From the forums managing director. In the spanish town was a byword for the beach holidays but now benetton sandy shore life isnt. There some reports in berlin welcome to the program this week the goliaths of wall street have met that david the game stop shares frenzy has seen a surge of stock purchases by small investors lead to losses in the billions for hedge fund pros but now go on the online forums where this rebellion was coordinated after brokerage apps blocked any more trades. Theyre placing their bets a group of small time speculators not professional traders have been coordinating the purchase of game stop stocks in online forums even though the retailer is virtually broke this has been causing share prices to skyrocket at the peak of the frenzy the stock had risen 2500 percent from its price at the start of the year well it played out that those who are pushing the share Prices Higher are on the winning side but those hedge funds that are short the stock. Believe that the price will be going down are getting squeezed and so im certain is that when maybe we end up with some hedge funds that have financial difficulties. Game stops rising share price has already caused problems for hedge funds and major investors who were banking on the firm stock dropping in value now every penny it increases by no means a loss for the short sellers but on thursday the surgeon share price was halted when brokerage apps like robin hood barred users from buying game stop stocks a move thats left many small investors furious well lets get the latest on this from our financial correspondent Ashutosh Pandey joins us from frankfurt so why have the online brokerages felt the need to step in like this. Well robin hood says it is trying to protect itself and also the customers from little itty typically during the time of wallet ilithyia the Capital Requirements for brokerages do go up which means that they have to keep boruc collateral with the settling companies the clearing houses and whos actually say that look were not really sure whether your customers would be able to be able to make the commitment or would be able to honor the commitment when the prices for this particular thing goes down and thats the reason why they asked for walker lateral and thats what is happening here also but of course the traders are not happy and they are venting their fury online and theyve blamed robin hood for siding with the of the financial elite just another day of trading to go on wall street this week where does it go from here. For one robinho that said that it is going to ease some of those buying restrictions it has in fact of built a watch just of more than 1000000000. 00 to deal with any trade frenzy. When those restrictions are lifted but as far as the broader saga is concerned its interesting to see how the hedge funds are going to react are they going to change their strategy as far as short selling is concerned how are the regulators are going to react because just on the face of it theres nothing illegal about what these retailers are doing theyre coming together and actually taking a position in this Company Something that has funds have done in the past. Monday and frank thanks for joining us. Now time for a look at some of the other business stories that are making the news General Motors says its planning to phase out all gasoline and diesel engines by 2035 the largest u. S. Car maker is aiming to be Carbon Neutral by 2040 g. M. Sold around 2 and a half 1000000 vehicles in the u. S. Last year only about 20000. 00 of them were electric. They were germanys dime that had a surprisingly good 2020 despite the pandemic the mercedes car maker beat expectations with a profit of 6600000000. 00 euros thats around 50 percent higher than the Previous Year it was boosted by 4th Quarter Sales in china and rising demand for hybrid cars. Now the World Economic forum is 50 years old this year but it wasnt bigger and better than ever before with the pandemic making in person gatherings a no go World Leaders came together over the internet doubles hasnt been this quiet in decades no signs of the usual hustle and bustle instead a thick blanket of snow the locals like it that way. I enjoy it there are no greetings there is little traffic it is quiet theres fewer guests i would be happy to not have the w e f here anymore. I mean. You know its really clear that everything is open not you know security checks a lot less people of course and like it you know. What the locals enjoy however is a painful sign of what has happened to the world over the course of the past year online World Leaders offered their plans and solutions with regards to the ongoing pandemic and stressed that International Cooperation is key to overcoming the crisis. She she she just how china will continue to take an active part in International Cooperation on covert 19 containing the koran of ours is the most pressing task for the International Community does the employee doesnt it we need to choose a multilateral approach a self isolating approach wont solve our problems we see that 1st of all on the question of vaccination since its the root out of the pandemic and thats fearless and thats an option. People to lose but poor countries say wealthier nations are not looking for Global Solutions to the crisis and only thinking of themselves. We are all not safe in some countries. Rocks ability to have people in other countries on the books in a team we all must act together in. A career not guard us