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End of the fall well into cold and flu season. >> we are seeing on average of 129,000 people testing for covid daily and we don't know what the real number is. that's higher than at any point, and the icu near capacity to say nothing of what they've been suffering with ida. >> that's right, andrea, and the big limitation here is not ventilators. it's not do we have a bed. staffing shortages. we speak to icus across the country. they are lacking icu nurses and that is the big limitation there. even if you have a bed or ventilator, we don't have trained staff to use at capacity. so that is the b...

Still unvaccinated who are siting ducks for the virus and that's the mess we're in. it's a critical juncture to try to do everything we can to turn this around. >> the cdc reported a seven day average of 129,000 daily new cases. that's up more than 700% from early july. but dr. francis collins fears the numbers could surpass 200,000, yes, that's right, 200, weeks. excuse me. a texas supreme court backs governor greg abbott by temporarily blocking mask mandate orders for schools in dallas and san antonio. school officials in dallas a announced mandates, defying abbott's executive order barrin...

Want to put the stats up on the screen the latest average of new cases is more than 129,000 new cases a day that is not more than 700% from the beginning of july assuming trends of the spread of the virus in a current level of vaccination, how high could this wave get, how many new cases could we be seeing a day? >> we can't really predict that all we can say is that this is going very steeply upward with no signs of having peeked out i would be surprised if we don't cross 200,000 cases a day in the next couple of weeks, that is heartbreaking considering we never thought we would be back in th...

At the same time the cdc is now recommending a third dose of the pfizer or moderna vaccine for some people with weakened immune systems. nationwide this highly transmissible delta variant has cases rising in all 50 states. only half the u.s. now vaccinated. the seven-day average of new cases is up to 129,000. that is the highest since early february which is exactly the same thing i said last week, but the number is higher again. joining me is dr. michael osterholm, director of the center for infectious disease research and policy at the university of minnesota. michael, i'd say it's always go...

Covid-19 complications. maurice shepherd battled the virus for a month after testing positive in july. southwest airlines say they are broken, heartbroken over the loss, he was just 36 years old. >> the national institutes of health director sends a bleak message to unvaccinated americans, as the delta variant continues to surge. >> heartbreaking situation where 90 million people are still unvaccinated who are sitting ducks for this virus, and that's the mess we're inment we're in a world of hurt and it's a critical juncture to try to do everything we can to turn that around. jillian: the cdc ...