jeff hauser executive director at the revolving door project at the center for economic and policy research welcome to you all jeff let me start with you many of the restrictions have been put in place in the u.s. . now you have this 4.8 percent contraction that's happened and the restrictions were put in place before this is only really hinting at how bad things will get. absolutely the 2nd quarter the economy the worst in american history the intentional debt reduction in economic activity is unprecedented it's necessary if anything it's actually insufficient in terms of how much america is complying with you not stay at orders but if that 2nd quarter the economic statistics are going to be a bloodbath and the reality is can be even worse robert when will the bulk of the pandemics economic impact be felt most i think we're going to see it in the 2nd quarter certainly but and we we could see unemployment surge to levels again perhaps at honest and press and we were the numbers out this morning suggests that we had an additional 3800000 workers filed for unemployment official numbers are ov

there are clear solutions that would enable hauser's or to a hoax economic activity the most obvious of the flu shot and the to transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources like wind and solar power and on top of that change how we. turn that requires raising rain forests and raising large numbers of cattle that belch anything and other greenhouse gases. so the key point of reddit from what the climate experts saying is to find ways to the economy to humans that they've locked down the currently doing but as you do do you think that what once the record will go on the back burner for awhile i think we're already seeing that happen hopefully be a soon as possible what with effect namely reducing the spread of the virus and on top of that we also have the issue of activists the school strikers that may. now the corona virus outbreak is actually changing the way we think about a whole range of things including how we treat nature intensify spread from animals to humans some say that in that in growing vast quantities of a single crop in monocultures all stripping the rain fo

political correspondent nina hauser joins us with more. emotionally difficult moment. i think for a very in politics in this is probably one of the west nightmares come true and the october fest means everything to the varians it stands for everything they think the various should stand for it's a gigantic party it's a piece of important it's an important piece of cultural heritage and then last but not least it's also a very important business event last year alone the oktoberfest generated some 1230000000 euros let me just say yes 1000000000 euros and actually hotels taxi drivers restaurants they all benefit from it so it's an extremely important period and this is why it was so difficult for the politicians to make this decision marcus or to the state premier of the various said that it is emotionally difficult and that it is extremely painful but you know given the current situation with the pandemic in germany and internationally i mean you should also not be happening this is a pretty surprising that the 1st has been done so. it's not completely surprising at all

so let's take a closer look at the matter with jack hauser he's a professor of epidemiology at the handhold center for infection research it's good to have you on the program does finding anti-bodies mean that the pathogen has been eliminated the infection is over not necessarily know and your body it's just the fact that the human system has had contact with the pathogen and all and also the fact that data off of that disease has been kossuth and. that then the body is human resource time against new things and so how does detecting these anti-bodies help us against the fight against the corona virus here ok so this helps it with the letters i get the creation that it also individual level so the population that we know how when you send us a book as you do have antibodies we do also know that those people will not be able to transmit and be caught off the to be cation and transmission process of the epidemic anymore so this is how it was a necessity what kind of measures we need to do it also helps us in determining how many percent of the cases that column to do actually exist and that h

the democrats you know hauser has been following developments and joins me from our parliament to studios. germany is allowing a few businesses to do your one from today which ones exactly and what is the rationale behind it the rule is that shops that are no bigger than 800 square meters can reopen they have to have some hygiene and social distancing measures in place bookshops and car dealerships and bike shops can also reopen regardless of the size as far as the rationale is concerned last week the government said here in germany that the virus was now manageable and of course there had been a lot of pressure on the government to return to some form of normality because experts are expecting the german g.d.p. to shrink considerably and to throw the virus is throwing germany into a recession that is the big fear of course and so the government did say that restaurants and shops other shops etc like gyms and can't open and this is already taking a big toll on for example the hospitality sector like we saw in this report that comes from what is normally a popular tourist destination. one

