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The death rate is also presently the worst in the uk. although it is four times lower than at the peak of the pandemic. part of the reason for the alarming figures is that fewer people have come forward for a first vaccine dose than in england, scotland or wales. we do see that vaccine uptake is lower in areas of greater social deprivation and compared with the rest of the uk, northern ireland does have significantly more deprivation. some parts of northern ireland have been relatively spared fr...

Vaccine efficacy and uptake, a very effective vaccine, still effective with delta, not as but still. uptake, as we just saw, about a third of americans have not taken it who could. thats not great. natural immunity. the cdc estimates that more than a third of americans have had covid-19 and may have natural immunity, but the problem is its unclear how long that immunity will last. we just dont know. we do know from studies or it seems that studies are telling us that vaccine immunity is stronger...

Cnn medical analyst dr. jonathan rhinert joins me now. we hit 1 million daily doses yesterday. but about 30% of eligible americans are still not vaccinated. where do we need to be with vaccine numbers to slow the surge and prevent future mutations? >> we need to vaccinate basically everyone in this country. i think thats really the bottom line. so today was a nice benchmark. we just passed our 200th million person in the united states, which is great, except there are 330 million people in this ...

Have changed and broadened. if you have a loved one thats immunocompromised, if youre immunocompromised, if you know somebody thats not vaccinate at all and theyre exposed to the virus, you can now get treatment with monoclonal antibodies. go to combat covid.hhs.gov. its post-exposure prophylaxis. if youre not fully vaccinated or immunocompromised, you could potentially be eligible. go to that website. so thats the big change here. the reason why its important is for the reasons you highlighted....

So thats the big change here. the reason why its important is for the reasons you highlighted. to get fully vaccinated, its going to take time for that to take effect. so folks that are at risk of dying in realtime, this is a part of the solution. >> dr. gupta, i feel like part of the reason there hasnt been more uptake for these drugs previously is, number one, because there wasnt a big push to make them available. that seems to be changing. number two, there was a perception they were very exp...

-- you dont actually need a confirmed diagnosis anymore. if youre not fully vaccinated, or year immunocompromised, even if you get two shots, you could potentially be eligible to go to that website. thats the big change here. and the reason why its important for the reasons you highlighted. to get vaccinated, it will take time for that to take effect. so, folks are at risk of dying in realtime, this is part of the solution. >> doctor gupta, i feel like the part that there hasnt been more uptake ...

Americans cant travel to without producing their vaccination record. i used to carry mine around when i was a white house staffer. what is different? is it just our politics? what is different about the public health measures being recommended by scientists and doctors and a country where you describe it as a lack of uptake. i think matthew is describing a 25% that is just refusing for cultural reasons to participate in these measures. what is sort of the scientific view of why this is so diffic...

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Announce his diagnosis but announce thats how he has been treated. the biden administration has been encouraging people to seek out this kind of treatment. the idea is if you find out that you have covid and you have even just mild symptoms, you should get a monoclonal antibody infusion before you get sick, before you rush to the hospital or the emergency room. they can reduce hospitalization by 80% among people who are otherwise at high risk of progressing in their covid disease to that need fo...

We are seeing the federal government surge personnel and resources to some of the worst-off states, mostly in the south, to try to increase among other things uptake of these life-saving drugs. this antibody therapy is now a big part of the strategy to try to keep people out of the hospitals, keep people out of the icus, keep beds open as the delta variant keeps spiking and hospitals in multiple states are getting swamped. you will recall our reporting from last week about the university of miss...