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Enough people are taking em. and there are people, around the world, who would do anything to -- to get a vaccine. it -- it is -- its just -- its unconscionable. >> i -- i totally agree. i mean, i just came back from tokyo, and i got a chance to interact with people from all over the world there. and it is remarkable to me, the places around the world where, you know, access is 1 or 2% of the population even has access. there were vaccine programs that have just started in some countries over th...

Itll be just like getting a cold. you want to get this done. and then, i tell them my own experience when the pfizer trial, first, opened up for 12 to 15-year-olds. my two youngest sons were two of the first children enrolled in that study. and im a firm believer in the efficacy of the vaccine. >> so the vaccines wont be available for kids under 12 before the end of 2021, according to the surgeon general. um, you studied over a million students and staff in -- in north carolina. can you just tel...

Transmissable? sort of look at the weather. you are in texas, right now, 42% vaccination rate there. cases have been going up significantly over there. you dont know who is vaccinated around you. i think we will run into a situation earlier rather than later as you point out with dr. murthy that even if you are vaccinated, if you are in a situation where there is a lot of rviral transmission and low vaccination it may be time mask up again. you are seeing that in l.a. the american academy of ped...

>> very different vaccination picture there than in new york or d.c. where i live. president biden said social platforms are killing people. dr. fauci doubled down on part of that statement. i want to play for you what he said. >> the only thing i can say is just to underscore what surgeon general murthy said. thats misinformation in so many respects is killing people. you get misinformation out there. i have heard people who call me, who i get involved in interviews with, who think things about...

Confirmed murthy, attorney general as a guest this sunday. you will talk about the spread of the coronavirus variant and talk about the new white house program to collaborate with facebook to remove certain content from their social media platform. >> yeah, that is one of the subjects and you have to put this in context of what the head of the cdc, rochelle walensky said, this has become pandemic of unvaccinated, seeing huge surge in cases among the unvaccinated. the white house is concerned abo...

Straight from joe bidens top flak. it turns out the white house ise not directing facebook to censor specific posts that joe bidens white house doesnt like. >> we are in regular touch with the social media platforms and those engagements typically happen through members of our senior staff but also members of our covid-19 team given as dr. murthy conveyed it, this is a big issue of misinformation specifically on the pandemic.si with increased this information research and tracking within the sur...

G just the governments job to combat information. its you and me. when we see ridiculous claims about the vaccine, that we not share it. it is a multipronged approach. if you take a look at the graphics they put out, they talk about all the different ways theyre going to combat this, tools to identify misinformation, expand research. product design and policy changes on tech platforms, that was a super important and interesting part of what dr. murthy had to say. he said social media engines nee...

Vaccinations for adults or adolescents its essential that we get this information to people. blocking that information, attacking the public health officials who are trying to bring that life saving information to adolescents and parents this is not in line with saving lives. its counterproductive, and its ultimately a disservice to people who depend on all of us as health professionals to get them the right information so they can make decisions about things like vaccines. >> so i am worried. i...

Us. so the question is what more can be done at this point. and it seems that people who are willing to get the vaccine are more than willing to get vaccinated and those who arent, they wont get the vaccine, and people know the practices, stay three to six feet apart, and have we reached a public health plateau? >> yes, from the generic information or, you know, mask vaccination effort, and we now have to take it individual to individual, and that is tailoring the information and science for tha...