thinks. we dare to ask. headline of this morning new york threaten the 1000000 dollar fines for vaccine fraud after launching a criminal probe into a medical center it thinks the legally obtained covert jobs. as leaders around the world plead with people not to risk yet another new wave of covert by celebrating the new year in public. and the b.b.c.'s director of cultural diversity in other news opens a race storm by claiming even the white working class are more privileges than middle class people from ethnic minority backgrounds. this is not international good morning for me kevin owen hit with the 30 minute

update for you great to have you company 1st in the news that new york governor andrew cuomo has announced up to 1000000 dollars fines for corona virus vaccine fraud the new york city police department opened a criminal probe into a medical center it suspects obtained covert shots illegally we want to send a clear signal to the providers that if you violate the law on these vaccinations we will find out and you will be prosecuted we will not tolerate any fraud in the vaccination process anyone who engages in fraud is going to be held accountable. to the voter i'm going to sign today says a provider could be fined up to a $1000000.00 in revocation of all state licenses. authorities think parco community health network applied for distribution rights by fraudulently claiming it was a legitimate health center but as r.t.c.

goes down are fought through fears that new types of vaccine fraud could well develop. in 2020 v is for vaccine after months of trials and tribulations they've left the labs for the global market and dozens more are on the way this paints a picture of abundance but the reality couldn't be further from the truth the hope had been the jobs would crush the virus before christmas. but it's a free market and for the right money demand will always be satisfied with supply queue the dark web the internet's underbelly a silk road for drug traffickers weapons smugglers document forgers and other

business that falls on the wrong side of the law now priced at several $100.00 a shot vials claiming to contain a vaccine against covert 19 have filled virtual shelves in the us a whole homeland security squad has been tasked with prowling shady marketplaces any time do something new out there anyway the scammer can exploit consumers they will interpol is warning that criminal gangs could raid stockpiles as governments are preparing to roll out vaccines criminal organizations are planning to infiltrate or disrupt supply chains another scam targets the most vulnerable the elderly with phone calls luring them into fake vaccine appointments the most gullible are also falling for these adverts on take talkers so. szell network even though vaccine passports don't exist yet even legitimate medical institutions have

been suspected of fraudulently obtaining and distributing jabs like this new york based provider though it denies any wrongdoing i think we overrate you're good at suit the state to look after us there are so many individuals and also organized crime networks out there that are looking to make big bucks out of any situation of course you will have people in the dark willing to sell you have others merely willing to try to steal the information to make drugs the whole point of this is criminals work across the world so you'll have criminals operating in parts of europe that are also linked up with people in the middle east and also in southeast asia and of course that makes it very difficult for individual priests in countries to eschew a determine where this stuff is coming from we have the same issue with the drugs

trade and and we've never been able to solve that problem it's all about protecting ourselves from covert 19 but before most of us make a socially distanced queue to get a vaccine there's another dark virus below this. politicians worldwide have called on people to stay home in the new year break to avoid sparking yet another fresh wave of co-infections covering that to be tupac it's that time of year that wishes are meant to come true a particularly one being that 2021 is going to kick over it in the cab the time of year when we all come together and celebrate the best way to celebrate new year is not celebrated at all we can't risk putting the country under weeks of restrictions because of just one night. christmas has ended and everyone's in panic mode over a possible 3rd wave of infections several countries have already imposed maximum restrictions for austrian israel it's round 3 of lock down this is

a chance to avoid the food where you would please do everything we can so that it does not he does as with visits and if isolation at home wasn't bad enough code has apparently evolved seemingly 1st detected in the u.k. and the mutation has spread from the americas to asia while countries shut their borders to british travelers hundreds already on skiing holiday in switzerland apparently gave the authorities and quarantine the slip. many of them stayed in quarantine for a day before they left a notice on the cover of darkness it was when they saw the military's remains untouched that the hotel leaders noticed that their customers had gone but if you do decide to celebrate this year there are some key rules to follow it's exam hands and so is it with you don't share drinks with others is the new year kisses and hugs should only be shared with those in your immediate family and if you are thinking of catching some fireworks don't even bother going out it's all restricted

cancelled or moving online. but despite all the warnings and restrictions health officials don't seem to think any of it will actually prevent people from doing what they always do if you put more pressure on the system by what might be a post seasonal surge because of the travelling and the likely congregating of people it's very tough for people to not do that whether you stay home this new

year's eve or celebrate it with family and friends apparently 2021 might get a lot worse before it gets better. hospitals in england have reported a record number of covert patients it comes as health officials across britain warn they are struggling to cope right now with new coronavirus cases the u.k. is distributing the pfizer vaccine in hopes to a proven astra zeneca job in the coming days as well which fingers crossed may lead to easing the strict quarantine measures in england in london and other parts of the country.

