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Houses of worship but grassroots organizations, trying to go door-to-door to reach our residents where they are and just trying to have some plain conversations with them. but there is a lot of hesitancy out there. there is a lot of misinformation that were still trying to battle and unpack some of that and in terms of how to be more effective. but the advisory did serve as a collective call to our city and to our community that there was more for us to do and when you look at our rates, we have...

A little hesitant when the vaccine came out. i didnt know if it would work, but were seeing in front of our own eyes, it works. between 80% and 90% of the hospital patients are unvaccinated. that tells me the vaccinations work. is the early hesitancy even valid anymore? we have evidence. im a very simple guy. i think emergency medicine, we have to know a lot of things, but we have so simplify things. if we had a yard full of weeks. we wouldnt sprays it in small portion. we have to blanket the wh...

Climbing. its in southern states with poor vaccination rates. and a strong hesitancy against the shot, according to a cnn analysis of data from the cdc. take alabama for example, the state has seen an average of 2,600 new cases per day. up by 131% from two weeks ago. one state health official says theyve literally been throwing away doses because theyve expired with not enough people going to get them. but on thursday, the states seven-day average of vaccine doses administered per day was about ...

Lessened the impact, deltas dangerous and theres no way around that and but vaccination is the path and we still see a lot of hesitancy in delivery of vaccines, you know, its disappointing that were seeing so many of our neighbors who are sick and dying from something that we think is largely preventable. >> you said delta is dangerous and you say that as a fire chief who sees a lot of dangerous situations all the time. >> its not something that i can see and tangibly address. it is not a fire t...

Do qualify for the vaccine. but yes, we do have some parents who are anxious about the school year starting. and um, and want to get their child vaccinated just because of the -- the current situation with the inability of schools to mandate masks. and um, and this delta variant that -- thats got a lot of people scared. >> now, do you see any cases of this political poison where people will come in and want the vaccine but say that they dont want their kids wearing masks? >> yeah, we see -- we k...

And this delta variant thats got a lot of people scared. >> now, do you see any cases of this political poison where people will come in and want the vaccine but say that they dont want their kids wearing masks? >> yeah, we see -- we kind of see it all. you know, we -- especially lately, you know, after the initial sort of run for the vaccine when everyone was wanting to get vaccinated. now weve got the people that have had some hesitancy, but they change their mind. or they -- you know, they --...

And also because of hesitancy that resulted from comments that people have made in the media over the course of this year. there are clearly people using the internet and social media platforms to deliberately sow lies and disinformation, about vaccines in general and your vaccine in particular. do you think you and others have been effective enough in countering the lies, the fake news, the misinformation? well, i think youre absolutely right. theres no doubt that there is active amplification ...

And cant do. there are many that are different saying were going to go ahead with the mask mandate. theres a big problem in florida right now well get to covid infections, hospitalizations and deaths as delta variant goes across the country. and now moderna saying booster shots may be necessary. miguel almaguer has more. >> reporter: just as new vaccination rates begin to rise in states where hesitancy is high, moderna joins pfizer saying americans will likely need a booster for winter. moderna ...

Want to encourage passports for things like nightclubs, so i wonder, is there _ things like nightclubs, so i wonder, is there a _ things like nightclubs, so i wonder, is there a plan to try to push that take _ is there a plan to try to push that take up— is there a plan to try to push that take up higher? is there a plan to try to push that take up higher?— is there a plan to try to push that take up higher? yes, it is important to exlain take up higher? yes, it is important to explain that....

I think we still have some work to do. we still have some work to do within the hospitals. you know? the hospitals across the state still do not have -- all health care workers are not vaccinated. but we are getting. theyre >> so this was an issue when the vaccine started to come out. we knew that there was hesitancy among some health care workers. i think there was a sense that that would be overcome. hospital systems were using different approaches. in houston, some of the hospital systems the...