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Delta variant as cold weather drives more people indoors. the federal government is sending two military medical teams to michigan to support hospitals. 44 military physicians, nurses and respiratory therapists will arrive to treat patients for 30 days. hospital officials say while theyre grateful for the help, they need so much more. back to you, ed. >> thanks, jonathan. were going to be following this. lets find out more about this variant. joining me now is john hopkins medical professor, dr....

Vaccine the way that states mandate it in different -- every state has different mandates. but states mandate chicken pox vaccine, mumps, measles, rubella, et cetera, et cetera? >> once its fda approved theres no reason for it to be treated differently than any other vaccine. heres the interesting thing. the states with the highest immunization rates for other vaccines for children have -- are states that have mandates for school entry and virtually no exceptions. so alabama and mississippi have...

Because, because their children are immunized for it. but it used to be that chickenpox would spread through sch schools rapidly and this virus is way more deadly than chickenpox and guess what? we immunize children for chickenpox, which is why we dont see it. the south and many of those states that have opened up with low vaccination rates and no masking have showed us just how dangerous it will be to open schools up without masks and with low immunization rates. >> to your point, to your point...

That means its easier to spread, and it causes more severe symptoms and even death in children than previous variants. in fact, the early evidence suggests that its about as contagious as chickenpox. now, most parents of young children really wont remember how contagious chickenpox is because, because their children are immunized for it. but it used to be that chickenpox would spread through schools rampantly. and this virus is way more deadly than chickenpox, and guess what? we immunize childre...

Licensing approval that in the time of rising case numbers and the spread of the delta variant that it is time to call on mandates for employers to have their employees and we hope that other business sectors will follow suit. we have tried so many different things to get immunization rates up. weve been in a foot race with the delta variant. the delta variant is in the lead. its time for everybody to step up and do their part and protect their fellow citizens and get vaccinated against this ter...

>> thats right. >> and what is that going to mean? >> well, we already have districts in our schools that have below standard immunization rates. we already have counties in tennessee that are prime sites for outbreaks of highly infectious diseases. were 30,000 doses behind in mmr vaccines because parents felt like they couldnt get vaccinated or their pediatricians or the department of health werent available during the pandemic. we have been told we cant even go remind those parents that they n...

Country when it comes to vaccinations and the average the country has. amanda, in colorado that state is one of only six states that has more than half of all residents fully vaccinated, and yet, its among the states with the highest prevalence of the delta variant in the country. how do you explain that? >> were seeing pockets in communities where immunization rates are lower are experiencing higher rates of illness. unvaccinated individuals are the most at risk here. the majority of cases, hos...

[ inaudible ] its part of the struggle for teens to have their own sort of bottled autonomy. ethan asking kids questions on redit, coming forward with his story and making his own decision, that is what kind of appealed to me about it. just the strength of his decision. and the goal of the organization is to increase immunization rates, generally, because, you know, no one should live in fear or get sick or die from these vaccine-preventable diseases. we want the world to be a safer place. >> so...

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