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Delta variant as cold weather drives more people indoors. the federal government is sending two military medical teams to michigan to support hospitals. 44 military physicians, nurses and respiratory therapists will arrive to treat patients for 30 days. hospital officials say while they're grateful for the help, they need so much more. back to you, ed. >> thanks, jonathan. we're going to be following this. let's find out more about this variant. joining me now is john hopkins medical professor, dr. marty makary. how concerned right now should we be with this variant? >> well, there's a lot of ...

Vaccine the way that states mandate it in different -- every state has different mandates. but states mandate chicken pox vaccine, mumps, measles, rubella, et cetera, et cetera? >> once it's fda approved there's no reason for it to be treated differently than any other vaccine. here's the interesting thing. the states with the highest immunization rates for other vaccines for children have -- are states that have mandates for school entry and virtually no exceptions. so alabama and mississippi have fantastic vaccination rates for their children. and they have the worst vaccination rates for co...

Because, because their children are immunized for it. but it used to be that chickenpox would spread through sch schools rapidly and this virus is way more deadly than chickenpox and guess what? we immunize children for chickenpox, which is why we don't see it. the south and many of those states that have opened up with low vaccination rates and no masking have showed us just how dangerous it will be to open schools up without masks and with low immunization rates. >> to your point, to your point, when i was -- when i got the c chickenpox, almost everyone in my class got it. one person got it ...

That means it's easier to spread, and it causes more severe symptoms and even death in children than previous variants. in fact, the early evidence suggests that it's about as contagious as chickenpox. now, most parents of young children really won't remember how contagious chickenpox is because, because their children are immunized for it. but it used to be that chickenpox would spread through schools rampantly. and this virus is way more deadly than chickenpox, and guess what? we immunize children for chickenpox, which is why we don't see it. the south and many of those states that have open...

Licensing approval that in the time of rising case numbers and the spread of the delta variant that it is time to call on mandates for employers to have their employees and we hope that other business sectors will follow suit. we have tried so many different things to get immunization rates up. we've been in a foot race with the delta variant. the delta variant is in the lead. it's time for everybody to step up and do their part and protect their fellow citizens and get vaccinated against this terrible virus. >> elise jordan? >> dr. bailey, it seems like common sense that health care workers s...