here now is the dean the school of public health for brown university, dr. jah. pfizer? >> it's unfortunate, right? we want these vaccines out as quickly as possible. i think, like, in the long view it's not that big a deal. it'll slow things down a little bit, but right now with things as bad as they are, any setback is a little bit unfortunate. david: i'm wondering, the u.k. has approved use of the vaccine, of the pfizer vaccine. i'm wondering if that slowed things up for us, the fact that they have to have all those doses ready for the u.k. now. >> no, i don't think it did because pfizer had a plan for both the u.s. and the u.k. and the rest of the world in terms of how many doses were going to go to each place. i don't think b the u.k. moving about 8, 9 days before us will end up making a meaningful difference for us. everybody's got their allocated doses, it's just half of what we initially thought. david: it does get under a lot of people's skin, they're going to get the vaccine before we do. >> first of all, not a competition with the u.k., love the u.k.,

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joining me now, cnn analyst, an emergency physician professor at brown university and co-founder of getrg. going to get worse. senator markey echoes that as well. your thoughts on that and the situation at your hospital? >> i have trouble seeing how it's not going to get worse, brooke. my last e.r. shift i saw patient after patient the hoot had gotten sick from family get-togethers. at this point we're a few days past christmas. people who had gotten together monday or tuesday, thought they were healthy. said i followed all the rules but this one wanted to see my family and then i would have multiple family members showing up sick enough to get hospitalized. the weeks ahead are going to be so difficult, because of the spread that's happening across the country. last week and this week. as well as the existing overwhelm of the health care system. my colleagues in southern california are telling me that they're running out of oxygen. they're putting beds in gift shops and cafeterias because there is nowhere else in the hospital to put patients. my own colleagues still getting sick. we've

brown university school of public health. doctor ashish shah. thank you for being with us this morning. we'll get back to the crisis in a minute but i want to start with the latest good news on the vaccines. the breaking news about the final authorization for the moderna vaccine to roll out, it's particularly good because the vaccine is easier to distribute than the pfizer version, and there will be a lot more of it available to americans. so what is the significance of this option coming online this morning? >> good morning. thank you for having me on. it is good news. it's great news. we want all the vaccines we can get. the moderna vaccine looks terrific from a science and data point of view. every bit as safe and effective as the pfizer vaccine. and right now the key is in the middle of the surge to get the vaccines out. to health care workers, to nursing homes, and then other high risk and other individuals because we've got to start making some progress on the pandemic. obviously things are very difficult right now. >>

researchers at brown university looked at airflow in cars and found when the heat is on and the windowsup there was a high risk of transmission even when the passenger was in the back seat. if you must, doctors recommend opening the window, even just a crash will help. >>> here is a question hundreds of millions of americans will eventually need to answer. how do i get a covid-19 vaccine? the exact process is actually a work in progress. >> we actually want you to be prepared so we asked chris chmura to track down some preliminary answers for you. >> reporter: how and when you can get a covid-19 vaccine will vary a lot. we're going to unpack the process and the variables. by getting the shot itself might go a lot like getting a flu shot in the doctor's office or pharmacy. brace yourself for two shots, not just one. here is another difference, expect to receive this paper record card when you get your vaccine. overall the cdc says the covid vaccine rollout will be much larger in scope and complexity than seasonal influenza. one of the key challenges is who gets priority especially if the

laa: joing us from providence is the dean of brown university's public school of health.ld this be a hopeful moment for america? >> thank you for having me on. i think this is very hopeful moment. what we sell today in prestation -- what we stalled today in presentation is compelling data tinugh pfizer vais safe and appears to be effective well beyond my personal expectations. i expect the fda to authorize this vaccine tonight o tomorrow and then i expect americans to start getting it. it is a very good moment. laa: but how much difference do you thi a can make before two thirds of the population actually gets access to it? >> so it is not going to make muchf a difference over the next month because we're not going to be able to vaccinate that many people. maybe three or five or at best 10% of people. on we start back sitting 15 or 20%, it will start making a population immunity is aber that combination of people have been fected and vaccinate if that number starts climbing above 35 or 40%, rt will not be immunity that it will start making a difference. i am hopeful in th

