eighties, and even nineties. and covid is just going away. and then you look at rural counties like arkansas and missouri where vaccination rates are like 25%. you combine it with this highly contagious variant, and we see the surge of covid and so you look at the nationwide one on other cases and it s flat. but with that hides that covid is plummeting in metropolitan america and is on the rise in small towns and in rural areas. and it s scary. that point about the messiness is important. i remember we did a segment early on about how west virginia was doing a really good job ahead of their states. there s lots of ways in which the data doesn t sort in this kind of red blue way. because it was the first in place which is the northeast, new jersey, new york, connecticut. and you may look at the death data and it s awful that right? but one of the things that i find so hard to get my head around here is when you have the locked down and you have
now you see it in the data is from a cultural opposition to the vaccine among conservatives, particularly in rural america. this has been cultivated by right wing politicians, like congressman chip roy and fox news who have done segments encouraging people not to get the vaccine. it s very, very sick it s sick. it s gotten a lot of people killed. it will get many more people killed. that s just the simple fact of the matter. right now, the delta variant is spreading. we are seeing what happens in the death data. in the month of june, nearly 100 people died of covid in maryland. thankfully, that s a small enough. relative to the peak of the pandemic. according to state officials, 100% of those deaths were people who were not vaccinated. the cdc says in may, 99.2% of covid deaths in the u.s. were people who were unvaccinated.
just crushing the disease. you look at communities where they have vaccination rates up into the 70s and 80s and 90s and covid is going away. then you look at rural counties in arkansas and missouri where vaccination rates are around 25% and 30%, and you combine it with this highly contagious new variant, and we see these surges of covid. you look at the nationwide line on covid cases and it s flat. what that hides is that covid is plummeting in metropolitan america. it s on the rise in small towns and rural areas. it s scary. that point about the messiness is important. i remember when we did a segment early on about vaccination about how west virginia was doing a good job ahead of other states. there s lots of ways in which the data doesn t sort in this red/blue way. the worst hit was the northeast, new jersey, new york, connecticut. no testing. hospitals melting down. you look at the death data, it s awful.
america, and getting the vaccine. this is from segments and fox news encouraging people not to get the vaccine. it s very sick. it s gotten a lot of people killed. right now the delta variant is spreading, we are seeing what happens in the death data. in the month of june, nearly 100 people died of covid in maryland, thank leads a very small number, relative to the peak of the pandemic. according to state officials, 100% of those deaths, were people who weren t vaccinated. the cdc says in may, 99.2% of desks were from people not vaccinated. vaccines have been tested, not
while writing and promoting his book about leadership during the covid-19 pandemic. the people volunteered towork on the book. reporter: and cuomo is the subject of another probe by the fbi. they are asking his administration s handling of nursing home death data during the pandemic, accused of covering up covid-19 deaths which he denies. fwurnl reporting that investigators subpoenaed materials related to the memoirs and cuomo s office says they are cooperating with all the investigations. the only thing that can hurt him and put him out of business is a criminal indictment. if that occurs, he s gone but until then he s not leaving albany. reporter: according to a cnn poll released last month 49% of new yorkers don t think he should resign but 53% of voters asked said they are ready to elect someone new in the 2022 election. of course, there s lass more