together 93 other times. but i think we ll get there, and i think the reason why is there will there is a shared value here. if you look at this build back better plan overall, it is so much about, you know, reinstating or tax fairness, making sure the economy is working for working families and that it s giving the type of support that allows working families to work and raise their children with dignity. now, in terms of the issues that senator manchin is raising, who we have great respect for, we think when you look at it, we will all agree that it is getting to the children that we want it to. first of all, 97% of the children who receive the child tax credit, 97% are in working families. that s number one. number two, many of those 3% who aren t are facing a disability, an excessive health care
this is an unforced error honestly. if everybody was vaccinated, i don t think this variant would be flowing the way it has, and unfortunately because there s so much politicization of this, people are not stepping up at levels they need to, and i think our state is the best example because our governor decided this is more of a political opportunity than a health care challenge. dr. patel, last question. if this is how bad things are in the summertime, how bad is it going to be in fall or winter? we re always expecting another wave, but not this early. yeah, you re right. it caught us all by surprise. that alone shed tell you how tenuous and fluid the situation is. look, we were expecting fall to be the time we were talking about numbers. actually not even these numbers, stephanie, this is something where the fall could go one of two ways.
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