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Clear that getting vaccinated is the best way to protect against the delta variant. we know that 99.2% of people who are dying from coronavirus right now are unvaccinated. so that much is really clear. i think what happened with the confusion about the booster shot is actually one of process because pfizer is saying they want to submit for emergency use authorization to potentially have a third booster shot if and when needed. they have to submit data and fda has to review that that hasn't happened yet. in a sense, they jumped the gun in doing this press release but the cdc and fda are saying ...

Opportunity to get vaccinated. and still there's people out there who are not getting vaccinated and getting really sick and it's just this far into it, it's a real shame. >> it sounds awful, we have now reached the optional portion of the pandemic, at this point. this is the optional part. anthony fauci said 99.2% of deaths are coming among unvaccin unvaccinated people, that is an extraordinary statistic. and you can choose to get them in your own county. only 60% of the people in sacramento are vaccinated at this point. that shows you the danger. >> yep. i mean, it's amazing, at this point, ...

Vaccination, high community transmission, especially of the delta variant, i would make sure to be wearing a mask indoors in crowded spaces. >> we're all going to have to become very aware of how much virus is around us at any point. one other thing dr. fauci pointed out is that when they've analyzed who has died from coronavirus over the last period of time, it's like 99.2% of covid deaths were people not vaccinated. that's a pretty stark number. >> absolutely. and we need to say this over and over again, that if you are vaccinated, it protects you so well, especially from the endpoint that w...

Avoidable. >> what you are going to see among under vaccinated regions, be they states, cities or counties, you're going to see these individual types of blips. it's almost like it's going to be two americas. >> joining us now, cnn senior data reporter, harry enten. nice to see you. >> hello, john. >> when dr. fauci says 99.2% of the deaths are coming from unvaccinated people. >> when you look at the map of who's fully vaccinated, you see the great contrasts across the country. we see in the southern united states that states like mississippi, only about 30% of folks are vaccinated at this par...

"meet the press" and about what is preventable. take a listen. >> if you take a look at the number of deaths about 99.2% of them are unvaccinate and about 0.8% are vaccinated. no vaccine is perfect, but when you talk about the avoidability of hospitalizations and deaths, chuck, it is really sad and tragic that most all of these are avoidable and preventable. >> so, doctor, the coronavirus, that is down significantly from the peak, and thousands died in the month of june, and so is this the new normal in our lives? >> we don't know where covid-19 is going to settle, but it is not something elim...