u. k. lawrence young. he's an infectious diseases specialist at what university presented in poland, murray, or gunshot. she's head of the department of infectious diseases at the university of zillow, nor go to a warm welcome to each of you on a lease. i'm going to start with you. how different, if at all, is this scenario that we're seeing in europe compared to the scenarios we saw in the early days of the pandemic? the situation is similar, but also quite different. last year we, there was a rapid upset already starting in october at the time when nobody was vaccinated this, this time around, many has been vaccinated not enough. but what we now see is also we have a high number of infections. the number of deaths are lower than last year with the same number of infections. so the good news is we have maxine and these vaccines do prevent death and severe disease. these vaccines do not prevent as successfully though mild infection, so you may still go to mild infection. and a message is you are protected

u. k pm, lawrence johnson, and some world leaders have been up in scotland for the cop 26 environmental summit . this is the un warned humanity is way off track to reach paris climate goals. after report by the world meteorological organization revealed greenhouse gas levels reached record highs in 2020, despite global karone of ours loc downs. joining me now from london is britain's former minister of state for energy and climate change in the executive chairman of the end pos group. thank you so much. laura brockovich, i'm coming on. i don't want to sound like doom and gloom, but this is a, this seems quite horrifying. the did we had a 5.6 percent decline and emissions because of cov it and so on. and yet there's a record year for c o 2 methane in nitro dioxide, or is it too late? this comp $26.00 summit? it's not too late by any means, but it does underline the huge scale of the challenge that we have before us and why it's absolutely vital. but well, lead is meeting.

u. k. p. m. lawrence johnson. and some world leaders have been up in scotland for the cop 26 environmental summit. this is the un won't humanity is way off track to reach paris climate goals. after report by the world meteorological organization revealed greenhouse gas levels reached record highs in 2020, despite global corona virus loc downs. joining me now from london is britain's former minister of state for energy and climate change in the executive chairman of the end pos group. thank you so much old back of her coming on. i don't want to sound like doom and gloom, but this is a.

to what we're seeing this winter season with lawrence young lawrence's professor of molecular oncology at warrick medical school in the u. k. you're very welcome to the program. lawrence, can i put some of the points to you? that's when we gotten vox pops in the cities and countries. those oppose this is, this is the questions they asked. they said that you, nations, that, you know, they're tightening restrictions on they unvaccinated, but why do they believe it's going to stop the search in cases when being vaccinated doesn't necessarily stop you catching code or spreading it. i think it's because, as with all infections, it's a combination of human behavior and the amount of immunity in the population because of course, whilst him vaccination doesn't completely stop you spreading the virus, it does stop. you getting sick and it does take pressure. all the health care system, what we're seeing here essentially with the searches across europe is a combination of insufficient vaccine uptake. and the premise, sure easy restriction measures are, this is a, was a combination human behavior. and the need to get high levels of i