expecting to start inoculating those in the second tier nationally a public health expert at brown university took to twitter to rant about the apparent slow rollout of the vaccine venting his frustration about what he sees as no effort from the feds to help states launch a real vaccination infrastructure. >>however, the new stimulus package now signed into law includes 69 billion dollars to aid vaccine distribution testing and contact tracing solano county's public health officer says he has seen no problems with the rollout so far on his aunt on an anomaly. >>seeing it because we're getting the vaccine that we're getting and then work with getting that in arms as quickly as possible. what we like or of course you and everybody would like more you know we would have liked it to started earlier but then calls or just after projections that you know you don't know reality to experience and so i'm not spending a whole lot time complaining about the pace of vaccine. i'm grateful that we have taxing so far one we've heard about is from napa county where one allocation of the pfizer vaccine may ha

carried out by the us and its allies has risen 330 percent since 2017 the costs for a project at brown university set around 700 civilians were killed and 29 a lone and that is the most since the 1st years of the us invasion following the 911 attacks the group attributes the rising figures to america relaxing its rules of engagement 3 years ago let's take to julie norman who is a lecturer specializing in middle east and u.s. policy in the region she's joining us from london thanks very much for your time with us julie so the report also seems to suggest that by the pentagon relaxing its rules of engagement for air strikes that aim of doing so was to gain leverage at the bargaining table is that something you agree with. well that is what i would say is well we know that in 2018 that's really when the united states was trying to get the taliban to negotiate to ultimately come to that agreement that they did reach in february this year but when we see a push for negotiations in that way you usually see both sides trying to gain leverage for those talks and indeed we saw an increase in airstrikes fr

researchers at brown university looked at airflow in cars.at was on and the windows were up, there was a high risk of aerosol transmission of coronavirus, even when the passenger was in back. doctors recommend opening the windows. even just a crack helps, and they say if you can't open all the windows, open the one across from you to optimize the airflow. >> and that's not surprising because we would expect that the more windows are open, the more circulation of air there is and the easier it is to flush any contaminants out of the car. >> we definitely need more studies to actually assess what this means in terms of the transmissibility of the virus to people inside the vehicle. >> of course, the experts say you should also wear a mask. >>> a troubling number of health care workers here in the u.s. are getting infected with covid. earlier i spoke with dr. shashank ravi about the concern. many hospitals in the country right now are warning that they are reaching a breaking point with coronavirus hospitalizations skyrocketing, but in some area

ashish jha, dean of the brown university school of health about that latest variation discovered in the uk. dr. jha, how concerning is this, and is it likely that it's already here in the united states? >> yes, good evening and thank you for having me on. one of the reasons we're discovering them in the uk because they're doing really extensive testing of their viruses in a way that we are not. so, we don't know if it's in the u.s. or not. it is concerning that we have now several variants that seem to be spreading more easily. but we do need to start looking for it more aggressively here in the united states. >> and are children more susceptible to infection from these mutations that we're seeing? >> there's a lot we're still learning about this. it does appear from preliminary data that kids may be more susceptible to being infected. doesn't necessarily mean they're going to get any sicker. one of the highlights of this disease is that kids don't usually get very sick. i think that will be true for this variant, as well. >> okay, dr. jha, thank you so much. >>> next tonight, we're on

out by the us and its allies has risen 330 percent since 27 seen the costs of war project at brown university said around 700 were killed in 2900 and that's the most since the 1st years of the us invasion following the september 11th attacks in 2001 and the group attributes the rising figures to america relaxing its rules of engagement 3 years ago a high level inquiry into last year as mass shooting at 2 mosques in new zealand has found failings by the police and intelligence but says nothing could have stopped the attack the royal commission says security agencies were almost exclusively focused on the perceived threat of terrorism by muslims the australian government is serving life in prison without parole for killing 51 people when he reports. in march last year this place of worship became a scene of terror now it's hoped it can be a symbol of change as muslim leaders and survivors gathered at the elmore mosque to discuss the findings of an independent report into a terrorist attack less in the apology from the prime minister from the police from that service which is something good will

