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if you would like any more information on the kroner virus or any other spine topics, you should really check out our podcast. you can get it wherever you get your podcast. you can also find us at ww dot com. forward slash science. mm. the old a quarter of the world's corona virus deaths have been in latin america. the 3rd of new infections happening in the region, a region where just 3 percent of the population is fully vaccinated. so once gone wrong, or in some countries people blame the government to making the wrong lives or making them too late. poverty to is playing part,

making social distancing, impossible. health care systems are overwhelmed, and economy is shrinking. what hope is there for latin america? i'm robots in berlin. welcome to this curve in 19 special latin america is seeing an alarming rise in corona virus infections. the region has the highest cove at $900.00 death rate in the world. brazil has suffered the most fatalities of more than half a 1000000 deaths as followed by mexico. wherever 230000 people have died and peru has nearly 200000 debt with a population of 32000000. the w. johan ramirez reports from peru where a new variant called lambda has left the public health system there. really peru people are placing their hopes for kirby and upon them each on vaccination.

yet progress is slow. on the some 15 percent offer organs have received at least one those one of their worst rates in latin america. but for house work or something around, it's better than not being able to be looking through. we feel optimistic because people react while to vaccination in parole. in fact, the younger people would like everything to go faster so they can get back to native from a notice all the commerce has reopened to after a 9 month quarantine. tricked safety measures remain in place. authorities cough mandated using double face masks to enters tours and shopping centers. face shields are widely used and hand washing facilities have been installed in the streets, but it has not been enough. there are the highest per capita death rate in the world. the government's response to the crisis has been widely criticized. is the

one that gave those rights to late for the trip or lower management of the pandemic is a complete disgrace, especially for the previous president. one, now at least the fights are seen. the last 2 peaks of infection seen through have coincided with deep political crisis that in both cases, left to massive demonstrations. the 1st one was in november when political instability led to 3 precedents in one week. the 2nd wave of brought this is happening right now. the reason a controversial presidential election, one of the candidates tried fraud white. the other claims there is a plan to still has victory. supporters from both sides have taken to the streets, according to some experts, these demonstrations could cause a 4th arise in the fraction car. but at this point, the country cannot afford new locked down. the great,

this effort must be done to vaccinate the population and to start negotiating from now on new generation vaccines for the nova guns that may appear, this is the most effective measure and we have been slowing doing so on average. peru administers about 350000 vaccines every week. a low figure for a country of more than $33000000.00 authorities have promised that the process will accelerate government forecast estimates that the eligible population will be immunized by the end of 2021. for latin american country with by far the highest number of corona virus cases and deaths in brazil, we've been speaking to francisco in a few bustos who is a senior research in f. d. me elegy and bio statistics that the while do cruise foundation in rio, he says the brazilian government was too slow to accept the severity of 19

the main advisers of the government forecasted very, very modest epidemic with less than 1000 cave death. now we have more than 500000 and much probably very soon to have something like 600000 that and also the find the cleaning go picture as a mild variety of food when actually cookies 19 is a very serious disease. we may need this grant symptoms and some very severe case. it's a very different disease. indeed, i just want to talk a little bit more about latin america. if we can,

the pan american health organization to thought about that being a glaring vaccine gap that was got down to i think that latin america should be viewed now as kind of patchwork because we have very different profiles in terms of access m x. so use of vaccines. so for instance, there is a good performance by sheeley which is close to the developing countries from western europe, america, israel, and the place and brazil, procured and change the vaccines with significant delay. so now we, you'll be below 14 percent of coverage in terms of

the those is enough to protect people. so there is a big gap in brazil to be drafted as soon as possible. come to school and asked you bastards from brazil as well. do cruise foundation where the health system in cuba, metalli's us region, is close to collapse due to the rapid surprise of the delta variant. health workers say that running out of medicine, oxygen tank and respirators. the government has allocated 36 military doctors and 350 medical students humor tons to relieve some of the pressure that may well cuba is expected to approve one of its vaccines against covey. 19 in the coming days, the regulatory go ahead for the sharp caught up dollar could help speedo vaccinations across latin america where case numbers remain high. the countries are struggling to get doses for a moment of celebration and havana. last month,

