Delta Variant Accelerating News Today

Osterholm. dr. hotez, so, admiral brett giroir, the former assistant health secretary under the previous administration warns that the delta variant is so contagious that, if you have not been vaccinated and you did not, previously, have covid, you will become infected. what does that mean for children under the age of 12, who are ineligible to be vaccinated? >> well, it really depends on where those kids are, especially as schools open. and -- and the big vulnerability that im sounding the alar...

Back to school? >> well, it very much depends on where you are. so, you know, in many of the north eastern states and on the west coast where almost all of the adults and adolescents are vaccinated, i think i have a lot of optimism about in-person classes. but, you know, you look at a state like louisiana or mississippi where 15% to 16% of the -- only 15% to 16% of the adolescents are vaccinated, 30% to 40% of the young adults, we have the delta variant accelerating, the number -- number of doct...

Becoming defiant of masks and social distancing and now its extended to vaccines. and, you know, what i say is, look, im not politicizing, the bad guys are politicizing it. my job, as a scientist, is to call it out and say, look, this anti-science aggression benefits nobody its self-defeating for the country and the deep red states now where covid is accelerating and trying to understand how we delink it has to be a top priority. and im really worried because as bad as things are right now, its ...

To the delta variant first identified in kent. in the north—east of england it is increasing support for local authorities, including search testing, because of an increase there than in the north west of england where we first saw the delta variant accelerating. that assistance is being scaled back. that assistance is being scaled back. lets take a look at some of todays other news. quarantine—free travel between australia and new zealand will be paused for at least eight weeks from today. ...