jeff lazarus in copenhagen and we also may be seeing a time or we are entering a period of time where european commission bureaucrats have to actually read the writing on the wall and be aware of what's happening in the world because one of the cove it pardon me one of the davos summits not the one just gone but the one before that cove it had hit wonder lion didn't talk about it the american delegation in davos did they said there is this pandemic coming people and we have got to deal with it and deal with it together but according to the european commission president oh she wasn't to talk about it she gave a speech about libya and about a small mini migrant crisis on the border of the e.u. with turkey and that was it has the time come for the european commission to start behaving like politicians instead of job for life bureaucrats. well there's are harsh words for it clearly europe and many other countries dropped the bar earth in terms of pandemic preparedness over the last decade but also in terms of you know responding strongly to this pandemic we've seen a lack of collaboration

in answer to commissioner lazarus' comment. the inspectors are good about i noticed you have the permit the drawings are good but no detail. you have to go back get revision permits. they are common. they are something you will see. if there is something missing on the plan the architect missed there has to be detail for firewall on the plans. >> if i may, deputy sanchez. if i understand correctly what was initially presented to the planning staff was the permit request to infill a level that was underneath the deck and therefore because it was a small portion that had little to no impact to the adjacent property it could be approved without notification. now with the new information about the deck being permitted that is what would otherwise give the planning department pause because in order to have it fully legalized you would need both the light well and the deck to be legalized. in that case, how would the planning department typically process such a request? >> thank you, commissioner chang. you are correct. we viewed thi

in answer to commissioner lazarus' comment. the inspectors are good about i noticed you have the permit the drawings are good but no detail. you have to go back get revision permits. they are common. they are something you will see. if there is something missing on the plan the architect missed there has to be detail for firewall on the plans. >> if i may, deputy sanchez. if i understand correctly what was initially presented to the planning staff was the permit request to infill a level that was underneath the deck and therefore because it was a small portion that had little to no impact to the adjacent property it could be approved without notification. now with the new information about the deck being permitted that is what would otherwise give the planning department pause because in order to have it fully legalized you would need both the light well and the deck to be legalized. in that case, how would the planning department typically process such a request? >> thank you, commissioner chang. you are correct. we viewed thi

rebel nehru university and in copenhagen we have jeff lazarus head of health systems at the barcelona institute for global health gentlemen welcome to you all jeff in copenhagen coming to you 1st what's to be gained here for the people of europe if the european commission goes to court. i'm not sure there's really much to gain i see this is a bit of a diversion from the real problem we have which is a lack of doses we need to focus on increasing production i don't know if the e.u. is that going to recover funds a lift in that into diverts doses from where astra zeneca vaccine is be supplied elsewhere if that's the case and i understand it but it doesn't make much sense i mean a pandemic is a global epidemic in a zone is the doses are being used that's the top priority the e.u. is producing yes there's an economic scene in very few countries so we need to look at where we can up the production capacity so i'm in clark in reading is this just political point scoring but it does seem to be the. critical point scoring yes i mean you have to ask yourself are. efforts to this credit the sen

anchor: if jeff lazarus in copenhagen has this right, then this is nothing more than a slight detour,oliticians and bureaucrats passing the buck. is that something you are aware of at ground zero of a very bad second wave? politicians want to talk about what they're doing but don't want to talk about what they haven't done or what they haven't achieved, and they would always like to turn the angle to the inquiry somewhere else? >> yes, it depends on whether politicians are looking for counsel or collaboration. the astrazeneca is one commentator put it has become a political football, and despite all the controversies, the stop/start in the countries, the fact is that the astrazeneca does remain, for many countries, including the contribution for covax, remaining the major supplier in india. as far as the domestic commitment goes in india, it is only in the last few days that the government has made an additional purchase order, which is a commitment, a $400 million -- of $400 million, and $200 million to pre-book vaccines for the next couple of months, and that will certainly have a b

lazarus. >> commissioner: i mean, i'm looking at the order. and other questions you may have about the site staff will follow up with any outstanding questions remain. for me, that's sufficient. >> would you like to make that a motion, commissioner? >> commissioner: it's worth it. >> okay. so then i would move to appeal that the deny that the director's order was sufficiently worded. >> okay. so we have a motion from commissioner lazarus on the basis of appeal that the order had the proper language on that motion. [roll call] >> so that motion carries 5-0 and the appeal is denied. thank you. we are now moving on to item number 6. this is appeal number 21-013. vivian padua and ivonne vasquez. subject property is 4840 mission street. appealing the issuance on february 8, 2021, to bridge housing corporation of a demolition permit. permit number 20/08/19/2106. so i'm not sure who's going first. is it ms. padua or vasquez. >> wow. >> yes. thank you. >> okay. so good afternoon president honda, vice president santacana and commissioners. thank you fo

