Transcripts For DW Corona Special 20240712 : comparemela.com

Transcripts For DW Corona Special 20240712

Fancy a quarantine e not so fast drinking during the pandemic to escape strains sent boredom may be harmless for some but for others its a slippery slope to addiction. Public Health Bodies a warning that Substance Abuse is on the rise many who suffered from addiction before the corona Virus Outbreak so they therapy disrupted or cut off altogether. Some are calling it a pandemic within a pandemic. Addiction is a global problem a pandemic is led to a rise in fatal drug overdoses in canada and uses blame the temptation of. Governments sudden public cash infusion with few questions asked demand for help a sword in the u. S. As Addiction Treatment budgets a slashed and the u. K. Is reporting long waiting lists for reopened Addiction Centers social distancing has slashed capacity south africa has reimposed a ban on alcohol sales and announce the return of a National Curfew to tackle the spiking coronavirus cases and addiction is now decided that the sale the dispensing and the distribution of alcohol will be suspended with immediate effect. There is. Now clear evidence that the resumption of. His you insulted in substantial pressure being put on hospitals. Including trauma and i. C. U. Unit south africa already banned the sales of alcohol in the early stages of the lock down parts of the industry pushed for reopening warning of massive job losses what happened afterwards the hospital admissions went up significantly about 17000 alcohol related trauma admissions in hospitals were recorded every week thats why for now the Liquor Stores throughout the country remain close to get. Changed to me to be straightforward im not going to be rude i think its terrible i think its a realistically because in a leaking industry is not any people working in a bottle store says about a 1000000 people now have to be at home now ill call it did most interesting that is why people are always fighting people like ladies who are a woman to a violet at every turn just because of uncle so i support the president didnt put in that was very good hes done nothing the president also announced tonight curfew and stricter controls to enforce the airing of face masks but many here fear that this might not be enough to weather the storm off corona virus theres still a massive leg off intensive. Care units testing kits and a shortage of about 12000. 00 healthcare warchus. Dr monica battered from the Royal Melbourne Institute of technology in australia joins us now how difficult has this crisis been for people with addictions. This process has been difficult with so many people some people have had access difficulties through the treatments but then there have been some opportunities for example people who accept seeing methadone and buprenorphine some of may now to get that in logic doses because theyre trying to avoid people having lots of contacts we pharmacies for example is this increase in drug and Alcohol Consumption addicts becoming even more addicted or while people becoming addicted well what were saying is increases and decreases sarina drugs you know interim findings weve seen no substances like alcohol and head of its people in mind we increasingly suppose substances with the opposite transitory for m. D. M. A. In card carrying what majority of people cite a decrease in the use. A lot of the israelites the Different Reasons why people use a starbucks. Whos especially at risk would you say when we had a look at i doubt it we saw that people who were reporting Serious Mental Health problems were much more lax and decided that they had increased their use of alcohol of drugs and sorry obviously for those people who got to have trouble coping with unusual situation we find this so it seemed to be especially reask so this isnt not just. A problem for addicts its also a Mental Health problem is that what youre saying. Yeah but certainly from eldorado looks much more cross the population so really only your brain has a small proportion of people that actually have problems but what you find of course is that alcohol cannabis and other drugs if used by a large number of people will die and while themselves you know that seeking treatment you are increasing their use and that sort of thing can sneak up on people so we have to really watch out for Us Population little changes in drug now police so whats the best treatment when Addiction Centers are already full drug for social distancing or treatment budgets are being slashed in the u. S. Or youre basically told to go cold turkey in south africa thats a real concern because like as an example where i am going to strike. Out the whole bottle shops are actually designated. An official that is ignited by a service they couldnt close so on like in south africa they went back and and that was because it was understood that they were that drink i only if i were to suddenly stop drinking or being much more problems in withdrawal than continuing to train so its a real problem to escape or why the supply thats well actually been so the issue how do you prevent the risk of addiction in the 1st place that. Well thats thats a 1000000 dollar question that i think anyone really has. To how to prevent addiction in the 1st place but whats really important east to i guess that the antidote to addiction is to connect to be able to have elections weve paper with our friends with our partners and of course thats the issue with the quote 19 lockdowns is that for many of us we have the know how to connect with our friends we have feel that sense of belonging and so that in itself can actually pulls people to drinking and taking drugs more than they did for well i know its so because of the outbreak but its governments that have disconnected us how can governments reconnect us that well i think its interesting that in some countries its called physical distancing not social distancing because we have to acknowledge use it can help keep us connected. That arent necessarily. You know work as well as just a proper hug or a proper key so i think you know probably talking side by side its really hard to replace that sense of connectedness i guess what governments might want to do that is to obviously help get us through this process as quickly as we can so we can get to the other side ople oscillation and start to reconnect to our physical level now hopefully those effects again that would obviously help but this is something that globally were in full hole that we have to try and get through and stay connected with each other in the meantime have a lot of people listening and connecting without hope today dr barrett our mighty australia thank you very much. And now your chance to ask the questions is out science correspondent Derrick Williams with some of the issues you guys have been raising with us. Can you tell us about the vaccine russia claims it has produced. Over 150. 00 vaccine candidates are under Development Worldwide at the moment and 4 of them are currently in whats called phase 3 testing thats when a candidate has been proven safe so it can be given to thousands of people in wide scale trials to see how effective it is at preventing them from contracting covert 19 now last week the director of a Russian Institute announced that after positive results from small scale trials it would also go into wide scale testing with its candidate sometime in mid august that candidate is whats known as an ad no viral based vaccine thats a platform thats been around for decades the method works by modifying another virus called an ad no virus to deliver the genes that in code for proteins found in the spikes that dot the surface of sars code to that its hoped will train the body to recognise and fight off the new corona virus in the future without having to be infected with it in the 1st place. What are the chances of recovery for a patient receiving blood plasma from someone who has already recovered. Convalescent plasma is isolated from the blood of patients who have recovered from the disease and it contains antibodies that help fight off a recurrence and that person now this plasma has been used as a treatment for others who are still ill with more or less success in different diseases. I work for around 100 years now and for the last few months its also been used on an unprecedented scale as a stopgap measure to try to fight code 19 thats allowing larger scale studies but the researchers trying to carry them out have hit a couple of big speed bumps 1st if someone is sick with cope at 19 and theyre getting sicker they dont want to end up in the control group in a randomized trial and be given a placebo of course they want the convalescent plasma and 2nd its very difficult to standardize results because convalescent plasma isnt a drug thats made in the factory a particular doses its made in someones body so no 2 doses of it will be the same thats why although a few smaller studies have claimed benefit and the treatment seems to be for the most part safe the scientific jury is really still out on whether or or how much it actually helps. And you can post your questions to derek on our you tube channel if youd like to keep up with the latest developments on the coronavirus subscribe to our news later go to detail we dont com slash corona dash newsletter. Finally what about kids stuck at home under lockdown a school playing outside an architect has come up with an idea to brighten up their day using a powerful speaker a microphone and some books passing by garcia tells stories to children who waste no time gathering to listen the idea came after he heard a boy crying with boredom because hearings on stories by mexican authors giving children and adults alike a few minutes break the lock down bloops. See you next hour. In a globalized world. Where everything is connected. All it takes is a school. To set things in motion. Local hero show how their ideas can change the world. Global 3000. Next on d w. Micah have once been life on. A new road that is about to head that to look for traces. 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