community sites so we'll be ready pending the cdc and fda action. >> reporter: it could mean shots in young kids' arms as soon as the end of october. but even now the u.s. is getting better. still averaging over 100,000 new covid-19 cases a day according to john hopkins but that is more than 11% down from last week's average and a 26% decrease from last month. deaths and hospitalizations also down. all driven by the vaccine, yet many are still skeptical. >> remember, we've lost now 100,000 americans over the summer from covid-19 overwhelmingly here in the south despite the availability of safe and effective vaccines. we know what this is. this is defiance. i don't even call it misinformation or disinformation anymore. i call this antiscience aggression. >> reporter: on masks currently more than 99% of the u.s. population lives in a county where people should be wearing one indoors according to cdc