Transcripts for CNN Anderson Cooper 360 20210807 04:09:00 :

CNN Anderson Cooper 360 August 7, 2021 04:09:00

why? is the delta variant fundamentally more dangerous to children? >> so, let me start by saying that the numbers of cases in our hospitals in children and our children's hospitals are completely overwhelmed. the local hospital here has 116% occupancy for covid. that is mind boggling. our pediatricians, the nursing, the staff are exhausted. and the -- the children are suffering and it is absolutely devastating. yes, this delta variant is far more aggressive. it, also, carries a special mutation that alters cells it gets into. so the cells sort of melt into each other, and form a s-- this makes it much harder for the immune system to tackle that virus. so we are dealing with a virus that is far more contagious. that we are seeing fully-vaccinated people able to -- to askew just as much as

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