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National average. theyve had three deaths in the last two weeks. out of the 2200 available hospital beds, there are only admitting seven paishents with covid per day on average. d.c. is open up. they need to open up. in terms of variants. we wont go to zero on covid. there will be baseline with variants particularly among people who are immunosuppressed or elderly. getting to zero is not the goal. minimizing hospitalizations and deaths are the goal. were rapidly getting there. >> dana: you said ...

Two—shot programme in terms of the mrna vaccine, as the delta variant becomes more prevalent, particularly for the pfizer biontech vaccine, they are observing a more significant diminishing of the effectiveness, which necessitates a conversation and the right—thinking from a data science standpoint around what does it mean to get a booster shot? who should be prioritised to get the booster shot? what is the compromise globally? when you look at pockets of under vaccinated and unvaccinated co...

Is evidence that the vaccine is waning in its effectiveness to stop infection, but that was really expected from the start. but what the vaccine seems to still be able to do is protect quite strongly against the developing severe disease even if they do actually catch covid—19. so, personally, i think particularly people who are particularly vulnerable, and by that i include people who are over 80 and people with severe underlying health problems, should be offered a booster starting in septem...

Dr. marty makary. your column in the wall street journal the quote in the guardian are having people examine the masks. why do we know so little about the effectiveness of masks and kids? >> well, its amazing. you know, brian, in that guardian piece, they basically assumed that kids are going to need vaccines under 12. the study is not even done. the trial is ongoing, yet, they have already made the conclusion. its really amazing, we have imposed a tremendous amount of restrictions now coming on...

The experience fda is going to provide this is almost complete. we have to wait for the final announcement. >> weve seen lots of federal workers, universities, google and facebook and disney putting in place some version of a vaccine mandate. are those mandates in your mind enough to reverse the case trend that were looking at now or are we talking about bending the curve four to six weeks down the line as you have the larger employers start to require more vaccinations? >> its a good question, ...

Something out quickly, we have an overwhelming amount of data, not only in the us, but throughout the world. not only is about the efficacy and the real—world effectiveness of these vaccines, but the safety of them. yet there is this idea that until you get full official approval, that the cover that you can get, the legal challenges that there would be to mandating what is an unapproved vaccine would be problematic. what youre going to see in the united states, i believe, is that once the vac...

Say, well, the rate of death is very low, as a pediatrician, ill never say only a few hundred deaths, you know, is a low number. typically in a common year, somewhere around 2 to 300 children die of influenza in u.s. so more have already died from covid than die from influenza in a typical year. this is serious business, people. >> yes. and so what is your message to parents who are hesitant to get their child vaccinated because they feel like this vaccine, this virus just hasnt been around long...

Variant. he did say as time goes by, its likely and they were closely tracking its effectiveness and if its determined there might be the need for it, he said the prioritization should be elderly americans but it will be enough supply. >> thank you. we want to go now to stephanie who is at a testing site in orlando. stephanie, we know florida, the epicenter right now of this covid surge fuel bid the delta variant. when i talked to you early this morning, stephanie, i was shocked because the plac...

I threw that out the window a long time ago because when youre in this role, you got to make unpopular decision after unpopular decision. i would rather protect the health of my people than my own personal popularity. so if saving additional lives cost me re-election, that is fine by me. i can live with that and id make that decision any day. its more about effectiveness. right? the effectiveness of any step we take is the step times the number of people that are willing to follow it. and so wha...

Germany’s disease control center estimates that coronavirus vaccines have saved the lives of more than 38,000 people in the country.