aren't we going into a full lockdown across the whole country, and if i could ask the medics, neil fergusond this morning that there is a statistically significant, albeit small, evidence of an increased proportion of infections among the under15 proportion of infections among the under 15 is. is there a case for itibss under 15 is. is there a case for mass testing in primaries, and perhaps a staggered return for primaries as well as secondaries? thanks very much, jane. so the a nswer to thanks very much, jane. so the answer to the first question is that the new variant is highly concentrated, and the stay—at—home rule in the east, the south—east and london is aimed at keeping this new variant from spreading across the country, and that's why we've taken the approach that we have, in terms of the tiering and expanding the number of areas that are in tier 4. on the education question, i'm going to ask susan to answer on the virology and then jenny to answer to ask susan to answer on the virology and thenjenny to answer on the question of the consequences, especially for schools. so firstly,

that's absolutely right and mark correct response to that fascinating interview with professor neil ferguson in which he's saying that the idea for the lockdowns really came from china and while the chinese were doing is people such as ferguson didn't really believe you could do this in the way the stories go to our great idea but of course it wouldn't work in the west because we're also used to democracy and freedom and we wouldn't tolerate governments telling us what to do when he turns out that the western public was very tolerant. and that i think is really the most shocking development because. the science underlying code with is very very questionable i mean everything we've known about the disease just yes that the lockdown the economic dislocations and everything has to be wildly disproportionate to the threat that the disease actually poses i mean we know the average age of the beds of disease we know that. most of the public overwhelming majority of the public if they get the virus they will make a full speedy recovery from it yet despite all of that there is still this pressure on

absolutely right and mock directive ones do that if i have a meeting interview with the professor neil ferguson in which he's saying that the idea of a lockdown is really came from china and while the chinese were doing it people thought of ferguson been really believe you could do this in the west. great idea but of course they were in the west because we're also used to democracy in for me them and we wouldn't tolerate government spending us what was there what he found out that the western public was very follower of. and that i think is really the most shocking development because. the science underlying cope with is very very questionable i mean everything we've known about the disease suggests that the lock downs the economic dislocations and everything has been wildly disproportionate to the threat of the disease actually proses i mean we know the average age of the beds of these we know that. most. the public overwhelming majority of the public if they get the virus they will make a full speedy recovery from it yet as i do all of that there is no with russia well these most draconian me

neil ferguson is with us next.his is bloomberg. ♪ shery: about half it is dozen banks will announce rate decisions. at let's get to sophie in hong kong. first, let's paint the context going into 2021. e.m. central banks are under pressure to reverse course after easing the most. during the 2008 crisis, bloomberg intelligence warned disinflation will persist. on the dm rates side, that is seen normalizing. if yields in the u.s. rise to quickly and tighten financial conditions, it could spark a selloff. local currency debt may benefit, and with u.s. yields likely staying range bound, bloomberg intelligence says credit spreads will likely be the main driver of e.m.-dollar debt. these are the fair value estimates for credit as far as hedge rates and currency. credit around 3%, 4%. for merging currencies, that is seen at -2% to -4%. douglas nguyen says risks to markets and the economy will remain well into 2021. he spoke with haslinda amin. douglas: there are elements of the market people will look back on and say, how

baker,ummers, catherine neil ferguson are among the guests.is "balance of power" on bloomberg television and radio. ♪ david: this is "balance of power " on bloomberg television and radio. in just moments spacex is scheduled to launch the falcon nine rocket from cape canaveral. the rocket is caring as satellite for sirius xm. this is the way you get it. joining us now is shawn casey managing director. us forou for being with the television part of the audience. we are watching the rocket on the launchpad. give us a sense of the significance of this launch. sean: this is a very exciting launch. this is the seventh launch of the b1051 booster. the first stage was used for the nasa crew demolition in march of 2019. it launched the radar sat in june of 2019. the last four launches, the uses of this booster have been for support of the star link mission. star link is typically launching about 15,000 kilograms to low-earth orbit to build of the constellation. 1049 has doneer, b about seven launches. this is the first booster revanche that has had six

professor neil ferguson, one of the doctors on the report, says this analysis provide some of the firstthat a asymptomatic infections are less contagious. it shows growing evidence of the importance of household transmission. especially in the context way symptomatic cases are not isolated outside the home. joining us now is dr. william grace who is in an ecologist and hematologist. and dr. marc siegel, fox news medical contributor. thank you both for being here. dr. siegel, how big of a difference with this have made if we knew this earlier? and shouldn't this asymptomatic report have some effect on these new lockdown orders we are seeing in california and elsewhere? >> raymond, that's a great point. i thick at the beginning of the pandemic, multiple studies suggested that it was 80% of the cases due to asymptomatic spread. that was a whopping number. the center for disease control was talking about 40%-60%, all of which shaped policy. it was like it was hanging in the air. anywhere you went, you could encounter covid. and the person wouldn't have symptoms. those of us who have been st

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briefly talk to but when professor neil ferguson who's coronavirus multiplying directly led to the original lockdown across the u.k. in march when he says point number one the our number is well above one in clinical terms now and point number 2 he seems to be hinting he said quote today there's no headroom so he seems to be hinting saying well the coming 2 months will possibly slash probably be worse than what we saw by that point 12 months before what goes through the minds of your health workers your nurses you know who are there they're wearing the pay p.p.a. 412-1314 hours a day you know we are already 'd under so much strain we are already over capacity to see inspection go to continue to go walk into a position where we just cannot the work of the whole service can no longer do but it is a situation that we just can't get to and actually through credit to our executive owner and our politicians here they have made that really difficult decision and it is a difficult position to go into for lockdown on boxing day but they have done and that was the only decision that that he could hav

it's interesting to that today professor neil ferguson a government adviser he sits on a committee lookingction diseases and he told mps he thought it was likely that the variant that we found in kent and london was likely to be circulating in most european countries. but he suggesting that the uk is better at surveillance and spotting these changes than other countries. and that's perhaps why they might not have detected them as yet. there's been disruption in dover — borders have reopened, but thousands of drivers are facing more delays as they have to wait for covid tests. rail, air and sea services have resumed, after the french government eased its ban on people entering from the uk. but lorry drivers say the situation in kent remains chaotic — there were scuffles with police as some protested about the delays, and one man was arrested. some of the 3,000 hauliers who are stuck say they're simply not getting enough information. simonjones reports. the border to france may have finally reopened, but this morning angry drivers left the manston lorry park where they'd been sleeping in the

2015, and 2004 here's our list of guest, thomas fleming, victor david hanson, margaret mcmillan, neil ferguson, it simon winchester, then on september 5 we went to the strand bookstore under the profile the stand, angela davis was our guest, david hackett fisher november in the late tom wolf in december. about 30% of the authors that we showed you are still active and writing, mike texted, my favorite in-depth author, interview was david mccullough a former pittsburgh native and it was special to hear about his career and learn how he writes in a purchase is subject, best which wishes for another year in-depth, we appreciate that. in 2007 it was newt gingrich who was our author, he is a prolific author, he has written several books, this program, section that we will show you from 2007 is a little different and we will explain "after words". >> there is a continuum when you start with a soundbite and you build it up and then you end up with a book over the dvd and i make in the continuum we're in one of the fascinating careers of dramatic change where we could potentially have an enormous dial