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Bloomberg
21-07-2025
- Health
- Bloomberg
How Can We Live Longer?
Live on Bloomberg TV CC-Transcript 00:00We spend so much time talking about this and I wonder what's making you invest in it now? Why are we all so consumed with our own mortality? Well, as people all get older, they generally want to live longer. Most people do. I think it's all it's been going on for a millennium. But now we have the ability with medications and pharmaceutical products and lifestyle changes to actually affect how long we live. So in the year, let's say 400,000 years ago, when humans were coming out of caves as Homo sapiens, the life expectancy was 20. Today, in the United States, the life expectancy is roughly 77. But somebody born today from a good zip code, good ethnicity can probably live to 85 to 90. But people today who are already in their 56 years and seventies, what they want to do is live longer. And it's possible now because of drugs, more knowledge about weight, more knowledge about pharmaceuticals, more knowledge about so many different lifestyle changes that one could adopt that you can live longer. And so this series is about how people can affect the time that they spend on the face of the earth. So that's what it's all about. We selected that clip on GLP one, which has been such a fascinating story over the past couple of years. David A cure all. If you ask certain people, everything from fatty liver to diabetes to obesity to sleep apnea. Have we ever seen something like this that's been approved for so many things? And to what extent does this advance our conversation about advancing our age? Well, we all remember when school that penicillin was discovered as an accident and we later learned that penicillin turned out to be one of the great miracle drugs of all time and saved many, many lives, of course, around the world and still does. GLP one drugs were originally designed to deal with diabetes and the effects of diabetes. But it turns out that they have more significant effects in just dealing with diabetes. They can also make you lose a fair amount of weight, you know, in a way that's responsible. But also they can probably extend your life. And now more and more research is being done to see that the show that GLP one drugs can probably save you many, many years on the face of the earth. You can live longer. And so many, many doctors are now beginning to prescribe it not just for obesity but for other related things that people can can deal with. You're no stranger to politics, of course, David Rubenstein. And I'm wondering if it's possible in this political climate we're in to talk about health in an era when Donald Trump is talking about Marjo and RFK jr is questioning certain sciences. If it's possible to talk about our health without bumping into politics. Well, in Washington, D.C., everything revolves around politics to some extent. But yeah, generally the most important thing I think we should recognize is that the purpose of government is to promote the general welfare. That's what it says in our Constitution and what promotes the general welfare better than helping people to live longer and living healthier. And that's what health is all about. We have the finest medications in the United States, the finest health care in the United States. We just to make sure that people are get access to it. And that's what the debate often is about in Washington. Who's going to get access to the health care and how much are they going to pay for it? But what I'm trying to do with this series is just make be sure people realize that it is possible through changing your lifestyle. They're taking some medications you can live longer than you otherwise would live. And that's something that generally people all over the world want to do more than anything else. People want to have a happy life, a healthy life and a longer life. Yeah, well, it's pretty remarkable how simple that is. And you wonder what happens to GLP one's what else they could be approved for if there's an oral version or so forth. But, David, there's a lot of debate in Washington right now about a number of things, including pharmaceuticals, including whether they should be tariffs. As I said at the beginning of our conversation here, and I have to ask you about the way the market is looking at all of this, because you're David Rubenstein, when you see the markets continuing to see new highs in the face of such uncertainty as we've been told. What do you make of this moment, the psychology in the markets, knowing that August 1st is less than two weeks away? Is this market more sophisticated, a better sense of what's real and what's noise than the political class in Washington? Well, the market generally is a pretty good indicator what people are thinking. As a general rule of thumb. I think most CEOs and most large companies today do not know what the impact of tariffs is going to be going to be. And so it really hasn't factored in that much yet. Most companies, many of the companies that my own firm has under our control don't yet see the need to raise prices to deal with the tariffs because the tariffs aren't yet solidified in terms of what they're going to be. But I think most people in the market generally think that tariffs will be tolerable and probably some price is going to be passed along and maybe some others can't. But I don't think most people feel that the tariffs are now a barrier to continued economic growth. That's fascinating. How about the idea of Donald Trump as chairman of the board, having seen him make moves on specific companies? We'll take a look at what he said about Tim Cook, for instance, at Apple. It's time to move your manufacturing here, and I need you to do it by this date. David is the co-founder of Carlisle. How should board members or people in the C-suite prepare for that type of environment? Well, there is a manufacturing deficit now in the United States. There's no doubt that manufacturing has moved offshore over the last 20 to 30 years because it's very efficient to manufacture things at lower prices offshore. There's no doubt that many CEOs are now beginning to onshore some manufacturing. But we have to be realistic about it. It takes many, many years to build the manufacturing facilities, the United States. So it may be some time before much manufacture is going to come back here. But I suspect some companies are going to manufacture some things in the United States they otherwise would not. But some are going to give lip service to it and some are not really going to pay that much attention to it. In the end, I suspect there will be more manufacturing in the United States three or four years from now than there is today, but a lot less than there was 20 or 30 years ago. For YouLive TV
BBC News
21-07-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Why are ethnic minority groups falling behind on vaccines?
