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By my daily life. reporter: arkansas has the nation s third worst vaccination rate, and now it s overwhelmed by the far more contagious delta variant which is showing up in 84% of all new covid cases. for most people who get the delta variant, it s going to be the most serious virus they get in their lifetime. reporter: tonight new guidance from the american academy of pediatrics recommending masks be worn in schools even if people have been vaccinated. that contradicts the c.d.c., that says fully vaccinated students and teacers do not need to wear masks on campus. also today, the government of the united kingdom lifted most covid restrictions despite cases skyrocketing to levels not seen since the worst of the pandemic. and now the c.d.c. has issued a warning urging americans to avoid all nonessential travel to the united kingdom. back here in the state of arkansas, it s a race between the vaccine and the variant. we ve got over 50 people in our hospital right now with
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o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us. we re going to begin tonight with new signs and worries that the covid pandemic is once agan tightening its grip. the stock market had its worst day in months on fears that a mid-summer surge driven by the highly contagious delta variant could bring another global economic slowdown. the dow dropped more than 2% with airlines, banks and oil companies taking losses. tonight the other headline, the american academy of pediatrics is recommending all students wear masks this fall. regardless of whether they ve had their shots. and tonight the stunning reversal from the white house as president biden walks back his statement that facebook is killing people. today he said he meant to blame a small number of bad actors on the social media platform, but he is calling on facebook to do more to stop misinformation. and then there s this, a u.s. gymnast tested positive in japan, the first of the u.s. athletes to
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