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>> yeah, they definitely got ahead of it. but, again, i think they got it right about the elderly. when you look at, you know, who's getting sick, you know, 70% of the breakthrough infections that are being hospitalized are in patients over the age of 60 or 65. 87% of the deaths are occurring in that group. so, you know, the older americans are the group that appear to be suffering when they get a breakthrough infection. we're seeing plenty of breakthrough infections in younger people, you know, where they're able to pretty much ride it out like a bad cold or bad flu at home. time will tell wh...

Theory and just a tease of what else you will see as you get really excited and you look forward to the history of the sitcom which premieres at 9:00 p.m. tonight. >> you had such a fun assignment. i have to say i'm pretty jealous that you get to visit the sites of our favorite sitcoms. >> "history of the sitcom" premieres with back-to-back episodes at 9:00 and 10:00 p.m. eastern. you will want want to miss that. >> pfizer prepares for another round of booster shot, the data doesn't show the need right now. we'll have more on that ahead. i used to pre-rinse because mom did. but i wasted up to ...

Just crushing the disease. you look at communities where they have vaccination rates up into the 70s and 80s and 90s and covid is going away. then you look at rural counties in arkansas and missouri where vaccination rates are around 25% and 30%, and you combine it with this highly contagious new variant, and we see these surges of covid. you look at the nationwide line on covid cases and it's flat. what that hides is that covid is plummeting in metropolitan america. it's on the rise in small towns and rural areas. it's scary. >> that point about the messiness is important. i remember when we ...

We're going to share resources. we're not going to have any part of the state that doesn't have the resources they need because we didn't share resources. we are tracking every night, every hospital, who comes in, what they have, what they need. and we're just sharing and shifting resources which is the only intelligent thing to do among one group of people. right now the numbers in upstate new york are lighter than the numbers in downstate new york. but that is going to change. it is in new york city. now you're seeing long island start to light up. we had westchester light up. numbers are gr...

Expert opinion. right now the data doesn't -- there isn't data to suggest whether masks, except for those that are ill and those who are health care workers, and that's why we're reserving those for health care workers. >> [ inaudible question ]. >> the evidence, like i was saying, there's no clear evidence to sug jeft that face masks, whether made out of cloth or the general public using face masks. we're continuing to look at data all the time that's coming in. we're examining that right now. >> let me ask the doctor for a qualified opinion. i think it's fair to say the masks couldn't hurt u...