our little. let's take a breather away from code from a story leading actors are rushing to apologize the performances not being diverse enough. reports though critics are beginning to question whether it's all going to

be. 2020 has been a hard year fact is no one suffers more in the world wald than act is and celebrities. professional pretenders trying to engage with intellectual debate is great well it's great for a half actually. these are the people who have to look like they love humanity well all the cinema going humanity but if they loved anyone but themselves they probably wouldn't be celebrities in the 1st place this year the oscars announced that in order to get one of those gold statuette you've got to have underrepresented ethnic groups among the leading cost the crew and the long getting department so that was a tough start for the luvvies but they don't actually all fall into the same category so for every 7 whimpering apologists cough cough which even phoenix.

there are some people wondering won't but hell is going on as their colleagues tie themselves in take. this year apologized for playing nina simone in a 2016 film and she will never be you know she said that she wasn't black enough to play the iconic singer she's blonde but she's not black enough and she would never be you know the way we have to apologize to people with limb differences because she played the grand high wage in the witches and had fewer than 5 fingers and toes . when the remake of the movie the witches was released portraying the main character who is missing fingers as evil and scary so what we've learned in 2020 is that no one should play any roles unless they all those roles. also when you got

a problem acting just ain't what it used to be but when it gets really bad is when you get several actors to gather for a. good cause who can forget this cringe show this is signaling that should ever be allowed in one place. is. easy to. the. 'd the imagine video was a butchering of john lennon in the name of south aggrandizement. oh it was actually an attempt to make people feel better cheering the global pandemic but it really only made things worse so many people were vomiting in response to it but it looked like a symbol of the coronavirus for the final word goes to act in chains of

woods known for his unlovely like lean to the right. here's one what reaction to the oscars planned for in force diversity madness. well talking of diversity the b.b.c.'s diversity chief no less as claimed white privilege in britain is still rife june sarpong who's black are that even in white working class in a better situation than middle class people from ethnic minority backgrounds there is unfairness big to now system and while the elite white male is of the top of the tree even the white working class has an advantage over people from black and asian backgrounds but critics supported that sarpong may not be ideally placed to comment on a lack of privilege considering she gets the large sum of 75000 pounds a year from the b.b.c. which is 3 days' work a week we asked people the streets of london our media analyst john gaunt whether

she was right to speak. everyone's entitled to an opinion like no matter what like demographic they are so i think she's definitely entitled to her opinion i don't think her income defines that she makes that there were 5000 a year silly she has no right to write. books about who was should understand but see she's doing very well. but we don't know what kind of parish my friends thinking when she is so i actually spent much of it i think we were too old what i'm told benefits believe this is all this. more often people from people who you know very much it might be if you like you can face that someone in such a high earning like we try to take all the dollars a raise can come into that so when people judge her they don't understand the journey going sam came from seeds a lack of knowledge when they are in disconnecting and they give this person change

this money but we don't know her journey so you came to jake tapper. i don't think june has got any right to criticize people on this there is a whole group of people not just in the b.b.c. but in north london who think they're better than working class big box i accept if you're in the upper echelons of society and you're white like june herself says more doors are going to open for you but tell that to a white working class bloke from our farm in luton they've got proof leach we have a black and an asian middle class now june seem to trade know all this they idea that the white working class somehow have a great privilege absolute nonsense the statistics don't bear it out the most prejudiced people against people at the moment is white working class bar boys who are not performing as well at school i just think all of this just doesn't help

let's have a real equality and a real tolerance and that's a 2 way street. there's a thought for the day it's exactly 16 minutes past the hour morning we're going to head will this world health chiefs warn over use of covert down to buy all 6 now is making sexually transmitted diseases incurable something else to worry about sadly but we will explain more to you about it where it's going to go after the break. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics or business i'm showbusiness i'll see you there. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy

confrontation let it be an arms race. and spearing dramatic development only. exists i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical. to sit down in. max keiser this is the kaiser report with stacy herbert and special year end guest misfires di. i must say the kind of sensitivity to world events and markets we're seeing anywhere except for mitt welcome back. good morning in the u.s. we're already getting a glimpse of just how things might shape up when joe biden takes office in january

now it's been revealed in the brother of one of biden's closest advisers has secured a low being contract with online john amis and steve. himself will soon serve as a top white house counselor it's come to light his brother jeff registered to lobby for just after the presidential election so says sources close close to the siblings insist they won't mix family and business though. jeff has never and will never lobby his brother on behalf of any of his clients and see have had no role in his brother's business since he sold his stake in the firm in 2012 stephen just keep their professional activities distinctly separate we spoke to leo rivera from online news outlet reactionary times dot com we believe the lobbying post though is far from a coincidence. of course there's going to be conversations that take place between the brothers regarding amazon's interest and the fact that you know one of the brothers it has a direct line into the president but this is something you know the the institution

