Again. And spencer shares his story with r. T. All the time. It was necessary to move the New York Times vacancy for a moscow correspondent, really like something straight out of a spike revealing the predetermined normative to the world. This is r t international. A very warm welcome to the program. My names union, and the transition process for the us presidency is still in limbo with donald trump refusing to concede defeat. But joe biden is already lining up candidates for his proposed administration, and theyre all familiar faces from the obama era scale up and told me weve heard from the Biden Harris Administration that they have named 6 individuals that will be in their cabinet. One of those, the nominee and the person they will select for their secretary of state is Anthony Blinken. Now Anthony Blinken is certainly not a newcomer to the washington d. C. Foreign policy establishment. He served as a Deputy Assistant to president barack obama as a National Security advisor to joe biden, as well as a deputy secretary of state. He has indicated that basically under his leadership of the u. S. State department trumps america. 1st Foreign Policy will most likely come to an end, whether we like it or not. The world simply doesnt organize itself. And until the trumpet, ministration. The United States had played a lead role in doing a lot of good organizing and helping to write the rules. And joe biden starts with the proposition that we need to reassert american engagement in american leadership. Lets examine his record to see what we can possibly expect. To now, blinken was a big supporter of the usa as unilateral invasion of iraq in 2002. He was advising joe biden, when joe biden voted for the resolution of congress to support george w. Bushs invasion of iraq. Furthermore, lincoln argues that the situation in syria is the result of a failure by the United States to adequately intervene. He blames the crisis in syria, not on u. S. Intervention, but on a lack thereof. This is what he said about syria. We failed to prevent a horrific loss of life. We failed to prevent massive displacement of people internally in syria, and of course, externally is refugees. And its something that i will take with me for the rest of my days when it comes to the situation in libya, he was actually critical of joe biden, and more in favor of u. S. Intervention than joe biden was. He spoke critically of joe biden, who was his boss at the time saying that intervention in libya was, was more needed and basically indicating that joe biden wasnt as supportive of interventionists. He was. Furthermore, blinken has repeated the allegation that russia is paying bounties for the killing of u. S. Troops in afghanistan. When president trumps tons of blood in the peace and on the world stage. And takes his word about rushs attacks in our elections over. Thats right. Intelligence agencies that exacerbates the problem when we have a president who is told that russia may be putting bounties on the heads of our troops in afghanistan and does nothing. In fact, worse than nothing, by his own acknowledgement, speaking to president putin at least 6 times after he got that report and not raising it, not confronting him, and even invites in president putin to washington and russia back into the g. 7. We have a real fundamental problem. Its important to know that u. S. Intelligence has admitted on multiple occasions that there is actually no concrete evidence to back up that allegation about russia and bounties in afghanistan. That didnt stop mr. Bacon from repeating it. So many people look at mr. Blanken and say this will be a return to more of the obama era us Foreign Policy that mr. Blinken is certainly not a noninterventionist. Certainly not an isolationist. And certainly an advocate of u. S. Military interventions around the world and efforts to overthrow governments that washington doesnt approve of him moving the program. All know the race for a working covert advocacy is heating up. No, the british swedish farmer has published interim test results for its job develop with oxford university. But as arties done it, hawkins reports. The findings so far or underwhelming. Astra zeneca are the latest company to join the front runners in the coburg 19 vaccine race, analysing an efficacy over 70 percent after concluding their phase 3 trials. Know, these preliminary results may sound humble compared to other vaccines. The companys c. E. O. Is optimistic, saying that job will be highly effective and will have an immediate impact. And with the u. K. Having already preordered 100000000 jobs, Boris Johnson is more than happy with the result. Incredibly exciting news. The oxford vaccine has proved so effective in trials. There are still further the safety checks ahead, but these are fantastic results. Well done to our brilliant scientists at the university of oxford and astra zeneca and all who volunteered in the trials. So why the relatively low efficacy of Developers Say that 70 percent figure is an average of 2 doses. Regimens, too high doses gave a result of 62 percent with a high dose following a low one, raising advocacy to 90 percent. Now this 70 percent average figure is therefore lower than trial results announced earlier by madonna at 95 percent also provides a 95 percent though that company to raise their efficacy from an initial 90 percent result with a russian sputnik v. Vaccine standing at 92. Now these figures are crucial, given the highly competitive nature of the market, and its been a bumpy road for astra zeneca. Today, as these results were published, the companys shares actually fell on the back of the lower than expected average efficacy, even as european stocks rose on the good news of another vaccine entering the market. Now the vaccine trials had to be halted in september because of a serious suspected adverse reaction in a participant. And in october 