strikes carried out by the us and its allies has risen 330 percent since 2017 a report by the brown university called the costs of war project said around 700 civilians died in 21000 that's the most since american troops invaded afghanistan after the $911.00 attacks on the united states in 2001 the report attributes the rise to the us relaxing its rules of engagement 3 years ago julie norman is a lecturer specializing in middle east and u.s. policy in the region she says airstrikes from afghan forces have also increased putting the lives of many civilians at risk. we know that in 28 that's really when the united states was trying to get the taliban to negotiate to ultimately come to that agreement that they did reach in february this year but when we see a push for negotiations in that way you usually see both sides trying to gain leverage for those talks and indeed we saw an increase in airstrikes from the united states as well as an increase in ground operations and violent attacks from the taliban over this period as well which has resulted in just a sharp increase in civilian casualties fo

us and its allies has now risen to 330 percent thought since 2017 the cost of war project at brown university said around $700.00 were killed and $29000.00 alone that's the most since the 1st years of the us invasion following the 911 attacks the group attributes the rising figures to america relaxing its rules of engagement 3 years ago the un general assembly has adopted a resolution urging russia to end its occupation of crimea the measure which is not legally binding also calls on moscow to immediately stop transferring weapons to ukraine russia sent troops into crimea and annexed the peninsula in 2014 since then it has supported separatist rebels in eastern ukraine the ceasefire has been in effect since late july a nationwide strike by farmers is underway in india transport workers and teachers are among the other unions supporting the strike tens of thousands of farmers have been camped outside india's capital for almost 2 weeks they say a new law liberalizing the farming industry will hurt their livelihoods elizabeth purana has more from single just outside new delhi. biggest of the 3 p

i have been speaking to the brown university of public health.e horizon people will be less likely to follow safety guidelines. things in the united states have been awful over the last two or three months, a federal government, president trump has largely given up on the pandemic and has stopped talking about it and stopped directing the federal government's efforts in it, and anything beyond vaccines, and a lot of american people have also taken their eye off the ball in the vaccine makes it that much more tempting to just think it is almost all over, but i would like to remind people with the vaccine so close, particularly important not to have infections and deaths right now. everybody was getting infected now could be vaccinated with a couple of months and those lives could be saved. there is a strong possibility that a lot of people will not trust it, and won't take it. what kind of pickup do you need for it to be effective? even at 30 or 4096 it will help, but it is absolutely true we need to get to 70 or 80% take up to really bring this p

ashish jha, dean of the brown university school of public health, he's back with us tonight. and dr. jha, first of all, i just wanted to get your reaction to this late news of that vote, 17-4, and do you believe, from what you've read in the fda's report, that the vaccine is safe? >> david, thank you for having me on. this is a big day. this is a big day for the pandemic. i do believe that the data is now clear that the vaccines appear to be safe and effective and i think the four votes against really was about the fact that we don't have a lot of data on 16 and 17-year-olds. not concerns that there's a problem with them, but we just don't know as much about that group. >> i know the panel also talked at length today about those two health care workers in the uk who had allergic reactions. what would you say to americans who are concerned about those initial reports? we know those health care workers are okay and all indications, they're sending a message that we should move forward, but it did cause a reaction and concern out there. >> yeah, so, you know, almost every vaccin

last year alone the highest number since the 1st years of the war the cost of war project at brown university says the rise in deaths is change the rules of engagement being relaxed in 2017 report costs lie on u.s. president on john's area warfare policies in the middle east. on all the developments we're following the u.s. state of texas has filed a lawsuit against the states of georgia michigan pennsylvania and wisconsin at the supremes court saying changes made to election procedures during the pandemic were unlawful president elect joe biden won all 4 states the last ditch attempt to end the result was made on what's called safe harbor day when all states must have certified their results to avoid any interference by congress enough states have already said to fight their results to secure biden's when. now here britain's prime minister boris johnson is going to be in brussels on wednesday hoping for a breakthrough with the e.u. commission president of all the land on the post breaks a trade deal talks follow the u.k. reaching an agreement with the e.u. on post breaks it all the checks an

the dean of the brown university school of public health. always great to have you. i want to go back to the numbers here. the data from the moderna trial shows it's 94% effective in preventing symptomatic disease. similar to the numbers from pfizer. but we've been reporting for a couple of days that additional number from moderna saying that first dose has also been effective at stopping asymptomatic spread, when you don't even realize you have it, you don't show symptoms. i don't remember reading that number in the pfizer data. this would be significant for moderna. i don't want to pit them against each other, but is there a difference between the moderna and pfizer vaccine? >> david, thanks for having me on. that's a great question. i expect the same benefit from the pfizer vaccine, but we don't know for sure. we have not seen that data. because we're moving quickly, there is still a lot of data coming in. i expect that the pfizer vaccine will have the same benefit, but we're not sure right now. >> we'll be eager to see that in the data as we move in the months ah