Last year data on childhood vaccines was broken down by ethnicity for the first showed a wide variation in uptake across ethnic minority groups and Public Health Scotland called for more work to understand what is going on. In some areas there is concerns that ethnic minority groups are falling behind the rest of the population when it comes to instance, the figures showed that almost a quarter of children of African descent in Scotland had not had their second dose of MMR by the age of was also low for children of Caribbean or Black cases have been increasing across Scotland and experts fear children are missing out on full protection against the potentially deadly disease by not getting their second uptake of vaccines in minority ethnic groups isn't just seen in childhood say Covid-19, flu and Human Papillomavirus (HPV) show similar why are ethnic minority groups often more hesitant when it comes to vaccination? What do the stats show? The BBC has analysed uptake rates across a range of vaccinations and across ethnic MMR (Measles, Mumps and Rubella) across Scotland as a whole, the number of children getting the first dose by the age of two is just below the World Health Organisation (WHO) target of 95% to ensure "herd immunity".The stats show that not as many children from ethnic minority groups, such as African and Caribbean or Black, are getting the first dose by the age of two but they catch up by the time they are five or uptake of the second dose, which provides full coverage against the diseases is concerning health 75% of children in the African ethnic group received the second dose by the age of five last year. The figure was 83.8% for Caribbean or Black people in Scotland and 87.3% in Asian death of a child in Liverpool earlier this month has sparked calls to increase efforts on part of the strategy, Public Health Scotland has introduced a "status check" and an opportunity to catch up on missed MMR doses in secondary to MMR, the HPV, Covid-19 and flu vaccine uptake show trends of lower uptake in minority ethnic Health Scotland data for the last flu vaccine programme shows that uptake varies from 55.2% in the White Scottish group, down to 36.2% in the Arab groups, 34.4% in the Pakistani groups and only 22.6% in the Caribbean groups of eligible adults. Vaccine hesitancy not anti-vax In June, a health inequalities report from Public Health Scotland studied the factors which had affected the uptake of the Covid and Flu vaccines in some ethnic pointed to a lack of trust in organisations promoting the vaccine, not enough information that is culturally and linguistically appropriate, a lack of flexibility in vaccine appointments and perceived harms from vaccines promoted via social Antonia Ho, a professor of infectious diseases at the University of Glasgow, tells the BBC it is important to understand that there were many reasons why people don't take up vaccinations - it is not simply a case of them being against vaccination."Vaccine hesitancy shouldn't be conflated with being anti-vax," she Ho says often people who don't take up vaccines have legitimate could include questions such as whether their ethnic group was represented in clinical trials, she research from the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) also points to other barriers such as the timing and location of vaccine said: "Research and public health resources are sometimes misdirected by focusing too heavily on vaccine hesitancy, when in fact there are many parents who want to vaccinate but simply can't access services that work for them."The report also acknowledges a "growing disparity in vaccine uptake among some ethnic minority groups, socioeconomically disadvantaged families and migrant communities". Ethnic minorities treated differently Dr Sahira Dar, a GP in Glasgow and president of the British Islamic Medical Association, says it is important not to assign blame to minority ethnic communities. "We know that lower vaccine uptake and challenges to access appropriate health services are interlinked," she Dar says patient experience of healthcare can be more difficult depending on how someone is perceived by healthcare staff."If you are black, brown, or from an ethnic minority or if you are a refugee or a woman wearing a hijab, unfortunately patients from these groups are treated differently," Dr Dar says there is a correlation between these difficulties in healthcare settings and a general mistrust in the an issue that was highlighted in September last year by Scotland's Health Secretary Neil Gray. He acknowledged racism as a "significant public health challenge" and said combatting