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Then, there are folks i think are either sort of aggressively stupid or aggressively liars attempting to say that, oh, if there is a breakthrough case of covid in a vaccinated person. well, then, what good is the vaccine? as someone who got vaccinated and then got a breakthrough case. like, what do you -- what do you tell people who are maybe hesitant about vaccines? or are worried about the efficacy or how you feel about the decision you made? >> well, i would tell them talk to somebody that ha...

Could conceivably be a breakthrough case, get infected. does that mean when you go home that you wear a mask in your home with your children because you fear possibly transmitting the virus to them? >> great question. so, i do not wear a mask when im at home with my children. let me say from the outset that this is a place where different people will make different decisions based on their risk tolerance and also based on the community theyre living in. because i live in and travel to communitie...

The cdc director now saying this is becoming a pandemic of the unvaccinated, but its not just the united states facing a worrying upward trend. in england where the clock struck midnight just an hour ago its officially what conservatives have dubbed freedom day with all government covid restrictions now lifted, and how better for the prime minister boris johnson celebrate than by going into self-isolation. why, you might ask? well, because the newly installed health secretary there has been infe...

Is becoming a pandemic of the unvaccinated, but its not just the united states facing a worrying upward trend. in england where the clock struck midnight just an hour ago its officially what conservatives have dubbed freedom day with all government covid restrictions now lifted, and how better for the prime minister boris johnson celebrate than by going into self-isolation. why, you might ask? well, because the newly installed health secretary there has been infected with a breakthrough case of ...

Looks like it will help put the mask back on for awhile. >> can you provide clarity here on breakthrough infections? as you know some have been incredibly high profile. incredibly were learning now the case of extremely high profile headline making, one of the gymnasts competing in tokyo at the olympics. we understand is a kara eaker. there is a report that she was vaccinated and that would indicate this is a breakthrough case. we heard about other infections like texas state democrats, the list...

What conservatives have dubbed freedom day with all government covid restrictions now lifted, and how better for the prime minister boris johnson celebrate than by going into self-isolation. why, you might ask? well, because the newly installed health secretary there has been infected with a breakthrough case of covid-19 and he had met with the prime minister. oh, the irony. look, this is an issue that extends far beyond downing street in england. take a look at the latest numbers out of the uk,...

Changes that youre seeing in the uk and the timing? particularly with the health secretary testing positive recently, being a breakthrough case, for example? >> reporter: thats right, linsey. theyll open up fully as of tomorrow. pretty much all restrictions are going to be lifted. scientists and experts, both domestically and internationally, are saying its just far too soon to do this because the virus still hasnt been fully contained. look, the uk is still seeing something like 53,000 new case...

And doing whatever it is they can to convince the unvaccinated to come out and get the vaccine, stephanie. >> steph, lets talk about these yankees who tested positive. theyre calling them breakthrough cases. what does that mean? and if they have no symptoms, do they need to postpone the games? that could impact the entire league. >> well, theyre called breakthrough cases because 85% of the yankees have been vaccinated. we did a similar story about the yankees back in may when they had a handful ...

Robust protection against tr transmission and protection. it seems these new variants may be able to get around that near absolute protection. so it is worrying from that perspective. >> so let me ask you here, because obviously, you know, the severe death rate is better. its statistically extremely significant to have a protection rate go from 98 to 93. thats a very significant drop, but its still very good, right? i get that. >> right. >> the question is, if someone is vaccinated, they get a b...

Good it will likely be effective, particularly at reducing the risk of hospitalization and death. you look at the other variants, the one, three, five variant located in south africa, the j&j vaccination has done quite well, and the astrazeneca vaccine is almost like a cousin of the j&j vaccine in terms of the -- both using a similar platform. so good reason to believe j&j should work. >> you heard martin savidge in missouri, and pretty much every single perp in that missouri hospital was not va...