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People can change their mind. even though theres a very hardened resistance, its a small percent. and theres more that come to the town meeting that are trying to get information, that they have put it off or theyre hesitant, theyre worried about health consequences. so thats where you have a community physician that answers the questions, and that is persuadable. so were seeing people that were previously resistant or hesitant about it, coming in and getting the vaccination. that should be the ...

Crisis well before the pandemic. there was a study a few days ago that said very clearly theres not a single county in our country where somebody thats working full time, making minimum wage can afford a two-bedroom apartment. in most places you cant even ford the rent on a one-bedroom apartment. so weve had an affordability crisis going into this pandemic. this pandemic has clearly exacerbated that as people lost their jobs, you know, there are more than $5,000 behind on rent in many places. so...

Have put it off or theyre hesitant, theyre worried about health consequences. so thats where you have a community physician that answers the questions and that is persuadable. so were seeing people that were previously resistant or hesitant about it coming in and getting the vaccination. that should be the focus and not trying to divide our communities. >> but do you worry at all that by not allowing localities to impose a mask mandate when this virus continues to rage like a wildfire, as your o...

Good evening. we begin, this friday night, with the weight of a weeks worth of evidence that our struggle with covid will not be over any time soon, unless, of course, a lot more people get vaccinated. without that, even though this is a pandemic of the unvaccinated, its going to continue to limit what the vaccinated can do, as well. thats where we are tonight. the country is now averaging close to 45,000 new cases, a day. about four-times more than a month ago. at the same time, only about 600,...

The delta variant is changing things. is that something you agree with? would you like to see the cdc offer more clarity on what people should be doing right now given the delta variant? >> i do agree. i think right now the guidance is very much a blunt tool. what we need to do is have states and localities give them the ability to make decisions like implementing mask mandates, capacity constraints and things like that, especially for areas getting surges. when you are in the midst of a surge, ...

Are fully vaccinated? >> we are always looking at the data as the data come in. >> i mean obviously theyre looking at the data and we understand the administration doesnt want to send the wrong message to deter vaccine use, but what is clear is that the pandemic has changed course dramatically since the cdc said you dont need to wear masks indoors if you are vaccinated. in the last few weeks several localities have recommended or required masks indoors for everyone, even the former biden white h...

This a little bit at the town hall. he said he believed the cdc will lightly suggest and ask kids ineligible for the vaccine to wear masks just in a weeks time before classes resume. the issue is they would like to get the vaccine use available for emergency ought san diego for kids 5 through 12. were talking halfway through the school year when some of those kids will be eligible. the thing is a lot of these schools and localities are not waiting to make these decisions. theyre saying, were goi...

Children or people with immune problems, they are at risk being around people who are unvaccinated. so you may see some changes there. what i think youre going to see is a call for people to respond locally. we have already seen a number of states put in place prohibitions around masking. thats something that should never be in place. local officials should be able to respond based on the local conditions. >> so it sounds like youre saying that localities should be more nimble about issuing guid...

Decide not just because they want to avoid mild or asymptomatic infections but again in the case of parents with kids at hope decide even if there is a small chance i could pass it to my kids, i want to be cautious because im living in an area with a lot of virus circulating. those are individual decisions people will make but one of the reasons why you see some localities and individuals choosing to continue wearing masks. >> fox news anchor sean hannity made headlines this week after urging hi...

Federal action, federal legislation to do something about this. but im also wondering is there anything that localities can do along with what the attorney general is proposing now to really get at it? i think we spend too much time -- not too much time. we spend a lot of time focused on the gun violence, but i dont think we spend enough time focused on, well, what are the circumstances that are leading people into things that get them involved in violence? >> yeah, and you really hit on the key...