the cuban scientist announced the results of their covert 19 vaccine trial. the shots, 92 percent reported efficacy rate puts it in the same week as those developed by pharma giants like the biotech pfizer alliance or remarkable achievement for a tiny island of 11000000 people. havana has 5 cove at 19 vaccine candidates and development. it's been vaccinating its own citizens since may and last month started shipping shots to venezuela, a point of national pride. and also there are no corano. we cubans help others. things that other countries in the world don't do. countries that have more possibilities than we do. and we help those in need without any problems going on in cuba says 30 countries have expressed interest in its vaccines. but public health officials and even politicians are urging caution. cuba state biotech firm hasn't published trial data yet or applied for approval from the world

health organization. so when you get this back seen as approved by the international scientific community, we will welcome it. but it must be approved. we venezuelan should not be guinea pigs. going here in the us, but with no end in sight for latin america's vaccine shortage. summer being forced to choose between an unrecognized shot or none at all. now is the boss of the right around where we put one of your questions to our science correspondence. derek william o, in some places, cases rise, but deaths remain low. why does susan's covey to seem to act so differently in different countries? pretty much all experts agree that panoramic statistics are influenced by a range of factors. so let's look at some of the ones that get mentioned a lot one that's definitely playing a role. nearly everywhere is the under reporting of cases, mortality, or both. some countries are better at tracking over 1000 than others, but,

but in plenty of places, systems for accounting and tracking disease and death are just inadequate to say the least and, and don't forget that political choices can influence how pandemic numbers are reported. countries where the pandemic is raging, for instance, can basically right off tourism which, which might wreak havoc what their economies. and that's just one of many possible reasons why politicians might want to play down infection rates. and speaking of politics, how effectively governments have responded to the spread of coven 19 has also certainly played a role in whether numbers surge or stagnate. then there's demographics as a disease that's really deadly in the elderly. it seems logical, covert 19,

would read more havoc in aging societies than it does in younger ones, whether a health care system, cope's, or collapses under the pressure when infection rates spike. that is also definitely had an influence on, on mortality in many places and, and then there's the simple stuff, like just how a country decides to even define a covert infection or a covert death. there are plenty more factors that experts think are playing roles in the apparently different impact the virus was having in different places. but the final one most degree on at this point is vaccine inequity, which is a simple equation compared to too many others in highly vaccinated societies, death and suffering is tailing off. whereas in many countries with low vaccination

rates, the virus might now be striking later. but it's striking very hard me, and that's all from the estimation of the code. $819.00 special until next time. ah, we build i can i think there was no tomorrow. at some point supplies are now grounded with the old leave we say recently. now, we'll all have more of them longer made in germany, dw, an incredibly hostile environment. and he has

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impact will be changing? doesn't happen on its own the make up your mind. w. me for mine's ah. ah, ah, life is a game of give and take. most of us are careful to exercise a bit of self control, relationships, diet, korea. if we just think of ourselves, we might feel good in the moment, but long term, it's just not healthy. the same goes for our natural resources. if everyone in the world used as many resources as us citizens, for example,

we'd need 5 planets to sustain us. if we all lived like germans, 3 us, china would take up to india, just about one. on average, we're using resources at the rate of one and a half us. meaning that it takes the planets around 18 months to produce or regenerate, the ecological resources humanity consumes in one here is becoming increasingly clear. we can't go on this way, producing the surplus of goods and just flowing them away, conserving resources, that's our topic today on made. online shopping has sparks and increase in e commerce. here in germany, i'm much the world. so say you've ordered a new pair of running shoes online, they arrive, you try them on, and they don't fit. so back they go. online shopping increases so online returns due to and that has created a boom in perfectly new products, going to waste. just recently,

footage of brand new items being destroyed at an amazon logistics center. i spoke to fury. companies have complained that it's costly to resell, returned items. germany has banned the destruction of undaunted new goods. but our retailers following the rules. an amazon logistics center in germany, films about greenpeace, undercover the video is said to show brand new closing being destroyed. it triggered a storm destroying new products. and this is drawing resources isn't carnival in climate crisis. the greenpeace campaign called out the online giant, and raised awareness of the problem of waste valuable resources, go into making clothes. one garment comes into contact with up to 3000 different chemicals during production. on the simplest white point, and it requires 2700 liters of water stuff. one of her drinks in 2 and

