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so let's put one of them to ask science correspondent derek williams. what the different vaccines cost and how does that compare to other health related costs in the pandemic? with reports a couple of days ago that a trial involving a vaccine developed by a team of at oxford university and pharma company, astra zeneca had returned safe and effective results. it was the 3rd candidate to do that in the last few weeks. it's time i think, to start talking about the next big step in overcoming the pandemic, which is the logistics of vaccinating the world. and that's going to be not only a gargantuan feat, it's going to be staggeringly expensive as well. but even so, a lot less expensive than what we're facing now on the health related monetary costs of this pandemic so far have been just immense. one recent study that i read said they could hit 16 trillion dollars in the u.s. alone. and that's assuming by the way, that source code to is contained by next fall, that scene's will be key to that containment. and compared to the cost of treatment in an i.c.u. un

really interesting stuff derek williams from data science as always breaking it all down for us and i know that you're going to have more for our viewers who are interested and that is part of our covert 19 special that people can watch on you tube so now amid all the optimism of a coronavirus vaccine u.s. president elect joe biden is warning the country is still facing a quote very dark winter according to a tally by reuters news agency more people than ever are now hospitalized with kovac in the u.s. by then says that he wants a science led response to the pandemic and he has unveiled a team of public health experts to lead the way. it was only in january this year when the united states registered its 1st 9 corona virus infection now the country has sped past a grim milestone 10000000 confirmed cases. president elect joe biden says the pandemic will be the priority of his new administration he spent the day showing off his newly announced coronavirus task force which will advise how to get the virus on the control. this group will wise on ditto plants built on a bedrock of science

could accelerate that process of more on this potentially exciting development let's bring in derek williams from date of any science eric the whole weld is waiting for a vaccine against coated 19 how close are we to returning to some kind of normal life. well that's the $1000000.00 question isn't it i can say that since yesterday i am a lot more hopeful that it's going to happen. along the timelines that we all would like the best base a best case scenario would be that we would see sort of. large scale vaccination by spring time and and and getting this approval or not this approval but but these results at this particular moment just indicate that if authorities get on top of that we could see people actually getting vaccinations and you're so so that's incredibly positive is incredibly positive news yes and definition good nice had lost the downside from this trial says it's 90 percent effective what exactly does that mean. well that they give in testing like this this this sort of large scale double blind studies basically they're giving tens of thousands of people either the vaccine or

understood some for the time that was germany's health minister let's bring in now debbie is derek williams from d.w. science who has been following all of this for us derek how optimistic should we be about all of this and how close could everyone be to returning to some sort of normal life. well it's obvious that the news is is very good news and it's important to say everybody keeps saying too that these are interim results and of course it's you know these are interim results that were reported by the a company and a press release so you have to take that into consideration we still have to look at the data other scientists have to look at the data but that said there's it looks very very good if it ends up holding water. very large scale study afic a c. is then one of the big questions 90 percent a sick a c. is way way more than and then they were hoping for a set sort of a bottom bottom rung of about 50 percent efficiency and so 90 percent is a big great news so what exactly does that mean the dark 90 percent effective. they they give they've basically in these large scale phase 3 tri

let's have a look at your questions now from our you tube channel is derek williams. what are the risks of the focused protection of price point out in the great barrington declaration. since the very earliest days of this pandemic there have been those who believe that our responses to cope at 19 so the lock downs and all the other measures that they have actually caused more damage than the disease itself and they believe that we need to look for other options even without access to a vaccine sense really wide scale infection would be at least theoretically a pathway to what we want which is herd immunity the. concepts laid out in the highly controversial declaration that you mention was proposed several weeks ago by 3 scientists from the u.s. and britain and it's been signed by others it says that we need to only focus on protecting groups that it classifies as vulnerable especially the elderly and that urges a return to normal life immediately for everyone else that means basically not trying to limit infections among those that it says are at minimal risk of deat

derek williams, there i've been for that wraps up a full week of coverage on a possible vaccine. also the week that we saw the 1st big breakthrough in developing want for any other developments on the virus, go to our website, e.w. dot com slash code 91 click, and suddenly there is light on all of india's religions are connected to the cooler clean. it still does not do this summer lamp can close the gap and why not life? it feeds on every roof is affordable and has an extra income in the morning to 90 minutes on w. w's talk show, strong, clear positions from international 1st to every week. we get to the point on our current topic the controversial commitment to the book, to the point shut up, gone d, w. look, i'm not laughing at the germans because sometimes i am, but most are laughing with me, but i don't think deep into the german culture of new jersey will take this grandma . yeah. it's all about who they know. i'm right. so join me for me to get the bungee jump on people looking for her. there are many answers. there are many resumes and there are many alternatives to make

