speaking theologically, as though the virus has intent, this virus will do what it can in order to survive. and of course, there are so many places in the world where it can still spread when it spreads it multiplies, and it mutates and that s the genesis, that s the arena in which new variants occur. so, we must be alert globally, and we must direct continuously our attention to curving the pandemic around the world. and what is the best way to do that, dr schaffner? we just heard from president biden that the variant is a cause for concern, not a cause for panic. what s the best way to prevent this surge? so, a couple of thoughts. the first is that the virus that s actually causing disease now, 99% of the time, is the delta variant and the vaccines do work against delta.
it s rather contagious, but at the moment, the severity of disease that s being reported at the moment is less than i would have feared. so, given that, we re hopeful that this virus has less of an impact than we would have thought. but obviously, you need information. the investigators are working literally day and night. the nights are on in the laboratories at night, getting us the information so that we have a fuller understanding of this virus. it s reassuring to know that the lights are on in the labs at night, doctor. as you were saying, if this indeed is a more contagious variant, but hopefully less deadly or severe, then could this be an indication of the virus s evolutionary path, so to speak, becoming more transmissible in order to survive? well, this virus will do. speaking theologically, as though the virus has intent, this virus will do what it can in order to survive.
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film because of its depiction of false prophets, including indonesia, united emirates, qatar. these are strange bedfellows, speaking theologically and religiously. in a way, they are very good bedfellows because they have a sort of way they want to look at the world which, you know, those of us in religious study say is a fundamentalist viewpoint. on the muslim side, you don t depict anyone who s heard the voice of god, a prophet of god. so noah as a prophet of god should not be depicted. on the christian side, i ll use erick erickson for the example. he s done exactly some of the same thing muslim clerics have done. by saying if anybody says they like this, they should be burned at the stake. these kinds of pronouncements that come out about movies like this, especially a movie where you have, you know it s from the jewish tradition, the christian tradition, and the muslim tradition that they all share the same book. i think that paramount probably knew upfront they would have som