it turns out that s not actually what cdc guidance put out a few days prior, chris. they said areas of substantial or high transmission of the virus. so when the president is actually not aligned on the definition of what is high risk or not, it s no surprise that most of the country got confused a bit when the cdc put out that messaging. so it s really important, and i thought the president did a great job of this, to have a clear definition of success. low hospitalizations and deaths. we re not going to avoid case transmission. that s just not going to be a thing. we need to get used to covid being endemic in places like, say, seattle where i m at, or l.a. county. low hospitalization levels due to covid overall in the county, even if cases are rising, that will be the reality i think we ll have to get comfortable with as we proceed toward some type of normalcy. we need a message on hope, not on anxiety. we need a message on hope. and shannon, there is ongoing debate on whether one
hospitalization levels right now. they are level right now that nobody here thought they would ever see again. what they want to do, whether it s stick or carrot, is try to get people to get vaccinated and get back to where it seemed like the country was just a few weeks ago. ultimately save more lives. phil, thank you. let s talk about the big news out of israel now on boosters. israel s health care system preparing to give elderly patients a third vaccine dose this pending a final government decision. cnn is live in jerusalem. hadas, when could we see a third shot in arms and why? what was the trigger? well, we are expecting as soon as as sunday anybody in israel over the age of 60 who received their second dose of the pfizer vaccine, eligible for a third booster shot. this is according to sources with knowledge of health care planning and any minute we re expecting a statement by israeli prime minister annoyancing this
this week missouri s covid-19 outbreak became the nation s largest. the state s cases are up 150% from a month ago. the delta variant accounts for 73% of those covid cases. that is the highest percentage of any state according to the cdc. hospitalization levels are higher than last winter and only 40% of missourians, two out of five, are vaccinated. meanwhile, other places like los angeles county have higher vaccination rates, but l.a. county is going back to mask mandates just before midnight sunday. last night we discussed that decision with dr. anthony fauci over on peacock. here is some of what he had to say. with key start with the story out of l.a. county. what do you make of their decision to mandate masks for everybody vaccinated or not?
this week missouri s covid-19 outbreak became the nation s largest. the state s cases are up 150% from a month ago. the delta variant accounts for 73% of those covid cases. that is the highest percentage of any state according to the cdc. hospitalization levels are higher than last winter and only 40% of missourians, two out of five, are vaccinated. meanwhile, other places like los angeles county have higher vaccination rates, but l.a. county is going back to mask mandates just before midnight sunday. last night we discussed that decision with dr. anthony fauci over on peacock. here is some of what he had to say. with key start with the story out of l.a. county. what do you make of their decision to mandate masks for everybody vaccinated or not? i hear both sides of it. we heard from dr. scott gottlieb earlier today on cnbc where he said vaccinated people should not need to wear masks because