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Mandating vaccination for students. whats the danger of this? >> well, poppy, im not sure we have to mandate it. that would get an awful lot of pushback from a lot of people. we need to do this on a voluntary basis. and if we can get -- >> but dr. schaffeener, respectfully, there are a lot of vaccines that are mandated in every single state for our kids to go to school, like mmr, like polio, tetanus, diphtheria. >> i understand that, and i believe in those mandates a, believe me. they have to be...

In the meantime, i would think that all adults associated with schools should by now be vaccinated. if not, shame on them. quickly get yourself vaccinated. >> yeah, the states banning even mask mandates which is now the recommendation. thats where we are. dr. william schaffeener, thanks so much for helping us. its difficult to navigate all this information. this afternoon, the senate will vote on whether to move ahead with a bipartisan infrastructure plan, but, well, i said bipartisan. republi...

Community. please, get vaccinated. we have plenty of vaccine available. >> straight from the doctor, dr. william schaffeener, thanks so much. >> thank you. >> well, delta airlines says it plans to hire more than 1,000 pilots by next summer because of the huge and really unexpected jump in demand for air travel. this follows yesterdays announcement from american airlines that it is cancelling hundreds of upcoming flights, partly due to shortage of staff. >> thats right. its not just the airlines ...

More. more than hearing, say, someone from the government. is that the best path forward here? >> well, its a path forward, jim. we have to keep doing what were doing and doing it even more. you know, the eager beavers have been vaccinated. every increment beyond that is going to take work. if youve been reluctant up to now, your reluctance is pretty serious because weve given this vaccine in the united states to over 160 million people. we know it doesnt make your arm fall off. >> yeah. >> so v...

Vaccinate and put you and them at risk. >> not getting vaccinated puts yourself and others at risk. the professor at vanderbuilt university, dr. schaffeener, always good to have you on. were seeing the health effects right now of many people not getting vaccinated, right? the new infections and new hospitalizations are up more definitively in places with lower vaccination rates and politically the fact is that there is a red state, blue state divide here. how serious is that, in your view? >> ji...