Covert 19 special next on d w. What secrets lie behind these walls. Discover new adventures in 360 degrees. And explore fascinating World Heritage sites. G w World Heritage 360 get the app now. For many of us when the lockdown began there was nowhere to go but online. Pandemic drastically affected the way we work and how we interact with others. Changes that would have taken years to have been implemented in just days. But will we ever change back. What does the crisis tell us about the future of work. Welcome to this coveted 19 special on robots in berlin its good to have you with us so the coronavirus pandemic has had a massive impact on the world of work its seen millions of people lose their jobs as industries were obliterated and businesses closed their doors but for many of those lucky enough to remain employed its revolutionized the way they operate. The way to work is one of the few things that hasnt changed but for. This morning is just like starting over its really the 1st time in 3 months ive been in the office ive worked from home the whole time. In the past the Management Consultant was always on the go in the office or visiting clients since the virus though many workplaces of towns and young have become restricted areas business trips have gone online but will things stay that way thats what hes investigating on behalf of the German Environment Ministry is giving a report today to the coronavirus measures and countermeasures have forced changes to behavior and routine that many people find positive thats why things will stay that way permanently. In the long term according to his study the number of business trips will probably decrease by 30 percent compared to the time before the pandemic and traffic in general by at least 8 percent. When the lockdown began in march germany experienced a force digitalization that what otherwise have taken years data traffic jumped by 10 percent that month more than a year working digitally from home was a huge effort from many or 37. 00 companies but suddenly became the norm. But it wasnt all good news for his Environment Ministry which also says digitalisation threatens the climate. Research weve seen in data traffic is just a sign of more to come im not one of those who says streaming will replace flying on the contrary still we have to make progress in all these areas if we really want to meet our climate goals. Powering the internet is already producing 800000000. 00 tonnes of c o 2 emissions worldwide each year thats about as much as all of germany or Worldwide Air traffic before the crisis but the overall environmental balance of the coronavirus period has been positive and that can teach us something about upcoming crises says sociologist howard. But what it all shows us is that change is possible much faster than we have in normal politics where there are always opposing sides whenever you might think nothing works pretty good for money then you can say you can get things done if theres a lot of political will its good when im here. Only in one area have things taken an environmental step backwards in germany while public transport remains as empty in many places as it was at the beginning of the crisis roads have filled up with private cars for fear of infection people are driving more often as much as before the crisis. Lets speak to philip fry hes part of the Digital Technologies and social change Research Group at the institute for Technology Assessment and systems analysis in calls rouer here in germany thanks for joining us so are the changes weve seen in working join the coronavirus pandemic a good approach for the long term. Well were going to get to excite local currency changes as they call it the terrible cost but. You know well say for instance the reduction of commuting hours or under additional business trips d is certainly something that is welcome news to me but i would suggest that the Current Crisis also churches were to ask ourselves what fundamentally whether we want to return to the old normal oh whether we want to build better whats more socially and a lot of economy you talked about shorter work times youve done research into this and you came up with a figure of around 20 hours as potentially an ideal working week that would be a huge production for many full time workers around the world whats the thinking behind that how do you make that work. Well generally theres a number of policy options at hand i mean you can have them under regulation on a governmental level the National Level but also theres of course kind of arguing its rules that can be used or decrease working hours collective d agreements basically and how do you reduce working hours without limiting productivity well that depends what you mean by product it if you mean of your Economic Outlook then i would say that might be debatable but thats a sensible orientation in the future given that were already at least in the global not consuming way too many resources. But im straight generally theres also strong economic argument made all working under dutch actually oftentimes people think that working climate options are Something Like 2 workers in the most productive economy so that people in the us or germany are so productive they can work a little less but theres a lot and there is a strong correlation between higher productivity and shorter working times internationally but what i actually find quite interesting is that researchers suggest that collected working 100 such as force employers to use a lot of labor time theyre officially ebo you know organizing work and introducing d you to acknowledge their far theres actually a stronger evidence that working time attaches use productivity growth but is there a danger that actually the coronavirus pandemic through increasing the amount of working from home actually means people are working longer i mean weve heard from union saying thats exactly what is happening when people are working from home. Yeah theres definitely a risk i mean but one thing that the human psyche them to sites are is that we can barrier between the private and professional minds which clearly a place over all but i would say theres also a much general threat because governments worldwide are facing immense pressure from employers to see asians to we only existing labor regulations and i think also individual workers trace for the looming Unemployment Crisis actually want to show that theyre dependable workers and they want to save some money so they work longer hours but i dont think we should consider strongly whether we actually want an economy where millions unemployed and many more millions are working over hours and actually are on the brink of collapse or an out that is that is caught. Or whether you want to just disappear at the world more or equally throughout society philip fry from the institute for Technology Assessment and systems analysis in cancer thanks for joining us thanks for having me. Now is the boss of the program where you get to ask the questions to ask science correspondent Derek Williams. What percentage of the population has been infected in the United States the number of confirmed cases of covert 19 in the us at the moment stands at over 2 and a half 1000000 and the daily count is trending upwards around around 40000 new cases joined them every day then last week the director of the Country Centers for Disease Control hazarded a guess at a statistic that lots of experts have been trying to pin down ever since this pandemic began the number of people who get the disease that are never listed as confirmed cases Health Care Officials in the u. S. Now believe that only around one in 10 people in the u. S. Who contract covert 19 are ever actually counted now i think that we can view that as a pretty rough estimate but but even if it is just in the ballpark it would mean around 20000000 americans have or have already had the disease. Is it true that people in the old positive blood group are resistant to covert going teen its grown pretty clear that blood type plays a role in whether or not you might contract covert 19 several independent studies have links the blood group oh both positive and negative with resistance to acquiring the virus and and also to less severe outcomes one of the studies says people with type o. Are only 65 percent as likely to be infected as others its not yet clear exactly why but since the genes that determine blood type affect surface structures on cells that could be playing. A preventive role and less severe outcomes in people from the blood group of who might also be tied to the risk of developing blood clots which is different from blood type to blood type. Can you get covert 19 and the flu at the same time. Yes people have tested positive for both at the same time although from the limited information we have it doesnt appear to happen very often when it does doctors refer to the 2 diseases as as Co Infections we also dont have much information on what that kind of double whammy might mean for the patient but but it seems clear that having both respiratory diseases at the same time would be a pretty unpromising state of affairs and when we know more it might turn out to be more common that we think when doctors Start Testing for both diseases at once on a wide scale we might discover that thats just one more reason why its important for as many people as possible to get a flu shot before the onset of flu season this fall. Science correspondent Derek Williams now for Business People dealing with a client overseas sometimes a Video Conference simply wont do but for those who simply must fly they can at least get tested for corona virus during that trip. Germanys 1st n. F. L. Based test center has just opened in frankfurt be a tech Company Center gene is running it in cooperation with a line of fans and therefore to self test a voluntary and have to be paid for by the traveler themselves the people behind it have caught its a blueprint for the new normal traffic. And thats all from a on base covered 19 special if you want more visit the coronavirus section of the data for your website thanks for joining us. Good. Luck to the goodness legacies of. Brendans. The relegation. Zone stuff last year. Where just gently out having lost. Newcomer. Sandra spreading ever father across morocco. The way scenes in the sahara used to sustain prosperity even in the desert. Climate change is hastening this terrifying transformation that people here are desperate to find a solution. Roccos endangered oases close. In 60 minutes on t. W. Beethoven is for me. Its for you. Beethoven is for health. Great open is for her. Is for them. Beethoven is for us. Beethoven is for. 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