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The cryptococcus gattii fungus, as its called, has reportedly killed about 25% of those infected. it is now set to spread into california and washington state. joining us is dr. ira bright with westside medical associates. good morning to you. >> thank you. good morning. >> 1 out of 4 people it will kill? >> it may, but there are only 21 people that reported who have been sick so far so the absolute numbers are still small. however, the whole thing is quite worrisome because of the changes that ...

And as a parent, we try to make the decisions with the facts and the information that we know, and were just not given enough to make the decision that could be life-changing. >> reporter: but tonya grahams 11-year-old son chase is immunocompromised, and relies on herd immunity for protection. >> every single time you have a "not me" attitude, you are saying, well, "thats fine," you know, "its okay for chase to potentially become critically ill." >> reporter: as of right now, nashville public sc...

When we have the option for it to be a different way. and if for some reason you dont want to get vaccinated, you cant get vaccinated or youre someone for whom the vaccine is not likely to work, someone whos immunocompromised, for example, you can still wear a mask, which also protects you from these variants. >> and what is the reason for this hesitancy? we see a lot of people very conservative republicans, some conservatives in right-wing media out there disparaging the vaccine, even some of t...

Days. im pamela brown, in wash was washington. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. you are in the "cnn newsroom," on this saturday. and across much of america, the masks have come off. covid numbers have gone up. and reality sets in. this nation is facing a pandemic of the unvaccinated. new cases are trending up, in 49 states. and with that spread, more deaths, more hospitalizations. the rise mainly caused by the highly-contagious delta variant, and the highly-pol...

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