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reporter: so far, health officials have seen more than 190 confirmed or suspected cases in countries that don t normally have the disease. the virus, known as an orthopox virus, is related to smallpox, but not nearly as severe. the majority of people from europe, in the u.s. now, particularly younger ones, have never had exposure to an orthopox virus and have not been immunized against smallpox. so they are highly vulnerable. reporter: still, experts say the disease isn t very contagious and it s transmitted through close contact with bodily fluids or respiratory droplets. there s a little blister type lesions that look a little bit like chickenpox, and then they scab over and once the scabs are fallen off, people are no longer infectious. reporter: symptoms like fever, swollen lymph nodes and lesions usually clear up within 14 to 21 days. and today, the white house covid response coordinator was clearly trying to comcalm nerves.
at yet another unkern moment in pandemic. hospitalizations are on the rise again. the cdc says covid cases have tripled in last month. elizabeth, what are they saying about this in the briefing? the message is number, hospitalization cases are going up. they could go up again in the fall. it s a problem because congress is not clear whether there will still be money from congress to do all the things that we know work. things like vaccinations and testing and treatments and that is a real worry. let s take a listen to the white house covid response coordinator. i want to make sure we have enough resources and can buy enough vaccines for every american. we do not have the resources to do that now. without additional funding from congress, we will not be able to
yeah. david hume-kennerly, thank you so much. sadly, beautiful work, passionate work, and very important and instructive. thank you so much. thank you. still ahead, more reaction to that sudden court ruling allowing travelers to go unmasked on planes, training and buses. what the white house covid response coordinator says should have happened first. we ll discuss, next. inner voice (furniture maker): i m constantly nodding. .because i know everything about furniture .but with the business side.
and part of the mandate is you wear a mask unless you can show proof of vaccination. but i mean, you can still easily get covid even though you ve been vaccinated from what we have seen, right? well, i will say that that part of the philadelphia mask mandate i like a lot because it s something that encourages proof of vaccination. it s basically saying that workplaces where everybody s vaccinated, maybe they don t need to impose a mask mandate for their employees. i think that s really good. it is true that people who are vaccinate kd still get covid, but the chance of someone vaccinated and boosted getting covid is about three times less than someone who is unvaccinated. and also ending up in the hospital. if you re vaccinated, you get covid, you re much less likely to end up in the hospital. let s listen to what the white house covid response coordinator had to say when he was asked if he is still a proponent of vaccine mandates for air travel.