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Getting that full approval also will help to change some peoples minds who are still hesitant about getting the vaccine. >> so you are obviously hopeful that this step will encourage millions of americans, potentially, to go get this shot. for more businesses, schools and others to actually mandate the vaccine. is that right? >> absolutely. i think right now one of the arguments that some people are using for why theyre not getting the vaccine is somehow its experimental, which its not. its been...

An expert physician panel discusses the changing evidence on breakthrough infections, booster shots, and post-COVID immunity.

Happening. there is a lot of people going rogue at this point. theyre seeing that israel is now vaccinating individuals over the age of 60. theyre not really getting a lot of clear communication of why the pfizer ceo has said that we need -- will need a third immunization for delta. israel is doing it, but the u.s. doesnt feel its necessary, and yet anecdotally theyre hearing a lot of breakthrough cases. there is kind of a disconnect i think between the white house corona group communications an...

Immunizations to those over the age of 60 and it might generalize further depending on additional variants. so the first piece of this, theres data now showing that individuals who are solid recipients with immunosuppressive therapy are getting a third bump with the third immunization and thats compelling enough to move forward at this time. the only question is how broad will they make the recommendation for immunocompromised individuals. are we talking solid organ transplants? 5% to 7% of the ...

Handle public health issues. and so these are in conflict. this idea you are going to force people by restricting funds, these types of draconian measures are something that should be receiving a lot of pushback and are. >> bill: carrot and stick. the head of the one of the big teachers unions sort of conceded, i would say based on previous answers she has given, about a vaccine mandate with teachers. watch here? >> vaccines are the single most important way of dealing with covid. we have always...

American federation of teachers president said -- >> vaccines are the single most important way of dealing with covid. weve always dealt with or since 1850 weve dealt with vaccines in schools. not a new thing to have immunizations in schools. we need to work on vaccine mandates. >> you know, harris, she has been reversing herself a lot. she flip-flopped on this last week talking about mask mandates, now vaccine mandates because she got a lot of flak from that. its too political. here is the deal...

You know, ive been around the country this week. i was in florida and missouri as were pushing a full-court press for back to school. the delta variants are alarming, and the spread is alarming. youve already said its a pandemic of the unvaccinated. im not going to repeat what you or dr. fauci said. so let me just be personal for a moment, which is that vaccines are the single most important way of dealing with covid. weve always dealt with -- or since 1850 weve dealt with vaccines in schools. i...

South putting some medical staff and icus again at their breaking point. childrens hospitals are also getting overwhelmed. cases spiked 84% among children in one week at the end of last month with nearly 72,000 new child cases reported. as the director of the national institutes of health said sunday, the u.s. has the tools to prevent this but not enough of us are using them. >> we would not be in the place we are right now with this delta surge if wed been more effective in getting everybody to...

Effective in getting everybody to take advantage of these immunizations and now were paying a terrible price. >> lets show you what that terrible price dr. collins speaks of. you cant really see the county lines on the map, can you? thats because 95% of the population live in a county where the cdc says you should mask up. where either high or substantial community transmission. look at all that red. that high. what happens when you have such high community transmission is you get this. above 10...

Interrupted, why children cant go to extracurricular activities, why games are cancelled. we need to do our part to make sure they get students safely back in school. >> only half of the country is fully vaccinated. its the unvaccinated providing the fuel to the delta wildfire. >> we would not be in the place we are right now with this delta surge if wed been more effective of getting everybody to take advantage of these immunizations. now were paying a terrible price as the cases go up quickly....