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Its the most dominant variant in our country. you do get breakthrough infections of vaccinated people where in general they are mild infections. but the breakthrough rate will be higher than with delta. >> dr. anthony fauci warning americans to expect more of those breakthrough infections, but his biggest concern? the millions of americans who choose to still be unvaccinated. and i want you to look at this image right now. see that? that is not from the worst of the pandemic last year. that righ...

As we call them, are going to be very, very mild but the breakthrough rate will be higher than with delta. >> if you are a family sitting around the table planning your holiday trip and you are watching this right now, what should you be re-thinking what would you advise people not even in an official capacity but simply just good old common sense. >> again, vaccination is going to make the difference, lester if im - if im a family member, im vaccinated, im boosted, my wife is vaccinated, shes b...

We will have the supply, because weve been planning for this. >> so a new study shows pfizers efficacy drops to 42% across the united states at the end of july. interestingly, modernas was very different. it was nearly double that at 76%. but pfizer at 42%. do you -- do you think thats valid or are you seeing things that contradict that? >> yeah, its a good question, erin. i know the study youre talking about. i think in this environment, we have to be cautious about interpreting a single study ...

He says theres a 13% test-positivity rate. thats high. and he said, 90% of hospitalizations are unvaccinated people. but that means 10% of covid hospitalizations are among the vaccinated. he thinks that comorbidities are a factor, here. but thats got to worry you, no? >> sure, absolutely. you know, the breakthrough rate for most vaccinations, when you have the flu every year, its not uncommon for people to -- to come into the hospital after vax -- after they have been vaccinated. a lot of it has...

From bats to humans by some transmission we havent fully understood. >> sandra: that was march, may, june, dr. siegel. >> the more we knew early on. dr. collins admits this. the better we would have been figuring out the virus tracking it and knowing how to respond to it. if we thought lab leak and not put down by a lot of people at the beginning and dismissed, and even mocked, i think it would have been something we could have put more pressure to get in and try to find out. >> bill: we try to ...