having a severe case. certainly among the highest risk people, another booster may prove to be the right call. you know, the whole world is watching israel and we ll see what the data shows. here in the u.s., though, the fact remains that tens of millions of people are unvaccinated and only 30% or so of eligible americans have received a booster dose. and this is a real problem, given everything i ve said and we know that boosters are really the best way to reduce severe illness from omicron, so, we have a lot of work to do. well, doctor, great to get your perspective, your insight and we thank you for everything that you re doing. thank you for having me. well, let s now go to cnn s stephen zhang with the latest on china s efforts to stamp out a growing outbreak in ta city. this is a city of 13 million people. cases there are rising.
plan. this historic legislation is about rebuilding the backbone of the company. reporter: the scope of the relief was that, stimulus checks, child tax credit, many gop-led states ended those early, citing labor shortages. half of the states stopped giving the extra unemployment benefits. they think that was a disin disincentive. that was not the only issue. restaurant aid ran out fast. venue relief ran out in months. and eviction moratorium ended before anybody received rental assistance. money allotted for this program has not been spent. reporter: the unprecedented relief was a vital lifeline for many americans. number two, a supply chain nightmare affected the u.s. economy. this year, americans flush with stimulus cash skyrocketed demand, leaving the supply chain trying and failing to catch up.
on their christmas season may have also contributed the fact we don t have a lot of tests, right, during this busy time for those who are symptomatic. it s hard to tell and predict. we find ourselves here with the wave washing over us and trying to make the best we can of it. there is this really good piece i want to pull up in the athletic that my producer pointed us to. i was struck by this part in it because there s a big part of a piece near the end that talks about the completely disproportionate impact on low-income americans. it says low-income americans live in more crowded housing, more susceptible to airborne viruses, can t often work remotely. 53 million americans are paid an hourly wage, can t aford tests that are $25. if you say you reimburse them, it doesn t help with the lack of cash in their pocket right now. i heard a retail worker talking last week, dr. craft, about
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people directly that democrats can point to, because otherwise like david said. we don t know how long this is going to go on. i think americans are willing to pay a little more at the pump now, but will they be willing to do it a month from now? that s the question. let me ask you all the same question. that has to do with the putin apologists, call them, within the republican party right now and that s start at the top with donald trump. okay? then you have a number of people that are making supportive statements, indicating support for donald trump and those that aren t. but that wing of the far right gop, how is that something that the democrats can harness? aren t they going to have to answer to this right now given what everybody is witnessing, the heartache we re feeling, compassion, emotional toll this war is taking on people across this country? start with you, michael, on the answer to that one. look,