Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. The global covid 19 pandemic has put a spotlight on the relationship between scientists and policy makers. Leaders across the world have responded to the science with everything from respect to scepticism, foremost amongst the sceptics president Jair Bolsonaro of brazil, one of the countries hit hardest by the virus. My guest, brazilian microbiologist natalia pasternak, has launched a crusade against her president in the name of science. Is she winning the argument . Natalia pasternak in sao paulo, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, stephen, for having me. Its a pleasure to have you on the programme. Lets start with the claim from your president , Jair Bolsonaro, that the worst of the coronavirus epidemic in brazil is now over. Would you agree . Of course not. Were still in the middle of it. If were lucky. And the president seems to be completely disconnected from reality, really. Thats the way hes been behaving from the start. So, he has no real me
Time now for hard to talk. Hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. The global covid 19 pandemic has put a spotlight on the relationship between scientists and policy makers. Leaders across the world have responded to the science with everything from respect to scepticism, foremost amongst the sceptics president Jair Bolsonaro of brazil, one of the countries hit hardest by the virus. My guest, brazilian microbiologist natalia pasternak, has launched a crusade against her president in the name of science. Is she winning the argument . Natalia pasternak in sao paulo, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, stephen, for having me. Its a pleasure to have you on the programme. Lets start with the claim from your president , Jair Bolsonaro, that the worst of the coronavirus epidemic in brazil is now over. Would you agree . Of course not. Were still in the middle of it. If were lucky. And the president seems to be completely disconnected from reality, really. Thats the way hes been behaving
Support for democracy despite being charged with fraud. We also would look at changes and what is used to be russias empire, to belarus and why they present a problem for the kremlin. Covid figures in the us have hit new record levels. Here the United States of america food here and Drug Administration the Gold Standard of regulation. They are doing it in a very careful way, appropriately. Because if we did anything that was cutting corners and rushing, we have enough problems with people being sceptical about taking a vaccine anyway. If we had jumped over the hurdle here quickly and inappropriately to gain an extra week or a week and a half, i think that the credibility of our regulatory process would be damaged and we would have had we would have had more people. You know, i love the brits, they are great, they are good scientists. But they just took the data from the Pfizer Company, and instead of scrutinising it really, really carefully, they said, ok, lets approve it, thats it, an
Calling for racialjustice and an end to police brutality. It was planned as a response to the death of george floyd and the Police Shooting of jacob blake. Donald trump has addressed supporters in new hampshire, and used the speech to brand protesters as thugs for demonstrating outside the white house while he gave his president ial nomination acceptance speech on thursday. Japans longest serving prime minister, shinzo abe, has announced he is stepping down because of Persistent Health problems. Mr abe said he would remain in office until a successor was chosen. Those are the headlines on bbc world news. Plenty more on our website. Now on bbc news, its time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. The global covid 19 pandemic has put a spotlight on the relationship between scientists and policy makers. Leaders across the world have responded to the science with everything from respect to scepticism, foremost amongst the sceptics president Jair Bolsonaro of brazil, one of t
People dead as it struck the louisiana coast. Officials are assessing the scale of the destruction, and dealing with a chemical fire at a lakeside chlorine plant caused by the storm. Us sport has taken a stand over race and Police Brutality with players boycotting basketball, baseball, soccer and tennis in protest at the Police Shooting of jacob blake. Playoff matches have been postponed for a second night, but are expected to resume this week. President trump is due to address the Republican National convention from the south lawn of the white house to formally accept his partys renomination for novembers election. His speech will be one of the biggest of his career as he sets out to defeat the democratic candidate joe biden. Now on bbc news, its time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. The global covid 19 pandemic has put a spotlight on the relationship between scientists and policy makers. Leaders across the world have responded to the science with everything from