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York times job out for their moscow correspondent. Sounds like something straight out of a fine thriller and reveals the outlets predetermine narrative on russia. A very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at our teach q. In moscow. Lets get started with your live news update the race to get a covert vaccine to market is heating up with british pharma giant astra zeneca. Becoming the latest to publish initial data on the effectiveness of its job developed with Oxford University Clinical Trials established on average, it worked 70 percent of the time, his arteries in the hawkins with the details. Astra zeneca are the latest company to join the front runners in the coburg 19 vaccine race, analysing an efficacy over 70 percent after concluding their phase 3 trials. Know, these preliminary results may sound humble compared to other vaccines. The companys c. E. O. Is optimistic, same as i will be highly effective and will have an immediate impact. And with the u. K. Having already preordered 100000000 jobs, Boris Johnson is more than happy with the result. Incredibly exciting news. The oxford vaccine has proved so effective in trials. There are still further the safety checks ahead, but these are fantastic results. Well done to our brilliant scientists at the university of oxford and astra zeneca and all who volunteered in the trials. So why the relatively low efficacy of Developers Say that 70 percent figure is an average of 2 doses. Regimens to high doses gave a result of 62 percent with a high dose following a low one raising efficacy to 90 percent. Now this 70 percent average figure is therefore lower than trial results announced earlier by madonna at 95 percent also provides a 95 percent though that company who raised their of a can see from an initial 90 percent result with a russian sputnik v. Vaccine standing at 92 now these figures are crucial, given the highly competitive nature of the market, and its been a bumpy road for astra zeneca. Today, as these results were published, the companys shares actually fell on the back of the lower than expected average efficacy, even as european stocks rose on the good news of another vaccine entering the market. Now the vaccine trials had to be halted in september because of a serious suspected adverse reaction in a participant. And in october 1 of the volunteers in brazil died, causing uncertainty about its future. Why the advance trial of a promising vaccine was suddenly passed . Astra zeneca has caused its trials out to an unexplained illness in a participant in the u. As one Company Makes huge strides in the vaccine race and other drug giant hits the possible option on its late stage Trials Volunteer and where the most at vance to corona virus vaccine trials in the world has died. And despite the news, astra zeneca is testing continues. Well, those adverse effects were investigated. Though the company and the Brazilian Health authority refused to comment in detail on the case. The trial was deemed safe to continue, though in the United States, the delay lasted several weeks. And todays results dont include data from american trials, or despite the lower efficacy, the upside to this vaccine is cost effectiveness. While the estimated price of the Pfizer Vaccine is around 19. 00, the modena job between 25. 00 to 37. 00. Those prices go up to over 40. 00. And as high as 74. 00, respectively for the total treatment of the course of the sport mcvie vaccine is estimated at 26. 00 per treatment. The final costs are yet to be announced. The astra zeneca job would not only be easier to manufacture and store, but the cost for both doses could be as low as 8. 00 for the race is now on to register these vaccines Astra Zeneca States that it would seek emergency use listing from the World Health Organization with russia saying theyve already begun the sputnik registration process. Despite the good news, its too early to say. Weve seen the back of the pandemic, even with these promising trial results. Dus is not the time for complacency. While we continue to receive encouraging news about 19 vaccines and remain cautiously optimistic about the potential for new tools to start to arrive in the coming months. Right now, we are extremely concerned by the surging cases we are seeing in some countries, particularly in europe and the americas, told workers who know the systems are being pushed to the breaking point. Even with several vaccines hitting the market in coming months with the world in the grip of the 2nd covert, 19 wave, there is still a very long and difficult road ahead until we see a return to at least some semblance of normality. We can now bring in live Public Health expert group. Now, as our correspondent was just saying, interim data suggests the oxford astra. Zeneca vaccine offers 70 percent protection, but up to 90 plus percent by tweaking the dose a bit. Would you say these are good results . But i think ive worn c. Is sold because with the 1st 62 person, one particular door surgeon, of course, the tweaking of the n. T. Personally, i think we should be the if were looking at something going into a Public Domain only where its overseer, 90 percent, or higher, anything lower than that, i mean, not be the most effective way for us to look at how were doing. Finding this pandemic. Russia has recently asked the w. H. O. To approve its vaccine, and several manufacturers have done the same. How crucial a step of that be. Well, definitely its a Public Health challenge and therefore ensuring that we have a chill is an important spirit because they will be really looking at it from multiple sides of safety and efficacy. And as we have seen happening in the past for any other Public Health challenge, when you have to go for a mass immunization, verification and destruction is a must. It has to do not just look at bringing the garments together. It also brings the, the Civil Society and bring some of the global organization. So we play a Critical Role in making the vaccine available and accessible, you know, are aligned with each other. So there is a crucial step in ensuring that we are able to come back to as you said, you know, some semblance of normalcy. And when it comes to sex