and its allies has risen 330 percent since 2017 a report by the brown university called the costs of war project said that around 700 people had died in 2911 that's the most since american troops invaded afghanistan after the 911 attacks on the u.s. in 2001 the report attributes the rise to the us relaxing its rules of engagement 3 years ago. people all over india have held demonstrations in support of farmers who are protesting against new agricultural laws for 12 days thousands of farmers have been blocking roads into the capital region of delhi they say that the law will lead to corporate exploitation and to an end of minimum prices for their produce elizabeth broderick reports. these crowds are growing at the single border crossing between the states of hyaena and delhi and so too is their resolve to occupy this national highway for nearly 2 weeks the road has been closed to traffic as thousands of farmers camped on it in their trucks they say the government's recent agriculture laws allow large corporations to set prices for projects when farmers are already struggling to make e

ashish jha, dean of brown university of school of public health, back with us tonight. and dr. jha, you know a lot of people at home have concerns, questions over the safety of these vaccines. so, give us a bit of a reality check here tonight. how safe do we believe the pfizer vaccine actually is? and how can we be sure there won't be side effects? >> yeah, david, thank you for having me on. you know, i understand people's concerns. we've gone fast on this. but these vaccines have gone through every hoop, every step that we would of any other vaccine. and the results from all of those tests have been reported back transparently. so, we know a lot more about these vaccines than we do about many others. and everything we're seeing so far suggests that these vaccines are safe and effective. there will be some side effects. with everything, there are always some side effects. people will have some -- people have pain in their arm, i expect some people to have fever in the first 24 hours. those are common. but everything we're seeing right now makes me feel confident these vaccines

ashish jha, dean of the brown university school of public health. and dr. jha, thanks for being here, as always. we were hoping you could put this in perspective tonight. do we expect to see these variants, these mutations and what concerns do you have most about this particular one so far? >> hi, david. thank you for having me on. these variants are common, especially when the pandemic is as bad as it is. remember, all the infections that are happening out there are more opportunities for the virus to mutate. my concern here is about contagiousness. there is good evidence that this virus seems more contagious, but as we heard in the previous report, not anymore deadly, and that part is reassuring. but of course we'll have to sort this out a bit better. >> let's hope that continues to be the case. in everything i read today, it's believed that so far, the vaccines would still be effective against this and that it typically takes a long time for a virus to mutate to actually get around a vaccine? >> yeah, this is quite a good vaccine that we have developed i

since the 1st words of the war in afghanistan after the 911 attacks the costs of war project at brown university says the rise in deaths is due to the rules of engagement being relaxed and 2017 the report costs a lot on u.s. president on trump's aerial warfare policies in the middle east. a top u.s. cyber security firm says its specialized hacking programs have been stolen most likely by a country with high level technology and skills the company known as fire i hasn't said who was behind the attack but claims it had to be state sponsored hackers the so-called red team tools that were taken a part of an arsenal of advanced hacking software that could be used to mount future attacks if european security forces have shot at and detained u.n. security officials trying to reach the tigre a region the u.n. says the 4 officials were assessing roads for delivering aid to refugee camps but a government spokesman says the team drove through 2 checkpoints and then ignored instructions not to be in the area more than 150000 people have been displaced by the conflict in the northern region of ethiopia since

and its allies has risen 330 percent since 2017 a report by the brown university called the costs of war projects said around 700 civilians died and 29000 alone it attributes the rise of the us relaxing its rules of engagement 3 years ago. a nationwide strike by farmers is under way in india transport workers and teachers unions are also supporting the strike tens of thousands of farmers have been counted outside india's capital new delhi for almost 2 weeks they say a new law liberalizing the farming industry will hurt their livelihoods an inquiry into the new zealand mosque shooting has found failings by the police and intelligence but says nothing could have stopped the attack the royal commission says security agencies were almost exclusively focused on the perceived threat of terrorism by muslims and a member of abu dhabi's royal family has bought a 50 percent stake in is really a football club bates are jerusalem it's the only top club in israel never to have signed the palestinian israeli player it also has a group of fans which has been openly abusive towards palestinian israe