because it affects all of us equally while Global Leaders can meet virtually to speak to each other the coronavirus pandemic reveals that International Cooperation has many challenges politicians generally seem to put their own citizens 1st and businesses profit even when trying to solve a global crisis. But ive made a change since the last summit is the election of joe biden to the white house i asked adrian monk managing director of the World Economic forum whether that has made any difference to the time this year a new Administration Means big changes for everyone and you know joe biden is no stranger to the World Economic forum hes been with us as Vice President a couple of times hes been to other meetings that weve held around the world so you know we know the president and you know were looking forward to working with and we had john kerry his climate czar speaking this week on the plans that the United States has to really get back behind the wheel in terms of driving the agenda on Climate Change so i do think theres a whole number of different ways in which this administration will make a difference but its not just the u. S. You know i think one of the things weve seen through the crisis is that every single major economy has a role to play and i think hearing from those leaders and seeing that were now in very much a multipolar world has been a big part of what travels this week online has been about. Yes it has been online its been without the private jets and all the trappings of a usual davos a green a divorce this year could this online to be us be here to stay. Funnily enough you know you say that but actually private jet traffic into dallas is no more than a busy week in 0 fat in actual fact emissions in dabbles the town go down during dapples week so the air is cleaner pura a nice when were in town that when the locals are left to themselves with buses cause everything running through the center of the lovely alpine town but it has made a difference to us in one very important why its enabled us to bring in many many more people into these conversations and the impact on line has been enormous is Something Like 5 or 10 times the number of people who normally join in the world of me for my thing on 30000000 followers across social media that number has gone exponentially higher this week so it really has been for us a fantastic experiment not one we planned for but nonetheless a great experiment in bringing in new voices and really sharing what were doing online. At your monk managing director of the World Economic forum thank you for joining us on data we have business. Now new figures show spains economy contract had by 11 percent in 2022 a coronavirus pandemic took a devastating toll on various sectors including the countrys crucial Tourism Industry and its by no means over white beaches of the costa blanca a still empty. Alone under the piles in been a dorm thats usually an impossible dream. But hotels are now either empty or closed completely more than 90 percent of all Tourist Accommodation has pulled down the shutters normally this 4 star hotel would be at 75 percent occupancy at this time of the year but now there are more employees than guests and the Spanish Government aid package is totally inadequate to keep the industry afloat. By. Donors only deploying 3 percent of its g. D. P. To help us thats a lot lower than the e. U. Average this has to change because brain cant function without its Tourism Industry the sector accounts for 20 percent of all jobs in spain making it the most important source of employment in the country. In the in play or their base. Although businesses here are technically allowed to remain open many have thrown in the towel. No tourists means no income. To party strip of benetton particularly popular with british tourist has become a ghost town around 18000 jobs are on the line here. Restaurant certainly Signor Garcia has put his entire staff on reduced hours he fears a wave of bankruptcies will sweep along the coast. That alter phones and other cash rich people will take advantage of this to buy up knock down prices what weve built up with a lot of effort the situation is very difficult. As weve got legal at this hotel the mood. Similarly. They have more than 50000 euros in fixed costs that must be covered the owner has been forced to borrow money his entire hope rests on having a good summer season. Tourism in europe can be revived but action must be taken immediately vaccinate faster the rising infections must be stopped and then with a little luck well be able to stop the summer well. But right now that seems an eternity away. In been a dorm they disinfecting the streets and the police up the trolling the waterfront boulevard i just tourist town will need a long time to fully recover from the coronavirus. Me. Check out our website. About. The fight against the corona virus pandemic. Has the rate of infection been developing. The latest research. Information and context. Around a virus update. On t w. Has a virus spread. Through the town. And. Show is called spectrum and this information on the virus or any other science topic you should really check out our podcast you. Can also find us at. Science. This is the plane this is the plane in gold mining north a lot of heavy reading. The white house finally has its own plan for distributing vaccines. 