now that was the year of the war and i think we're part of the 1st from. behind this door is one of the world's 2 largest virus collections some of them are so deadly they make over the 19 look like an allergy and some of the stories that shapes this week's news hearty gains exclusive access to the high security siberian laboratory where precious at the fact corona vaccine is made to develop a side the shot is 100 percent effective at producing antibodies against poor strains of covert 19. good health organization criticizes the rollout of curve in 1000 vaccines in europe for being unacceptably slow to patients he's executive director for europe explains the problem in numbers. with both a long and frustrating to the on the poor along because we're rapidly approaching

1000000 deaths in the european legion with but also frustrated you just don't see response teams reaching arms frosting on. face. the nation man is brutally assaulted in the new york subway elderly filipino woman beaten in the city's streets in the latest string of anti asian hate crimes in the us. also u.k. yvonne warns his community can't be held responsible for the actions of some individuals if muslims are treated with more respect says after a teacher showed his class cartoons of the prophet mohammed i guess debate the issues raised. you not with cultural debate all is he ok to be poked fun can be racist against muslims what's most alarming here is that a teacher has had to go into hiding with police protection.

good afternoon and thanks for joining us you're watching the weekly here on r.t. . in the war on the pandemic russia has an array of weapons among them is the f.b.i. fact carona vaccine this week it's become available in all russian regions for the mass vaccination campaign the jabs developers say that it's safe 100 percent effective at producing antibodies and that it can fight of mutant strains and he was invited to visit the high security laboratory in the heart of siberia where it's magic. this sign is probably worth a 1000 words because we are in one of the few places in the world where it has been plastered against the door not for cool looks not for show but as an actual warning behind this door is one of the world's 2 largest virus collections some of them so deadly they make covert 19 look like an allergy we are at the vector research

institute met here with armed guards barbed wire and the no fly zone above us inviting journalists is worlds apart from common practice here but they're eager to show and talk about how with their jab corona is made so this machine is where the work on the vaccine begins basically an inactivated virus from the red zone from the dirty zone is brought here and this machine it separates the r.n.a. from the rest of the virus is isolated and from here at the r.n.a. is being passed on for further study and work this is the preferred vinyl stage of producing a vaccine basically here they are preparing a foundation for it it's protein based so the substance in this boiler is literally called a soup or world broth it contains all the nutrients that will make this protein grow and as soon as it is ready it will be taken to

a different lab also here where active components of the vaccine will be attached to this protein in the foundation by active i mean those that will be recognized by our immune system as well including this and therefore we will develop antibodies for covert 19 what we do i want to emphasize 3 major advantages of the vaccine it's because it's made from synthetic peptides 2nd it's not sensitive to virus mutations it's resistant to all known covert strains including british south african brazilian and others and 3rd you can get vaccinated unlimited times one with the yearly flu vaccinations. earth is a vaccine develops a 3 line to fans like to enter a room you need to open a door the vaccine forms and tea parties that prevent that if the fast line of defense is broken then another pool of antibodies goes into battle that stops the virus from connecting to the cell and getting inside but if this line is crossed is

while the new response destroys the infected cell several high profile russian officials have already chosen because their covert jab and there were rumors of russia's former president dmitry medvedev did so as well but the difficulty head of the vector institute says vaccination shouldn't be a free for all fights between different producers people get through jobs they don't ask how those vaccines are made or how they walk but all of them meet certain requirements it should be the same with corona virus vaccine and a person just gets a job and that's it the message from russian vaccine developers which ever jab you choose you are getting the best shot at immunity done of reporting from the heart of siberia r.t. . germany's vaccination program has suffered another blow with berlin again suspending use of the astra zeneca job this time for the under sixty's many in that age group already had the 1st shop in

a state of limbo is this all of it is undoubtedly a sad back that one of the vaccines available to us for this pandemic appears to pose an increased risk for a certain age group 31 cases of cerebral vento strombo this had been reported after vaccination with the astra zeneca jab 9 of which were unfortunately fetal. people under 60 can still receive the shot but only on prescription and after an individual risk assessment this comes as a number of people in that age groups of blood clots after vaccination some in berlin say the weary of the government's flip flops on the vaccine. i completely understand being cautious but the problem of stopping the vaccination all the time is that we are already so far behind compared to the rest of the world and that is very disappointing because there are many restrictions and vaccines are the only thing we're trusting so we need to receive clear messages for citizens not to get confused. i feel that they're now really rushing ahead too fast if you look at the

