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Coronavirus, Civil Unrest Front and Center in U.S. Presidential Campaign; Facebook to Limit Some Ads in Week before Election; Kremlin Denies Involvement in Navalny Poisoning; Sweden: Could Enforce Stricter Rules; U.N.: Two-Thirds of Global Students Face School Closures; "The Rock" and Family Recovered from COVID-19. Aired 10-11a ET
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The CDC has told public health officials across the country, start preparing to distribute a COVID vaccine as soon as late
October.
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BECKY ANDERSON, CNN HOST: That vaccine before the U.S. election, not so fast. Health officials in the States now contradicting each other over an
October timeline.
Then --
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WILLIAM BARR, U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL: I don't think there are two justice systems. I think the narrative that police are on some epidemic of shooting
unarmed Black men is simply a false narrative.
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ANDERSON (voice-over): Joe Biden heads to Kenosha, the latest U.S. city hurting after one of those shootings, calling for the nation to heal.
Plus, COVID pace in point?
Sweden once criticized for its lack of lockdown is now being applauded by the WHO. We are live for you in Stockholm this hour.
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ANDERSON: It's 9:00 am in Kenosha in Wisconsin, it's 4:00 pm in Stockholm, 6:00 pm right here in Abu Dhabi. I'm Becky Anderson. Hello, welcome to what
is our expanded edition of CONNECT THE WORLD.
The big picture this hour, two critical voter issues front and center in the United States, exactly two months out from the election. We are talking
about coronavirus and civil unrest over police brutality.
America's dual crises continuing to lay bare the stark differences between the two main presidential candidates. Democrat Joe Biden heads to Kenosha
today, two days after president Donald Trump's visit there.
Biden will hold a community meeting and sit down with the father of Jacob Blake, the Black man shot in the back seven times by a police officer.
Listen to how Biden is approaching the visit.
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JOE BIDEN (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: What we want do is we got to heal. We have to put things together, bring people together.
And so my purpose in going will be to do just that, to be a positive influence on what's going on, talk about what need be done and try to see
if there's a beginning of a mechanism to bring the folks together. We have to heal.
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ANDERSON: There have been no such words of healing from President Trump. Instead, he's threatening to withhold federal funding from cities that he
claims are hotbeds of anarchy and lawlessness, a message he keeps pushing to turn the campaign away, many say, from the coronavirus.
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TRUMP: American warriors did not defeat fascism and oppression overseas only to watch our freedoms be trampled by violent mobs here at home. We
stopped those violent mobs very easily. These people only know one thing and that's strength.
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ANDERSON: Well, a new CNN poll reveals the president's law and order focus may be a flawed strategy. When asked how to rate their level of worry over
coronavirus and crime, many more respondents said their greater fear is the coronavirus.
Well, to that end, there's new concern today that political pressure may play a role in the early approval of a U.S. COVID-19 vaccine. In America,
the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advising the states to prepare for vaccine distribution by the start of November, just days before
the election, even though medical experts say a vaccine by then is highly unlikely.
Right. Let's first head to Kenosha, where Arlette Saenz is awaiting Joe Biden there.
What is the mood ahead of his trip?
ARLETTE SAENZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Things are a bit calmer than earlier in the week. But there's still some tension here in the area. And Joe Biden
today, for his part, said he's coming here to try to help the community heal.
He will be holding a community meeting with local community leaders as well as business leaders. He says some law enforcement. He's also going to be
sitting down with the family of Jacob Blake. He will be meeting with the father, Jacob Blake Sr., and other members of the Blake family.
Biden spoke with Blake's family last week, along with his running mate, Kamala Harris. They participated in a phone call together. And that offers
a contrast to President Trump's approach. When the president came here to Kenosha on Tuesday, he did not meet with the Blake family, he has not
spoken with them. He didn't even utter Jacob Blake's name.
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SAENZ: So this trip offers Biden an opportunity to offer a contrast with the president and kind of gets at one of the main messages of one of
Biden's campaign.
From the start he has said he will be someone who can unite the country. And that's something he's trying to present here today as he's meeting with
various stakeholders in the community, in the aftermath of the shooting of Jacob Blake and also the protests that occurred here in the city.
ANDERSON: Speaking to my colleague -- or our colleague, Wolf Blitzer, the attorney general, William Barr, said the narrative over race in America at
present is false. Have a listen.