100000000 doses in a 100 days. The new president also wants 100 you back to nation centers. And when list scores of or type doctors trained nurses and medical students. We will get through this we will defeat is pandemic into a nation waiting for action let me be clear stand this poor help is on the way. The corona virus has infected and killed more people in the us than anywhere else in the world. Or biden better get cracking close to half a 1000000 people have died in the United States officials are converting sports stadiums and Grocery Stores into Vaccination Centers mobile units are on their way to underserved areas the plans ambitious but it needs to be surrounded by the coronavirus in her illustration its all i think about visual artist sandra battleaxe expresses her feelings about the pandemic her biggest hope was getting a vaccine and the date was already set. When i got the appointment i called everyone i told everyone i thought it implying that i was there was like what a lot of but the new york city ran out of vaccine doses. I didnt know that it had been changed until i saw something on the news and some friends sent me things saying that they were canceling all the rest of the appointments on thursday personally no one emailed me no one called me shes one of at least 23000 people in new york city whose appointments were cancelled 15 vaccine have shut down over the weekend new york authorities blame the federal government new york blames the federal government. They said they had additional dosages in the rate that they would send they say will increase the supply. They never did this is one of the facts you have here in new york city had to close due to the vaccine supply shortages thousands of apartments had to be cancelled and many other parts of the us experiencing very similar problems the by the administration is under serious pressure to solve this problem quickly this is the plan better Vaccine Distribution is part of joe bidens coronavirus strategy. But he wants stronger federal coordinator in the entire vaccination process by contrast former President Donald Trump left most of the decisions up to the individual states experts warn current problems wont be solved without increased production. I think number one is increase maxine supply very very important motivate companies to accelerate the production of. Could meet the demand. Americans have high expectations. I mean my family for almost a year now. And i really want them to get vaccinated too so its not just new york its everywhere that. Kind of problem so the federal government needs to step in but i think theres a lot of order that needs to take place in these testing and vaccination sites that are asking a lot of patient the people that people are going to wrap for more than days. Center a bed lax appointment was rescheduled but after the last cancellation shes now much more skeptical and just like hoping that theyre going to come through with the knowledge dont believe them anymore you know like i trusted them last week but not now itll take more time until the vaccines free americans from the virus. How much time monaco gandhi is a professor of medicine and associate chief in the vision of hiv Infectious Diseases and global medicine at the university of california San Francisco good to see you again Monica Attard how much longer do you think this will take this vaccine dr yes so we have been plagued by a many difficulties in the us with this transition of power but President Biden has committed to purchasing 200000000 more doses which meant that we have 400 before supposedly 600 this enough to vaccinate the entire u. S. Population with its huge oses and the current estimates are by the end of the summer so things are slower than we had hoped and anticipated in the United States what about his promise of 100000000 shots 100 days going to achieve that. We are not yet at that goal either but i actually think that that can happen i do think that can happen we he signed in whats called the National Defense production act last week actually was one of his 1st executive orders when he came into office which allows more supplies in a sort of a war merchants theyd like situation to help produce more doses so we thought we had the doses and we didnt have the doses so i think the 100 is achievable biden also wants to release all available vaccine for immunization according to reports rather than withholding half of it for the 2nd doses trump planned how wise is that. I actually think that is a very good idea the image of necessity or the amount of alibi production that you get with a single dose is actually extremely high and of course we do need the 2nd dose that to ultimately whats required but increasing the duration between those 2 doses is likely to have no harm in the ultimate efficacy of the vaccine and the purpose is to get as many people some immunity as we can we have been the epicenter of the pandemic since march 26th the United States we have had the worst pandemic in the world so anything that we can do to increase vaccination rates is indicated if youre waiting though these these poor people who are waiting weeks to hear whether or not theyre going to get that 2nd is how much longer can they wait. So i mean that 1st dose will at least give over the 1st couple weeks 52 percent efficacy be depending on the vaccine it can go up to each percent they can go up to 6 right now the c. D. C. Is that 2nd dose can be given 6 weeks later for the there is no even though the trials are 3 in 4 weeks. In vaccines in general increasing the duration usually does not diminish the efficacy and word of urgency situation