of lobbying is something that's going to come out under fire and under more scrutiny because it's joe biden as president and we already know all you know it's out there what hunter biden has done internationally we even have the progressive with in joe biden's only party looking deeper into the situation in addition to republicans watching the activities of the biden in ministration in regard to lobbying the progressive side are you know the elizabeth warren and even in the house the whole season people like that are already keeping an eye on what the activities are between the by the administration when any incoming hire if it may be formally also worked in the lobbying. they have use of antibiotics to fight covert could accelerate the spread of so-called superbugs is the latest worry of those this has been brewing for a while it's just exacerbated now the world health organization has highlighted significant rise and gone arrear

a sexually transmitted bacteria warning it could become incurable. and the micro bit resisters may not seem as arrogant as a pandemic but it is just as dangerous it threatens to unwind a century of medical progress and levi's the defenseless against infections that today can be treated easily. and the optics for gonorrhea have been given out to treat bacterial infections or inflammatory symptoms following covert infection it's reportedly allowed other bacteria though to build resistance creating super bugs that could become one treatable we talked to a leading of ologist about the over use of such medicines. viruses not stupid. and or a bacteria is not stupid it gets no it gets used to a certain antibiotic treatment regimen it this problem of antibiotic resistance has been around and has been increasing over the years without the pandemic as well and

for sure what the pentagon's done is that the patients don't go to the doctor anymore because they're scared of going to the doctor because thinking if you know if they go to the hospital or if they do go for example to a doctor's office they may get a virus because obviously patients will be sitting here this is a wrong assumption if asians are sig you should still go to the doctor this is very important secondly i think we should still be careful about resistance in general and this same remedy that we had a year ago or 2 years ago is still true today don't use antibiotic the problem of resistance is the over use of antibiotics for irrelevant or minor infections and this is the problem this is the problem it was 2 years ago and is still a problem today. so a new strain of corona virus has been found in sweden now in a woman who recently returned from the u.k. it comes as the swedish government put forward a bill to impose a strict law if passed by parliament authorities could shut down businesses and find those floating the rolls they marks

a big break from the country's earlier rather hands off approach which the government's method was a failure. they missed galbally very serious situations the government may decide on more far reaching measures to prevent crowding that would include the closure of shops public transport shopping centers or are they it is covered by the law we are talking about certain types of trading places with the risk of spreading the disease is assessed as high and with there is a lot of crowding when the coronavirus pandemic hit europe in february or march you may recall sweden's approach to the crisis contrast it starkly with most other countries the so-called swedish model relied largely on voluntary social distancing and the development of herd immunity among the population or try to avoid sweeping lockdowns public life remained largely unaffected even at the height of the pandemic drawing criticism from sweden's neighbors some even closed their borders in response the founder and chairman of verse with his professors and doctors for human rights told us he believes the new measures are the only way now to save

lives. this weekend a.d.'s there was truly beginning to protect the economy business and of course because being a slave trade and industry etc going to be enough of a sunday. there. will not be prone to to close the schools because in that case the 25 percent of the or the labor force will be temporary last forced sort of study aiming to protect your economy there are not to say most no to look down and strict measures is the only way to at least try to do. both their morbidity and mortality produced by these failures you will solve this situation with more and more measures you need and i was trying to alter the strategy you need to qualitative change here and not in trend over strategy to mean in a stress in a basin not name it to suit economy but to say lives i mean it should be you know

it has to be mission. perspective and they don't think you know it we're here to do the same. similar concerns in south korea where 3 people have come from the u.k. of being diagnosed with a new strain of corona virus it comes with the rise in covert infections in the country as a whole leaving experts there to warn of a 3rd wave of the virus. it is a positive sign that we have suppressed increased around $1000.00 cases but we are also failing to lower the number so the situation around we are going to set a special quarantine period until january 3rd call i'm confident we will be able to

better the situation of. the virus is spreading whenever and wherever it wants as we stand at the crossroads of the 3rd wave how we stop the spread hinges on how we spend this year and a new period. of the 1st 2 waves that south korea had in march and then in the summer the recent infections aren't cluster infections like the other ones there are not as geographically specifically it's more difficult to track and trace because right now the infections that we're seeing are popping up all over the country and all

over the city the capital city of seoul the government has. been thinking about increasing the social distancing measures to level 3 which would be the highest level here in south korea were currently under level $2.00 but the problem with this is that it would significantly hurt the economy further and the economy. has already been hurt a lot this year because of the pandemic the spike from $200.00 cases per day to $1200.00 cases now is a particularly alarming for the government. well said so far this morning some sort showing among them is kevin 0 in the for me of the rest of the team seasons great sins and have a great day. the world is driven by dreamers shaped by the one person.

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