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Morning. he was a public servant, patriot and his kindness knew no bounds. >> we're hearing deep owe motions from many who served with him and under him. his family described him this way in a statement which confirmed his death this morning. "we have lost a remarkable and loving husband, father, grandfather and a great american." the powell family says the general was fully vaccinated against covid-19. joining us to discuss just how rare this is, dr. carlos del rio, executive associate dean at the emory university school of medicine atlanta. dr. del rio, good to have you here. i should note t...

Vulnerable a boost dramatically lowers the risk of such a terrible outcome. what the israelis found this summer was that as the vaccine's efficacies waned, the risk was greatest for reinfection and severe illness in exactly general powell's demographic and that by boosting that demographic they could reduce the risk of serious illness or death by 90% with the boost. so what i would say to the people that would use this as disinformation is that they're simply wrong and need to get their facts straight. >> and the numbers, too, jim pointed out, but important to put it in context, 1 out of every...

Remember is that across the board if you just, again, do an apples-to-apples comparison and say if you are vaccinated versus unvaccinated, what are the chances that a vaccinated person will end up dying of this disease at this point. and it's 0.001%. >> that 0.001% die. 0.004% experience hospitalization. i believe that data but i don't think it's complete. i want to know how many cases there are, because you're asking people to mask up. and mask up is really about so you don't get sick, period. and i haven't seen any data and i don't even know that they measure it. i saw the kaiser foundation ...

Bringing back mask mandates, requiring everybody over the age of 2 regardless of vaccination status to wear masks indoors. in new york city mayor de blasio making an announcement tomorrow as well. this happens as not only are vaccination numbers on the rise in new york state, also the number of positive covid tests as well. with covid cases on the rise across the country the latest figure frs the cdc reinforce the importance of getting vaccinated. new data shows less than 0.004% of people who got the vaccine have experienced break through cases enough to warrant vaccination and less have tied ...

You have seen how that the mask mandate is back in place requiring anybody over the age of 2 regardless of vaccination ta status to put the mask back on in indoor public places. the mayor is expected to make an announcement tomorrow morning because the vaccination numbers continue to rise in new york state. now so is the number of positive covid tests as well. >> reporter: with covid cases on rise across the country, the latest figures from the cdc reinforce the importance of getting vaccinated. new data shows that less than 0.004% of people who have gotten the vaccine have experienced a break...