the coronavirus then feel free to write to us on how you treat channel science correspondent derek williams will look into the. what impact on national health will reopening schools have at this stage of the pandemic. i've been sitting on this divisive question for a while to watch how things develop as kids in many countries in the northern hemisphere including my own returned to schools is schools can act as super spreaders sites and with classrooms being closed areas where lots of kids gather for extended periods of time you'd have expected to see spikes in cases within societies as a whole in the few weeks after they reopened a couple of months ago but a lot of current data indicates that didn't happen the numbers of cases in both the us and europe have of course risen dramatically since then but many experts believe that isn't down to reopen schools but to other factors a number of studies from different countries including ones that collect extensive contact tracing information they're painting the picture that although kids can of course catch the virus and of course they can give it

let's have a look at your questions now from our you tube channel is derek williams. what are the risks of the focused protection of price point out in the great barrington declaration. since the very earliest days of this pandemic there have been those who believe that our responses to covert 19 so the lock downs and all the other measures that they have actually caused more damage than the disease itself and they believe that we need to look for other options. even without access to a vaccine since really wide scale infection would be at least theoretically a pathway to what we want which is herd immunity the concepts laid out in the highly controversial declaration that you mention was proposed several weeks ago by 3 scientists from the u.s. and britain and it's been signed by others it says that we need to only focus on protecting groups that it classifies as vulnerable especially the elderly and that urges a return to normal life immediately for everyone else that means basically not trying to limit infections among those that it says are at minimal risk of death

hospitalizing possibly millions more people and, and continued lockdowns as a science correspondent derek williams. actually got a question for him at avis, a, you tube. and you can submit, submit one through the t w news you cheap channel. and that's all from us as a day for the latest developments on the corona virus pandemic, you go to our website data, we dot com slash culverts 90. so next time, take at times to stay healthy to the point of strong opinions, clear positions from international perspectives. donald trump stays in the white house, now appears to be number one, as joe biden begins to present a scale from a team. we ask if and when america can again be a global leader to join us on to the point shortly. to the point, good news by news limited smartly w. has lived play a crucial role throughout our lives. the most important to him, a cool messengers in our party's role, hormones plane, and how they influence our emotions. just someone who runs in a bad mood, this can be a good chick 90 minutes on t w. what's going on, the knowledge that emerges that you know what you have to do provi

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let's have a look at your questions now from our you tube channel is derek williams. what are the risks of the focused protection of price point out in the great barrington declaration. since the very earliest days of this pandemic there have been those who believe that our responses to cope at 19 so the lock downs and all the other measures that they have actually caused more damage than the disease itself and they believe that we need to look for other options even without access to a vaccine since really wide scale infection would be at least theoretically a pathway to what we want which is herd immunity the concepts laid out in the highly controversial declaration that you mention was proposed several weeks ago by 3 scientists from the us and britain and it's been signed by others it says that we need to only focus on protecting groups that it classifies as vulnerable especially the elderly and that urges a return to normal life immediately for everyone else that means they simply not trying to limit infections among those that it says are at minimal risk of death

let's have a look at your questions now from our you tube channel is derek williams. what are the risks of the focused protection of price point out in the great barrington declaration. since the very earliest days of this pandemic there have been those who believe that our responses to covert 19 so the lock downs and all the other measures that they have actually caused more damage than the disease itself and they believe that we need to look for other options even without access to a vaccine since really wide scale infection would be at least theoretically a pathway to what we want which is herd immunity the. concepts laid out in the highly controversial declaration that you mention was proposed several weeks ago by 3 scientists from the u.s. and britain and it's been signed by others it says that we need to only focus on protecting groups that it classifies as vulnerable especially the elderly and that urges a return to normal life immediately for everyone else that means basically not trying to limit infections among those that it says are at minimal risk of death

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derek wasn't in his office. so williams drove to the park. ng crystal's work friends with him. and one of them immediately noticed something. >> she points out a car that derek drives. >> reporter: his car was easy to spot. it had vanity plates that said "my whip" slang for a fancy car. then crystal's friend pointed out derek. and detectives brought him in for a talk. >> go ahead and compose yourself. what is your last name, sir? >> smyer. >> and your first name, sir? >> derek. >> do you have a middle name, derek? >> paul. >> he freely answered your questions? he didn't ask for an attorney? >> no. no, he -- he never requested an attorney during our interview time with him. >> when was the last time that you saw her at her apartment that you can recall? >> last time was not recently. >> okay. >> i haven't seen her physically in about -- let's see, a couple months. >> about two months? >> longer than that. >> he kind of discounted it as "yeah, we were on and off really quick." >> does derek offer any theory of what he thinks might have happened