a half years. how can the problem with online retail is that a lot of products get sent back? processing them isn't always worthwhile for the company. every year, 20000000 items are destroyed in germany alone. logistics expert did the math and came up with that number. so our online retailers, the biggest problem, the line of brick and mortar stores still have a higher sales volume than online retailers. those, those do see fewer returns. but on the other hand, there are amount of separate stock left over is huge in nonsense. and the industry has grown rapidly before the pandemic. the average person in germany spent more than $900.00 euros and clothing a year. that's a market volume of 56000000000 euros, most of which was spent on fast fashion. because it was the clothing chinese that offer low price fashion that saw massive growth being able to dress fashionably for

a little money. it is very attractive for many people. you're going to manage, especially young people who don't earn so much more. the panoramic was a huge shock to retailers. germany had 3 locked down in between shops who are offering cut prices to get rid of stock. still retailers were left with mountains of unsold, closed winter collections. for example, that can't be sold in the summer because i'm a total of $800000000.00 new governments. when they sold off. it's the so called corona collection and it's completely unclear what will happen with then. many retailers are saying they plan to destroy the game to see from the bar. but the mass destruction of new products is actually bend under german law. it's complete nonsense. greenpeace doesn't need to worry noise. we don't know of a single case where brand new clothes that could still be sold or been destroyed.

we don't know all 20000 companies and can't look behind every door. there may be a few cases, but we're not aware of any fire. amazon also feels wrongly accused and issued a statement. the number of products sold and shipped by amazon that have to be disposed of. it's only a few for 1000, and we're working hard to keep reducing the number. items may be donated, sold it along, put in storage or recycled. retailers often pass that work onto other companies. so it's not always easy to trace where textiles and then gets to conduct a study on the disposal of stock price doors at the disposal of corona surplus chance. well, there are lots of models, but they need state support the, the only problem shopping. it's still a number one hobby in germany. and

speaking of shopping, plastic cars like this part of our everyday lives. plastic is everywhere with hundreds of millions of tons of plastic cooking. and speaking of shopping, plastic cards like this are part of our everyday lives. plastic is everywhere, with hundreds of millions of tons of plastic packaging, thrown away each year. cutting our past cities are rivers in our oceans. it's a serious issue. so much so that this card gives you a clue about how much plastic you may even be eating without your knowledge. you know that you live in a world full of plastic. in the water you drink and even the air you breathe and the food you eat is full of tiny plastic particles.

every week you ingest up to 5 grams of micro plastics about the equivalent of a credit card. much of that will remain in your body with as yet unknown effects on your health. a 3rd of all the plastic produce goes into the packaging that you buy . if you're a german, you generated an average 38 kilograms of waste from plastic packaging every year. that's more than the european average of 24 kilograms. and no matter where you live, the richer you are, the more ways to generate. if you buy things online, you'll create even more plastic ways. chances are you'll have half of your plastic products only once, and then discard them. but the plastic will stick around in you and your environment for the most part, not just for your lifespan, but for centuries. is another statistic that surprised me.

every european owns $10000.00 items on average. just imagine what that adds up to for an entire family. when a household is liquidated, a lot of those possessions simply end up in a landfill. in many places, this is given rise to an entire industry clear in services that remove unwanted items from homes. how much of those household, goods, furnishings, and clothing can be reused repurposed already sold? our reporter christian procedures went to humbug to watch a house clear in service on the job and experience that brings home a lesson in living sustainably. it's a typical case, fully intact, home has to be cleared because the occupants of either died or gone into care that these people move in your heart. and i know it's got a whole house to clear over 2 days, free flow across the back. coffee is,

i hope you're all motivated on and that we can get this done quickly. it's to be called the houses in humbugs, affluent, sub christie, and wake far to owns a home liquidation sin has promised the estates as that he will clear everything out and leave the house, sweat clean so that a real estate agent can sell it. thought he here we have the dining room. it's difficult with the furniture right now home to move the charity shop. probably wouldn't want it. and we can't give it away. but in the heavier undock of the furniture, the harder it is to find a new home for it these days like target and i got it. sadly, the china cabinet is destined for the incinerator. maybe there's something in the next room that can be used. this for the living room, we try not to just throw everything away here because we see this every day and

these days it makes sense to real things. also a burden of waste on the environment with this because of anything like that. and then the movie is why does it not and fell off of the living room furniture to a 2nd. hands store in hamburg every week. christiane vacant deals with new clients in of a mile from the way family members and probably very widely. we see a whole range of responses in some find it hard to say goodbye. i tried to sort through a lot themselves and in some cases it may have dragged on for years on the hyphen on behalf of people who don't seem to care who a distance to end a project very objectively. exactly. and who would rather just get rid of it all quickly, didn't. and as i understand or the last calendar entry was 7 months ago, who were the people who lived here to children who are no road in the family,

