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Dr. hotez, i want to begin with promising news for vaccinated teens and adults. across the u.s., daily vaccinations are slightly up from the middle of july. where do you make where we stand today? >> you know, jose, this in my opinion is one of the most important stories of the covid pandemic that has yesterday to be told. last summer, the hispanic community got hit very hard. we had huge numbers of overwhelmed hospitals on the border and in south texas here in houston, and a lot of mothers and ...

0 is going to be here live with us tonight in just a few moments. it is of course just over 24 hours now until we are facing an absolute lee pointless federal government shutdown tomorrow at i say that it is absolutely pointless and i mean it in a technical sense. previous government shutdowns were all dumb. but they were at least nominally for a reason. there was some dispute, a policy matter which the two parties couldnt agree upon. and a shutdown ensued until they could figure it out. in this...

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Black adults. that number was 65%, and for hispanic adults, that number was 61%. this is adults who got their first shot. as of july, whites, 70%, blacks, 65%, hispanics, 61%. racial divide. at was in july. ke a look at a new poll just released today by pfizer, showing that gap has basically closed and theres a different gap that explains whats going on in our country with vaccination rates. look at the gap closing. as a baseline, the number of all american adults who report getting at least one...

She vice president and director of public opinion and survey research for the kaiser family foundation. miss hammel, i appreciate you being with me here. >> thank you for having me. >> let me ask you about the significant changes over time. for me it seems like positive changes for the country, positive changes to see the racial divide shrink. it wasnt a gigantic divide as recently as july, but it is larger than it is today. in statistically significant terms, have those numbers tightened up? >>...

Adults is now 72%. but look at it by race. the numbers have really evened out. the percentage of white adults who have gotten at least one shot is now 71%. compare that not to black adults and hispanic adults. those reporting it because one shot, 70% of among black adults, 73% among hispanic adults. those are all really really tight. and hispanic adults are the highest proportion. this basically means that race is no longer exist distinctly -- factors for those who have chosen to become vaccinat...

That is the gaping divide now. that is the difference. now that is where we are as a country. how do we defeat that? challenge joining us now is lewis hamiltons vice president and director of public opinion and surges for the kaiser family foundation. miss kaiser thanks for having appreciate you being here tonight thank you me. . >> let me ask you about the significance of these findings in the change over time. to me it feels like positive news for the country, positive news for public health, ...

One aspect is that it is a relatively defense live incumbent protective map, but its also notable en you talk about the demographics, the tribune tech pointed that out the people in colorado acquaint for 95% of the states growth, but in the new map there is one less hispanic majority districts zero districts for the black majorities, the latest census result that -- so you have basically, it looks like they are preserving the partisan bench, but the racial makeup of the state is not necessarily ...

In statistically significant terms, have those numbers tightened up? >> yes, in our surveys they have. we go back to april and may early on in the vaccination effort. what we find in oururveys is that any black or hispanic adults were telling us they werent yet ready to make a decision about getting the vaccines. they had questions and concerns both related to side effects but also to access to the vaccine or time off from work. we found tha gap that used to exist between bla and hispanic americ...