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To your neighbors about why they should get vaccinated makes a very big difference in the spread of this over the course of the next few months. >> there was a that church camp outbreak, 125 out of 400 people at this church camp in texas. is that something you think -- we dont know their vaccination status for sure, but is this the type of thing that you expect well see? >> its exactly the type of thing well see. church outings, weddings, other types of events, well see outbreaks of this nature....

First will hold because we will get the evolution of more transmissable variants that may start to really eat into the protection that the vaccines provide. delta hasnt quite done that yet. one shot is -- doesnt provide great protection against it, but two, full vaccination, still seems to do so. now, no vaccine is perfect and the higher community transmission gets, the more the pandemic is allowed to rage free among unvaccinated people, the more youll get breakthrough cases and the more hospita...

Transmissable variants that may start to really eat into the protection that the vaccines provide. delta hasnt quite done that yet. one shot is -- doesnt provide great protection against it, but two, full vaccination, still seems to do so. now, no vaccine is perfect and the higher community transmission gets, the more the pandemic is allowed to rage free among unvaccinated people, the more youll get breakthrough cases and the more hospitalizations. so we really shouldnt be resting on our laurels...

Still, few people are becoming seriously ill. the government is holding back on imposing more or severe restrictions. joining me from tel aviv is our correspondent. so how worried are officials and people in israel about this spike in what they call breakthrough cases, indicateses of people vaccinated but still getting this delta variant? what are you hearing from doctors there about why this is happening? >> yeah. people here are calm but cautious, i would say. heres the situation. we have abou...

Its not 100%. and so we always knew this was going to happen. sooner or later, there would be people who were fully vaccinated but are getting infected. and the numbers were seeing in israel are in line with those expectations. now as you said, doctors in israel are very focused on the question of how many people are actually getting sick. and the answer to that is not many. there are 23 people across all of israel right now who are in hospital with severe covid-19. most of these breakthrough ca...

New israeli cabinet met sunday and that is as far as they feel they need to go right now in terms of the restrictions and no talk right now of imposing the new lockdowns or anything like that. kasie. >> all right. raf sanchez in tel aviv, thank you for that. and dr. bedelia, lets talk about the lessons is learning from israelis that could apply here in the united states where of course we have inequality in terms of the vaccination rates in terms of region, and where people live, and what is sta...

Now it is one of the first to wristle with a outbreak of the new variant in a highly vaccinated population. so what are you hear hearing from people there about the new rise in cases? >> craig, israel is seeing about 20,000 new cases a day. a few dozen of those is breakthrough cases. that sounds really alarming. they still get the coronavirus, but remember the pfizer vaccine that they used here in israel, also here in the u.s., about 90% effective at stopping infection.

Fraud that is permeating our democracy needs to be addressed. ive called for legislature that would ban acts that try to deceive people about their voting rights and so i think that conversation needs to be h, particularly in light of what weve all experienced and continue to experience around this election misinformation. >> and one of the people facing to legal consequences for sharing that is donald trump. continues to do it every day. jocelyn benson, secretary of state, thank you so much. >>...

Word out and the fact that hey, if you get vaccinated, in the event you do have covid your symptoms will be a lot more mild and i think as long as we are able to maintain some level of public confidence, then hopefully the vaccination rates will continue to move in the right direction. and-- >> i dont think that-- >> once youve gotten the vaccination, if youre still vulnerable to the covid, a lot of people are going to circle back and say, doc, why should we get the vaccination in the first plac...

>> reporter: as johnson & johnson continues manufacturing vaccines earmarked for countries overseas, tonight at sea two confirmed breakthrough cases on a royal caribbean cruise ship. the infected passengers who shared a room had to show proof like all other adult passengers they had been vaccinated and tested negative before setting sail. >> there was no panic onboard. people pretty much just went about their routine. >> reporter: the infected asymptomatic passengers are both in isolation, while...