one se, gains together? the most recent inhabitant with the widow who like to knit and tend to have everything they need already and often different. so not everything will fit and is home. they'll take a photo album, mementos, but i'd say that when it comes to the furniture, and most of the things a lot will be left over lighthouse feeders in place. the teen gets down to work with the european phone 10000 object. most of the contents of this home will be thrown out filling up 5 fund. those

will be covered and the dishes they'll go to the city. recycling center is building rebel. it's a waste. what else can you do short term? i think it can be wise to depart with things. sometimes she wanted, she could keep some things for herself. is she ever tempted? and has her job changed her in any way? we've been insufficient. i've actually switched to having fewer things myself because you notice that you don't need that much, nor they saw the household items in the tubs. a few things still that can you. why can they sell them? from letting someone wait a liar, s to sell it on, consignment be a problem. wages would need to be paid for something and then the whole thing would have to be in the loan probably wouldn't be worth it any more. questions 6 on the 3 of these things are going to the 2nd hand store. they won't get much money for it, but they'll save and garbage collection fees. it's hard work. do they ever get back

problems my times, but people just sit around all day and the office also get back problems. the joke folks a couple of times about 40 percent of which covers transport and waste collection. so do they just clear everything out and go them on that list? i'm the real estate agent. i want to be able to sell the house easily and it needs to look presentable. now that's why we left the lamps inside and a few curtains so that it still looks comfortable. so most of the contents need to go off. the house could be sold for at least 600000, you ready? when a new family listen spell, once again, fill it up with tens of thousands of new objects. being energy efficient is key, but it's easier said than done. it's not just about getting the right policies in place. perhaps the most difficult part is changing our behavior driven economist

and climate text. but cloudy, comfort knows this better than most. she explains why we need to put more energy into saving energy. the 1st one energy saving light bulb, then 234 were always hearing that we need to save energy, energy saving light bulbs can indeed save a lot of electricity and money to at least 100 years a year. but then we use one of the trips in a rental car, our, my little splurge. this one also uses electricity. energy economics, expert cloudy, a campus understands the dilemma. saving energy is a challenge because how can i finally learn to save more energy? we stop miss bond in the past, what you're experiencing is known as the rebound effect. you work hard to save energy, then you have more disposable income, which you spend on more energy. we have to counteract them with targeted policies.

i could see it in like a carbon tax, for example, designed as an incentive to reduce energy use. that's, you know, this is my boiler. it's a source of heat that relies a natural gas through easements. gov on. i now have to pay a carbon tax for every ton of carbon dioxide and that i am made with this heater. that is it costs me 125 years a year. gets kids with germany now has a carbon tax worth. so we're hitting people's pocket books. why aren't businesses and the super wrench mean version instead of the little guy that unfair. s my get a to see if it was a high, 1st of all it's fair that those who inflict more climate damage paid for and i had high earning households, have a bigger carbon footprint. they drive more cars live in bigger apartment and use more fossil and heating fuels. stop so they have to pay a higher price on the air. it would be unfair if low income household had to pay

disproportionately more without getting relief marketed and for like a climate or other relief program would be better failure. even more important is the promotion of energy saving measures. unfortunately, a little is being done there. and last load of leather, so the initial worldwide, we need more focus on saving energy of every kilowatt hour that isn't produced is what helps the climate most. and that needs to be emphasized why is so little being done to conserve energy in a foreign bond, leaving energy has never really been a popular topic for politicians because it's about creating incentives to use. and it's always easier to stand in front of an only inaugurated wind turbine and to take measures to really save energy. so 5 and power guzzling sectors like the steel industry are rarely incentivized to cut their usage. instead, they put the responsibility on politicians who pass it on to consumers. it's

a global trend. so my invest and also for from the research shows that this is widespread. it's, it's a p r campaign on the part of lobbyists designed to shift responsibility away from company and pass it on to consumers. but consumers can't reduce society's energy use on their own without other measures. companies and politicians often try to avoid the subject, but more and more people understand that something has to change and they're ready to politicians who need to catch up on a ticket. i think there's too much pressure on us consumers, but we all have to take responsibility. that's why my new model is use energy don't wasted. a clear message that certainly saving energy at an individual level can make a difference. but will that be enough when it comes to conserving resources?

