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Last week about 10% of the virus isolates were the delta variant. now it is up to 19%. it seems to have pretty regular doubling reporter: while 65% of adults are at least partially vaccinated, the delta variant has now been detected in nearly every state and is gaining a stronger foothold in regions highlighted here with low vaccination rates. in missouri, the delta variant has been found in wastewater, showing its vast community spread. it is coming, you re at risk, you re a sitting duck if not vaccinated. reporter: across the country, the vaccine holdouts remain the young less than 40% are inoculated, compared to more than double that rate for seniors. perhaps those most in jeopardy are children under 12 who can t yeted when you re vaccinated, you serve as a wall, barrier to infection coming into the home, into your community. the more of us that can get vaccinated, the bigger wall we build around our children who are still too young to get ....
1 in 5 adults say they don’t plan to get a COVID-19 vaccine, while 14% are unsure. 77% of white adults who want a shot have gotten one, compared with 60% of Black adults and 55% of Hispanics who want one. Among adults who are unsure about getting vaccinated, 36% said they are concerned about potential side effects, while 29% said they are worried that the vaccines moved too quickly through clinical trials. Mothers, adults under 45 years old who earn less than $50,000 annually and Republicans and Black adults without college degrees are some of the groups most likely to say they’re unsure or unwilling to get vaccinated. ....
Today came as an answer to this question from senate health committee chair woman, patty murray, democrat. i want to ask each of you, what is the one thing everyone can do to help keep us from returning to the early days of this pandemic. dr. walensky? get vaccinated, get your neighbors vaccinated. dr. fauci? dr. woodcock. couldn t say it better. get vaccinated. thank you to all of you. i hope everyone heard that. that urging to get vaccinated comes as the white house and the president have been struggling to convince vaccine holdouts and combat vaccine disinformation. as you can see, the pace of daily vaccinations plummeted, just as the delta variant has taken hold. what was made abundantly clear from the hearing is how fed up ....
Fighting a losing battle here. reporter: while coronavirus infections are surging in almost every corner of the country, the white house says 40% of new covid cases this week are coming from just three states, missouri, texas, and florida. covid hospitalizations rising nearly 30% nationwide in just the past seven days. that hard-hit missouri, additional personnel and equipment are being sent to overwhelmed hospitals in green county. and with the daily pace of vaccinations at the lowest point since january, doctors and government officials are begging vaccine holdouts to protect themselves. we have to really double and triple down on the efforts to get people vaccinated. reporter: in alabama, the state with the lowest vaccination rate in the country. the new cases in covid are because of unvaccinated folks. reporter: republican governor kay ivy is fed up. but it s time to start blaming the unvaccinated folks, not the regular folks. it s the unvaccinated folks that are lettin ....