charges of smuggling cannabis. it was nearly the maximum sentence for bringing less than one gram of cannabis oil into the country. britney griner pleaded guilty last month to cartridges in her possession, which arrived i airport in february. but she told the court that bringing them into russia was an honest mistake after she packed in a hurry. before the sentencing today, unemotional britney griner apologized, saying she never intended to break any laws in a final plea for leniency. i never meant to hurt anybody. i never meant to put in jeopardy the russian population. i never meant to break any laws here. i made an honest mistake. and i hope that, in your ruling, that it doesn t lose [inaudible] my life here. i know everybody keeps talking about political pawn and politics. but i hope that that is far from this courtroom. but the judge didn t grant her any leniency. the lawyers called the verdict absolutely unreasonable and plan to appeal, saying the court ignore
monkeypox? are they the same as covid? yes, so that s a really great great question. first, covered monkeypox are two very different viruses and their two quite different responses, if you will. the basic foundation is the same when it comes to pandemic response. but when we talk about for my transmission, especially with monkeypox, certainly there is a theoretical risk. but not leads to happen as a touching a surface contaminating it, another person that is not infected picks up that virus and if you pick up that virus, you need to have a viral dose to cause infection. and you have to have an opening where this virus can get into. and it has to be a replicating, live virus. so, certainly it s a possibility. but that s not what is driving this epidemic, certainly, here in the united states and many countries reporting these cases. really helpful to understand all of that, dr. syra madad, thank you so much for your time tonight. that is tonight s last word. the 11th hour with step