in new york, they ve seen record numbers of cases in the past few days, leading the mayor to offer a $100 incentive to those getting a boosterjab. it will not be a normal christmas once again. gary 0 donoghue, bbc news, washington. professor peter chin hong, an expert in treating infectious diseases from the university of california in san francisco, says biden s measures are more of damage control than prevention. i think many people are worried that too little, too late is the theme of the speech. there s certainly things that will be good for stopgap measures, like 1000 medics and nurses, increased ppe like gloves and masks for health care workers, but some of them would be a little bit too late. it ll be injanuary. i think 0micron will have probably gone by the east coast
that is critical. if you want to keep the level of spread in the country as low as possible, which would get us back to some degree of normality, you ve got to get those unvaccinated people vaccinated. in new york, they ve seen record numbers of cases in the past few days, leading the mayor to offer a $100 incentive to those getting a boosterjab. it will not be a normal christmas once again. gary 0 donoghue, bbc news, washington. professor peter chin hong an expert in treating infectious diseases from university of california in san francisco says biden s measures are more of damage control than prevention. i think many people are worried that too little, too late is the theme of the speech. there s certainly things that will be good for stopgap measures, like 1000 medics and nurses, increased ppe like gloves and masks
he is an expert in treating infectious diseases, particularly infections that develop in patients who have suppressed immune systems. wonderful to have you on the programme with us. let s just start with those new measures that president biden has announced in the usjust a couple president biden has announced in the us just a couple of hours or so ago. how effective do you think they will be in this fight against the new variant? i be in this fight against the new variant? ~ ., , , ., , be in this fight against the new variant? ~ ., , , ., variant? i think many people are worried that variant? i think many people are worried that too variant? i think many people are worried that too little, variant? i think many people are worried that too little, too - variant? i think many people are worried that too little, too late l variant? i think many people are | worried that too little, too late is the theme of the speech. suddenly things that will be good for stopgap measures like 1000
continued spending at last year s level without any reference to additional needs or changes in priorities. so that crs are stopgap measures at best and an indication of failure to do our job. we have sent to the senate a bill that has six of the bills unrelated to homeland security, and the senate ought to take them up and pass them. and we want to soft the department of homeland security problem today not next week, six weeks from now, or have a cr that lasts until september 30th. but friday night before the led dyne, are democrats willing
day and if it continues for a significant period of time, is there an expectation that these people will continue to work week after week without getting paid? people can t do that. they can t live that way. the law expects it, but there can, like i said, there will have to be stopgap measures. people have to pay their bills. they will start to resign. by the way, if they work, don t pay aren t paid and then resign, the law says they still have to be paid retroactively if they work, aside from any stopgap measures. everybody hears about the government voting retroactively to pay people who do not work. it s automatic if you did work. you cannot volunteer for the federal government, by the way. you have to be paid. so over time if it goes a long period of time, i would expect people to drift away to other jobs where they can have a paycheck. all right. thank you very much for sharing this morning. thank you. it is a test of wills and many other things as president trump and co