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Correspondent, dr. sanjay gupta. doctor, good to see you. thanks for joining. >> hey, don. of course. >> so before we talk about variants and rising-case numbers, people need to know if you are vaccinated. youre protected from serious illness or death, am i correct? >> yeah. no. that -- that -- that is -- that is what the initial trial showed. and now, you got, you know, close to a billion people who have received vaccines around the world and the real-world data reflects that. as you just menti...

Mun -- immunity is not waning. there is 13 state thats have seen greater hospitalizations. what did they have in common? delta, and none of those states met president bidens goal of 70% of the population receiving one dose. thats not a coincidence. >> should we be tracking the mild breakthrough cases that you mentioned? >> some experts say absolutely we should. what does mild illness, especially with the delta variant, mean? does it mean you can still get long covid? if so that is very important...

So when you get to the point where you have enough information to make a firm recommendation, that is not flip-flopping. that is making recommendations as the data evolve. and i know sometimes its difficult to understand that, but thats what happens when you get formal recommendations from organizations like the cdc and like the fda. >> the cdc used to track what are called breakthrough infections. thats fully vaccinated individuals who have been infected with coronavirus. they used to track it....

Organizations like the cdc and like the fda. >> the cdc used to track what are called breakthrough infections. thats fully vaccinated individuals who have been infected with coronavirus. they used to track it. now they have stopped. theyre only tracking breakthrough cases that result in hospitalization or death. does it not seem premature to stop tracking all breakthrough cases given the fact that theres this even more contagious delta variant, not to mention the questions about boosters? should...

Are breakthrough cases. i have a friend who was fully vaccinated with pfizer. she was diagnosed with covid-19 on the first week of june with chest pain, shortness of breath, with loss of taste and smell for two weeks. this is something we have to take serious and be proactive and not reactive in this approach of this pandemic that has been going on now for well over a year and a half. >> to that point about the risk, should there be a return to it? >> arkansas went from 55 persons being hospital...

Yet. it maintaining such space would prevent schools from bringing all students back, they could rely on a combination of other strategies like indoor masking, testing, and at titillation. >> >> -- in these kinds of illnesses he is also faculty of -- and evaluation. there is a lot of information coming up. there is merging more is on how to behave on the long with more information on this delta variant. we know that this delta variant is hitting a lot of people have not been vaccinated. weve als...

Masking for schools but also calling for full reopening. one major shift is recommendation for physical distancing. advised the students be placed more than three feet apart. but caveat, could rely on combination of other strategies like indoor masking, testing and enhanced ventilation. dr. vin gupta, a critical care pulmonologist in seattle, also on the faculty of university of washington health metrics and evaluation. a lot of information coming out. emerging mores how to behave with new infor...

Access. >> yeah. the w.h.o. spoke about that. and they want to see it go. more quickly. unlt with of reasons is the variants. were talking about the delta variant now. we had that new data out of israel and it was a bit alarming to everyone, including me. when you see the vaccines are not as effective. when we take a closer look at the data, what do you see? >> it turns out that the current vaccines, the ones available in the united states, the pfizer and moderna as well as the johnson & johnson...

The infections that weve seen so far have all been pretty mild. no one has been hospitalized at this point so thats very good news. >> there were also, i think, the six breakthrough cases, meaning people who were vaccinated. did any of them get sick or did they just test positive? meaning are they symptomatic or asymptomatic? >> yeah, several were asymptomatic and several got tested because they knew that they were exposed and we had asked -- were asking people to get tested. of those, none of t...

Least six of those infected were breakthrough cases. services at the affiliated church are cancelled as a result of this outbreak. dr. philip kaiser is the local health authority in galveston county, texas, where the camp is located. doctor, thank you so much for being here. is the number still 160 infections? i know that that has continued to go up. >> yeah, i honestly dont know what the number is as of this minute. it went up overnight. but thats about where we are in terms of the order of mag...