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Um, i think getting an oral pill that can inhibit viral replication, that can inhibit this virus is going to be a real game-changer. this drug works by mechanisms that are well understood as other drugs on the market that work by similar mechanisms. basically, it works by in -- inducing errors in how this virus replicates. so as the virus replicates, it makes mistakes in replication and it basically kills the virus. so these are targets. this virus is well understood and the mechanisms by which it replicates are well understood so i think we will get an oral drug that can inhibit -- inhibit vi...

Dr. fauci, let me ask you the central question people are ponderring right now. we hear about the delta variant, we hear about how it's much more contagious, we hear about breakthrough infections. the question, does the vaccine protect against delta, and if it does, why are people worried? >> the situation is understandably a bit complicated, and that is, if you're asking us what the vaccine will do, that is essentially to protect you from serious illness. the vaccine protects quite well against delta. however, since delta has the capability of transmitting much more efficiently than the previ...

We hear all about the delta variant. we hear about how it is much more infectious. we hear about breakthrough infections. so the question is if does the vaccine protect against delta and if it does, why are people worried? >> well, the situation is understandably a bit complicated. and that is that if you look at what we're asking the vaccine to do, it's just fundamentally to protect you against serious illness. the vaccines perform quite well against delta. however, since delta has the capability of transmitting much more efficiently than the previous variants that we had to deal with, and th...

This is a sacrifice that vaccinated people in this country are going to have to make to protect those in this country who are unvaccinated. >> wow. i got to wonder if folks are going to want to go along with that dr. reiner. earlier this week, a louisiana doctor told cnn that every person who is infected with the original virus would typically infect 1 to 2 people. with the delta variant, he says 6 to 8 people. dr. reiner, if that's the case, where do you see us two weeks from now? do you think that may be the case with the delta variant, that is infecting more people than we saw before? >> ye...