and the world's biggest travel fair are starts in berlin all of it online of course as the industry is in a deep crisis because of the pending. the program the pendent make has made it painfully clear europe is lagging behind digital. be it for platforms for more learning or semiconductor chips vital for many of the blocs industries europe pass catching up to do now that you commission has presented on how it wants to do that. semiconductor production at bosch this june the world's largest automotive supplier is set to open another chip plant in dresden a project that's in line with the european union by 2030 according to an estimate one 5th of the chips needed worldwide could come from europe but that scenario is currently a long way off right now asia is the dominant player in the global semiconductor market with a share of 70 percent of the us follows in 2nd place while in europe trails with an 8 percent market share. this increasing reliance on outside businesses has startled policymakers because it's not just semiconductors that are receiving attention and funds but also blocked chain technology and artificial intelligence chips and the ability to process information at ultra fast speeds are seen as a key to the future these tiny tools enable antonymous driving and the further digitization of industry for example. quantum computers could also play a role in this these are computers with enormous processing power that can be used for example to develop modern medicines or to calculate traffic flows but this technology is still in its infancy but in 5 years the plan is to have the 1st quantum computers available in europe. earlier i spoke to jenny but i'm tall he's the ears commissioner for internal market and he told me that he believes the european corporate landscape has enough potential to make this ambitious plan come true so 1st one of course is that we have a very good companies and of course we need to to to have these companies to achieve this target the 2nd thing is that we have an accent on excellent results on trials out of all europe and very strong economic also you know i just saw one which is the substrate important we have none of these are putting to go we but we have also now they say their financing 2 years in place because sank to our big next generation your program we are all righty to strip all of this investment and we know it would be a big investment with the support of course for member states and also of companies so yes we are ready to put as a significant amount of table you know to achieve these extremely important target because of the day beyond these this is a matter of technological serenity for europe now is about all one quite successful economic principle is that not everybody needs to produce everything is there no other way to try to catch up with industry leaders in the united states that are decades ahead in developing and manufacturing then this plan. you know that's a very good question and of course when we speak of residence we don't need to do everything on our own i have been a c.e.o. myself and i know these extremely well but i know also being appointed to sharon and also having me go see you that you know to be strong and to be but to negotiate . you need to drop some areas where you are stronger and we believe he has a commission extremely important to be to be strong in some critical areas like and some of conduct including be be behind 10000000 details and maybe 5 mi to trials because i'd see hand of the day what would be at stake we'd be all 70 look at what happened today. strays assuring just because we don't have enough resources as one company wants so we need to want to ship exists it is my job and we do it now but there are industry leaders from the car sector that are saying wanting to produce the smallest scale chips is too ambitious the gap is pretty wide between what you want to commission have in mind and what the industry can deliver without committing financial suicide. well this is exactly why we have many trucks and each year or so you know i'm coming also from technology is no last but sure it's true. we we need to find the right spot knows to do zis it is important going through 5. 5 and i know metros that we can do it or so we've bought knows it's also globally today into disease are we to think we need to engage with them because as yet of the day if we. get. a subsidy we know that this process has been 05 or maybe 2 nanometer as would be absolutely critical everywhere fall cloud computing for heights computing for a species about computing and or so for many many connected for hikers and all is up to his legacy he's caring about all your commissioner for internal market thank you for your insights the world's economic prospects are starting to look better at least somewhat that's according to a report by the organization for economic cooperation and development o.e.c.d. now they say the gradual rollout of vaccination programs and direct physical support in some countries will help global g.d.p. to grow by 5.6 percent this year that beats initial always c.d.'s and that's not the organization expects worldwide output to top prepared demick levels by the mid of the year major risks however remain including the potential of vaccine resistant coated mutations is such mutations gain a foothold it could lead to a week to recovery job losses and more business closure report stress that speedy vaccine to deployment is key to ensuring global economic recovery success here's the o.e.c.d. east chief economist of law. there are lots of we still have on this project and. a lot of them to now and on. because currency is have very different base of x. in the nation and because they have friends and i see asia and we're seeing a lot of directions for us the countries that do that accident rates and because there are who want facts even fast and can your credit their economy if the countries that are not might seen enough and do not manage well the big situation they can add to europe and this talking a little with new employees situation. o.e.c.d. chief economist in the halls boom speaking there. are you planning a summer vacation this year and where would you go if you went well these are the questions on everybody's mind at the international travel fair the world's largest gathering of the industry which is kicking off in berlin today like so many other big events the i.t.v. has gone digital this year participants would be forgiven for not being in celebration mode after all tourism is one of the industries that's been hardest hit by. last year travel slump by 74 percent worldwide as the pandemic led to restrictions in countries now that translates into $1.00 trillion dollars in lost revenue for airlines hotels and many others in the industry and putting some 100000000 jobs at risk around the world in the sector earlier today i spoke to us and he's the head of the travel sites to vogl here in germany and i