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State university, and there's a lot of conversations happening, you know, it's a walk-up site so people have been coming in. it's a steady stream of people throughout the day, and people have been saying, they're getting tested because they were a close contact of somebody who was tested positive. and there are a lot of positive people here in pennsylvania. as you mentioned, more than 6,000 people are testing positive for coronavirus every single day. that's more than 60% from what it was just two weeks ago. and here in center county, where we are right now, specifically, it's about -- got abo...

Report found more children were hospitalized with covid-19 in states that had lower vaccination rates. i know we keep hammering this but how crucial is it to have this community-wide vaccination when it comes to protecting our kids? >> jim, protecting children, young children, younger than 12 years of age, depends on everybody else being vaccinated. so the better vaccinated your entire community is, obviously the safer the schools and the children in them will be. we want to get everyone in the schools, obviously older than 12, vaccinated. and if you attend school, despite all the controversie...

Where they live. >> masking is, i think, a lot of us would say is something pretty small that we can do in order to prevent all these negative consequences. >> nearly 99% of the u.s. population lives in counties where people should be wearing masks indoors, according to new cdc guidance. the fda expected very soon to green light an additional vaccine shot for the immunocompromised. >> that actually encompasses a relatively small proportion of the population. around 3% or so. >> reporter: so what about boosters for the rest of us? >> we believe sooner or later you will need a booster for durabi...

What we're seeing, on the ground, here. i am appreciative that the cdc, specifically, says that local areas are -- can go farther than their recommendation, based on what's happening on the ground. but the more i see, the more mayors i talk to from around the country, i don't think a lot of the cities going to be far behind us. this -- this delta variant is a lot more infectious. and i think it's going to hit everybody. >> hmm. all right. mayor steve adler, thank you for joining us. >> pamela, thank you. well, masking is, also, an important question for schools around the country. they will ...