1 of the volunteers in brazil died, causing uncertainty about its future. Why the advance trial of a promising vaccine was suddenly passed . Astra zeneca has caused its trials after an unexplained illness in a participant in the u. As one Company Makes huge strides in the vaccine race and other drug giant hits the possible option on its late stage trials volunteering where the most at vance to corona virus vaccine trials in the world has died. And despite the news, astra zeneca is testing continues. Well, those adverse effects were investigated, though the company and the Brazilian Health authority refused to comment in detail on the case. The trial was deemed safe to continue there in the United States. The delay lasted several weeks. And todays results dont include data from american trials. Despite the lower efficacy, the upside to this vaccine is cost effectiveness. While the estimated price of the Pfizer Vaccine is around 19. 00, the modena job between 25. 00 to 37. 00. Those prices go up to over 40. 00 and as high as 74. 00, respectively for the total treatment of the cost of the sport mcvie vaccine is estimated at 26. 00 per treatment. The final cost so yet to be announced. Yes, to seneca, the job would not only be easier to manufacture and store, but the cost for both doses could be as low as 8. 00 for the race is now on to register these vaccines Astra Zeneca States that it would seek to merge and seek use listing from the World Health Organization with russia saying theyve already begun the sputnik registration process. Despite the good news, its too early to say. Weve seen the back of the pandemic, even with these promising trial results, doos is not the time for complacency. While we continue to receiving, going to doing news both called good 19 vaccines and remain cautiously optimistic about the potential for new tools to start to arrive in the coming months. Right now, we are extremely concerned by the surging cases we are seeing in some countries, particularly in europe and the americas, hold workers in a system side being pushed to the breaking point. Even with several vaccines hitting the market in coming months with the world in the grip of the 2nd covert, 19 wave, there is still a very long and difficult road ahead until we see a return to at least some semblance of normality. Or with many around the world awaiting a covert job, china has come up with a way to limit the spread of the virus. Its calling for a global fire wall in the form of a system of q. R. Codes that would allow cross border travel to china has proposed a global mechanism for the meat recognition of health says if its based on nucleic acid test results in the form of internationally accepted q. R. Codes, we hope more countries will join this mechanism. China has been using q. R. Codes, essentially digital barcode to prove Health Status since february to generate then users have to install a smartphone up which stores medical data on trucks. Their Movement System has been questioned in the western data privacy groans. Europe though, has proposed similar schemes, including the idea of immunity passports in the u. K. So i ask you, taylor discussed the issue with a number of guests. These tests can be a lot of false negatives. A lot of false positives and youre now better track and trace me where on going in terms of this town or that this is incredibly dangerous. It is not only for my safety and youre seeing in the United States as well as across the globe. The people are starting to rise up saying enough stop, protecting me. I wouldnt live my life the way id choose. We not only i was reading heathrow airport, used to be one of the busiest. Ive seen 82 percent fall and passengers. Whats the way that to get wheels out into, if not a set, a similar system to this reason that travels collapse is not the pandemic because the lockdowns, i mean, since march 12th, europe has not been able to fly to the u. S. And europe retaliated, and we cant fly there and now were living under the situation where yeah, we once believed in the right to travel, but thats been denied to us. So many people have been locked in their nation states right now. The answer is to is, liberalism is deliberate, travel, liberate and recognize human rights. Again, do you think that we do need a cohesive Global Policy in order to try and move on somehow to try make 2021 better than 2020 . There have been studies that show the virus respond differently in different regions. That there are different conditions and different places. On climate and so forth. So you know, we dont want a lot of all standards because Global Standards means mark down a fact. This is just leave about. I really dont care about cases. I care about the death rate and the death rate is very slow. And again, we have to be very cautious with technology because once you turn the saw, its very hard to turn off, they will never relinquish. I mean, passports were supposed to be temporary, and really bristol stopped with them. Ok, staying with the medical theme, a texas man suffering from a rare muscle disease has come all the way to russia for treatment. Alan spencer, was told back at home in the u. S. , hed never walk again. But since arriving in the russian city of perm in october, hes been up and about it and shared his story with us. I had to use this everywhere. I went when i was going to, when there was a new partner, she couldnt. What without it hard to know was that i found spencer could have been dead by now or in a wheelchair or bed bound. Thats what doctors back home in america told him 5 years ago. I used to use this all the time. It was absolutely necessary. Im going to go now into scary people have been incredibly, alan has escaped all those outcomes. When i started to notice a Little Something with my hands, they were going to go on like this. So that not some sort of right, but i didnt have any problem with strength. So i didnt think i heard anything wrong. 