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so what to do about it? well, health experts insist stepping up vaccinations will surely help. what's not helping? those in politics and the media still trying to score points off a pandemic as cnn's athena jones reports. >> reporter: america's progress fighting covid-19 isn't just stalling, it's reversing. average new daily coronavirus infections up 47% week over week, rising in 36 states, falling in just four. arkansas and missouri leading the nation in new cases per capita. >> and in places like missouri where icus are packed, you're going to see a surprising amount of deaths. >> reporter: as health officials stress, almost all covid deaths are preventible. the cdc says more than 99% in june occurring among the unvaccinated. >> the vaccines we have work really well against this variant. it doesn't need to be this way. >> reporter: but the pace of