur. those are people who are fully vaccinated, that somehow subsequently test positive for the virus. but when you look at the numbers, break through infections are few and far between. and most of the people that happens to get a symptomatic or mild cases of covert 19 breakthrough cases that end up in the hospital. or even if you are and far between or if you can say that. and so a big win on the primary goal of stopping bad disease, but it's taking time to gather data on a major secondary call, which is stopping virus transmission. do vaccines also provide at least some degree of what's called sterilizing immunity? that's when, if you're exposed to a pathogen after getting your shots,

your immune system is so primed to wipe it out, that the pathogen basically has no chance to gain even a temporary foothold. and since it can't rep like it and you, you can't give it to someone else. evidence is now piling up that if you're vaccinated, bend your risk of catching toby 19 in a measurable way. there's a lot lower. so. busy the logical assumption is that the chances you might subsequently pass it along are also a lot lower than they would be for someone who is unvaccinated, but a small chance isn't a 0 chance. the fac page at johns hopkins university expresses our current level of knowledge very well. i think it says back scenes are likely to reduce the risk of virus transmission, but probably not completely for everyone. me

. and that's all for this edition of our covered 1900 special for more information about the pandemic. you can check out the cobra, 1900 section on our website, d, w dot com. i'm danny winter in berlin until next time. thanks for watching and take the go africa in more ways than water case of the nation has blood water infrastructure and really water that goes underneath. so again, the direct to come out, it goes immediately to the democratic republic of congo. here in b d, w a greedy power operating drive the

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to me friendly. but that's not all. we see how a muslim big town does existing, may change. learn why? because the river, so fielding and visits afraid regions suffering. some of the big shortage was a vacant country that has suffered greatly in recent years from extreme poverty coupled with political instability. now for many of the country's leaders and barbara of protection, simply this is on the agenda for the male bearer wants to talk, talk to the and the problem. not least the cost, the cost to city has been hammered by psych loans more and more often. the the started before dawn, we should in, in the city of be that need to be out in the water all day to make it was quite

low. the w 9, he said from his father, he grew up in the fishing community over and over. today he hits up at the local fishing cooperative and not just where to get the best crash. but i did bring it in. it's in trade. but times there are fewer fish now. the sea itself, though it is their biggest worry every in and did the me good to go back, go to our bought our house in the entire villages. we need to leave, but where can we go? there's no way i need some b. c, growing for them. this and then the other one on the last one,

covered our houses in 10 meters. when you tell me, tell me it's vision for the city obeta and it's fishing industry. this is a vital source of income. but every november, when the cycle and season starts, it becomes endangered. in order to absorb the destructive force of the flood. what does mcgrooves have been planted along the shore? which flunked by ledge bucks over the last 5 years, beta has begun to restore the natural water causes and bases the big green pack at the center. covering for the for it cause of land is now almost complete of us. but the city man, by no creature has come to the next one. it is a part of the good, you know, i need to dream this area again. it's dried out to be in this

area. i designed to absorb the flood waters like a sponge, holding back the one from the city. beta has become a pioneer in grim infrastructure on the african continent. then she saw only put in we should be very nice. we need to think about how we can, when can you living in how we can cope with the challenges of climate change without creating even more programs for the city. and we need to address and sustainably develop a sustainable life does. data will be more and more attractive to be split up. my still go to eco, on the i frame to didn't go see but it means the fishing community has to move. cranover is located in form among group one, which will now be the planted residence of being asked to move to the central ment aside in the edge of the city. like this one in them and rosie far from the sea for fishermen. leander was lost his home and his board to take

a day in 2019 so she moved here voluntarily. she now lives from funding and is building his own house before that and i will never go back. no one wants to return that way of life because it's difficult and dingy. it's like fighting a will not against men, but against what we are and what is not an easy operant in future is here, but not if we fall. we have to work hard to come, we should do, but as we go to saddle, my see, i did him wish that if you daddy, the city or saturdays offered him and 200 of fishermen, small plots of land each on which to farm and build a home, it's an area that's safe from flooding and suitable for growing rice. but no one she has known what up to museum. the house of his neighbor been to matilda was

flattened by powerful winds. my pillow would have the fish like he used to. but that's not an option here. dear bye. even up for you to travel to the sea and buy fish to sell it. no one will make a living. that's what we're growing, right. did somebody tell you what was your site this year? we had a lot of rise, but because the rain filled everything has, we've actually got they got a potential job for the city getting a visit residential area and the cost of goods for support for his plan has to be built in the see here protecting the city from future floods, he's don't pay them and he put in a local need for change. he believes projects like the green pack and the location of nova vital for this to do the future. and he's hoping local residents will

support him the notch. but it says, do, please, that was not squint semantic. we need to use our knowledge back to the city that the stuff don't put his stuff up as a gun. that's where we are going to be going out to might not make your because you want to give and the better. but again, my know with one of ensuring that to moderate we no longer on the list of a threat. and by the time it was drugs of these, does mcguffey school marks on the other side of the be, the fisherman continued to walk on a moment to the resettlement site. is voluntary, lee, many realize that it's too dangerous to stacy. but is you out of real time? you believe there will make a good i'm your home. i don't. i don't think moving to resettlement sites with them . or you, maria, there's no point why not protect the cost from it was shown,

