professor in the department of medical microbiology and infectious diseases at the university of manitoban winnipeg, canada. it's good to have you on the program. the viral variance in india at the moment, do we know what role they are playing in the spread of the vir? jason: it's a great question. we are learning basically at each moment, the variant that first emerged in the u.k. we know is circulating in india and the are concerns with that variant. it is increasing in proportionality but we're somewhere at its infancy in understanding what it means. is it just something else related to the current situation that is driving these infectious cases up? brent: the models tell us that we have another two weeks in india of spreading of the virus as well as the death toll climbing. after that, things are expected to improve somewhat. what role then does vaccination play here? is it too late to try to bring this under control with the vaccine? jason: i think you have to look att from the perspective of the situation now versus wre it will be a few weeks or months from now. it will require pro

professor in the department of medical microbiology and infectious diseases at the university of manitoba in winnipeg canada dr it's good to have you on the program the viral variants that are in india at the moment do we know what role they are playing in the spread of the virus it's a great question as we're learning. at each moment and what's really going on certainly the 117 which was the very 1st emerged in the u.k. we know has been circulating in india and we know obviously that there are concerns regarding enhanced transmissibility with that variant the 1617 a certain is that increasing in proportionality but we still i think are somewhat at it is you know standing what that actually means are we seeing that this housing hands transmission like the other variants or is it just something else related to the current situation that is driving those affections cases up we know that the models tell us that we have another 2 weeks in india of spreading of the virus as well as the death toll climbing after that things are expected to improve somewhat what role then does vaccination play h

professor in the department of medical microbiology and infectious diseases at the university of manitoba in winnipeg canada dr it's good to have you on the program the viral variants that are in india at the moment do we know what role they are playing in the spread of the virus it's a great question as we're learning. at each moment and what's really going on certainly being 117 which was the very 1st emerged in the u.k. we know has been circulating in india and we know obviously that there are concerns regarding enhanced transmissibility with that variant the 1617 a certain is that it increasing in proportionality but we still i think are somewhat at it is you know standing what that actually means are we seeing that this housing has transmission like the other variants or is it just something else related to the current situation that is driving those infectious cases up we know that the models tell us that we have another 2 weeks in india of spreading of the virus as well as the death toll climbing after that things are expected to improve somewhat what role then does vaccination pla

further west so we've got some wintry flavia's coming back in across say alberta pushing towards manitoba the mountain states the u.s. northern parts of california could see some snow as we go through the next couple of days as we go on into monday that will continue to slide its way a little further east was pushing in across the rockies snow for the canadian prayer is a bit of snow for the u.s. prairie's further south it's looking fine interact with some pleasant spring sunshine at long last all the way down into western parts of florida so looking good here the fine weather stretches across a good part of mexico it is set fair here in the sense that say across much of the caribbean with lots of love the sunshine just want to shout into jamaica into cuba into haiti but elsewhere a slightly sunny. on counting the cost of the climate emergency and the price of going green and why it doesn't need to cost the earth new zealand unlikely leader an economics becomes the test bed for controlling house prices plus no gold deposits so why is it one of iraq's biggest exports counting the cost on a

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state pushing up into pennsylvania and across the lakes and on the other side of the lakes same to manitoba ontario because a fair old wintry mix coming through here just one celsius in winnipeg perhaps a touch colder as we go through wear shoes day with some snow coming into central parts of canada and down across the northern plains of the u.s. for the showers there was some showers today just easing down towards the southern states but for the southeastern corner things should be a good deal quieter quater which was a southwest plenty of warm still in place and we see temps kicking up to 16 celsius in the pacific northwest not too bad here seattle 16 degrees and the fine weather the dry weather stretches down across much of mexico we have got some showers across the western side of the caribbean and some showers to tools east the side of the caribbean association showers as a child or 2 coming into spence and over the next couple of days. in the yugoslav rules of the ninety's prime's were committed. size. al-jazeera world needs miracle ground adds a creation son who went to jail for crim

well jason kinda chuck is the fire ologists at the university of manitoba in canada we all said what role the new virus variants are playing in india it's a great question because we're learning. at each moment and what's really going on certainly being 117 which was the very the 1st merge of the u.k. we know has been circulating in india and we know obviously that there are concerns regarding enhanced transmissibility with that variant the 1617 certainly has been increasing in proportionality but we still i think are somewhat at it is you know standing what that actually be are we see that this housing has transmission like the other variants or is it just something else related to the the current situation that is driving those infectious cases up you know we have to be proactive be reactive with culpability let alone with the various that we're seeing is simply not enough so i think there certainly could be a lot of questions that need to be addressed after we get through this wave and into the future of how we better prepare to do difference aside these 4 or these that have abili

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pushing towards manitoba the mountain states the u.s. northern parts of california could see some snow as we go through the next couple of days as we go on into monday that will continue to slide its way a little further east was pushing in across the rockies snow for the canadian prayer is there but the snow for the west prairie's further south it's looking fine interact with some pleasant spring sunshine at long last all the way down into western parts of florida so looking good here the fine weather stretches across a good part of mexico it is set fairhaven set that say across much of the caribbean with lots of love the sunshine just want to see showers into jamaica into cuba into haiti but elsewhere a slightly sunny. we know what's happening in our region we know how to get them they feel that others and not the fires are still going on the way they tell the story is what can make a difference on counting the costs of the climate emergency the price of going green and why it doesn't need to cost the earth new zealand's an unlikely le

legalization happens in the u.s., i want to continue to acquire certain businesses like a sweetwater or manitobathe cannabis world once legalization happens with great margins, great growth and great distribution for us. >> well, the vote on aphria tilray is this week, which is a huge deal for you. i want to play you a clip of what the uber ceo said earlier today on cnbc. listen to this >> when the road is clear for cannabis, when medical laws come into play, we're absolutely going to take a look at it but right now with grocery, with food, with alcohol, et cetera, we see so much opportunity out there and we're going to focus on the opportunity at hand. >> the openness for a company like uber to get into cannabis delivery, do you welcome that? what's your reaction >> listen, i absolutely welcome it and i think we have similar strategies ultimately there's many opportunities in the u.s. right now with food and drink and other consumer products. i know how to build consumer brands and parlay that into cannabis once legalization happens. i'd rather be building on the brands that i know i can get di

. >> a professor of the university of manitoba expands on these criticisms and with a multitude of concerns including suppression of information, espionage. he argues that through confucius institutes, the chinese comet's party is trying to sway students who will eventually become highly influential. >> i think the chinese government is very clever in deciding that if they wanted to locate their chinese students in universities to get closer and more direct access to students going someplace in society so if you can get a hold of those people at a time when there -- when they have ideas, chances are, those people would be more friendly to the chinese government. >> rachel peterson of the national association of scholars catalogs a plethora of incidents in which confucius institutes either violated the privacy of students, centered information or spite of the surrounding community. like what happened deborah lit his -- like what happened at british columbia university or what happened at tel aviv university where a student display was shut down for discussing the chinese government. confuciu