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Unvaccinated people, thats reason for real caution. but we have to continue to have the dialogue with people. president biden is continuing to have the conversation with people. the majority of people, two-thirds of people who are not vaccinated believe a myth or a falsehood about the vaccine. so more conversations about why to get vaccinated and about the true information is going to continue to be important. >> absolutely. and, doctor, were getting new information and learning the delta varian...

Analyst, dr. wen, an emergency physician and former baltimore city health commissioner. andy, the delta variant is so worrisome right now and accounts for more than 80% of cases in the u.s. thats staggering. are you surprised at how quickly this variant has drastically changed the countrys progress in the fight against this pandemic? it feels like we are going backwards. >> well, it does in some senses and in other senses it is very different in 2020. the big difference is we now have a tool. an...

Compared to a month ago. we have the delta variant, which in people who are infected with it, they have about a thousand times the amount of virus than they would if they got infected with the original variant. we dont know for those individuals, are they able to transmit the delta variant to others? and so as a result, use the abundance of caution approach. i hope the biden administration hits the reset button and says, we acknowledge we are at a very different point and therefore we should fol...

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There was one issue at the top of every list in terms of what he wanted to work on, achieve and put an end to, and that was the pandemic. there is no question there has been significant progress made. but as you noted, with the emergence of the delta variant, the president making very clear there is still a long road ahead. today urging americans to be vigilant and also making clear vaccinations need to tick up. take a listen. >> the safest thing to do is to get vaccinated. get vaccinated. and t...