the dean of the brown university school from public health joins us now. inc.by uk 30s put more pressure on american regulators, do you think him and to approve a vaccine more quickly? so, first of all, thank you for having me on. you know, i think there's a lot of pressure already on the american regulators. this certainly, i think, american regulators. this certainly, ithink, adds american regulators. this certainly, i think, adds one more piece. but even before this decision, i was expecting the fda to authorise a vaccine for the pfizer vaccine next week. i think this makes it that much more likely. and you think it will be the pfizer? yes, i think the pfizer vaccine will be authorised most likely on the 10th of december. and in about a week —— about a week later, we will see an authorisation. if and vaccines acquire different vaccines for storage and administration. can you give us an idea of the scale of the logistical challenge of doing this in the united states, let alone to watch 7 billion people in about 200 countries? yes, so this is probably the most

ashish jha from brown university says if there is authorization tomorrow, he hopes some americans could get the vaccine by friday. many experts are telling us, though, it will probably be a few days after that, likely monday morning. david, this is a very fluid situation, we are covering every angle of it, but we will know very soon. david? >> and you'll bring it to us. tom llamas, thank you. >>> and as tom mentioned, there is a lot of hope with this, but authorities across the country are warning it will be months before the vaccine reaches everyone who needs it. tonight, the images coming in from hospitals across the country. patients waiting outside e.r.s. one hospital with more than 150 workers out with coronavirus. and that moment in idaho, the county meeting meant to cover guidelines to protect people there, halted just minutes into it when a commissioner and mother revealed in tears that protesters had gathered outside her home and that she needed to get to her 12-year-old son. here's abc's kaylee hartung tonight. >> reporter: tonight, hospitals across the country reaching a brea

and its allies has risen 330 percent since 2017 a report by the brown university pool the costs of war project said that around 700 people died in 29000 alone that's the most since american troops invaded afghanistan after the 911 attacks on the u.s. in 2001 the report attributes the rise to the u.s. writes in its rules of engagement 3 years ago a nationwide strike by farmers is on the way in india transport workers and teachers unions are supporting the strike against new farm laws tens of thousands of farmers have been camped outside india's capital new delhi for was 2 weeks now elizabeth raman reports from single just outside new delhi. we have been coming here to single it's the main protest site over the past 10 days and i can tell you that the crowds are only getting bigger and so is the sentiment against the government and these 3 recent agriculture laws there are tens of thousands of farmers here on this key highway between the states of howdy out and delhi and it's a similar picture on 2 other key roads coming into india's capital region and there was a nationwide call to prot

years of the war in afghanistan after the $911.00 attacks in 2001 the cost of war project at brown university says the rise in deaths is due to the rules of engagement being relaxed in 2017 report costs lie on u.s. president donald trump's aerial warfare policies in the middle east. now if you know piers government has admitted that federal troops shot at and detained u.n. staff trying to access the northern take grey region the aid workers were trying to visit account for eritrean refugees when the shooting happened the un previously reached an agreement with the government allowing access to territory under federal control according to a spokesperson from the government the u.n. team drove through checkpoints ignoring its instructions not to be in the area you know some of the u.n. staff when i actually did in sandwich know that when that happened. this country is not no man's land it has a government it only has difficulty in the north so they are entitled in some of and as they were not supposed to move but then then it is them sentenced to. in kind of advantage of the expedition they wer

i talk about moses and john brown of providence, rhode island, the family brown university is named after. john was a financier in the slave business and his brother moses was one of the most important abolitionists in the early days of the country. four years they fought within years they-- for fought within the family publicly. they were a microcosm of the country in regards to this enormous issue. the issue of race, slavery and the slave trade capture recurring as ipt money.about american a distinctive american thing is virtuous want to feel about themselves. they dislike the idea of themselves as wicked or evil. question always is how do you square american , howance or american greed do you square that with ideas of american virtue? nd mammon talking to one another, negotiating with one another over the period of all these years. that is the tension i am talking about. mammon have been uneasy partners in the american enterprise. constantlyegotiated with the other to make the whole thing work and we still see it today. guest on can call our the lines a few want to talk to him, ask him