2012 came, i had a fall and i was like, whoa, that was unusual. 2014 i came again and i had a really bad fall. It was like, ok, theres something wrong, something wrong happened to be a rare inflammatory muscle disorder known as inclusion, body myositis between 5. 70 people per 1000000 habit. They said theres nothing we can do for its completely untrue dribble. What did you feel when you were that good will . I wasnt as disappointed. She would think my father had died of a form of a. O. S. And so i thought, well thats as a doctor said, good news and bad news. The good news is youre not going to die. The bad news is youre going to be told to spare for the Vice President of Time Warner Cable for west texas as successful man allen had to quit his job in 2017. He simply wasnt able to work anymore. That his ease was eaten away, his muscles stealing his abilities and his life. But then he heard from a friend about a clinic in perm russia that could potentially treat him at 1st. He didnt take it seriously. My friend andy had said in, in february theres going to be a wedding are about this clinic that i think by would be able to help you. Are you interested . It was kind of like, well not really. I didnt tell him that the way to be perfectly honest with you. Yeah, i dont, i think is an american youre, you probably have a stereotype of what the breast in hospital looks like. If mayo says that nothing could be done. Probably nothing can be got sent to me mail gave my email interest the next day i got a, an email back from the director. The c. E. O. Actually govern touches me a wince and said if you come, we think we can help you. We are not sure to what degree, but we do believe that we can actually help you a glimmer of hope was born. But coming to russia in the middle of the college, 19th and jamming with borders shot and planes grounded. It seemed like mission impossible. Back in may one of the gals from marty called dandy and said, hey, hows your medical tourism . But Building Business doing, he said, well that started the process. It took 17 months to finally come to russia and it was worth every single day of trying. He says, so they started me on this treatment of injections infusions. And the neurologist put this Magnetic Field on my here, pulsing through. And what it does is it wakes up the neurons in the head. So they started to move in the wake of the muscles, my eye could actually swallow better and i could talk a little easier if i would, you know, world, this is starting to actually work. What turned out was we were getting this world class held help in this clinic in perm russia. If we can get travel to open up, i really intend to work with dan di and others to get people here from america. Its a wonderful thing. I mean its, it shouldnt be a secret. Here you go. Wow, good job. Still to come this hour if youve ever dreamt about being a foreign correspondent, get ready to deal with get schooled cyber agents and shell, the way military figures up the least. If one major news outlets job is to be believed that story coming up after the break shots seemed wrong. All right, old roles just dont mean you wont get to shape out these days becomes as a whole. And in again, trying to close the trail when so many find themselves worlds apart, we choose to look for common ground. With nothing really settled, some of trumps enemies want, the president and his supporters to be a price for the past 4 years and against in rumors of a strong tries to bring troops home. Some say instead to start a war hello again. A Holocaust Museum in florida sparked outrage with a new exhibition in honor of someone who had nothing to do with the chapter of history alongside exhibits of not see war crimes. The Memorial Center presented images and quotes captured in the aftermath of George Floyds death. The death of the black man in minneapolis back in may spark months of protests against Police Racism and brutality in the u. S. On beeld, the museums george floyd exhibition is supposed to culture and identity based hate. But members of the Jewish Community funded hugely disrespectful when someone faces an act of anti semitism, racism, or a new form of identity based hate, where they too result in death or not. And there is an uprising of main emotions. We felt it was important to bring the Human Experience of the aftermath to our museum. We strongly question placing the george floyd exhibit in a Holocaust Museum, one wouldnt expect to see holocaust exhibit at the museum about the africanamerican experience. It is deeply offensive to appropriate our persecution to score cheap political points masquerading as intersectionality. Im happy to welcome on to the program. Dr. Efraim zuroff nazi hunter and holocaust historian speaking to us today from jerusalem. Welcome to you. Putting george floyd in a holocaust exhibition was not appropriate. In my opinion, its totally inappropriate. Because there is no way that you can compare the tragedy of george floyd and the issue of police protests, discrimination against afro americans and Police Brutality in the United States. With the crimes of the 3rd states of america is a country that lives by a rule of law. Of course, there are mistakes made and very unfortunate mistakes which have a price. But the death of george floyd compared to the holocaust. I mean thats absurd, totally absurd. And totally inappropriate give any sympathy for the museum may have been trying to perhaps make people understand history. Its sometimes necessary to give them a modern analogy that they can understand presumably about is what the museum. I dont know, but thats what i believe in museums trying to do, however misguided it might have been i would say to you that thats one of the things we have to guard against trying to relativize the holocaust and universalize it when thats reall