plus a variant has been in existence for some couple of months now in the uk. and the thing about this is like all viruses, delta, the coronavirus knew takes. the reason that these viruses exist is to survive. and they survived by mutating. right now, the delta variant plus is the one that s of concern. and it is about 10% of the cases in the uk, and of the country. and we see a smothering of it in the u.s. even as well. the thing that would make us really set up and pay attention, brian, is that this variant, or other variants would either significantly more infectious than the form that it previously existed in. or it s more dangerous medically. or it is more resistant to treatments and to vaccines. so far, the delta plus we variant, brian, is a little bit
conversations for how to get us there? well, actually, i have some hopeful news from data we re going to release on monday. we just did a poll, frank and i together, on parents who are both vaccinated and unvaccinated. we have a confluence that will come together. it s going to be, the delta variant plus the fda full authorization, when that happens. those two working together create a real opportunity. from our data, 51% of unvaccinated parents said fda approval would increase their likelihood of getting kids vaccinated. 56% unvaccinated parents said it increases their confidence in the vaccine. so if we can use this opportunity when the fda goes to full authorization to really push around these are now extraordinarily safe, we ve proven it, billions of people
university or work or that sporting event you want to go to. and i want to compliment places like disney and google and facebook who are stepping up and pr prioritizing community health over individual objection because right now, our house is on fire, and we want people to help stamp out the flames, not throw gasoline on it. we have to convince a lot of people very quickly to fix the situation we re in. are there any clear steps that you took from these conversations for how to get us there? well, actually i have some hopeful news from some data that we re going to release on monday. we just did a poll, frank and i together, on parents who are both vaccinated and unvaccinated. and this is what s hopeful. we have a confluence that s going to come together, and it s going to be the delta variant plus the fda full authorization when that happens. those two things working together create a real opportunity. from our data, 51% of