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Professionals and floridians and americans at large. so in terms of the reasons why the rates have jumped, i mean, one, you have to definitely look at the fact that were dealing with the delta variant, which has a viral load which is 1,000 times higher than the initial variant that we had. and so thats a critical reason why its so much more efficient at spreading to the entire population. in addition to that, we have basically no mitigation measures. were wide open, and people are acting as if t...

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, ...

Mitigation measures, he has been patently against that. and, you know, furthermore, he just hasnt really had any plan. i mean his plan is for people to get vaccinated, and thats relatively recent, meaning that he really didnt push for vaccinations at the onset of the vaccine distribution. in fact, when he got his vaccination, he did it really undercover so to speak. it wasnt until some media outlets reached out to him and asked him if he was vaccinated that he did confirm that. but he did nothin...

Anti-vaxxers is a strategic mistake. instead we should be making sure that were implementing mitigation measures like reinforcing masks where cases are going up, as well as lowering the barriers to access for people who actually want to get the vaccine but still to this day have structural barriers in their way in order to get one. >> nick, i want you to talk about the argument that susan glasser was making that i read during the intro, which is this idea that all of the biden agenda could poten...

Available. >> look, i am such a strong proponent of schools in person, but exactly as you say, well need mitigation measures. the secretary of education has been traveling around the country to make sure that reinvestments are made in air quality, ventilation, that matters. i do support the american academy of pediatrics and their policy of universal masks in schools 12 and under as well as staff and faculty because of what you said. were not trying to create fear among parents we want to make y...

Start. thank you very much, were down here in the south of tokyo, this is tokyo bay, a lot of the events will be around here, the olympic village isjust events will be around here, the olympic village is just over left shoulder, and there have been four confirmed cases among the athletes when they have got there. i got the assessment of tara kirk sell — former silver medal winning swimmer and current health security specialist atjohns hopkins. i think that the mitigation measures put in place ...

Spaces, i would strongly consider that. if youre a locality seeing cases rise around you and thinking should i put additional mitigation measures in place like masking, i would say yes, you should strongly consider that, because this is not the time to let down our guard. >> and just finally, whats your message to health care workers? many who are still exhausted from this past year and a half, two years, as cases are going in the wrong direction again? whats your message to them? >> anderson, t...

In those states, the only way out of the pandemic if nobody is vaccinated to take mitigation measures, put on masks, distancing, which we are unlikely to see. and then the only other ways to see is infections. a portion of those will lead to hospitalizations and deaths. thats the trajectory for those states until the rubber meets the road, work hard to increase vaccinations. highly vaccinated states youll see pockets of infections, both among the vaccinated and unvaccinated, we expect a certain ...

Are protected and two, the fact that they have to wear a mask too makes the unvaccinated much less likely, gives them much less incentive to get the vaccination. >> well, chris, its a good question. i can tell you whats happening in la county is happening if other parts of the country, where when counties are seeing rising levels of cases, theyre considering what additional mitigation measures to take. in addition, of course, to their efforts to get more people vaccinated and masking, that const...

Are protected and two, the fact that they have to wear a mask too makes the unvaccinated much less likely, gives them much less incentive to get the vaccination. >> well, chris, its a good question. i can tell you whats happening in la county is happening if other parts of the country, where when counties are seeing rising levels of cases, theyre considering what additional mitigation measures to take. in addition, of course, to their efforts to get more people vaccinated and masking, that const...