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BARR: I don't think there are two justice systems. You know, I think the narrative that there's -- that the police are on some, you know, epidemic
of shooting unarmed Black men is simply a false narrative and also the narrative that that's based on race.
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ANDERSON: Well, that's Bill Barr speaking to Wolf.
How does that compare with what you are seeing and hearing on the streets?
SAENZ: Well, that's been at the heart of some of these protests that we have seen over the course of the summer. A lot of people do believe that
there are two different justice systems in this country.
The family of Jacob Blake talked about that yesterday with CNN, saying there are two different justice systems. So that is kind of -- things that
people want to see addressed. You know, yesterday, Joe Biden was asked if he believes the officers involved in the shooting of Jacob Blake should be
charged.
He said, yes, he thinks they should be charged at a minimum but that there also needs to be a thorough investigation. So the comments from attorney
general Barr is just something that a lot of people who have come out to protest don't necessarily agree with.
ANDERSON: Arlette Saenz in Kenosha, thank you.
Let's talk coronavirus now. And two U.S. agencies that have been key in fighting the virus are at odds over a possible U.S. Election Day
breakthrough of a viable vaccine. CNN's senior medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen joining us now from Atlanta.
And the CDC and the NIH butting heads.
Who should we listen to at this point?
ELIZABETH COHEN, CNN SR. MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: You know, it's sometimes hard to know, right?
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control is, you know, they have traditionally been the agency that's more responsible for reaching out to the public and
addressing the public. The NIH is more of a research institute.
But yes, there is unprecedented, sort of the amount of kind of differing opinions and nuances. Sometimes the differences are nuances, sometimes it's
more obvious. But it makes things more difficult. It's not the greatest public health communications this country has ever seen.
ANDERSON: No. I think that's an understatement. Look, step one is getting a vaccine approved, of course. But step two is getting people to take it.
Australia has suggested that the vaccine there could be mandatory.
Could you see the U.S. following suit?
And just how much willingness is there on the part of Americans to take a vaccine at this point?
COHEN: So Becky, let me take that second part first. Let's look at the poll that CNN did and, when asked will you get a vaccine if it's free and
if it's easy to access, 56 percent said yes and 40 percent said no.
That is a hefty chunk, 40 percent of the public saying they won't take a vaccine. It's difficult to stop the spread of the virus if 40 percent of
your population isn't willing to take it.
And we have seen billions and billions invested in coming up with a vaccine. We have not -- we have seen hardly anything, hardly any education
program to explain this vaccine to people. That has really been slow getting out of the gate.
Now as far as making it mandatory, it kind of depends on how you define mandatory. I mean in Australia, what they have done for other vaccines,
they call it no jab, no pay. So if you don't get the shot, you don't get certain government benefits. Certain money won't be coming your way. Your
children can't go to school.
In the U.S. in most states that's the rule. If you don't get a vaccine, you can't go to school and there's sort of nuances in how that's done. I cannot
see in the United States there being a mandatory rule, meaning you will go to jail if you don't get a vaccine. I can't ever see that happening in this
country. It's just -- that's a nonstarter.
ANDERSON: Fascinating. All right. Well, we'll continue to pursue what happens next, with some indication that there is at least politics at play
here with the enthusiasm for a vaccine before Election Day. And that's, of course, the beginning of November.
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ANDERSON: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced some steps it will take to combat efforts to undermine the U.S. presidential election in
November. That includes labeling misleading posts about the election and voting and rejecting any new political ads in the final week of the
campaign.
However, ads bought before the final week can still run through Election Day, even adverts that contain blatant lies.
Now for years, Facebook has been responding to tremendous pressure to take a stand against misinformation. But Zuckerberg says it's important to let
the 2020 campaigns speak freely.
Joining me now is Ben Ferguson from the conservative radio talk show, "The Ben Ferguson Show." He's in Houston, Texas.
What do you make of this move by Facebook?
BEN FERGUSON, TALK RADIO HOST: Yes, look, I think it's one of those moves that honestly is pretty laughable. The idea you'll let people run ads but
in the last two weeks you'll say no new ads is absurd.
You have the right to say what you want to say when you're running for president. I would argue that every single politician has probably promised
something that they did not deliver on.
So that would be a lie, right?
I mean, every politician says I'm going to give you great schools. Well, we know that's not true. We don't have great public schools all over the
country. They said I'm going to lower crime. We know that's not true. I mean, there's certain things that politicians say on both sides of the
aisle that never come to fruition.