ability, theres the question of price. The astra zeneca vaccine is expected to be much cheaper than the pfizer and madonna drugs. Why do you think that is . Well, i dont think whats, i cant really comment on the uprising started g. R. Of oxford faster than a car. But i think as a Public Health person, what we really need to look at is that we have a lot of 7000000000 people to vaccinate and rising should not really be the critical factor. I think this is the time when all stakeholders needs to come together and really look at the possible release to finance and ensure that everybody has an access to it. Not having access to will be a much more higher cost to the nations and to the publics. At large then making it available to everyone. So i think in this particular case, the 2 look at a certain possibility of how you are purchasing from the the different vaccine manufacturers is the possibility of making it accessible are different price points depending upon the idea how a government could put years at what particular price point, a lot of many other factor needs to be looked into. It cannot be a same price for everyone. And this is not really the time to look at pricing as a means have to go. And once the vaccine is ready and on the market, will it be possible to distribute it fast enough to prevent a 3rd wave of the pandemic as everyones looking forward . When i think it depends on how many doses gets created, i think everybody is trying to really me ensure that there are enough doses and, and i think thats one of the key things is not about one vaccine. I think everybody has been played a Critical Role and accessibility will be a key issue as we could see, at least in 2 of the vaccine of the just 5 that and larger not the whole supply chain will be tested and the, the kind of temperature, which were talking about for, you know, a large amount of geographies mean not be more feasible. So therefore, to consider what kind of you know, vaccines which could be, you know, transported in normal temperatures, something which could be done in geographies where you dont have, you know, chain will play a Critical Role in ensuring the accessibility of the vaccine is there for the masses and tell us how might mutations of cocaine 1000 affect the effectiveness of vaccines . Well, nutritional anyone can affect the, you know, the vaccine because vaccines b. Is from a certain kind of, you know, virus which is being used to create it. Having said the, till now whatever the movie should reports have come in is shown that it really would not really have an impact on the vaccine in its efficacy. Because otherwise we, you have a much bigger problem, but where there were reported between have seen till now. They have not had much impact on the vaccine itself because hes so in love, you know, i think its been there, its been ok for that perspective. But if in the future mutation happens in me, and we have to really look at those the Science Behind the vaccine and to see what can be done on the Public Health expert on mon group to thank you for your time and your comments. Thank you. Jacqueline, while the world still waits for a covert job, china has come up with a way to limit the viruses spread. Its calling for a quote global firewall in the form of a global system of q. R. Codes that would allow cross border travel to resume. China has proposed a global mechanism for the me true recognition of health says if it gets based on nucleic acid test results in the form of internationally accepted q. R. Codes, we hope more countries will join this mechanism. China has been using q. R. Codes to prove Health Status since february. This is some has been question in the west on data privacy grounds, although europe has proposed similar schemes including the idea of immunity passports in the u. K. Saskia taylor discussed the issue with a panel of guests. These tests can be a lot of false negatives. A lot of false positives and youre no better track and trace me werent going in terms of this town or that this incredibly dangerous. It is not only for my safety and youre seeing in the United States as well as across the globe. The people are starting to rise up saying enough stop, protecting me. I wouldnt live my life the way id choose. We not only i was reading today at heathrow airport, used to be one of the busiest. Ive seen 82 percent fall and passengers. Whats the way that to get wheels out into, if not a set, a similar system to this reason that travels collapse is not the pandemic because the lock downs. I mean, since march 12th, europe has not been able to fly to the u. S. And then europe retaliated and we cant fly there and now are living under this agreed just situation where yeah, we once believed in the right to travel, but thats been denied to us so many people have been locked in their nation states right now. The answer is to, is, liberalism is to liberate travel and liberate and recognize human rights. Again, do you think that we do need a cohesive Global Policy in order to try and move on somehow to try make 2021 better than 2020 . There have been studies that show that the virus respond differently in different regions. That there are different conditions and different places based on climate and so forth. So, you know, we dont want the world or standards because Global Standards means a lot on a fact. This is just leave of what i really dont care about cases. I care about the death rate and the death rate is very slow. And again, we have to be very cautious with technology because once you turn the saw, its very hard to turn off. They will never relinquish. I mean, passports doing robots were supposed to be temporary, and really bristol stopped with a texas man suffering from a rare muscle disease has come all the way to russia for treatment. And spencer was told back at home in the u. S. That hed never walk again. But since arriving in the russian city of perm and october, hes been up and about. He shared his story with us and an exclusive interview. I had to use this everywhere. I went when i was going to, when there was a new part of chicken, what without it are not walked with alan spencer could have been dead by now or in a wheelchair or bad bond. Thats what doctors back home in america told him 5 years ago. I used to use this all the time. It was absolutely necessary. Im going to go now into scary people walking in an incredibly allen has escaped all those outcomes. When i started to notice a Little Something with my hands, they were going to go on like this. So that not some sort of right, but i didnt have any problem with strength. So i didnt think i heard anything wrong. 