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Covid case counts for the mask mandates. u.s. president joe biden is defending his vaccine requirements of federal workers, large employers, as well as health care staff. and he took his message really on the road on thursday in hopes more businesses will follow his lead. jeff zeleny has more for you. >> reporter: president biden traveling to illinois on thursday to make the case for vaccine mandates for corporations. visiting elk grove village, illinois, speaking with the chairman of united a...

Home, stay shut? >> its likely with the they this particular surge is taking shape that well be able to get together safely over the holidays. we need to wait and see what the data shows. but the point that dr. fauci was trying to make is we need to look at what the data was showing and allow that to guide decisions about how closely we should be gathering over the holidays. case counts are down 30% over the last three weeks, and its likely that theyll continue to drop over the next few weeks, a...

Our guest, the co-director of pediatric infectious disease division at the university of alabama at birmingham, doctor, thank you for your time. i want to walk through the progression at the cdc. the cdc originally at the beginning of covid said pregnant women can get a vaccine and in august it said that the cdc recommended that pregnant women get a vaccine and because of rising case counts and hospitalizations the cdc says it strongly recommends the vaccine for pregnant women, and if you look a...

Arizona, college amend the scene in phoenix. we are fortunate that he is joining us tonight from miami. doctor, last we spoke we were talking high case counts. a high death toll, and steph exemptions at hospitals throughout the state of florida. what is the situation right now tonight? >> well brian i would say that the staff exhaustion is still there, its actually probably maybe even worse as you know the case per capita has dropped quite a bit we had the earliest hit if not the earliest in the...

One thing that weve had more conversations about is the effectiveness and success of mask wearing so masks are still required for all air travel, and thats coming from the government. thats not even from the airlines. what do you think it will take? whats the measure that youre looking at of when you think masks are no longer needed on flights? >> yeah. well, united airlines in april of last year was the first airline to require masks on board airplanes, so we followed the data and science close...

Buckle and say, you know what, ill get it. >> it speaks to the fact that the vast majority of us do all sorts of things for our job. what do you think the -- right? i mean, you know, i mean, anyone that has to come into work gets tested or wears a mask. i mean, were doing all sorts of things to keep each other and to keep our workplaces safe and ultimately to keep the economy humming. i wonder what you think the prospects are that some of the southern states, not that they embrace the mandates, ...

Among those who got vaccinated these past few months, many say it was fear of the delta variant and seeing hospitals fill up. far fewer said it was employer mandates and pressure from friends or family. tamara just lost her unvaccinated 20-year-old son to the virus. >> i just cajoled and threatened and did everything i could possibly think. i think he did some research where he was thinking that it was going to hurt his heart long-term or something, im not even sure where he was getting his info...

Strict no-mask policy here. >> so they had to leave. >> i spent my money on this business. ive put my blood, sweat, and tears in this business. and i dont want any masks in here. >> in florida, the mask wearing governor just announced his new surgeon general. >> we feel joe is just the right guy for the job. >> last week, he wrote that public mask wearing has had, at best, a modest effect on viral transmission. not true. studies show the effect is significant. meantime, the nations average daily...

Case the case count has plateaued or started to dip a little bit. on the other hand, you could go back to last september and see we were much lower and we went into the horrific winter. where are we now with vaccines more available, still some vaccine hesitancy, but when you see a baseline of cases are coming down in a week from 175 to 135, are you convinced were on a steady decline now, or are we still in an uncertain period? >> were starting to see that peak come down largely because there are...

Its leading to burn out. both from everyone and staff. its frustrating. >> there could be a silver lining here. a possible light at the end of the tunnel. georgia is starting to see a slight decrease in case counts, but officials say that they are cautiously optimistic, because theyre still waiting to see the impact from the labor day holiday weekend. and theyre going to see if that in effect, well start to see those cases take up again. so very tenuous situation here in georgia, bob lindsey. >>...