So the idea that you'll stop this is really dangerous. Both sides have the right to go after voters. The voters have the right to decide what they
believe is true and what they believe is not true, what they believe is a lie, what they believe is false.
And this idea that you're going to fix it in a two-week timeframe but anything before that two-week timeframe gets to stand, even if it's a lie,
the same thing that you would then say no to in the last two weeks, is really I think an empty gesture from Facebook here just to make themselves
look good.
ANDERSON: Well, much of that money -- much of those ads, wherever they are bought, will come out of the war chest, of course, that these campaigns are
running. Let's follow the money.
Biden raised a record-breaking $364 million in August. That is significantly greater than previous months.
The Trump campaign hasn't released its August figures. They have been leading Biden in fundraising efforts.
Are you concerned about this spike in Democratic cash?
FERGUSON: No, I'm not, because historically whatever month that you have these big conventions in, is when you see a massive increase of funding
because you have, night after night, here's my ideas, here's my rollout and we need your help to make this happen.
So I totally expected Biden to have his best fund-raising month just on historical -- whether it was Dukakis, Clinton, whether it was Kerry. You
always have a huge gain in cash during the month when you have these conventions.
I expect Donald Trump had the same thing. I don't read into it really much on either side. I think it just means that you connected with your base;
they listened to what you had to say. They're now engaged in the weirdest political election ever seen because it's all being overshadowed by COVID-
19.
And then for that timeframe, you actually had people realize, wow, this is a presidential election; I need to make a donation. A lot of people have
not been donating because they're not sure what's happening with their businesses. And then, they were inspired because of these two weeks of
conventions in August, one for the Democrats, one for Republicans, to get involved and give money.
So I think anyone that says this is overly concerning or I'm really worried, not paying attention to the reality on the ground. Both sides will
raise a lot of money in August.
ANDERSON: You just talked about the fact that so much is overshadowed by COVID. According to a new CNN poll, people appear to be much less concerned
about crime and civil unrest than they are about the pandemic. The law and order platform seems to be Donald Trump's only platform. He's touting that.
At this point and given this latest polling, do you think that that law and order position could backfire on Donald Trump at this point?
FERGUSON: No, absolutely not. And the reason why is, I mean, if you asked people what would you choose, water or food, you'd probably have choose
water over food.
Does that mean they're competing with one another?
No, they're two totally different things.
When you're asking what would you have today, water or food?
Yes, you talk about COVID-19, that I think is the top of everyone's list because everyone's life is being affected.
Can you go to school, are your kids safe? Am I going to die? Are loved ones going to die and I can't say goodbye to them, the list goes on and on.
Can I financially take care of my family?
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FERGUSON: That's something that is just a box by itself when you have an entire world shut down as we have. I would expect that to be quote number
one. It does not mean that law and order is competing with that. If you talked about political issues and you said, OK, exclude COVID, what are
your top issues?
It's going to go back to safety and security and law and order in this country --
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ANDERSON: But Ben --
FERGUSON: -- where we have seen anarchy in Portland and other cities.
ANDERSON: I see where you're going. But you can't take COVID out of the equation. At the end of the day --
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FERGUSON: I'm not --
ANDERSON: Hang on, sir. Let me finish; 185,000 people have died in the U.S. from COVID. Governor Cuomo had this to say about Trump's negligence.
Have a listen.
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GOV. ANDREW CUOMO (D-NY): It really does speak volumes about him; changed his residence to go to Florida.
Why?
He can't come back to New York. He can't.
He's going to walk down the street of New York?
Forget bodyguards. He's better have an army if he thinks he's going to walk down the street in New York. People died unnecessarily because of this
president's negligence. It's fact.
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ANDERSON: Well, can you respond to that?
FERGUSON: That's a pretty disgusting statement by a governor who mandated that people that were COVID positive be forced on elderly communities in
assisted living. You had more elderly deaths in New York than any other state in America. You have an investigation in Washington that's opened up
to the politics on this.
Why did Governor Cuomo mandate the COVID-19-positive elderly be forced into retirement facilities and assisted living facilities that killed hundreds
of thousands of elderly?
So for him to say that is pathetic.
ANDERSON: Ben, let me ask you this finally. I know our audience will be interested around the world to get your response to this. The tone of this
campaign is pretty -- is pretty ghastly at this stage and one can only assume it will get worse.
Why is it that the U.S. president is unwilling or unable to use a tone that would be more healing?