2012 came, i had a fall and i was like, whoa, that was unusual. 2014 i came again and i had a really bad fall. It was like, ok, theres something wrong, something wrong happened to be a rare inflammatory muscle disorder known as inclusion, body myositis, between 5. 70 people per 1000000 habit. They said theres nothing we can do for its completely untreatable. What do you feel when you read that . Will i wasnt as disappointed, she would think my father had died of a form of a. O. S. And so i thought, well thats as a doctor said, good news and bad news. The good news is youre not going to die. The bad news is youre going to be totally respect for the Vice President of Time Warner Cable for west texas as successful man allen had to quit his job in 2017. He simply wasnt able to work anymore, that his ease was eaten away at his muscles, stealing his abilities and his life. But then he heard from a friend about a clinic in perm russia that could potentially treat him at 1st. He didnt take it seriously. My friend andy had said in, in february theres going to be a wedding are about this clinic that i think by would be able to help you. Are you interested . You know, its kind of like, well not really. I didnt tell him that the way to be perfectly honest with you. Yeah, i dont, i think is an american youre, you probably have a stereotype of what the russian hospital looks like if mayo says that nothing can be done. Probably nothing can be got the sentiment email gave my email interest. The next day i got a, an email back from the director. The c. E. O. Actually of the clinic and they govern touches, you know, winston said if you come we think we can help you. We are not sure to what degree, but we do believe that we can actually help you a glimmer of hope was born. But coming to russia in the middle of the college, 19th and jamming with borders shot and planes grounded. It seemed like mission impossible. Back in may one of the gals from marty called dandy and said, hey, hows your medical tourism . But Building Business doing, he said, or that started the process. It took 17 months to finally come to russia and it was worth every single day of trying. He says, so they started me on this treatment of injections and infusions. And the neurologist put the Magnetic Field on my hear pulsing through. And what it does is it wakes up the neurons in the head. So they started to move in the wake of the muscles, my eye could actually swallow better and i could talk a little easier if i would, you know, world, this is starting to actually work. What turned out was we were getting this world class held help in this clinic in perm russia. If we can get travel to open up, i really intend to work with india and others to get people here from america. Its a wonderful thing. I mean, its, it shouldnt be a secret. Here you go. Wow, good job. Russia has condemned the u. S. Decision to pull out of the open skies treaty calling it an act of hypocrisy. A fact has been in place since the early ninetys along the 34 Member States to observe each others militaries through an arm surveillance flights. And to share data. Washington has accused russia of breaking the terms of the agreement they claim russia denies. My colleague, neil harvey discussed the story with moscow is disappointed to say the least about the decision by the Us Administration to kick the legs from under the treaty for which as the russian side is putting it. The us has no legitimate reasons whatsoever. Moscow maintains that claims of violations on the part of russia, of the treaty that has been in force for 18 years, have all been made up, plus no one seen any proof of that. Moscow has blamed washington for violations to the other side has denied it, but the question is whether that is a good enough reason to get rid of the agreement. The answer from moscow is no. Among other things, the russian officials believe that the u. S. Government was lying when it said that it was considering the option to stay a part of the deal under certain circumstances. The assumption here in the russian capital is that the u. S. Is destroying the greyman deliberately, and that was all part of an earlier plan. In recent months, washington has hypocritically stated that in the keys of a change in the russian position, it could reconsider its decision. In fact, no one there had planned to reconsider anything that was again for the public designed to mislead foreign governments and the public of european states that were urging washington to come to its senses. Its very important to point out that moscow believes the u. S. Government wants to seek some kind of ban by European Countries of russian flights over u. S. Military sites in europe. But at the same time, moscow believes that the u. S. Wants to continue receiving the information from European Countries from its flights in the russian air space. Moscow says that it will continue putting pressure on the other signatories to the open skies treaty to make sure that they remain committed to the terms and abide by it. But in a case, the message from moscow is that this decision, the americans heavily damages International Security and transparency. You mentioned, European Countries involved there. And there will be European Countries among the, the many dozens of other signatories to the treaty. How do they feel about the u. S. Pulling it . There are 33 more signatories to would that include some very important european, players, like the u. K. , germany, france, etc. And theyve been critical of the decision by the Us Administration as well. We deeply regret the United States has decided to take this step and is now implementing its our own position on the treaty remains unchanged. We consider it to be an important part of the arms control architecture that contributes to Building Mutual trust in the us to greater security in the Northern Hemisphere