now become the party of gender mutilation for children. but this is backfirings on the democrats hugely. look at these headline s. transg eni mean, one after the other, transgender surgery ban, you advances in north carolina, bans on transmission, care for young people spread across et the united states , et cetera, et cetera. we don t havwee enough time to show to put all the headlines up. so we reup eating their lunch on all these issues. but the left, what do they have to offer? racially divisive rhetoric and declining living standards? and meanwhile, our presidential primary, it s going to get tough. we kno w that. in aft win,t given everything i told you tonight, win after win f afteocr win, we need to remain focused on the issues that are important to the public. immiimmigration and the economy. one anand two .republ and also the broad areasic ofsh agreement that allar the republican candidates share, but especially desantis
changed in that area. we anticipate that the drug will be quite effective against omicron. but ongoing work will tell us for sure. that s really interesting. on transmission, does it help limit or stop transmission of the virus? well, we re going to be looking at that. we have a clinical trial going on right now. people who have been exposed to covid but haven t gotten covid yet. we will see if their risk of acquiring covid. we hope it will be an additional benefit of the drug. when will this be available if the fda follows the recommendation of the panel? fda and merck are working closely to finish all the technicalities and all the important things that need to be done before a drug is being used. we hope it will be in a relatively short period of time. ultimately, that s up to the fda. all right. dr. barr, thank you so much for being with us to talk about this
travel restrictions in place affecting travel from some southern african countries. do you think that is enough given the variant has been detected in belgium? it is is enough given the variant has been detected in belgium? detected in belgium? it is hard to sa , and detected in belgium? it is hard to say. and of detected in belgium? it is hard to say, and of course detected in belgium? it is hard to say, and of course i detected in belgium? it is hard to say, and of course i think- say, and of course i think the amsterdam situation, everyone is watching that very closely because if any of those passengers that have tested positive for this variant of concern, that changes the picture because it opens up the possibility that the flights that depart just before that flight could also have kind of transported this variant across the world. so i think we are really going to know quite a lot more today. but what we need to remember is the best way to slow down the spread of any vari
what would that look like, getting a handle on it? because many people will be wondering and fearing that this might require another lockdown. i think we want to do everything we can to avoid lockdown. no one enjoys a lockdown. it isn t good for the economy or anyone s mental health so we need to do the steps before lockdown. we are talking about mask wearing when you are indoors, when you are close to people. we are talking about really good ventilation, respiratory hygiene, social distancing, all of those things that are very easy to do and don t cost a lot. they don t impede on our way of life a lot but they do have an effect on the level of transmission of this virus. thank you. dr lindsay broadbent, who is a virologist at queen s university belfast.
when he was in office. how big of a deal is that on the world stage, would you say? just that difference there? it s huge. in other words, i think president obama deserves a lot of credit for what he did at the paris summit. then we got out of the paris agreement and now president biden is putting us back in as international leaders global alliance, but especially the key has got to be climate change. and the fact that he has a very good chance of passage of strong climate change provisions, as i mentioned on electric vehicles, on renewable energy, on battery storage, on transmission, on all kinds of incentives, $550 billion worth, it puts us back as leaders on the world stage with the key being climate change. so i think the president s on a roll. and the charging stations that are being mentioned as part