asked him what sort of summer holiday season he's expecting. expecting a similar recovery than we've seen last year so great dominantly local weather driving distance with was very limited at continental travel and hardly any intercontinental. when we talk about these flights to travel to other countries are you optimistic that there will be this standard standardized next anation past that your opinion is talking about for example. i don't think that there is really an alternative to be honest answer because the i mean we have all travel it's hardly at all now for more than a year the industry has had hardly any revenue with the exception of a small town up peak last year and we've got in particular in southern europe a lot of economies and a lot of regions that depends heavily on tourists so i think the governments have to find a way to get some tourists at least into these destinations. to keep going. and that's what that's what make any positive ok if international travel is going to be limited importing do your estimations and we might be entering in 3rd wave of infections we have cases and cases rising here in germany what does that mean for the travel sector as a whole. the key thing is that we can allow for the summer vacation i think it's not only for the travel industry but it's all of us all of us having been at lockdown for a very long time particularly families do need a break and i think that the summer should be ok given that the weather should help their vaccination programs should get some traction in the next couple of months in time for the summer season and we haven't fully exploited the benefits of testing so those 3 factors i think well counteract the effects of the. variant that all variants that are more contagious how has the pandemic been impacting your business . i mean that you mentioned earlier and the. end they call it very very very hot of the state and we had in an april last year pretty much no revenue at all. and had to really face reality that the travel industry will be much much smaller for the years to come but since then we try to take a positive perspective and focus really on the summer of this year try to focus on what the customers and the trouble is need what they and and what todd on adjusting our products and i mean now getting getting more and more excited to actually test those products with was really a traveler traveling and some are actual some say the zoo meetings and video chats that have all been a have become a routine of our lives are here to stay and are going to continue to take their toll on business trips how do you think the pen demick will change leisure travel in the long term i think for leisure travel there will be a couple of direct in a couple of in direct effect i think that the direct effect in the short term is that local destinations seem to be much more attractive you are much more in control and you know what you're getting where is very remote destinations are much more difficult to reach the risk is much greater short term quarantine requirements being imposed the cetera the indirect in fact is more coming from from the airlines to be on a sunny day the amount of business travel is likely to be structurally reduced which means that the economy cost take it sounds like going to become more expensive so overall a shift from from intercontinental to more continental and local is our expectation of the isakov i slaver c.e.o. of online travel search engine turn our go thank you for the thoughts thank you. and that wraps up our program if you want more go ahead and check out our web site at d w dot com slash business or social media. thanks for watching ever solve a successful in. the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. has the rate of infection been developing what does the latest research say. information and context the coronavirus update. on t w. how does a virus spread. why do we panic and when we'll. just through the tax and weekly radio. if you would like any information on the chrono larysa or any other science topic we should really check out our podcast if you get wherever you get your podcast you can also find us and. slash science on. the coronavirus has put inequality in the spotlight women misrepresented in many industries and the pandemics made that worse consultancy mckinsey says women are almost twice as likely as men to lose their job due to coated far fewer women work in science despite girls outpacing boys in school. women and needed like never before as the cover death toll continues to rise. well a crisis has wrecked relationships families and lives it's put back progress on many social fronts including women's rights he sent out our report. to find out how some women around the world view 90. to be surely salaries that are in the margin honestly so we should find you put on the view to see models that we don't use on us do you think you could write to any of you for me you see me as he pushes them but it wasn't us to put them to be model to do what's up with you does what diets. do when you move into my new place and i must add new about a home a building that are not transparent. this time with and they're with me and though they said the feel of the place. hung on for the latest to the after taste toys from us i picked out of. the c.m. pay for them i probably you have become i don't recall totally uncool not. at all culturally in modern politics to meit's opinions of a good subset of good and well it's all the robots see you nobody's homophobe take up the law getting on with us all all people in muslim all be. total point zuma. women provide the bulk of work as k. givers looking after the young the old and the sick in germany most nurses are women and they often are and significantly less than their male colleagues. here in the hospital there is a strict protocol when it comes to putting on your protective clothing but for cuts been backa it has become a routine she is one of the many female nurses who have been pushing the limits they unite for you know taking care of corona virus patients. there's a think about it about the physical strain is an enormous working in this kind of is exhausting but the psychological component plays a big role too we always have to take care of critically ill patients that's part of our job but now we have seriously ill patients can also endanger us and that is really a stressful. stressful is also how to describe her last year she it works as a nurse in an old people's home and person in a pandemic made her job even harder and again the burden of carrying full society's elderly was mainly on women. luckily men i increasingly interested in being in the us my husband does also work but otherwise it's mainly women probably because of the pay if it were a male domain then women would also a very different set of aries on and on and on and ask for. more than 90 percent of the people fighting the daily battles on the nursing front are