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What united did, they basically said youre going to have to go get a vaccination. delta said essentially, you know what, were going to fine you if you do not, nain fact, get your vaccination. weve seen over 50% of employees who are unvaccinated previously are now, in fact, vaccinated once that vaccine mandate went into effect, and with delta, 20% of those unvaccinated employees are now getting vaccinated. they dont have the straight vaccination mandate but still getting 20%. thats still a signif...

But what we are focussed on doing is protecting more people. and you talk -- you started our interview here talking about kids who are under 12. we know what works. we know if theyre surrounded by adults who are vaccinated theyll be better protected. we know how to protect people who are immunocompromised. we know how to safely go back to sporting events and safely go back to concerts and people are sick and tired of waiting. we know requirements work. we put in place some mandates over the past...

Children. and the immunocompromised. and our most vulnerable populations. and so heres the deal as we move into the second year or third year. someones going to lose out. someones going to have to stay home. and let it be the people who would rather take horse dewormer than a safe, viable, effective vaccine thats saving lives. someones world is going to get smaller. i dont want it to be mine, and i dont want it to be my kids. so you have a lot of rights in america. i am completely opposed to the...

Out to those who to this point have refused to get the shot? and secondly, as im sure youre hearing theres a frustration from those who have been vaccinated, followed the guidelines, who are still seeing schools closed, people get sick and blaming those who are unvaccinated from the virus. how do you assuage those. and whats protection for the vaccinated. >> let me take your last question first, hes talked about boosters. thats a way to help get people a greater level of protection. as it relate...

Part of, you know, this giving air to some of this frustration health care workers in particular, as you notice, 17 million health care workers will be affected by this new vaccine requirement that are taking medicare and medicaid eligible interest in their facility. health care workers occupy an important place in our community. they are at the nexus between communities and patients. they are around patients who are vulnerable, who may have taken the vaccine and immunocompromised and then are t...

For the foreseeable. when it comes to these boosters, those over 60 as well as the immunocompromised will be eligible to receive boosters at the either two months or six months after they have had the initial few doses and at the moment here in the city state we are seeing about 200 cases a day. this comes at the same time as we are hearing these messages from the us, in particular doctor fauci speaking over the weekend. president biden for instance has set a deadline saying that september 20 wa...

Doses, theyre not dying. theyre not going on ventilators. theyre not getting very sick. so the vaccines doing what it wants, but it did provide an opening for people to look at other treatments. and you know, theyve come up with some incredible ones, from bleach to hydroxychloroquine, to this, which is actually a horse deworming. >> dr. anthony fauci says dramatic data coming from israeli studies support the case for covid boosters. you mentioned this third shot. what is your view on when people...

Getting booster shots after five months. the u.s. guidance is it should be eight. is there a benefit for a detriment to getting your booster too soon? >> well, there are a lot of questions within that because the israeli population is focusing on 60 and up and those that are immunocompromised. france and germany are doing that as well, focusing on those who are higher risk. there is no magic number really when it comes to when to consider boosters. its a spectrum where the protection for immunit...

Of people who still face significant health concerns. i spoke to a woman in pennsylvania, her son is immunocompromised, too young to be vaccinated. he cannot go back to school in person. that rules out a lot of jobs for her. i talked to people who are looking, very actively for jobs but are not able to find them in their industry. in some cases, they are considered to qualified for some, overqualified for some, and not qualified enough for others. childcare, we see, continuing to be disrupting s...

>> and lets talk about booster shots. everybody is looking towards the september 20th deadline to get that booster shot if and when they qualify. it seems like chief of staff ron klain and dr. anthony fauci saying that moderna may actually miss the emergency authorization september 20th deadline. what does it mine for those who got the moderna shot? >> reporter: we know this came after regulators warned the white house thursday that they may not have the data to support that third booster shot p...