when you look at one of these new variants or sub variants, first of all, is it more transm transmissible. secondly, does it cause more severe disease. finally, do our vaccines work. yes, as you said, it appears to be 30% more transmissible, which is blind blowing because omicron is amazingly transmissible. in terms of does it cause more severe disease? there was a little bit of buzz about this last week which animal data suggests it binds to respiratory cells more tightly or lung disease in hamsters. we have not seen it in real world experience coming out of south africa, denmark or even the united kingdom. that is not borne out in terms of more hospitalizations. finally, does it respond well to our vaccines? it appears that it does. it does not appear to be significantly more immune
weaponry and russian forces trying to inch ever closer. for those living through all of this, the terror must be cumulative, days and nights in the shelter, that fighting getting closer, the unknown. you have to just think of houses emptying and everyone in that house going downstairs, and we have seen in our basement there are dogs and cats. my colleague sarah rainsford had a rabbit in her basement. stories of hamsters also. elderly people, very young children. children were doing somersaults on cots on the floor. how do you explain to little children that you can t go outside, you have to stay in this dark basement for 36 hours, and it is notjust what is happening
stream of young children coming through, many of them actually interestingly carrying pets, we have seen dogs, cats, hamsters, people uprooting their life and rushing for safety. i caught up with a volunteer from the u.k. who just came here to help and he says the children in particular are traumatized. listen to this. i gave one young girl a teddy bear, the best medicine for kids, and her mom had to explain to her that i was not going to kill her. i was not going to shoot her dead because i had given her something. from a combat veteran who has been and worked with the u.s. in bosnia, it is heartbreaking when you have to tell children that they are safe. and in total, close to 3 million refugees and sandra, the bulk of those, 65 to 70% have come through poland. so clearly it is a humanitarian crisis, and one that s very hard
BEIJING, March 17 (Xinhua) The following is a summary of published science and technology news of China. ROCKET TEST A Chinese high-thrust oxyhydrogen rocket
BEIJING, March 17 (Xinhua) The following is a summary of published science and technology news of China. ROCKET TEST A Chinese high-thrust oxyhydrogen rocket