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Meanwhile the u.s. covid deaths are rising. for the first time in nearly five months deaths are once again averaging more than 1,000 a day. joining me now is dr. matthew a. primary care physician here in atlanta. it's a pretty big day on monday with the fda giving full approval. what does that mean? >> i'm really excited about this for a lot of different reasons. i think the biggest reason here would be finally we are going to be able to get the ceo's of hospitals, universities, schools, you know, my hospital system to now actually have the confidence and the leverage to mandate vaccines. this...