we have a motion from commissioner lazarus. on that motion, [roll call] so that motion carries 4-0 and the request is denied. thank you. we will now move on to item number four this is appeal number 21-014. subject property is 443 cole street. appealing the issuance on february 9, 2021. this is permit number 2021-02094313 and we will hear from the appellants first. >> good afternoon. my name's jonathan kathryan. i represent the appellants jim williamson and cathy kosley. the issue's quite simple tonight and it comes down to the building does not have the authorization of all the property owners and therefore cannot make this application and the department of building inspections cannot authorize the work. there are few other sub issues that i'll get in to. but, if i may, can i please share my screen. >> director: sure. please go ahead. okay. we can see it, the permit. >> yeah. let's zoom in just a little bit here. so you can see the application here and i'd like to just draw your attention to a few things. the very first one is

when people are eager to see light at the end of the tunnel chris smith oxana by sick and jeffrey lazarus thank you very much indeed for your contribution i thank you for watching you can see the program again any time by visiting our website c.n.n. dot com for further discussion go to our facebook page that's facebook dot com forward slash a.j. inside story you can also join the conversation on twitter handle is a j inside story from the house and the entire team here in doha by for now. right well every week. on counting the cost m.r.i. in a poll that has changed the world of vaccines not just because of it $9.00 see business and play thousands of pixels millions of dollars and the fungible token we demystify the world of crypto. helping because it's on al-jazeera. you financial crisis is the defining story of our time never before have done it already in human health soaking realign and try to agitate years that would lead to environmental solutions right across the world we seek out people who are fighting they tell us gone and combating climate change while finding ways to protect al

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medical doctor and infectious diseases specialist at the arom institute and in barcelona is geoffrey lazarus who's the head of health systems research group at barcelona institute for global health welcome to the program thanks for speaking to us on al-jazeera regina so this is a rare admission of weakness by china what do you read into it. well i think it's very difficult to understand exactly what it is that they're talking about because we haven't actually seen the data are i think the data has been submitted to the w h o's. expert a group. called states and we're waiting for a decision to be pending but we also don't know what post a post where a lot of information that someone has that more part of the initial clinical trial so it's really difficult to understand when they say you know it's may not be as if acacias all we know is that we've given more for gore when given a favor the government 71 percent efficacy at the time a while ago and we don't know what exactly the figures are now and of the really grates actually see these data and have to understand better what it is that war de

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. >> i think after commissioner lazarus' questions i would want to talk to the permit holder or architect. i believe mr. gee is online. >> i am done for the moment. >> commissioner swig. >> i would like to take the same direction as commissioner lazarus. i see no reason to hold up this permit for the other elements. i would think that it is putting the permit holder at a distinct and unnecessary advantage. hearing the permit holder tell us that they actually would like to go further than just building the 10 by 10 space and in fact, they now want to build a firewall that goes from ground level to the top, then why not stop this process at this point. let them review that whole construction program in general. there are now questions mr. duffy brought up about a window a question by mr. sanchez as to a setback that should occur. i think we should move forward approve the permit but exorcize the portion which includes closing in the space and let them come back, refile for another permit, go through the programming and really do the detail about the infill, come up with the detail about goi

in barcelona, jeffrey lazarus at the barcelona institute for global health. welcome to the program.hris, the finding by the european medicines agency about the link between the astrazeneca and the blood clots. this should be bad news for a company that has been battered by setbacks. >> the chief executive acid -- executive offer said -- officer said he regrets going with the vaccine that makes no profit for astrazeneca. it was a wonderful gesture. it seems to be thrown back in their face. it is tricky. of course everyone is concerned with vaccine hesitancy. one of the things about getting this over the line, getting the pandemic under control, is we have the support and trust of the general public, and that translating into high uptake of vaccines which will suppress the spread of the virus and translate to nonlethal infections. with this image problem the vaccine is laboring under, that could be a problem going forward. >> what do you think will be the immediate implications of the latest finding by the ema? >> the ema have still said the benefits outweigh the risks. they have not

