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Students, teachers and staff at l.a. unified school district had to wear masks and get a covid test at least once a week regardless of vaccination status. thats more than half a million people across 1,000 schools. the strict coronavirus policy offer some relief to parents but they have their concerns especially as the virus continues to mutate. >> its very, very scary especially with the delta variant. >> i am nervous about covid. i am nervous about the kids getting the delta variant which is -...

Interesting. this gives the fda time to approve the vaccines for booster doses, because the first people who will be available wont be available, wont be ready for their shot until about the first week in september now. because third shots, the three-week shot after the first pfizer dose wasnt administered in this country until the first week of january. so that takes us up to the first week in september. >> can i go back to something that you said? you talked about the third shot might be the l...

Exactly. but, obviously, if we had massive levels of immunization of our population and it had already happened by now, we would be in a very different situation. the united states is a breeding ground for new forms of virus. because we have a substantial percentage of our population that is not vaccinated and what this really means, rather than thinking of it as, oh, those people that arent vaccinated, which leads to a lot of animosity, tension, you know, exacerbating difficulties in our societ...

Difficulties in our society, think of it this way. there is a lot of virus out there. viruses need homes, homes are human bodies. there are a lot of human bodies unprotected. a lot of virus circulating around. it means it has a lot of opportunity to mutate, spread, and put everybody at risk. >> laurie garrett, thank you very much for joining us once again tonight. we always appreciate it. >> thank you. >> tonights last word is next. ights last word is next of everything youve been through. thats...

Severe harm or death. but there are many other people holding out on vaccination, which allows covid the regroup and mutate. you can see this recent spike on the right side of your screen. in the middle there on february and march is when we had the vaccine and people were taking it and things were falling. now, july and august show those days of vanishing covid cases were temporary. about one out of five americans now say they just dont plan to get vaccinated a. doctor specializing in this area...

Because we have a large pool of unvaccinated people in this country. when you have a large pool of unvaccinated people, it means that the delta variant, which is twice as infectious as the first variant, has a -- a place to go, a place to replicate. when it has a place to replicate and spread, that means it has a chance to mutate. that is, to change from one strain to another. perhaps, more deadly. perhaps, even more infectious. all this can be solved by not having that pool of unvaccinated peop...

More children being affected by covid now? >> great question. two big reasons. this is a much more infectious variant. more so than the ones that caused previous surgeons. they are children down under the age of 12. even in children who are eligible 12 to 17, it could be as little at 20% for those teens and tlents. it is an opportunity for the virus to infect and remember every time it can infect it has a chance to get more efficient and mutate. thats what we want to avoid with everything that w...

Individuals. but one thing people need to understand, were following this extremely carefully. we will immediately be prepared, and we are prepared right now to implement the booster program very quickly >> im going to ask you to put into perspective what were seeing right now, this explosion of new cases around the country doctor, if we dont get this under control in some way, do we risk the possibility of the vaccines becoming ineffective in other words, taking us back to square one? >> that i...

Kids are going back to school. people are traveling and in our airports and they are filled and our hospitals are really being o overburdened that if you are sick with coronavirus, there might not be an icu bed for you. and if you just have chest pain, there may not be a bed for you. an it is because it is more contagious, it is because we missed our mark a couple of times with people being fully vaccinated and so that other 30% that were not, it was an opportunity for the delta variant to repli...

My kids are 13 and 14. i had to stop for a moment. they grow so fast. they are vaccinated. they are going to return to school. when they return to school they have to provide a negative covid test and they might still have to wear masks because some of the parents have chosen not to vaccinate their children. if youre wearing a mask, its not just for your protection. its for somebody elses protection. this is constantly fluid, its a virus that continues to mutate. for my children, i agree with th...