I mean, we hear Joe Biden talking about needing to heal. And we're talking about here civil unrest and indeed the pain and suffering that's been
caused as a result of the COVID pandemic.
Why is it that the U.S. president, Donald Trump, is unable to use a similar tone, use the word we need -- or the term we need to heal?
FERGUSON: Look, I think there's no doubt that Donald Trump would love to heal. But when you have governors like Governor Cuomo saying he needs more
than just bodyguards to go down the streets to survive in New York, you're responding to that rhetoric from the Left that you just played from that
governor.
You have other governors saying, do not come to my state, you're not welcome here. That's not American or kind or considerate or toning things
down. You have Nancy Pelosi attacking a salon owner, a single mother, because she got an illegal haircut and the woman has gotten death threats
and has gone into hiding.
The idea that Donald Trump, you know, has any option here but to respond to this type of anarchy in Portland, in Baltimore, the list goes on and on.
And governors saying you need more than bodyguards to live, you will be killed in the streets of New York, is what Cuomo is describing here, you
will be beat to death in my city, you need an army to protect yourself, as Governor Cuomo just said, the president has to respond to that.
So the idea that he's got to -- you know, to not act like this is happening when he's being assaulted and attacked every day, you know what?
This is the world we live in right now and the president's going to respond to it and defend himself.
ANDERSON: Four words -- we need to heal. Perhaps --
FERGUSON: I agree with that.
ANDERSON: I have got to go. Thank you very much, indeed, for joining us. Ben Ferguson in the house.
World leaders are demanding answers from Russia about Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said tests confirm
that Alexei Navalny was poisoned by a Soviet-era nerve agent, one that has been previously used against critics of Russian president Vladimir Putin.
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ANGELA MERKEL, CHANCELLOR OF GERMANY (through translator): Very difficult questions came up which only the Russian government can and must answer.
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ANDERSON: But the Kremlin denies any involvement saying tests, conducted in Russia show no sign of poisoning. We'll get live to Berlin, where
Navalny is in hospital and where Merkel's comments were made, shortly.
Well, you're watching CONNECT THE WORLD. More on coronavirus and the big question this hour, is there really a correct way to handle the pandemic?
We head to Sweden to get a first hand look at the model used there.
And the British prime minister said it's a moral duty to get kids back into school. We take a look at how that's playing out, now that those kids are
back.
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ANDERSON: Well, months into the pandemic, are we getting any closer to assessing who has been handling it best in the long run?
Sweden was once bashed for seeking herd immunity and letting the virus burn through the population. But they recently said there were no new deaths in
more than a week and it is now being praised by a top official from the World Health Organization.
Sweden says stricter measures could still be on the cards if needed. Max Foster is in Stockholm.
Sorry for chewing your name, Max, it's not a difficult one.
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ANDERSON: Look, Sweden has been sort of held up, not just by the World Health Organization but by Republicans in the States as a role model in its
response. You have been digging a little into what is going on.
Is that a fair assessment, do you think?
MAX FOSTER, CNN LONDON CORRESPONDENT: Well, whilst the numbers are definitely down here in Sweden, we don't know how long they'll stay down
and there are other examples of countries that had success and it's bounced back.
And we don't know which elements of the Sweden's response has proved so effective but of course, people are focusing on the unique factor here,
which is they didn't lock down.
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FOSTER (voice-over): This ICU unit in central Stockholm lies virtually empty with just one coronavirus patient receiving care.
This was the scene in April at the height of the Swedish pandemic with the unit inundated. Outside, bars, shops and schools remained open throughout.
No lockdown but people were given official guidance on how to sanitize and when to socially distance. And they largely abided by those rules.
Masks were never mandated here, with a senior government source telling CNN that they're regarded here as largely superficial. After an initial surge
in the death rate well above the Scandinavian average, Sweden now has one of the lowest death rates in Europe.
FOSTER: Most of the casualties were elderly. Nine out of 10 were over 70 years old.
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FOSTER: And 45 percent of all deaths were in care homes. That's raised the question about the rest of society, the younger and the healthier.
Did they develop a resistance to the virus?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's possible that we are -- we are and we have been building up some immunity that contributes to the present state.
FOSTER (voice-over): But when people in Stockholm were tested for immunity, only 7 percent had enough antibodies to fight the disease. But
they weren't tested for T cells, which also provide resistance.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That means that immunity in Sweden and immunity globally is probably larger than we previously appreciated. At least
that's our current thought.
