visit petmeds.com today. president biden delivering a covid pandemic update, signs falling short of the vaccination goal. global health leaders including the president's ian cdc director warning against the delta variant of covid. and joining us is a senior scholar, grateful for your time today. looking at the case perspective, the average of new covid infections is way down. 12,000 new cases per day, half of what it was a year ago, before the summer spike and then the horrific winter spike. even though it's well down, listen to dr. walensky at the cdc saying she's worried. we do know the delta variant is now responsible for almost all, 99% of the new cases in the uk, doctor walensky is worried something like that is coming here. listen.