faiza, and our really, really seriously. faiza, and your experience _ really, really seriously. _ really, really seriously. faiza, and your experience in new york - really, really seriously. faiza, and your experience in new york city, | really, really seriously. faiza, and i your experience in new york city, we now have the national federal government roll—out that president biden has put his weight behind. your governor, andrew cuomo, got in the net quite hard over whether he'd taken the right decisions and he still under a huge amount of political pressure. is there much worry about another wave of covid in the us? ., , �* �* , worry about another wave of covid in the us? ., , �* �*, ., the us? know, there isn't. there's a real contrast — the us? know, there isn't. there's a real contrast between _ the us? know, there isn't. there's a real contrast between the _ real contrast between the conversations here and the uk. they've been very, very strict here. so, they have to be very careful in that regard. there is vaccine hesitancy here, but they have been very quick and getting

faiza, what do you make of the issue _ some consensus. faiza, what do you make of the issue itself?sl make of the issue itself? there was some sense in the —— listening to the former irish minister, saying the former irish minister, saying the concerns about sausages is anecdotal. there's not much evidence that significant numbers are being held up by these inspections. and they kind of, there is some feeling in dublin that this is almost a liberally built up into a crisis in almost a provocative sense by the british. is that fair, or is that one of the issues where there is blame on both sides? the british line seems to be the eu is been taken of bureaucratic approach to these rules. edi taken of bureaucratic approach to these rules— taken of bureaucratic approach to these rules-— taken of bureaucratic approach to these rules. of course uk did sign these rules. of course uk did sign the treaty. _ these rules. of course uk did sign the treaty, which _ these rules. of course uk did sign the treaty, which did _ these rules. of course uk did sign the treaty, which did put - these rules

he said, faiza, that the clinical advice was the hospital was dangerous for people taking the test, andr if that that might be something they want to explore. is the implication that they were accepting that they were sending people back to hair combs —— care homes, but the providing they were isolated and those people were protected, that shouldn't impose an unreasonable risk. i protected, that shouldn't impose an unreasonable risk.— unreasonable risk. i think one of the big parts _ unreasonable risk. i think one of the big parts is _ unreasonable risk. i think one of the big parts is the _ unreasonable risk. i think one of the big parts is the lack- unreasonable risk. i think one of the big parts is the lack of- the big parts is the lack of communication. in the story and the guardian _ communication. in the story and the guardian, you have these care providers— guardian, you have these care providers saying that they e—mailed hancock, _ providers saying that they e—mailed hancock, they were very clear. they could _ hancock, they were very clear. they could not— hancock, they were ver

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