A virus spread. Why do we parent and when well all be. Just 3 of the topics covered and a weekly radio show is called spectrum if you would like any information on the coronavirus or any other science topic you should really check out our podcast you can get it wherever you get your podcast you can also find us at. Science. Getting up close and personal a Campaign Must but in a pandemic. Brazil show you both are not who considers lockdowns excessive. A show of strength. Britains Boris Johnson landed in intensive care with the coronavirus after shaking patients heads they do move to record. People whove worked. With him say he considers illness a sign of weakness. In february President Donald Trump announced the disease would just disappear. Its lucky that you have this group right now for this problem or you even have a country. That has the highest death toll continues to rise. 3 World Leaders accused of incompetency and they are old men. And women leading the way in this crisis there are enough examples as youll see them over it but is this a revolution of women or are we seeing a crisis of competency by so many male leaders around the world talking to an expert about that later in the show 1st his focus on gender politics. Clear communication quick Decisive Action and a willingness to listen to science just some of the accolades these leaders have received for their handling of the coronavirus and yes they have one thing in common. Take taiwan learning from the sars outbreak in 2003 leaders when acted faster than many of her International Counterparts by banning travel from china early implementing Strict Health screenings and increasing the production off facemasks the result taiwan has recorded well under 500 cases so far astray an island nation with a similar sized population has more than 10 times last. Then there is new zealand its leader just in the arjun has been pursuing a strict policy of elimination the result. Our transmission right there is the number of cases that each person with the virus passes it on to is now 0. 48 we send her through some age over say c. Everett is 2. 5 people we have amongst the lowest number of confirmed cases per 100000 people in the world another key feature of a successful response to the crisis is not resting on your laurels after announcing a loosening of locked and measures in germany chancellor Angela Merkel continued to call for caution. Then the it will all feel we do not yet know what the consequences of easing restrictions will be thats why we have to act step by step slowly and cautiously. Not every female leader is a good crisis manager and not every male leader is a poor one but early evidence from this pandemic suggests that being led by a woman could be good for a Nations Health and its wealth. Jennifer kuttner university of oakland your work focuses on women in politics i dont want to get into a battle over man versus one but tell me. I women better at managing crises like this pandemic well i think thats the impression that said leaping promulgation through the media here at present but i think part of the reason why were seeing this debate happened as the because women remain. Rather novel political leaders perhaps outside of germany and also what were saying as an increase in the number of younger women who are taking leadership at a time when we are seeing. Such a significant crisis so im not i wouldnt necessarily buy into the argument that women these ringback are managing crises its more that is an increased number of women during what is this exceptional crisis than what weve seen and end times tossed and therefore a higher percentage of female leaders who are doing a better job what and the men learn from them that. Well i think part of the reason why ways seeing women and political leaders doing so well and then reported positively during this time is because there are several high profile male leaders that are taking quite a contrast doing approach to managing this crisis and so some have reported this as a more of a rather grace of zarelli perhaps aggressive rhetorical approach one that some have portrayed as hyper masculine and so the contrast in that way in the theater to raise the loot Women Leaders and perhaps hive the mescal and male leaders is quite extreme and quite a contrast and so more noticeable you pointed out that experts say women will pay a higher price due to this pandemic i thought the fatality rates higher among men i think it depends on what youre counting as. The impact of the pandemic so its death is one of the most severe outcomes that we say but were also seeing quite stringent policy responses in some countries including lockdowns thats whats happening here in new zealand and in other countries and so are we know are they when this happens. Women take up the majority of kids giving their own story the in expected to work from home and still manage the children a majority of healthy because when and so they are as they are there are challenges in the space for women can be paid to me. Could this crisis help put the spotlight on women highlight the extremely Important Role they play in society and perhaps even see more women move into the ship as it. Well i certainly think that the role modeling and fate dont mikkel in this crisis to our own Prime Minister just under a doing and others. Giving him a message a symbolic and substandard mission to young women politics and in Crisis Management as not to the fee that but i also think that the policy reconstruction thats going to have to help and carbon parts carded environment is going to its going to be challenging for policymakers to raise think and how theyre not just going to rebuild infrastructure and our case but also social infrastructure so so there is a real opportunity for policymakers as he had to really imagine a different way of of the economy working that values a lot of the work that women have done that hasnt been recognized as that it before particularly. That women have have been undertaking that certainly propped up the pace in the past jessica director of the Public Policy institute at the university of oakland thank you thank you. Assigned said it to Eric Williams has also been busy answering questions again your queries on the current virus is what he had to say. Is the virus airborne. Theres a lot of debate on this question in the short answer is that at this point we dont really know the w. H. O. Continues to say that the primary way sars cove to transmits from person to person is via larger droplets a method when someone sneezes or coughs those are droplets the dont remain airborne for very long but can the virus also enter the air and infect others when someone who has it simply breathes out as much smaller droplets that scientists call aerosols aerosols remain suspended in the air for much longer than larger droplets do and and they travel further if we knew for sure they presented a danger we would have to make some fundamental changes to how were dealing with the disease but people who work in the field say proving airborne transmission will be a difficult task and the Scientific Evidence so far remains pretty mixed some studies say airborne transmission as the likely others say its less. A number of viruses can remain in the body even after infection hidden from the immune system disorders go through do that what youre talking about are viruses like hiv or ones from the herpes family after youve been infected with them theyre able to evade the immune system by entering a latent state though later in life they can and they do flare up again they they reactivate after south korea recently reported some patients who recovered from coded 19 had subsequently tested positive again for it experts have been scrambling to explain why and coronavirus latency and reactivation is seen as one possible explanation. In general most of the viral adjusts that ive read seem to think its unlikely as coronaviruses in general dont have life cycles that involve latency and reactivation but nobody including the w. H. O. Is ruling out the idea completely at this point. Can a steam sound and inactivates are supposed to. This was the folk remedy recommended by the president of belarus along with drinking lots of vodka unfortunately though neither of those remedies works taking a sauna wont prevent you from getting covert 19 and it wont cure you if you have it although the virus would be killed by prolonged exposure to high temperatures on surfaces your own core body temperature doesnt really change in the few minutes that youre in a sauna if it did you would die so although taking us on a might help lighten your mood dont expect it to offer either prevention or cure and only do it if youre lucky enough to have a private sauna at home definitely stay away from any public facilities at the moment. You know if there are finally people around the world are looking for creative ways to reach out to loved ones in quarantine like in brussels where this special bus will take your warm wishes to relatives in. South. Africa. Instead of fireworks. 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