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Some point close to somebody else, there was able to be two transmissions of the virus as a result of that. something that we would sort of not really pay attention to, think wouldn't be a problem, there was just a brief sort of walk-by almost that actually resulted in a viral transmission. the point of that contact tracing study and that case report is that the delta variant is far more transmissable, we knew that. now it seems like it's maybe three to four times more transmissable than that original variant and within your body you could be carrying a thousand times the viral load if you hav...

Delta vary yants which is far more transmissable? >> that's a great question. we have done a great job really encouraging our community staff and students with the vaccination. we hosted multiple vaccination events. we hosted nine events at local schools, at community hubs. we vaccinated over 3500 people. about 67% of our teachers are fully vaccinated right now which is in line with the national average. we look forward to making sure people have information and access to be able to make that private family choice about vaccination. we feel like since we were able to successfully navigate covi...

And not to be complacent, especially as we're seeing the delta variant, which is much more transmissable and pummelling unvaccinated communities spreading around the u.s. >> the u.s. always had a hard time mobilizing collective effort to undertake basic aspects of pandemic control, like testing trays and testing and quarantining. we were bad at that from the beginning. at this point that seems like we're definitely not going back to that, so vaccination is really the key. what do we know about the delta? what are the three rules as you lay them out in your piece and what does that mean for ame...

Mixing together. and since then, you know, in recent months they have been, you know. and so i think just having a bunch of individuals who weren't exposed to the virus the initial go-around have no immunity and are going out in public more, i think they are going to get it more. i think the other piece is the delta variant. it's more transmissable. we think potentially worse for kids. then, yeah, the kids who haven't been able to be vaccinated because of their age or who have just rolled into vaccinations in the last few months and, you know, they have run that risk. all of that goes together...

Delta variant. >> kwloin say you're concerned. we know this idea of herd immunity is still something that's out there for our country. did that move the goal post? >> well, so we don't exactly know what the herd immunity percentage would be for covid-19. it would be different for the delta variant and higher, because it is more transmissable. so we will be continuing to watch that. but we know as you pointed out, that people who are vaccinated are protected against this delta variant. and they're extremely unlikely to get sick and it's virtually impossible for them to require hospitalizations....