in terms of the virus itself, being a mutating thing, and the way the government s had to do the same in terms of how they confront it. looking back a little over a year ago, everyone was praising new zealand for saying they could eradicate the virus, and they trumpeted that very accomplishment. it was just this year that they ve had to backtrack on that and say look, we cannot get rid of it entirely unless we completely cut ourselves off from the world, so we need to live with it. same with germany, which was being boosted as a paragon of how to respond to the virus. they ve also had protests at home against lockdowns and other restrictive measures. they ve had a bit slower vaccination uptake than they expected, so they had to really play the game and try to keep on top of things. i think what it s shown us is that no single one policy is going to take a country out of danger. everything has to be multipronged.
been whose new authoritarianism has flourished. white henry, which contraries do you think have handled it best and worst? what policies have really been successful? it’s have really been successful? it s certainly been instructive to sit here certainly been instructive to sit here now certainly been instructive to sit here now. to see how things have shifted here now. to see how things have shifted both in terms of the virus itself, shifted both in terms of the virus itself, being a mutating thing, and the way itself, being a mutating thing, and the way the government s about to do the same in terms of how they confronted~ do the same in terms of how they confronted. looking back a little over a confronted. looking back a little over a year confronted. looking back a little over a year ago, everyone was praising over a year ago, everyone was praising new zealand for saying they could eradicate the virus, and they trumpeted could eradicate the virus, and they trump
but vaccines and boosters prevent serious complications. for unvaccinated people who get infected with this variant, who get infected with this mutated strain of the coronavirus, do we know whether they are any less likely to be severely ill than if they had been infected with delta or with the original strain of covid that we contended with? let me tell you exactly what i know. i have sat for days with our scientific colleagues from south africa. there are fewer hospitalizations per case in south africa. there s fewer icu admissions. there s shorter length of stays. there s no increase in the oxygen requirements. all that suggests that it may be less severe. now, that may be due to different demographics in south africa, different rates of natural immunity, or maybe it s the virus itself, or it may be a
coronavirus, do we know whether they are any less likely to be severely ill than if they had been infected with delta or with the original strain of covid that we contended with? let me tell you exactly what i know. i have sat for days with our scientific colleagues from south africa. there are fewer hospitalizations per case in south africa. there s fewer icu admissions. there s shorter length of stays. there s no increase in the oxygen requirements. all that suggests that it may be less severe. now, that may be due to different demographics in south africa, different rates of natural immunity, or maybe it s the virus itself, or it may be a combination. some of the initial animal work that i am seeing, it s very, very preliminary, suggests that maybe, maybe, you know, it is
and what you re seeing right now are not leaders. they re grifters, they re punks, they re, you know, people who throw out a lot of noise. they re not about anything. so that s why you need to fact check, you need to inform people. you know, we get the good doctors on programs like yours to come on and explain to people what s going on. you don t have to deal with all the hibbity-bibbity, baby, you can just deal with the real. i ve got one more question for you. tucker, hit it. the virus itself, this is true, does tend to take away the life force in some people i notice. it does feminize that, but it s true. no one ever says that, michael. go ahead. dude, i don t know what s up with poor little tuckems. i have no idea why he has this