from the tivo stoke to vancouver. We have heard voices of concern across the atlantic as well. The administrations decision to withdraw from the open skies treaty is reckless. I strongly believe that president trumps decision to withdraw from the treaty is a violation of domestic law. President trump brazenly ignored the law and is unilaterally imposing a politically charged withdrawal even after losing a president ial election. The open skies treaty was initially proposed by washington that happened back in 1955. Though then, the crewman only came into force in 2002, but still it was out there. And because of donald trump, because of his strategy that weve actually gotten used to, we remember that he left many Important International treaties and different fields in the field of security. For example, most notably that was the intermediate range Nuclear Forces treaty. Perhaps this is a step from him that we could have expected and has been doing what has been up to pretty much in the past 4 years. Political analyst, chris bambery, believes that washingtons decision to pull out of yet another treaty will create more uncertainty. As United States withdraws from the streets, it creates for those uncertainties. It wont just months. Some of these are shipped least guarantee these flights were put in place that reduces russia have access to american skies to look at what is happening in terms of military preparations and face. Of course, you know, having withdrawn from the russians will not have that ability and what they are worried about secure is that is that while other American Allies such as britain, if you continue to fly over russia, do they trust britain or other states not to handle pictures, information and data over to the americans by other means and New York Times job ad for in moscow correspondent has been accused of being a phobic. Successful candidates are expected to deal with hit squads, cyber agents, and shadowy military figures. The description of russia has struck some as more like the plot of a spice movie. But as your style of explains fact, and fiction are frequently confused by the outlet. What youre about to hear sounds like its being ripped straight from the blog buster screenwriters playbook. Vladimir putins russia remains one of the biggest stories in the world. It sends out hit squads on with nerve agents against his enemies. Most recently, the Opposition Leader alex, in nevada. Only. It has its cyber asians so chaos and disharmony in the west to tarnish his democratic systems while promoting his phone version of democracy. It is a ploy, private military contractors around the globe to secretly spread his influence at home. Its hospitals are filling up fast with coded patients as its president hides out in his villa. I mean, add some dramatic music. Do a call video, add it pepper the whole thing with a few explosions here and there. And youve cooked up a trailer for the next hit limited series on netflix, but no, its not that not by a long shot. Its actually the opening of a job advert for a russian reporter with the New York Times. Page searches for unbiased to impartial or balance. Come a blank, no results found in the text. Not that its much of a secret though, that the New York Times isnt that interested in covering a happy russia. But some readers werent that impressed with the sudden spasm of honesty from the paper did the see any right. New york times new russia crisp on in job at these job for a New York Times correspondent in moscow is telling and not in a good way screenwriters wanted for a new james bond film. Imagine yourself working undercover in moscow. The capital of love to meet putins evil empire. If you think you have the creative writing skills to turn the monday into juicy narratives of horror and suspense, contact the New York Times, weve been in touch with the New York Times for comment. You know, both sides of the story and all that. But weve yet to hear anything back from them. Cynically speaking, it makes perfect sense. Positive stories from russia dont tickle the fancy of pulitzer prize. Judges allegations lacking evidence. Or though, do just believe in the bogeyman. Pulitzer prize winning journalist and former New York Times Foreign Correspondent chris hedges says the ad exposes the real russia angle of the paper. I initially thought it was satire, i didnt think it was real. And then i went on the New York Times website and read it. And its really kind of an obituary journalist. The role of a Foreign Correspondent is to be bicultural. It is to get into that culture and explain how they view reality. And here you have this narrative, pre written, narrative, demonization, really of russia and vladimir putin. And i have to say that theres nothing in that description that the United States doesnt do in spades and far worse. And so why even open a barrel in moscow . Why have somebody spend hundreds of hours studying russian and reading russian history and literature and culture . Why not . Why not have algorithms do it . It was absolutely appalling, but its part of the siloing of the American Press to serve a particular demographic. In the case of the New York Times, it is a Democratic Party based readership. Its a way to make sure that whoever they send to russia feeds back to them what, what they want. Thats been our breakdown of the days top Headline News for this hour. Thanks for tuning in l. Look forward to talking to you all. That technology should work for people. I robot must obey the orders given to by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the 1st law show your identification for should be very careful. But official intelligence at the point of view screen is to create trust. Have all the shia family take on various jobs and with Artificial Intelligence will summon the demon the robot must protect its own existence as a nexus for the maybe your group will be back, ill blow over. But what i would want to do all of you, i would do, im normal. I live, you could if you dont know if i dont know, were moving out for a while. Dont mean niigata. Ok fine. When i go up we got dog. I mean, fact we have to return, i got knowledge that if they were going with him, well it would be a lot of the trail was about to annul and they