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Relationship with the taliban. the pentagon not embracing yet the notion that there was any defeat involved there, leaving that to the pages of history. listen to what the press secretary john kirby had to say on cnn's "new day" a short time ago. >> historians will write the chapters here. we prevented afghanistan from becoming a safe haven for an attack against the united states. in the process, nato forces, afghan partners made a lot of progress in that country, progress which is now going to be up to the taliban to see whether they're willing to continue or not. they have made promises and ...

Question before i lose you here because you told me months ago we would see a red state, blue state divide over covid. sure enough that's what's happening especially in florida, texas where the gop governors are going against experts. so florida has about 6.5% of the u.s. population but about 20% of the hospitalizations and cases. you know, i was talking to you in the commercial break how coming up in the fall and winter are we going to see is it going to get worse? how much worse is this going to get, doctor? >> well, that's the big unknown, right? we know when the schools -- i'm not even thi...

Now -- um, where all the adults are vaccinated. all the adolescents are vaccinated, 12 to 17, we would not feel this urgency. but we've got a train wreck going on, in the south, where nobody's vaccinated and schools are about to open. so -- >> some of them are open. >> that's the warmup. this is what i'm worried about. >> i am going to get this next question in before we -- before i lose you here because you told me months ago that we would see a red state/blue state divide over covid. you were just talking about it. sure enough, that's what's happening, especially in florida and texas where t...

That would lead to three times the number of infected vaccinated people ending up in hospital. a small change could make a big difference. in england, the big unknown is how behaviour will change from next week when legal controls on social distancing and mask wearing dropped. if there is a quick return to pre—pandemic behaviour with a lot more contacts and less caution, modellers predict there could be 2,000 hospital admissions per day, although in the worst—case scenario, it could be nearer 4,000. but if there is a more cautious return, spaced over several months, there will be far fewer...

The number of covid patients being admitted to hospital has doubled in the past ten days to more than 500 a day, but if we look at december, to the point when daily cases were the same as they are now, then there were more than 2,000 admissions a day, four times the rate now. the difference is down to the protection from vaccines. they could be as much as 98% effective at preventing serious illness with the delta variant. but if it's just a bit less, let's say 94% effective, that would lead to three times the number of infected vaccinated people ending up in hospital. a small change could make...