carried out by the us and its allies has risen 330 percent since 2017 the costs of war project at brown university set around 700 were killed and 29000 alone the group attributes the rising figures to america relaxing its rules of engagement those are the headlines the stream is up next on al-jazeera by. the world food program will be seed the nobel peace prize for fighting against hunger and the use of starvation as a weapon of war we ask executive director david beasley how the challenge of combating global hunger would be met in the age of the coronavirus pandemic the nobel interview on al jazeera. hi i 3 i k you're watching the stream on today's episode really looking at sport from the perspective of the fact nothing sports when they don't love you back modern dilemma's of a sports and that's today's topic inspired by this book the openness a joining us as well hi jessica. really good to see tell welty you are what you do jessica. yes i'm just going with her i'm a freelance journalist i live in austin texas i host a feminist sports krauts podcast called for an all down and then of course i'm a

behavioural and social sciences, and associate professor of psychiatry and human behaviour, at brown universityou with us. what do you make of all of this? i think it is currently just shows you make of all of this? i think it is currentlyjust shows i think the typical types of stigma and the micro—aggression is that women in academia experience on a day—to—day basis. it was very shocking to see it in the paper, not because i was shocked that the writer held those views but i was shocked that it was up views but i was shocked that it was up to the genderless extenders to be published in a major publication. interesting you say you are not surprised the writer held those views. —— genderless integrity standards. this suggests that this is something you have encountered before. that's a journalistic integrity. that is a fair inception to make. i think i speakfrom many women in academia to say these are beliefs that we encounter in a routine basis. both within our own work settings and out of our work settings when speaking about our credentials. i would also save this author is known for unfriend

the dean of the brown university public health. good to see you. you just show up and you say here is my i.d. and i want the vaccine. there is reports of the seniors waiting early in the morning and in the cold, and they're being told to bring blankets. there is a lot of people in these lines not wearing masks and there is real concern about getting covid while you're waiting for the covid vaccine. looking at florida, how do we learn the lesson of what is happening there and adjust it to make sure that the rest of the country is in the wild west like you're seeing. >> thank you for having me on, katie. this is not a surprise that we have to get vaccines out. we have known at least for the last three or four months that vaccines were going to hit in december. we implemented it so that when they were authorized by the fda we could execute on that. the large strategy has been to leave it to states. what we heard in the last report is that states are now leaving it to counties. the people with the fewest resources and the at least technical capacity is

also joining me is the dean of brown university's department of health.irst, richard, what happened? >> the roll out started yesterday. it was a moment of national pride. they're calling it v-day for vaccine but also like victory day, so this was a great moment about several thousand people took the vaccine and then we learn thad two nurses, two health care worker es with the national health care service contracted allergic reactions. they were already prone to allergies. they were carrying epi-pens. they recovered kwiquite quickly but it prompted the governing body of medicines here, the approval board, to issue new guidance this morning saying people that have serious reactions to food, medicine, or other vaccines should not take the pfizer vaccine. i was at the clinic when it came out. it came out in the morning and i was watching them scrambling telling people, asking more thoroughly, they were already asking about allergies, but with a greater interest and seriousness about any kind of allergies they might have and they a hah had to tell others away.

host: let me ask you about another political scientist professor from brown university in an opinion piece headlined, identity politics keeps american society healthy. he said identity politics springs from a dynamic society in constant motion. there is always a group at the margins pressing for a proper place. irish, italians, catholics, jews, chinese, formerly enslaved people, latin, muslims, civil rights activists, same-sex partners. each group rattles the establishment and provokes culture clashes, but they add up to a vibrant change in society. new groups inject fresh energy and new ideas and face pushback from the powers and the identities that were. guest: that is a deep misreading of the historical record. our demography has been turning from the very beginning, but nobody, thank god, nobody in the 1910s and 1900s and 1890's thought of saying, let's have all these people coming in through ellis island and call them marginalized victims and minorities and instill them with grievances so they can change the country from within. it was the opposite that was done, just as the opp

in economics from brown university. later she obtained two masters degrees at columbia university. currently she is a professor working on -- how and why societies fall apart in what role will education play in it. >> she's that published extensive and education related issues and has lectured around the world to adult and adolescent audiences. she is kind consistently praised as one of the most inspiring professors they have been countered throughout their careers. our second guest stephanie elizondo griest essay will trotting out there from south texas. her books include the award-winning memoir my life in moscow beijing and havana and my life between the borderline and the best-selling guidebook 100 places every woman should go. she has also written for "the news york times," the "washington post," the believer and she edited the best women's -- that coverage of the texas mexico border won an award for social justice reporting. a renowned public speaker she is assistant professor of non-fiction at the university of north carolina at chapel hill. and sahar mustafah is the daughte