so this one dose strategy and then getting a 2nd later i actually think is biologically absolutely indicated the u. S. Also wants to boost surveillance of new variants but critics call for a systematic nationwide strategy for sequencing the genomes of coronaviruses i mean dont you need to be able to act quickly on mutations. Yeah the problem. With that is theres actually very little you can do about new variant in less they feed the vaccine so there are 3 things new variants can do they can increase transmissibility they can crease very limits and they can evade the vaccine luckily we havent seen the latter to any great degree in and increasing surveillance does little in the us we can get the vaccine out into peoples arms so if i were to focus on anything or focus on vaccine rollout look at certainly surveil will always be able to hopefully tweak the vaccine in the future if we must to evade the variants but the vaccine codes for the entire spike protein and these variants have little point we teach and along the rest i think were focusing a lot of the variance when we should be just literally theres nothing more important than getting people meaning being its this virus in this epicenter the pandemic really briefly if the u. S. Does get its act together what sort of a difference can it make a broad buy by saying in the World Health Organization for example and back in kovacs to get vaccines to poor countries yes i completely agree that actually no country clearly is safe from crown of arson tell we have a whole world wide distribution of these vaccines so i think its imperative to kovacs its imperative to have other companies that patents. Make sense not during an emergency this is an emergency and so with equitable distribution of vaccine were never going to reach herd immunity without worldwide distribution Monica Gandhi university of california San Francisco thank you very much for being on the show again thank you. Derek williams a science correspondent has been looking at your questions on the coronavirus. What possible adverse events are they looking out fall asphyxia proofed and rolled out a notch number. Temporary side effects like fatigue or headache or a slight fever are fairly common with many of the vaccines that have been launched but but around 70000000 people worldwide have received at least 1st doses so far and major adverse events remain extremely rare a handful of people per 1000000 have had serious allergic reactions after vaccination which is a side effect that occurs by the way occasionally with vaccines for other diseases as well but so far no deaths from an awful lactic shock have been linked to getting a covert vaccine in norway over 30 deaths recently among very frail elderly people that occurred soon after they received a shot might have been linked to their vaccination and authorities there have adjusted guidelines for the moment but only for that specific group a few isolated cases of facial paralysis usually temporary have also been reported but the experts say that any link they are is very tenuous Monitoring Systems are of course in place to to watch out for any other possible adverse effects that might not have been identified in trials for example anything that might be longer term moving forward authorities will be looking very closely to see whether for example certain rare auto immune disorders occur more frequently in people whove been vaccinated although there is current. Really no evidence that the vaccines that have been authorized so far can actually have those effects in general experts are in wide agreement that with a few exceptions almost everyone should get vaccinated when they had the chance because the benefits simply far outweigh any potential risks. You heard it from Derek Williams ive been fizzling thanks for watching stay safe and say you against it. To the point shawn opinion is clear positions International Perspective such. A real threats of bloody made putin found some commentary to say the kremlin suffuses critical legs are not found so who is he or courageous in kerrys moscow position leda to work opportunists writing a personal vendetta find out also the point showing to this point. Which coming through from a spondee w. In good shape there are pissed animals provide valuable support during crises something that dr legged cat and his dog slow already know dogs can be really heroes and life saved. Thats what you say about that show short. What could any most do what doctors and nurses cant. Even good. 90 minutes on. Its about billions. Its about our work. Its about the foundation of a new world order. The new silk road. China wants to expand its influence with this trade network and so in europe the conflicts are inevitable the consequences unpredictable the can is the shaking of the Chinese State has a lot of money at its disposal for the finale to expanding and asserting its status and position in the world in the face of the bulge. China is promising its partners rich profits but in europe theres a sharp morning you could never accept money from the new superpower will become dependent on it. Chinas gateway to europe. Starts feb 19th on dope show. This is the news live from above it going to war over vaccines while the European Unions vaccination drive is failing the dispute between the e. U. And Pharma Company astra zeneca escalate its accusations are flying back and forth its no longer just a political issue its deadly serious for millions of europeans waiting for their jobs