it was "fundamental" to reducing health inequalities in Scotland. Cultural barriers to healthcare According to Dr Dar, a lack of cultural understanding can be a barrier cites the example of the HPV vaccine, which prevents an infection which is sexually transmitted and is responsible for almost all cases of cervical of the HPV vaccine was reported by ethnicity for the first time in the 2023/2024 school year and it showed the rate was much lower in some ethnic minority first opportunity to get the vaccine is in the first year of secondary school when the White Scottish ethnic group had an uptake of 73.7%.In the same age group, uptake was lower (57.4%) in the Black ethnic group and (53.3%) in the Pakistani ethnic continues to be administered in school until S4, offering opportunities to catch up on coverage. It can also be available further on the some communities there can be stigma attached to conversations about sexual relationships and sexual Dar says some may view getting the HPV vaccine as encouraging Sigi Joseph, a GP in Glasgow, echoes this."Some cultures might think 'well my child isn't going to be having sex', so they might choose not to get the vaccine," she Joseph says understanding of different cultural barriers - such as Muslim women who prefer to be treated by another women for modesty - is vital otherwise it could result in people being turned away from accessing healthcare."If someone's had a stressful or difficult experience, they probably would talk to their friends and family," she says. "How far that filtrates is difficult to know." An overall distrust in 'the system' Dr Josephine Adekola, a senior lecturer specialising in disaster risk management at the University of Glasgow, began investigating the reasons for lower vaccine uptake in Scottish African communities in 2021 during the Covid pandemic - and heard a variety of concerns."A lot of the hesitancy was linked to discriminatory practices and racism," Dr Adekola her study, participants told her about long-running problems, with the immigration sector, schooling, housing, and even insufficient action being taken against workplace discrimination. "The different experiences of policies interrelate with misinformation and disinformation to create so much distrust in this community to make them hesitant," she Adekola says that lack of support and bad experiences with one sector can lead to people grouping separate parts of the government and public bodies together, resulting in an overall distrust in "the system". Misinformation spreads around the world Misinformation about vaccines is a widespread problem Dr Adekola says ethnic minority groups have the extra factor of receiving messages from trusted family members in different countries which contain misinformation or pressure not to get says that during the Covid pandemic she heard misinformation such as the suggestion that Black people were immune to the was also a conspiracy theory that linked getting the vaccine to the "Mark of the Beast" - a Biblical prophecy which says those that aren't "marked" will suffer economically, and those that are will be in allegiance with the is an issue which was also highlighted by Tory leader Kemi Badenoch who grew up in evidence at the UK Covid Inquiry in November 2023, she said there were "lots of conspiracy theories" shared in her own family's WhatsApp group chat and a lack of trust in the government in some communities. The 'ethnicity data gap' Dr Mark Wong, a senior lecturer at the University of Glasgow and expert in ethnicity data, also believes that racism is the key reason for poorer health outcomes for minority ethnic people and why there is a lower vaccine says people from minority ethnic backgrounds are not taken seriously when in healthcare Wong says they are often dismissed or what they say they are experiencing is not trusted as real."That has led to delays in diagnosis, delays in treatment and sometimes, ultimately, early, unnecessary deaths and health problems," Dr Wong adds that the mistrust minority ethnic people have towards public authorities and the "heightened alertness" in potentially being discriminated against is not fully understood, which results in public health messaging not effectively reaching or convincing minority ethnic communities. Dr Wong says proving the link between lower vaccine uptake and higher deaths in ethnic minority communities during the Covid-19 pandemic had been difficult initially because of a long-standing ethnicity data gap in says there was a "missed opportunity" at the very start of the pandemic to record ethnicity led to experts in Scotland relying on