side effects they're very rare if you read the information leaflets of aspirin or ibuprofen or any other those have much more serious side effects and we swallow those daily more or less. i think it is very very good that the vaccines were as a valid so fast and they would talk about the side effects because silence of that information would be so much worse but i also think that due to everyone having an opinion on it now it kind of make the whole vaccination process fall into pieces. the netherlands this week also followed suit while canada suspended the use of the germ for those under 55 after the country's national advisory committee decided it wasn't worth the risk vaccines image has been tarnished over fears of rare but potentially fatal blood clots prompted an investigation by the european regulator that found no direct link and said that the benefits of the job outweighed the risks meanwhile the european medicines agency has recently

approved a new name for the esters and a good job vax serve rio that's been speculated that the company behind the vaccine has decided to rebrand in response to public safety concerns infectious disease expert bob arnot said the no easy fix to the reputational damage. in this case and a 1000000 people you know you would expect very few cases of these terrible blood clots you know the ones in the in the scientists is in the brain the venous system the brain and the dissemination quake you'll issue out the body just terrifying and they're seeing it you know in younger women so with this. it's very hard to convince the public now because now you know they see faulty vaccine data you know used the wrong dose corrected the dose the may have the wrong. efficacy rate had a change that so a lot of suspicion about this well the vaccine rollout in general has been beset by problems with several states now looking to break away from the joint purchase scheme the b

h o's also expressed concerns calling the e.u.'s efforts and acceptably slow according to the organization only 4 percent of europeans have taken 2 doses of the vaccine so far are discussed this on the astra zeneca troubles with the executive director of the w h o's regional office for europe. we're both alarms and frustrated at that moment we're alarmed because we're rapidly approaching 1000000 deaths in the european region which are 44000000 cases of covert 19 on the other hand they're frustrated because we are well frustrated for the reasons that many of us have been living in lockdown ferrante 20140 days in some cases but also across states it's because we don't see these vaccines reaching arms fast enough but this really is a court of governments to improve their vaccination plans ramp up speed up that vaccination process we need people to accept and have confidence in the vaccines they're receiving and when they're offered a vaccine to agree to take it the longer we wait the higher the likelihood

that the that the virus mutates and that will see variants escape the vaccine you mentioned a really important point there i think particularly pertinent right now because the w.h.o. talking about the after seneca vaccine is said country should keep using and of course there's a great the need for it and a great demand for it but there are several countries i think more than a dozen countries appear full of using it what is the stands now on astra zeneca vaccine just in confidence to such a fragile thing i mean it takes you in some cases years to build in just a few minutes to erode and diminish so it will undoubtedly and has undoubtedly impact its confidence of the communities that are relying on that vaccine. at the astra zeneca bassett's this is very important that we get this vaccine back online where it's been temporarily suspended but at this point there's no course

the association until we have more data we won't know just getting back to the vaccinations there's a range of them out there now russia has a fear of its own thing the 1st one out there are those put on the market with sputnik v. some countries and the west the big. slow to approve use of it is that legitimate is it just because the medical checks haven't been done yet or is it could there be a political element to it i don't think pot politics is something that we should necessarily just just in terms of the vaccines and where different vaccines used split the vaccine from what we've seen from the russian federation's the dates of its own of all appears to be an effective and safe vaccine is used in many member states and in some member states the do not have access to the vaccines that are listed for it's really the russian vaccine that has come to their aid and support so sputnik they being used to many member states it does not counts european

medicines approval hence it doesn't have e.u. member states using it at this point but we are confident that in the very near future not vaccine will be of use to everybody across the globe. anti asian attacks in america show no sign of letting up too shocking a brutal assaults occurred this week in new york one of the victims was an elderly filipino woman who was brutally beaten while black male assailant yelled racial slurs warning you may find this video upsetting. and what seems to bother people the most is that there are several eyewitnesses in

the video who didn't intervene did not step up to stop the attacker and that is very similar to something that took place on the new york city subway another anti asian hate crime which video has also been made available of take a look. at the new york city police department says there is a sharp increase in anti asian hate crimes they say there have been $27.00 similar