women and they are up to 10 percent less than their male counterparts according to the german federation of trade unions the chances of promotion as slim and they often white nights hammon says she appreciated the gesture when people around germany stood at their windows at the beginning of the pandemic and applaud at the nation's nasa's and carers but it was no more than a gesture now she says women also need to play a role in changing how society treats them it would i'm afraid if. my wish for women in this profession is that they stop putting themselves down and that people are aware of their contribution people need to understand that we're not just not as clean as the kitchen wife so that the world only goes around when we all work together as a team and for that one of us can't get by without the other doesn't i now for one and another mish. bagenal is that too after what she likes to go for a walk in the woods to switch off to that is important to support people who work in care for now but we don't come on and on top of life as i. may be here to stay and we need to develop strategies we need enough stuff and i think whitman and whatever else it takes to help us do our jobs and as i understand con offices all of us here on wolf i told. both nurses greed these improvements have to come and they have to come soon. i spoke to to attend a ph d. candidate at the united nations university merits and must treat university and asked what the world is missing out on if women's voices in science and. yes the matter of life and death and that not only is this quote 90 effect people from the racial standpoint but also from a gender standpoint and there is research that shows that quote 19 may actually affect women's bodies differently and also on their social effects that related to the disease than we actually impact women more than for women are the primary caregivers of their households so having to work from home and take care of their children may actually affect them here that it doesn't man tell me more about when you talk cooperation and teamwork when it comes to men and women working together in science to work on not only beating this crisis but also equality within the business. i'll give my example for of my collaborators i worked with john francois and obviously if you know i'm a paper regarding the social effects of quitting 19 in africa i think that their collaboration intrigued me as an equal i was allowed me to share my views as a woman and also to highlight the gender aspect of coping 19 particularly on women in business and their careers and this actually helps out also to take out the emotional turmoil that's associated with sexism within science and within the academic profession as well so i commend collaborators who treat women as equals mainly because they are actually doing the work related to combating sexism within science and in the academic field overall what else did you find. in how code 19 is affecting the economy and female entrepreneurs in guyana. we found that. over 90 we found that in general women have less stable than men and a fact of their previous sales on their future sales affects men and women more than men and so we find that because we mean right now 3 different condemned make have to stand home and take care of their children their sales for the products that they're selling are really low and so this will then obviously impact their future business prospects and these are things that we need to look at to in terms of the condemned make in that there's not only health effect this also the social effects that mean necessarily disadvantage female entrepreneurs compared to male intrapreneur this is not only the particularly in the ghana case ought to entrepreneurship this also translates to just women who are working from home and who was a careers have been affected by to make so a to know what advice would you give to young women who aspire to pursuing a career in science. i would say that align yourself with people who want you to do well if you're in a situation where this tumor sexism and your voice is not heard and people don't want you to succeed i would advise you to find ways of getting out of that situation if you can always find. your success find mentors who want you to do well work in the labs with people who want well i know that it's not easy because this is a male dominated field and the are some women and men as well who actually want to help women do well in their careers you know from time to india to thank you very much for being on the show today thank you very much over now to our science correspondent derrick williams he's been looking into your questions on the corona virus this one coming from an anonymous for your. does the vaccine make you in for a while. since the start of the pandemic we've seen one corona virus meth after another so it's no wonder that vaccines have spawned many more this one though that m.r. n a vaccines cause infertility in women is especially worrisome i think because it appears to be having a real impact on vaccine uptake among younger women. like a lot of fake news that gains traction the infertility myth uses science to distort rather than to clarify in this case it twists the scientific fact that m.r. and a vaccine strain the immune system to recognize the structure on the outer surface of the corona virus called the spike protein this information campaigns build on that with the claim that the spike protein resembles a protein found in the placenta that protects and nurtures a developing fetus that means the claim continues that an immune system primed to detect spike proteins in order to attack and destroy the corona virus can also mistakenly attack and destroy up with senta causing women to either be infertile or to miscarry this is not true for a couple of fundamental reasons 1st the defense in the immune system react in a highly specific way to the proteins that they've been programmed to detect they have to because proteins are only made up of 20 different molecular building blocks called amino acids but our bodies can produce at least 20000 different proteins from them and possibly a whole lot more so of course there can be structural molecular overlap in many different proteins which is why. the immune system has to be so specific and 2nd is the fact that the placenta protein in question turns out not even to be very similar in molecular terms to the viruses spiked protein so short and sweet there is 0 evidence that being vaccinated against coke at 19 affects a woman's fertility in any way and actually a growing mound of evidence that it doesn't. and we leave you with protest pictures from book arrest around 3000 demonstrators of macht on parliament in the romanian capital against the kodak st they held up battles declaring freedom and down with the mosques restrictions are in place for the next 2 weeks due to high daily 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