Diagnostics to detect it thats one reason why theyre receiving the prize because another is that youre not going to also going to be able to go on and develop antivirals to help to help treat people so the 1st fundamental Building Block that you have to have is what are we dealing with lets identify it this is what it is and thats what they did and its really interesting that theyre being awarded this in a year where we are having a Global Pandemic and these are theyre all exists arent they they are and i think that even though the nomination process closed out and in january and weve seen weve seen a shuji amount of interest and research into into viruses and and sars cove to and weve learned a lot about things like very fundamental science things like about the immune system all of that research is still very fresh so i think you going to see a whole crop of sort of coated 19. Nobel prizes 5 or 10 years down the road but i think that given them giving this prize right now for vibes.
Halt an influx of migrants crossing over from france it is putting pressure on the government which promised to take back control of the borders after breakfast. Im sorry kelly welcome to the program the 2020 nobel prize kicked off a short while ago with the naming of the winners in the field of physiology or medicine this year it is a trio of virologists harvey j. Altera Michael Houghton and charles and rice the panel at the institute in stockholm awarded them the prestigious prize for their discovery of the hepatitis c. Virus the medicine prize carries a particular significance this year with the corona virus pens and make highlighting the importance of medical research for societies and economies around the world. So lets get more with 5 correspondent Eric Williams who is here with us in the studio so tell us more about the winners and whether you were surprised with this choice well to be honest im almost always surprised i mean ive been doing this for a lot of years and there are
Think the timing is good bad example hes recovering and getting through well i dont think i have too much of an impact on the election. With the election just one month away trumps camp is struggling to push his campaign forward pulls show that joe bidens lead in the president ial race has grown since last weeks debate under quarantine the president cant hold rallies to fire up his base and his Coronavirus Diagnosis has made it even harder to divert attention from his much criticized handling of the pandemic. And lets get more now we are joined by president of the German Interdisciplinary Association of Critical Care and emergency medicine welcome to the program and thank you for joining us there are reports that we have heard that the president s oxygen levels dropped twice what does that tell you about his condition. Yes from the far distance and only tells that the capacity of the president s law was perhaps affected by the virus disease public at 90 and it could also tell. He will
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