states have already extended their periods of people are prepared doubly political correspondent nina hauser thank you. time now to take a look at some of the other developments in the pandemic and spain has recorded a new delhi death toll of 864 and a total of more than 9019 blighted deaths european scientists are launching a joint initiative to develop applique applications to help contact tracing they're looking at ways of making an app that's compliant with the blocks tough privacy laws china has reported on numbers of asymptomatic cases for the 1st time it says 1300 people who showed no symptoms have tested positive and the captain of a u.s. aircraft carrier is calling for urgent help to quarantine his proof 4000 theodore roosevelt is docked in guam in the pacific with the disease spreading rapidly on board. united nations secretary general antonio could terrorise says the world is facing the most challenging crisis since the 2nd world war speaking at the launch of a u.n. plan to address the pandemic social economic impact he called for a much stronger and more effective global response

how how goes your corner you have 3 lovely diff 3 lovely daughters i think i do hauser. it's you know my girls are kind of homebodies they're not like be you know softball played and you know volleyball you know actually so that they are hanging out at home and so we've just been in kind of doing that flow between my house and mom's and so they're not going to hold it in it's been it's been ok like they haven't been and you know the old mount down here in the abbott we weathered that storm i think kind of gracefully you know jack is a father of 2 older sons who moved out a long time ago i can tell you that those melt downs are sort of a joyous could confidently that later in life you'll long for my friend just to have sent a polaroid when it's happening because he knows it or i'm the stuff of life like threat my my health this is on friday and i'm just like i mean that's just come by so quickly i might go out in another like 10 years are going to be out of the house a comedy that. your family has such so much creativity and it's a lot of them exhibit musical artistic cho

welcome back to the kaiser report i'm max hauser not time to turn to will reeves of the fold app well race welcome the consul report back to be here already felt about the fold app it's pretty simple we are giving bitcoin to as many people and the least amount of time off of all we get free because we're shopping at retailers like amazon starbucks and we've recently teamed up with these to launch a big going rewards card that will give everyone the opportunity to stock that and earn money so this is really exciting i saw you tweet about it mediately want to get you on the so you've got this deal with the b.s. i can use my visa card and spend my fiasco and get rid of my fear money and i get bitcoin cash back rewards and so it's got to be the most painless way to stack faster accumulate big point ever and what's been the response so far you know it's been an incredible with far i think this product has been has been you know a lot of people have been waiting for it but we've got a great. from the community in the 1st 48 hours we had over 15000 people signed up for the card and that numb

the next question is nikki hauser with witn tv. hello, governor, looking forward to when we are able to restart reopening. do you see this potentially happening in the next couple of weeks? gov. cooper: first, as we have looked at these restrictions in north carolina, our goal has been to flatten the curve and to keep our medical system from being overwhelmed. the model showed us that without these restrictions, there's a good chance that our medical system would have been overwhelmed, so i appreciate the people of north carolina abiding by these orders and the good work that they have done. i think it has been important that we have had a state with -- a statewide standard. i think it is also important that some local governments have seen that they may need some stricter requirements, and a number of those local governments have as well. ushink it is important for to keep a statewide floor, and i think it is also important for local governments to continue to have the flexibility to do more with their restrictions, if they need t

was going toat or getes suppli >> yang: both emotional and economic support are needed says jessica hauser, head of the gym. >> it's pretty terriing for just about every family that we're working th. and they're trying so hard to keep their kids in a good pl ae kids while their entire life is falling apart. >> yang: the cain children still gather for the gym's nightly workout sessions, now held over zoom. >> it gives them a moment to connect with all their, you know, their friends and peers and see that everybody's oy and healthy. >> yang: but missing from the nightly check-ins-- some of their peers without internet or computers at home. in los angeles, families pick u mealtside their reteshd chicpu lisette bonilla says every day is a struggle. >> this happened from one day to the otr. i'm not prepared and it's scary because we don't knohow long it's going to last. >> yang: meanwhile, bills are piling up. maria jorge is the mother of three. >> ( translated ): i'm cutting my spending as much as possible because i have to pay rent, bills and with everything that >> yang: not knowing how long

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