incidents that took place over the course of the last year 12 of which were violent assaults now there has been a conversation among the us public about an asian racism we've heard statements from the biden and ministration as president biden said during his 1st primetime address and to violence and said a full day is wrong it's un-american and must stop today president biden is announcing new actions to respond to the increase in acts of and to aid. violence and to advance safety inclusion and belonging for all asian american native hawaiian and pacific island to come in h.s. in asian american communities throughout the united states there have been community patrols that have been formed and they've been giving elderly asian americans a whistles so that if they are targeted by a racist attacker they can blow the whistle and maybe you know get the attention of people that are around them and that's one measure that has been taken there's been

a number of statements by celebrities that have been made about the need to stand against anti asian racism we've heard from the white house but at this point people are wondering will this be able to have an impact will this wave of anti asian violence be able to be stopped because right now on the streets so we continue to see footage of what is taking place it's very brutal very disturbing and it doesn't appear to be stopping was can i just mentioned volunteers are giving out whistles to elderly asian people throughout the united states in san francisco the project has been somewhat of a blow to some 700 whistles meant for distribution was stolen the advance in america's street some of looking to other ways to counter racism for example a publisher has pulled a children's book over its depiction of a martial arts instructor called must the wall mean that some deemed offensive and a form of passive racial stereotyping of the school did

a pointless exercise in virtue signaling and bypassing the real problems that face people daily we spoke with the store in general tone about joe biden's role in the issue at lunch. he needs to realize that by launching this new cold war against china he simultaneously helping to create fertile conditions for the rise of violence it seems to me that for the foreseeable future we're going to have difficulties because china has ascendancy is not going away any time soon and i'm afraid to say the political education in united states is not very sophisticated not very high and ended up probably bleeds into anti asian american anti pacific islander america violence. so if the poll has found most americans are anxious about losing jobs of a something they say online because of council culture begins that story after this break.

so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race. spearing dramatic development the only really i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. the world is driven by a dream shaped by one person. thinks. we fear to ask.

welcome back in a moment the u.k. has warned the prime minister that trouble is brewing if more respect isn't shown to muslims insinuating the country could go the way of friends this is after a teacher in northern england left parts of the community outraged when showing cartoons of the prophet mohammed to his class. all we ask for is a bit of respect if one teacher can do it another teach can do it 5 years down the line and we do not want this to be the case otherwise we are not responsible for the actions of some individuals of the teacher in question and his family are now in hiding after they received death threats he has apologized but has been

suspended though some local muslims are demanding the school fire him but a petition calling on the school to reinstate him is garnered more than 65000 signatures or u.k. the power of education has defended the teacher it is never acceptable to threaten or intimidate teaches we encourage dialogue between parents and schools when he she has emerged schools are free to include a full range of issues ideas and materials in their curriculum including where they are challenging a controversial subject or they obligations to ensure political balance outrage over a similar case in france last october led to the brutal murder of samuel party a history teacher near paris he was beheaded by a terrorist after showing cartoons of the prophet mohammed to his pupils to india from christian concern emotions are a political and social commentator locked horns over the issues raised. this could be very easily turning into some kind of a powder keg and you do not throw that matches into such things we've

seen in france and in many european countries the rise of the far right we've seen some to tears civil rights system pushing against islam pushing against muslims marginalizing them and it's open season on muslims courage attack them on free speech basis and people make themselves up to be free speech martyrs or somehow muslims become inflamed or they won't fit in western values so what's most alarming here is that a teacher asked her to go into hiding with police protection because what he's done he's he's discussed a point of discussion about a cartoon and the why the subject of blasphemy he hasn't actually hurt anyone he hasn't actually even threatened any violence and yet there are obviously very real threats of violence against him so much so that the police to protect him and take his family his wife and his children into hiding i think that is very very concerning and i think we need to recover a sense of normality and a sense of people being able to openly discuss and educate people about these

things and i've been around the block a few times and had this discussion a few times every time we've had this discussion on free speech and debate we have put down to worst of the ideas racism hatred we know it's not ok to be racist against muslims to make the argument is it alright to be racist or is this racist we need to learn about religion that we need to learn about what people believe and we need to openly discuss them and so people and super about it let's be very clear about this that discussing a cartoon it's got about how it has nothing to do with basis and it's not racism at all and what's happening here is people are trying to shut down a discussion and using threats of violence when people judge. people who work with the english defense league you keep anti muslim interest across europe and the rest of the while to try and demonize muslims marginalize them would have enough you will not win the cultural debate. or is he ok to be poked fun at and be racist against muslims out of the lot of us read what else is and you don't get to be