arthel: dean at brown university school of public health.r, thank you for joining us on this sunday morning. you know, from the beginning messaging on the virus has been infected, even the president telling americans that the virus was a hoax and mocking people for wearing masks. now many affront to freedom or only mingle with people inside their bubble. now at this critical moment with such resistance how can scientists, doctors and nurses win this war on the coronavirus? doctor: first of all, thank you for having me on, it is a fabulous question. it's probably the biggest question we -- challenge we are facing in the country is could wanterring -- countering the misinformation. we don't have all of the facts obviously, we don't know everything, but we have learned a lot since march and we do know that masks really do make a difference and we can see the effects in places that are not wearing masks, things are really out of control but masks alone are not enough. they are one part of the solution. that's why other places even with good mask

and its allies has risen 330 percent since 27 seen a report by brown university called the cost of war project set around $700.00 civilians died $2900.00 loan it attributes the rise to the us relaxing its rules of engagement. and they should white strike by farmers is under way in india transport workers and teachers unions are also supporting the strike tens of thousands of foreigners have been camped outside india's capital new delhi for almost 2 weeks and an inquiry into the new zealand's mosque she sings as fine failings by the police ants the intelligence services balance the report says nothing could have stopped the attacks. and a member of abu dhabi his royal family has bought a 50 percent stake in an israeli football club beitar jerusalem as the only top club in israel never to have signed a palestinian israeli player. well those are the headlines to stay with us here and i'll just say are a blood and tears french day colonization is next. primes once had an empire covering enormous areas of the world and millions of people. but after the 2nd world war the countries that had c

ashis from the brown university school of public health in providence.d to see you. >> thank you. >> eric: this is the first case and it's concerning, a young man in his 20s. he has no travel history. he's in isolation. does that tell you how contagious this new strain will be? >> yeah. thanks for having me on. we know this strain looks like it's about 50 to 70% more contagious. it also says this is in the community. he didn't get it by the u.k. he got it from somebody in colorado and spreading in colorado and stands to reason it's spreading in other parts of the country has well. >> eric: how fast do you think it will spread to the nursing home and to seattle like what happened here in the u.s.? >> yeah, the short answer, eric, we don't know. that's why we need to be doing surveillance. we need to be sequencing these viruses. that's why the u.k. discovered it so quickly, they sequence the viruses that they identify. we have to do that. we have plenty of capacity. we have to figure out how widespread it is and make decisions after that. >> eric: how conc

ashish jha, dean of the brown university school of public health. let's start where sarah left off there. this idea this mutated strain is likely already in this country. is that the reality? >> that may well be the reality, craig. that's where we are. look, this is a global pandemic. while we're seeing numbers of cases of this mutated strain grow in the uk, we're seeing some cases outside of the uk. i would suspect we have some here. a travel ban or testing everybody before they get on still will slow down how many more of those strains show up here, but i don't think this is the kind of thing where you can contain just within the uk. >> to be clear, dr. jha, this isn't unusual at all with viruses like this, correct? these viruses mutate. if that is the case, how concerned should we be about this particular mutation? >> so viruses mutate all the time. rna viruses like this one tend to mutate more. we've seen lots of mutations on this. we haven't seen one where we see a real functional difference. this is one of the first i've seen where there's pre

ashish jha, dean of the brown university school of public health. thank you very much for joining us. dr. fauci emphasized it's not unusual to see a virus mutate. it does not appear this mutation has made the virus more deadly or dangerous. what challenges does this new strain present? >> thanks for having me on, wolf. he's absolutely right, of course, we do see variations, we've seen them throughout the pandemic. this one does look a little bit different, it looks like it has some functional differences and it looks like it's a bit more contagious. how much more contagious, we're not sure, but obviously that is of concern. i think the solution for that is all the stuff we've been doing. if we continue to try to prevent transmission of this virus, continue to focus on getting vaccines out, that will continue to help us out along the way. i don't think this is anything that should alter what we do in any meaningful way. >> dr. fauci also told me we will know relatively soon whether the vaccines that haven about developed, the two already in use here