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for their rights, among the first to ever beat isis on the battlefield. from nbc news world headquarters in new york, im joshua johnson, welcome to "the week." ♪♪ president bidens covid package is one big step closer to becoming law. but whats after that? how will democrats govern with republican support uncertain at best? it could depend on this senator, democrat joe manchin of west virginia. the stimulus package has smaller unemployment packets to gain his support, not $400 per...

States like alabama and wyoming that are only 47% vaccinated we need -- we in the medical profession that are really burning out, we need local and state officials in those states to really convey that vaccines are the -- the right thing to do. its the patriotic thing to do to protect you, your family and your neighbor. its the right thing and the patriotic thing to do, jonathan. >> real quickly, dr. roy, the positivity rate in new york city is almost 20% right now. what do you expect in the nex...

Reaction, scared of things theyre reading about, and so its taken a lot of conversations. >> one more question, brittny. was spanish disinformation an issue in your family? >> yes, it definitely is. and i think from what i found even when i looked up disinformation for a piece i wanted to do i was seeing more often than not the spanish language news i was seeing shared with the video and the disinformation, there was no disclaimer on it that i could find so it was being allowed to kind of circul...

Didnt trust it, others with excuses for why they didnt need it." and joining us now is britney, metro reporter for the los angeles times. and dr. lippy roy, an internal medicine physician. britney, let me start with you, first. and one, congratulate you might sound weird but congratulate you on a beautiful piece of writing, but also my condolences to you and your family and for the pain that you shared with readers. for many covid-19 is -- what you wrote in your article. for many covid-19 is wha...

Prevent in the case of an infectious disease because that reduces the opportunity of spread. so hopefully more people will get vaccinated and hopefully it will become more routine and mainstream over the near-term and that will take the number of cases down to zero, but it can take the number of deaths down to low numbers and thats exactly what we hope to see. >> thanks for your time this morning. andy slavitt is a former white house senior adviser for covid response. i want to bring back dr. ro...

Be required to do contact tracing if a student gets infected with covid. joining us now dr. christina prost, a pediatrician in houston, texas. and dr. lippy roy, an internal medicine physician. im just stuck on that last piece i just read. making it -- where is that? announce that schools will not be required to do contract tracing if a student gets infected with covid. doctor, how irresponsible is that? >> it is extremely irresponsible and so frustrating for parents, for teachers, for medical p...

Pneumonia, covid pneumonia certainly we see that in pediatrics as well. and currently about a third of the pediatric patients hospitalized here in houston and in texas are requiring critical care, intensive care stays. >> dr. roy, what would you tell people who still believe that children with covid arent heavily impacted by covid, that its not a big deal? >> i would encourage them to listen to people like dr. propst and other -- other pediatricians and doctors and specialists and front line hea...