. >> commissioner lazarus had her hand up first. >> i would like to nominate commissioner swig as thedent. >> okay. >> since i don't get to make that i will second the motion. >> okay. is there any public comment on this motion? please raise your hand. okay. i don't see any public comment. let me check. commissioner swig are you willing to serve as vice president? >> i would be pleased and honored to serve. thank you. >> we have a motion from commissioner lazarus to elect commissioner swig as vice president. president honda. >> aye. >> commissioner chang. >> aye. >> commissioner swig. >> aye. >> okay. that motion carries 4-0. congratulations. >> he has to play the drums behind him. >> okay. we are now moving on. >> thank you very much. i appreciate it very much. >> item 3 commissioner comments and questions. we don't have any. we will move to item 4. adoption of the minutes. before you for discussion are the minutes of the april 14, 2021 meeting. >> motion to accept. >> is there any public comment on the motion to adopt those minutes? seeing none that motion commissioner lazarus. >> a

about the poem that's on the statue of liberty the new colossus by emma lazarus. in it emma lazarus describes the statue of liberty as the mother of exiles who says give me your tired you're poor. you're huddled masses yearning to breathe free. the wretched refuse of your teaming sure send these the homeless tempest tossed to me. i lift my lamp beside the golden door. how many of you have heard those lines before so famous? and the fact that those lines are on the statue of liberty, which is a symbol of immigration in the united states is really powerful. it really centers the united states or the idea of the united states is being a welcoming haven for people who are exiles. unfortunately the history of the united states. tells somewhat different more complicated story. the truth is we haven't always had the humanitarian impulse to welcome refugees. usually we've only done so when it's in our humanitarian national interest usually we've been more inclined to actually reject refugees than to accept them. and to borrow the words of historian eric tang often refugee

infectious diseases for the university college london zoo global citizenship program in barcelona geoffrey lazarus had of the health systems research group of the bus and owner institute for global health welcome to the program chris the finding by the year a peon medicine is agency now about the link between the. and the blood clots this should be really bad news for a company that has been battered by a series of setbacks. i think the chief executive officer pascal soriano has said the economy regrets going down the path of offering a vaccine which makes no profit fresh resentment which is the decision that they took this should be available at cost it was a wonderful gesture it seems to be somewhat thrown back in their face yes it is tricky and obviously one is very concerned at the moment with the concept of vaccine hesitancy one of the crucial things about getting this over the line and getting the pandemic under control is that we have the support and trust of the general public and that translating into high uptake of vaccines which will suppress the spread of the virus and it will translat

while staying with the story jeff lazarus. balsall an institute for global health fund he's the head of its health systems research group p says low income countries could benefit from receiving unwanted vaccines the european medicines agency has concluded that the. very rare side effects scrutinized the situation and reported twice with the same findings but then it's up to the individual member states to decide how to use it we've already seen many differences between the countries are sticking it to various age groups 1st it was a younger age group now it might be an older age group some even spain is talking about restricting it just to a small group of maybe 60 to 64 year olds so it's sending conflicting and confusing signals to the population but the main message which the main made clear today is that the vaccine is safe and the side effects are extremely rare in many countries don't have access to any vaccines at all and so i think they would welcome access to the asters and vaccine particularly when they heard that th

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during the writing of the emma lazarus poem, there's a guy writing the opposite, don't open the door. and that guy won. preventing jewish refugees from coming to the united states. not a comfortable image. we would still like to say give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, but it is more complicated than that. >> this idea of how we choose to remember our darkest chapters -- this is popping a -- popping up a lot in our questions -- there is a debate between the 1619 project and the 1776 project. some folks are asking about the removal of confederate statues. this is an area of debate for folks. one person saying "i do not think they should be destroyed as they represent a part of our history, but can they somehow demonstrate the horrors those people perpetrated as a reminder?" another question saying "i have heard removing them sanitizes a dark place in our history." secretary bunch, what do you make of that? >> first of all, you definitely need to prune these statues. like mitch landrieu, like they have done in budapest with soviet era statues, the

at what the antecedents were and one of the things that we inherit in the 20th century is the emma lazarus poem. you know, we're the golden door. there's another guy at the same time a poet writing close the door. we won't don't want those sorts of people in guess who won? that guy in 1924. we had an immigration bill that just shut the door and created quotas that made it impossible for refugees from europe and particularly jewish refugees from coming into the united states. not a very comfortable image. we'd still like to say give me your tired your poor your huddled messes yearning to breathe free, but it's a lot more complicated than that. this idea of how we choose to remember our darkest chapters. this is actually popping up a lot in some of our the conversation and the questions here. there's some folks weighing in on the debate between the 1619 project which of course led by the incomparable nicole hannah jones and also the 1776 project that the trump administration had just put out but there's some related thoughts. i want to share here with you and get you to weigh in. some folks