perhaps what we really need to do is to think big our shocking energy wasting habits. what are our biggest sins? pick an average city in northern europe. we'll call it north town. let's look at a typical family. ah, it's early in the morning and the children are already streaming the film. the y fi router is always on, even when it's not in use. there's no stand by mode. the device uses around 12 kilowatt hours a month. that's about the same as a modern energy efficient refrigerator. 1000000000 the kilowatt hours a wasted around the world out of convenience, and the desire to always be on line. meanwhile, the children's father has clocked in for a shift at the factory, a paper mill. the production process gives off hot air which rises unused to the ceiling. the energy can be used more effectively for heating all over the world. companies avoid investing in sex changes because they usually only pay off after 5

years. ah, analysts say industry has the greatest untapped potential for saving energy. to children's mother worked at a company that uses cloud services on the internet. they require huge server farms which also produce a lot of heat that goes unused. this they would actually be enough to heat an entire apartment building. at the end of the day, the families this down for an evening meal. the weather is cold, so the heating is on in north town, around 30 percent of all the energy use goes into heating. that's largely because most building aren't properly insulated. better insulation could save the family up to 70 percent on their heating bills. and that's just one typical family, the whole of north town to save a lot of energy. so it's clear we have to rethink our habits from the

ground up. literally, not just what's in our homes, but what they're made out of building from natural materials could be part of the solution. and berlin is playing host to a growing number of buildings made of wood to report with doing that they have nothing to do with the story. the story is about construction size, concrete buildings, and the hopes and dreams of people living in concrete building. maybe it's far it full of did they dream of that? there is a connection. after all, that might explain why would the fashionable construction material it's those almost 20 percent of new bills in germany are made of wood. either then the noise

was just about anybody who enters a home made of wood is almost always overwhelmed by its quality and atmosphere. you never know when you go into a newly built wooden house, you'll feel wonderful from the very 1st moment. thanks to the structural design and the very special atmosphere will not thomas this company is developing what is said to be the coolest wouldn't apartment building in germany? $29.00 stories 90 time. it's called one. and is to go up really not the cities decided that entire district should be built of wood with new school buildings made of timber. and there is some justification for that. we have to aim to the climate neutral in our cities with trees of bound c o 2 for centuries . and when the timber is used for building it remains bound. and then that key difference between wood and concrete, from the south baton concrete is getting

a lot of bad press. nowadays. a key ingredient is cement. and according to the un intergovernmental panel on climate change, the cement industry accounted for 3 times more. c, o 2 emissions than commercial aviation and $119.00 another un record says construction and building usage of the source of 38 percent of global c o 2 emissions concrete is the default construction material, at least for large scale projects. an entire new concrete course is going up in a district of berlin. only one building currently under construction will be mostly made of wood. only is foundations and staircases will be made of concrete architect far each robbie has been working with wood for well over a decade, indefinitely few and we're definitely pioneers. and we've also suffered,

we had to overcome many obstacles that we met with a lot of resistance from the authority. and we had to assemble a team of experts and of course convince our client's property owners to begin with with anything but easy. and i saw that in 48 in berlin as a recent project to the 6 story co op with about 40 apartments is almost entirely made of wood and a finalist for the 2021 german sustainability. a bullet for architecture live a whole lot to put in beyond if they are in practice, didn't originally warm to would for ecological re, honestly the article knows it was 2007. and i started thinking about what, perhaps 2 years earlier for it's a static aspects aspect. i just thought a beautiful nickel does all know. it was only later that i learned how eco friendly it is and that it binds large amounts of c o 2, that's it. yeah, alice, because i have never jaga not also on the high rise. it's not just meant to be eco

friendly, but also an exercise in inclusive a t and social cohesion. it won't be condos for the rich, but rather housing for people of all income levels. it's about living in a neighborhood in a community. if you live in a project like this, you have to have the right attitude to wood as well because it lives and moves and creeks. you have to be able to and want to deal with that. in the back to build with timber, you have to cut down trees. how eco friendly is that? what we said, and he shouldn't just chop down and tie as far as so they've gone forever. we need to use the resources we have in germany and central europe, and fell tree selectively. importing timber from further afield would be less sustainable. i think the construction was hand sides in downtown berlin. but if all goes to plan,

when skyscrapers should be standing by 20. ah, it shows consulting resources and living the good life can go hand in hand. that's all we have time for on this edition of made. thanks for watching. ah ah, the me the news

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