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On it. how frustrating is it for you and your colleagues, you know what works. >> i mean, i have been saying the same thing over and over and over again. let the professionals do their jobs. let us do our job. and just consult with us, lets come up with a strategy that addresses his concerns, the leaders concerns as well as the public health concerns. the two are not mutually exclusive. rather than doing that, we have no mitigation measures and been shut out of the conversation. and governor des...

Pilot so she can travel around the world. >> thats why i want to get vaccinated so i can help the world so that the world can get better, you know, we can go back to normal life and i also want to be safe and, yeah, thatsy want to get the vaccine. >> reporter: ed lavandera, cnn, austin, texas. >> we desperately want to be done with this pandemic. covid-19 is clearly not done with us. >> covid does not discriminate. everyone is vulnerable. >> were pushing toward 100,000 cases a day now and partic...

Of the pandemic? they had their biggest one day. why? >> i think part of it is that they certainly -- like the timing of when they leaned into some of these mitigation measures was slow, inconsistent. at times i ask myself why arent they hit worse because you would listen to governor desantis and he wasnt advocating for some of the things we knew to be effective. you come to find out that some of the largest counties were acting on their own. you say florida but florida is made up of different p...

We have no mitigation measures. we have been shut out of the conversation. in fact, governor distances actually attacked myself and my colleagues when we decide to speak up against the saying, you know, mitigation measures wont affect us. they basically say we dont know what we are talking about. this kind of flip it attitude is something that is really at the height of disrespect, i also consider reckless. i think hes taking a page out of trumps book. people forget that during the winter surge,...

Vaccinated. that puts us in good position long-term as a country and as a world. but we have to bring down viral transmission. theres too much virus thats circulating, and the answer to that is masks and the mitigation measures, not forever, but experts have told me if everyone wore high-filtration masks for a few weeks in this country, wed probably bring viral transmission down significantly. so its really a combination of both those things. continuing to vaccinate while you continue to be bath...

2020 to april 2021 related to covid are about greater, three-fold greater than the last three flu seasons and that gives you the idea of the severity. >> relevant as schools open today in some areas, next week. of course as we get into september elsewhere around the country with mitigation, and im speaking specifically of masks and other measures like ventilation, is it safe, in your v view, for children who are largely unvaccinated? of course under the age of 12, is it safe for them to return t...

The pandemic. and that number is expected to get higher. when will it peak? i have no idea. however, we do know that mitigation measures work. masks work. particularly, as i mentioned before, the viral load is so high the mask do prevent the transmission of the virus but the how sick you get depends on how much virus you get initially. so masks are a vital tool in the fight against this pandemic. i hate to say it but our governor has come out against masks for children, put orders in place to ba...

Measures, we can make in person schooling safe and its very important that we still stick to in person schooling because if were looking at some of the data and the studies coming out and the risk benefit analysis, there is significant harm to children that have to do schooling remotely. you know, its the mental health toll its taking, the educational toll, the set backs. i think we can make schools safer even in the context of delta if you consistently apply the mitigation measures that we have...

Their most pressing questions what the delta variant means for keeping their families safe, especially children and one viewer asking this question, doc. with the school year just around the bend and some reports of the delta variant being more contagious to children than the alpha variant, should we be concerned or thinking about keeping our kids home from school? now, you have young kids, so do i. theyre not old enough get to get the vaccine. mine are 7 and 8. whats the answer? >> i think ther...

Reviewing the data to move past the emergency authorization stage. this is just another move meant to raise confidence in the vaccines, as president biden acknowledges the likely return of covid restrictions. >> mr. president, should americans expect more guidelines coming up, more restrictions? >> in all probability. >> kevin joins us live from the white house. kevin, how is the administration looking at this particular moment in the pandemic? >> reporter: well, they really see it as a turning ...