and we see he and continue to fish. as far as the fishing cooperation of probably no one was wondering why they the question, the, the finding a place to live that he was not enough to the water and affordable is certainly not realistic. on this report is that both style is ready to go from egypt. i'll start to find the will of cycling westwood into new furniture and the results give new have of the awful humble beginning of the furniture making in egypt as expensive. the country has no wood resources, everything has to be imported. normally scrap would get thrown away, but that's changed in shareef. alcholay is workshop. together with architect sarah

about to t, he found the move on startup. they make luxury sustainable furnishings using scrap wood. and let me give them a hand the start, the normal upside. it's very important that we up cycle and not only recycle we use, and we furbished the scrap woods, incorporated into a new product that also helped raise people's awareness that these products are made without heat treatment. and without any harmful chemical motor de la. ah, they've made more than $120.00 pieces since moved and opened a year ago, setting them in egypt and as far afield as paris and london. and how about you? if you are also doing your bit, tell us about it. this is our website. so send us the tweaks with hash tag

doing your your dual res when we dress for work or an evening out in menu for us, have a whole rock of things to choose from. bodies hasn't always been like that in the past. it was pretty standard for people to have few of clothes than there was more of it. this is true crease foster fashion is the boss. what it has made by includes cheaper and easier bought. it is terrible for the environment in germany, businesses unknown, looking for ways to move towards a more secular business model in fashion. let's take a look. new t shirt new pants, another t shirt, a new hoodie, and may be another pair of sneakers on special offer. most likely, all these new garments will end up in the trash sooner rather than later. just like

$92000000.00 tons of textiles, every year, only one percent of that gets recycled. the true price, so fast fashion in between 200-2015. the clothing production. meanwhile, the amount of time places being used for individual items been used for actually decreased by over this sorting facility and eastern germany takes in a lot of unwanted clothing. but here it's treated as a new resource every day workers sort of to 200 tons of items based on their condition style and type of material. it's one of the largest facilities of its kind in europe. garments come from all over the world through install collection and recycling containers. they're either sent a 2nd hand shops or sold to recycling firms to create new fabrics and some $500000000.00 us dollars could be earned every year worldwide. if the close

industry would shift to a circular economy with the valuable resource the found in our clothing, and it is, it is, it would be a shame to not re utilize these resources. we are creating value again because we are identifying items that didn't have the demand of the customer previously owned it anymore. nonetheless, other people who are demanding these types of carmen, and that's how the value is created. the need for more recycling is growing due to fast fashion. now power junction box is partnering with mild suffer from a berlin based initiative called circular fashion seeking move the industry towards a more sustainable model. we are dealing with also very high, valuable product like asked me for example, which we are able to identify by simply touching it. and this isn't a way is a showcase for what's about to come with regard to mature of recognition because

this we can identify. however, when we're dealing with various mixes, we need more precise information when the future is, will be relevant. if it like 80 percent, bullet 90 percent will because the recycling hank rate much different quantity if he knows exactly this is one of the percent will or he can combine material percent, all 80 percent or so then the, the output of the recycling it's really usable for the fascinated craig and many of the items that end up here are no longer wearable around to 60 tons daily. right? now most of that goes to the automotive industry. but it's impossible to utilize the full potential of these check styles while sorting everything by hand. this is where the technology developed by mario miles and just colleagues comes into it. so this is x in tell us that there were things stated, which is equip perfect scanner and fruit it again there. as soon as

a garmin comes to the table with an idea inside a circularity idea, it's automatically read out and we get all the product specification i with this product with in case we can calculate. well, just the right reuse case for this or what is the best recycling case? workers still have to decide whether the item is wearable or not, and the rest is shown on the screen. truly circular products will one day contain information from the whole value chain. the conventional textile industry is resource intensive. it relies on oil chemicals and 93000000000 cubic meters of water every year. the difference in a circular model starts at the very beginning of the product. me, it's all about from the outset, from the design principles ensuring that you are eliminating waste and pollution that you are keeping products from materials in use and you're generating actual systems take dying. the conventional approach uses water and chemicals. one reason

why fashion is responsible for 20 percent of the world's wastewater. this dutch company is different. it's facility and vietnam dies polyester without process chemicals or water leaders of water just to today, and that's only one t shirt. so if you look at a t shirt, it will be 150 liters of water for kilogram of fabric. you need to die textiles. and this is what you said. we don't use that. ah, they work with reclaimed carbon dioxide instead. fabric is loaded into the dying vessel. c o 2 is added and brought to the right temperature and pressure. only pure dies are used with no additional chemicals needed. clean guy is currently producing around $10000000.00 leaders and died fabric a year. that's not much compared to global demand.