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Not get vaccinated and ended up vaccinated and ended up passing away. reporter: she died. only lasted maybe 12 days. reporter: it s not just south the state as a whole accountsles for nearly 20% of the nation s new cases over the last week. nationwide, while vaccination rates have plunged since the middle of april, the more contagious delta variant gained a foothold rising exponentially. today on capitol hill the c.d.c. director put it bluntly. the delta variant now represents 83% of sequenced cases. reporter: in that same hearing, an exchange between senator rand paul and dr. anthony fauci over the virus origins went like this because you re trying to obscure responsibility for 4 million people dying around the world from a pandemic. i totally resent the lie that you are now propagating, and if anybody s lying here, senator, it is you! reporter: still, the biggest battle against covid remains on the front lines. i know that you hope these numbers will start to go ....