FOSTER (voice-over): That's the narrative that some American conservatives are grasping onto.
Why bother with lockdown and masks when you can allow people to go about their normal lives, catch the virus and build immunity?
Whilst only shielding the elderly and the vulnerable. The Swedish government urges caution, pointing to how their safety guidelines were
followed by most Swedes but also the universal health care and warfare system that provides a safety net for anyone falling ill or out of work.
Lena Hallengren oversaw the government's response from the beginning as health minister.
LENA HALLENGREN, SWEDISH HEALTH MINISTER: We didn't have full or a forced lockdown but we had many changes, a large number of changes in the Swedish
society. I mean, during the spring, we had distance studies for online studies for all upper secondary, for the universities and the adult
schools.
We also had I think 30-40 percent of people working from home. We had a lot of people staying home on sick leave because they have the symptoms. You
can go up the streets in the capital, you didn't meet almost anyone.
We have a lot of businesses in a very difficult situation because they didn't have any guests or customers. So lots of things changed, they didn't
have cultural events, they didn't have sports events. Things were changed but not in a forced way. I think that was the difference.
FOSTER (voice-over): The Swedish economy shrank by 8 percent in the second quarter of 2020, the largest fall since records began.
But what of the bigger price?
The many elderly who died, some argue, were sacrificed in the early days of the pandemic.
HALLENGREN: If you get the virus into those elder care homes, many of the persons living there are having very severe symptoms and they're also
dying. So that's why we have this -- by law, people are forbidden to visit the elder care homes. But that was not successful in all the way. But we
also learned a lot of that.
FOSTER (voice-over): All care home workers have since been retrained in hygiene protocols. The government here says it's too early to know what
they did right, what they did wrong or whether herd immunity for coronavirus is even a thing.
In the meantime they're preparing for a possible second wave this fall. It wouldn't be the first country to see a surge in the virus after apparently
stamping it out.
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FOSTER: It's interesting, a lot of people talk about this almost in-built system of social distancing across the Scandinavian culture. They're not a
touchy-feely nation and some think it could be down to that. They haven't been contracting the virus because they don't come that close to each
other, compared with other nations.
ANDERSON: Good stuff. Thank you, Max. Max is in Sweden for you.
Around the world, children have seen their education interrupted by COVID- 19, none more so than refugees. Coming up, why the U.N. says it is crucial to get refugee students back into the classroom. That after this.
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ANDERSON: The great equalizer is facing a generational crisis with UNESCO warning that two-thirds of our kids worldwide are unable to get back to
school because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
But some countries have decided to test the waters. In England, the schools have been given the green light with necessary precautions. CNN's Scott
McLean has more from there.
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SCOTT MCLEAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: British prime minister Boris Johnson said that the government has a moral duty to get children back inside the
classroom, despite a coronavirus infection rate that is trending upward across the U.K. and really across Europe as well.
The students and parents that we met at this school in the south coast of England said they had all of the jitters of the first day of school but not
because of the coronavirus. The students we talked to said that their online education during the lockdown was good but it really paled in
comparison to a real live classroom and all of the resources of a proper school as well.
At this school, there is hand sanitizer everywhere. There are reminders to keep social distance. Classrooms are kept separate from one another, both
inside and outside of the building.
They're even keeping the windows and doors open at all times to help with ventilation. One of the things you will not see, though, are children
wearing masks. The students here are too young.
But even for children at older schools, the government has left it up to administrators to decide on a case by case or a school by school basis. All
of these measures are to try to keep the coronavirus at bay.
But the head teacher here says that there is a much greater risk of harm by keeping kids home from school than the virus itself -- Scott McLean, CNN,
near Portsmouth, England.
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ANDERSON: Kids in every country struggling with what has been the dire impacts of coronavirus, from toddlers to university students. An entire
generation has had its education interrupted by the pandemic.
Refugees were already at a severe disadvantage before the outbreak. And statistics show they are twice as likely to be out of school as
nonrefugees. A new U.N. report now says half of the world's refugee children are not in school. And the virus is threatening to make the
situation worse.
UNHCR's chief of education Becky Telford is joining us live from Copenhagen.
The United Nations' High Commissioner for Refugees wrote this, and I quote, "The coronavirus could destroy the dreams and ambitions of these young
refugees. Steady and hard-won increases in school, university, technical and vocational education enrollment could be reversed; in some cases,
permanently."
Are you concerned that this is a matter of sort of one step forward, two steps back?
