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reimposing a mask mandate, the hypertransmissible delta variant now dominant in the u.s. is tearing through vulnerable community, in what cdc director dr. rochelle walensky today called a pandemic of the unvaccinated. cases across the country are well off of their highs, but they have nearly doubled from last week alone. if you look at the data from over the past two weeks, at least 41 states and washington, d.c. are seeing increases, with at least ten of them doubling their numbers in that time. vaccine administration has slowed to a crawl, as the white house battles a pandemic of misinformation. here's the u.s. surgeon general on msnbc this morning. >> two-thirds of people who are unvaccinated right now, who are saying they either believe common myths about covid-19 or believe those myths might be true. a year ago, we didn't have a vaccine, mika, we were seeing people die and we didn't snow how to stop that. now we do know how to stop it and it breaks my heart that we can't get accurate information to people so they can get this vaccine. >> this as schools grapple with