offensive towards us this is not the way a free society should work he should definitely be defended it's all he's done is raise a discussion people should be free to discuss things in class if we're not free to discuss things we have a de facto blasphemy law in the country which is being enforced by a mob rule that threatens violence against people. of the matter of council culture is having an impact on people psychological well being a majority of people polled in the united states say they fear being fired or reprimanded for what they say online. is a chilling finding that most people in the country now are afraid they would be fired if they expressed their real views on social media of the nearly 2000 people who were surveyed more than 60 percent viewed growing cancel culture as a threat to their freedom well more than half see it as endangering their job security we canvassed opinion on the issue among new yorkers. people are creative and have

a different mindset some artist decide to do different things people you next door neighbors affected the difference you that you might not agree on i don't feel that you should ruin their entire lives over what they think in their mind even though it is harsh and it could really go like that market sometimes i think it does care people and it makes people think and made. sure you know. inappropriate to. the idea of canceling canceling is bad and is not a good way of. creating difficult conversations because difficult conversations are very important to making difficult topics less difficult. that can really change the way that a person interacts with the world or using. to also understand like we're fed up with having to respond to people so sorry if you're so low it's always more complicated when it's presented. those who come to chad with more shared his

thoughts on council culture from where it's just. in the past we've always sort of focused on the government and focused on protecting the constitution but of course in this in this day and age the threats are coming not really from the government they're coming from businesses from private corporations and most importantly from each other so that makes it interesting and different i think from anything else that we really experience and culture before it's you know and it's such a lot of this has become a social media mob being and threats to docs and get people fired and. not. on many levels and most importantly it has a chilling effect on public discourse and i'm people being able to speak their minds to openly discuss and advocate for things that they can for the things that they truly believe in and their criticisms and maybe what's going on in culture and in government and even cancel coulter itself as we've seen just criticizing cancel

coulter 'd can get you canceled. you know just thank you jeanne moos a tool for this disposal to counter the avid drawing global influence of china and with that goal in mind washington's reaching out to allies across asia with mixed success as to take a father and son and right. the rise of china and subsequent tantrum in the west is heading the way these things always do the great powers and some not so great ones are getting together and holding hands and forming alliances so anything really bad happens we can all suffer together in the blue corner we have record for the 1st try we're convening this group. yet that meeting was a few weeks ago a meeting of the quadrilateral security guard 'd court for short because no one can remember the real name who comes out with those names anyway it's made up of the united states india japan and australia some might suggest they're more clues than quads the aim of the gang is

a free and open indo-pacific that was the promise after the 1st summit between the leaders of the us india japan and australia so they're really mean are the words is to keep china in its place brilliantly about every using the word china i show you one me you will take a look at their p.r. video often in a few words as we go. to be china free and open and close it and help unless you china. to be china i think straight course power china committing to addressing the world defining challenge the rise of china moment of crisis something. to be china. and china. about the threat of climate change and combat the threat of china i'll save you the pain of watching you basically goes on like that some of the called the asian nato we say 50 denied because it is not

a minute to your lines for the 1st time canada is participating in a joint exercise in the pacific ocean with the nations to rise the. sea definitely not a military alliance as ever though self-interest is likely to be the main enemy of this group they 1st got together back in 2004 to respond to the booking day tsunami when they tried to go steady off towards. make it all a bit more official they realized it wasn't going to work because none of them really wanted to annoy china. now almost 15 years after they gave up on the cord in the 1st place they're back and they realize they do want to annoy china now because the us is scared of being used as the global bully indios just have a border clash with china literally with sticks and australia is facing economic sanctions from beijing so yeah return of the cord we know that our allies have complex relationships with china that always align perfectly enter key u.s. ally south korea which is doing all it can to stay out of the cord after realizing

that while it relies on the us for its security it does most of its shopping in china australia doesn't seem to have noticed it in the same position hence those sanctions from beijing china has called the quad an excuse to form clique's and openly incite discord between regional countries with that in mind is building is own clique to incite discord your reaction to china making a big push into the mid east with a new 25 year deal with china and iran. is really struggling to señors cues and she so yes china and iran have signed a 25 year cooperation deal among other things beijing will be buying iranian oil in defiance of u.s. sanctions i mean just like the quote never says the c word china and iran didn't exactly say at the signing but this is one big middle finger at washington the big geopolitical beasts then are picking their teams and taking sides. to worry about i'm sure. you're up to date i'll be back with more in half an hour.

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