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hello without any concrete science
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regional governments in galicia and the
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canary islands have today implemented a
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for all public places in today's daily
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update we're going to investigate some
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of the reasons behind this ban
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especially as other regional governments
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are currently looking at implementing
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the same protocols including the
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valencian community where we are in
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xavier as well as castiela mancha
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and asturias and cantabria in the north
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as well as the regional capital of
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but first today's statistics that have
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just come out let's go
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today statistics show a sharp increase
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breaking the 2000 mark for the first
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time since the end of lockdown to record
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2935 infections yesterday
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during today's press briefing spain's
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director of health emergencies fernando
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said that september will be a risk month
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but spain is nowhere near a systemic
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he said the large numbers of new
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infections were due to efficiency and
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expansion in pcr testing
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something that can be noted by the large
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number of asymptomatic patients
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as seen in this graph lower down these
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patients are much harder to track as
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they do not present symptoms and are not
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likely to go into a hospital
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and so in fernando simon's eyes this
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could be seen as a positive
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but now for some analysis the kovid 19
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spotlight is back on smokers in spain as
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the government of galifia and the canary
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on streets on bar and restaurant
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terraces and in any otherwise
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enclosed public space but the question
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we are asking today is
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why if we go to the golithian state
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a document published yesterday says the
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world health organization has already
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expressed concern about smoking
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particularly in the expulsion of
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respiratory droplets that could contain
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and be highly contagious if we actually
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look at the who's website however we can
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there are no peer-reviewed studies that
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have evaluated the risk of covid19
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associated with smoking the closest
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study that is cited by the who
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did find that covered 19 can survive in
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aerosols or aerial solutions
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droplets in the air such as those that
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can cause mist for up to 16
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hours however for the study covert 19
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were blasted through a nebulizer into a
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which sounds a far cry away from a ciggy
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in a pint with a touch of sea breeze at
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though some neighbors of discotheques
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smoking despite the name isn't all about
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another document referenced by the
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golithian bulletin that we've just
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looked at dates back to july the second
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when spain's public health commission
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urged the government to take a stance
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on smoking and coronavirus in that
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government experts determined that it
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was the act of taking off one's mask and
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touching one's lips that creates a
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greater risk of infection
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the research suggested that a pack a day
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smoker touches his or her face 300 times
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more than a non-smoker
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again however there is no scientific
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research to back up with hard evidence
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that a smoker would be more likely to
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either transmit or catch kova 19 than a
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but what's interesting about this ban is
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the first region to implement it galicia
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is far from the worst hit region in
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if we go back to today's statistics we
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can see the region showed 107 positives
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which is very high but still below five
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other regions in spain
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the government there however have taken
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many steps far beyond these other
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and they've shut down nightclubs in the
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entire autonomous community
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as well as they will implement this
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blanket ban on smoking even in areas
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where there are no infections the
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president of the canary islands angel
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also implemented galithia's ban on
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nightclubs today along with
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obligatory mass use and the smoking ban
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this ban is one of many options regional
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governments could adopt
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if they wish to implement severe
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restrictions to contain a sudden spike
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as happened in both these regions
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despite these prohibitions not being the
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spanish online newspaper el diario punto
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put forward an interesting proposition
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yesterday on this matter to suggest what
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is happening here is a conflict between
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general public health and pandemic
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this is because spain's public health
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research bodies as well as the world
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health organizations and indeed health
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related institutes across the world
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will always say the same thing reducing
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regardless of there being a pandemic
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alberto nunez still believes that the
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and he lashed out at his opponents and
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especially young people in his region
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yesterday to say i hope we don't have to
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see more wooden caskets to realize the
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virus is still out there
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the virus is still out there whether the
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smoking ban will have any effect we
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shall have to see in further analysis in
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and there was a look into the smoking
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bans that have been implemented in
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galicia and the canary islands and
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they're also being studied in other
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regions including nationally
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