reporting from the rest of the UK which highlighted the disproportionately negative impact on minority ethnic Wong says he had highlighted this in a working group to the Scottish government at the end of 2020, around the same time as the Covid-19 vaccination rollout the recording of ethnicity data only began in November describes having this information documented now as a "turning point" for the quality of ethnicity data for vaccination programmes since response to the BBC's questions on vaccine uptake in ethnic minority groups, a Scottish government spokesperson said: "The Scottish Vaccination and Immunisation Programme will continue to focus on increasing uptake of the MMR vaccine, building confidence in communities and reducing health inequalities. "NHS Boards know their communities best and are responsible for local delivery plans which support accessible and timely vaccination for people who may face barriers to uptake."A Public Health Scotland statement said: "Scotland has a very successful vaccination and immunisation programme with high uptake/coverage rates. "However, as seen in other nations, there have been in declines in uptake over time and persistent health inequalities that leave some communities more vulnerable than others."
Fox News
15-07-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
Actor says Mamdani not doing enough to address antisemitism, feels 'uncomfortable' admitting he's Jewish
Arab-Jewish stage actor Ari'el Stachel told MSNBC on Monday that Democratic New York City mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani hasn't done enough to push back on antisemitism from his base and in the city. As an Arab Jew with an Israeli father, Stachel told MSNBC host Katy Tur that he now feels "uncomfortable" revealing his ethnicity in public. Though he agreed with Tur that Mamdani had not explicitly condoned antisemitism, Stachel believes that the democratic socialist candidate hasn't properly condemned it yet. "I think it hasn't been enough, because I think that there's a sense that there are people in his base who really are antisemitic," Stachel said. "And I think that there's been a sense that he hasn't been as vehemently denouncing their statements." The Tony award-winning actor described a recent example of feeling scared to reveal his own background to a Palestinian woman at a bodega. "Antisemitism has become so broad right now that if I'm the son of an Israeli father who is the son of a Yemeni immigrant, I still become a target in some ways," he said. Despite this, Stachel said he was open to working with Mamdani to create a coalition made up of multicultural Jews to help push back on antisemitism. His comments came after he made an Instagram video last month, where he urged Mamdani to call out antisemitism specifically and denounce it. "What's frightening is this, in some circles, antisemitism isn't recognized as hate," Stachel said in the video. "It's framed as justice. Attacks against Jews aren't condemned. They are celebrated, seen as a righteous response to a government miles away, which makes it all the more dangerous. It's disguised as virtue. And I know you don't want to lead a city where people feel like that." He continued, "So I have a request: name antisemitism clearly. Not in footnotes, not with caveats, not lumped in with the many other very valid and real hate crimes in our city, but named as its own pain and its own danger. And I want you to have the courage to denounce explicitly any of your supporters who are blatantly antisemitic, because we cannot live in a New York that is like that." Fox News Digital reached out to Mamdani's campaign for comment. Mamdani has faced accusations of antisemitism throughout his campaign. In several instances, he refused to denounce the phrase "globalize the intifada" despite its violent connotations against Israelis and Jews worldwide. He has also refused to recognize Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state and has instead argued it had a right to exist "as a state with equal rights."
CNN
12-07-2025
- Politics
- CNN
Smerconish: Should racial and ethnic identity categories be eliminated?
CNN Michael Smerconish examines the latest revelation from Zohran Mamdani's Columbia University admissions application and argues that it's time to end classification by race and ethnicity.
CNN
12-07-2025
- Politics
- CNN
Smerconish: Should racial and ethnic identity categories be eliminated?
CNN Michael Smerconish examines the latest revelation from Zohran Mamdani's Columbia University admissions application and argues that it's time to end classification by race and ethnicity.
