i asked a smart, engaged republican pollster, was there a new piece of data. he said not so much. he s more from candidates around the country as they re starting to see the spikes in their communities and like oh, oh, that could hurt us. let s continue the conversation. president biden says people are dying because of covid misinformation. at the town hall last night he noted all the sudden some fox news personalities were promoting vaccines as safe and effective. misinformation is going to kill people. not a joke. not a joke. it s like telling your kid, i tell you what, four years old, when you see a red light, cross the street. i m feeling better about it. i m not being a wise guy now. one of the other networks is not a big fan of mine. one you talk about a lot. but if you notice, as they say in the southern part of my state, they ve had an altar call, some of those guys. as a new study that reinforces part of what the
not a big fan of mine, one you talk about a lot, but if you notice, as they say in the southern part of my state, they ve had an altar call, some of those guys. all of a sudden they re out there saying, let s get vaccinated. let s get vaccinated. the very people before this were saying i shouldn t make fun of it. that s good. it s good. it s good. we just have to keep telling the truth. that s why, for example, my wife just flew to alaska today to do an event in alaska about making sure people understand and get vaccinated, talking about covid, elgts. so it s you know, by the way, there s pockets. if you notice, there s about, what, four or five states that have close to 45%. don t hold me to exact numbers. my home state of louisiana is 36% and there are other southern states. no, but i mean of all the cases, all the cases, a very overwhelming majority of those cases are in four or five states. yeah. and it s just not there s
overwhelming disinformation on facebook comes from 12 individuals. i said they re killing people. those 12 individuals, that misinformation is going to kill people. not a joke. not a joke. just like telling your kid, i tell you what, 4 years old, when you see a red light, cross the street. i mean, come on. so what we re trying to do is use every avenue we can, public, private, government, non-government to try to get the facts out, what they really are. and one of the things, doc, that s happening that i m feeling better about, i m not being a wise guy now, you know, one of those other networks is not a big fan of mine, one you talk about a lot, but if you notice, as they say in the southern part of my state, they ve had an altar call, some of those guys. all of a sudden they re out there saying, let s get vaccinated. let s get vaccinated. the very people before this were saying i shouldn t make fun of it. that s good. it s good. it s good. we just have to keep telling the truth. tha
street. i mean, come on. so what we re trying to do is use every avenue we can, public, private, government, non-government, to pry to get the facts out, what they really are. and one of the things, doc, that s happening that i m feeling better about, i m not being a wise guy now. one of those other networks is not a big fan of mine. one you talk about a lot. but if you notice, as they say in the southern part of my state, they ve had an altar call, some of those guys. all of a sudden they re out there saying let s get vaccinated. let s get vaccinated. the very people who before this were saying i shouldn t make fun. that s good. it s good. it s good. we just have to keep telling the truth. when it comes to vaccines and children, president biden was optimistic the food and drug administration will have enough data in the coming months to allow those under age 12 to become eligible for the shot.
people could ask. this they worried about getting vaccinated. but the questions should be asked and answers and people should get vaccinated. reporter: and just weeks before back to school season. they expect some guidelines to stay in place as children return to the classrooms. the cdc is going to say that what we should do is everybody under the age of 12 should probably be wearing a mask in school. that is probably what is going to happen. reporter: and noting how some of the biggest critics including some media personalities are changing their tune on vaccine misinformation. if you notice, as they say in southern part of my state. they ve had an altar call, some of those guys. they re all there saying let s get vaccinated. the people before that i shouldn t make fun. that is good. it s good. it s good. we have just have to keep telling the truth.