Just how badly has COVID impacted what was this hard-fought for education for refugees?
BECKY TELFORD, UNHCR: Becky, so I think the answer is it is absolutely devastating. As you have said, we're coming already from the very difficult
position for refugees; they're less likely to be in education at all grades. And that gets worse and worse as you go to secondary and then
tertiary.
With COVID, we recognize 1.6 billion children have been out of school at the peak of that. But for refugees, where they're struggling already to be
in school and where family support and support from agencies like UNHCR is necessary to keep them in, what happens when schools are closed for a long
time can be devastating.
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TELFORD: And we're very concerned that children might not return.
ANDERSON: The UNHCR predicting that half of FEMA refugee students may not return to classrooms when they reopen.
I wonder what the figure is for male students?
And how much of a setback is COVID for female refugees across the board, not just with their education?
TELFORD: Well, I think we're seeing particularly challenging results for female students and that is true already. Girls are less -- half as likely
to be in secondary education as boys as refugees. And the data modeling that we have done with Malala Fund really suggests that, when schools
reopen, 50 percent of girls in secondary won't return.
I think what's more devastating is, in countries where those statistics are lower, so in countries where there's less than 10 percent of the gross
enrollment, like Pakistan or Ethiopia, there's a chance that no girls will go back to secondary education.
It's particularly an issues because secondary education has so many benefits. And so we see for girls, it makes them more likely to marry
later and helps girls make choices where they have children later, they become economically active and they're more likely to send their own
children to school.
So it's not only a risk for this generation but we're really concerned about the knock-on implications for the future.
ANDERSON: Yes. And, of course, the numbers for tertiary education, pretty lousy at the best of times. And one can only assume those numbers for
refugee, both men and women, could be lower go forward.
What do you hope this report will achieve?
TELFORD: I think one of the key things in the report is to highlight why this is such an issue for refugees. Obviously schools are closed; there are
massive socioeconomic issues going on globally but the high commissioner is really trying to make people aware that we're looking at a potential
pandemic of poverty.
So where it's layer on layer, emergency on emergency and it's really making the resilience of the refugees and the communities that support them, it's
stretching it very, very thin.
I think the other thing the report does, though, is it really provides some proof as to why education and education for refugees matters so much. So
it's not just some of the personal stories that are in there about people for whom this made a difference to their lives.
It's also about people like -- the story about Dr. Jonas (ph), who is a Congolese refugee, who qualified as a medical doctor through tertiary
education in Rwanda. He has been able to support his community during COVID.
So I think the reports is also keeping in mind why education matters and why education for refugees can potentially benefit us globally. And
finally, there's a real call to action in it. So look at, yes, it's devastating but it's not hopeless.
Refugees themselves and the communities that support them have been coming up with innovations and solutions; teachers in Kenya, teachers in Chad are
doing everything they can.
So we're also using the report to call on the international community and others to lean into that effort and try to make a difference while we still
have that chance.
ANDERSON: Fantastic. Well, good work. Let's catch up again and see how things are going.
As we do see children around the world, of course, going back into school, so we hope that we will see those who are less fortunate, those refugees,
also getting themselves an education.
The final message of that report, Becky, is from the Egyptian football star and UNHCR ambassador, Mo Salah. He's a great friend of this show so I want
to close out with this.
He says, "Ensuring quality education today means less poverty and suffering tomorrow. Unless everyone plays their part, generations of children,
millions of them, in some of the world's poorest regions, will face a bleak future. But," he says, "if we work as a team, as one, we can give them the
chance they deserve to have a dignified future.
"Let's not miss this opportunity."
The words of Mo Salah. More from the world of sport after this break, including one of football's top team that has not one but three players who
have tested positive for COVID. Coming up where the players, reportedly including Neymar, may have picked the virus up.
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DWAYNE JOHNSON, ACTOR: My number one priority is to always protect my family and protect my children, my loved ones. But I wish it was only me
who tested positive. But it wasn't. It was my entire family. So this one was a real kick in the gut.
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ANDERSON: Well, that is action movie star, Dwayne Johnson, also known as The Rock, announcing that he and his family have recovered after testing
positive for COVID-19. Johnson says they were infected by close friends about three weeks ago. He is warning others to wear masks and to get tested
before gathering with loved ones.
It is, of course, Labor Day in the U.S. this weekend and it's a time when people do gather.
Just like Hollywood, the world of sport has also been rocked by more COVID cases, three to be exact. This time, not in the States.
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