tonight as the delta variant rages across the u.s., the fda is on the brink of authorizing the first covid-19 booster shots for some people with compromised immune systems. nick watt has our pandemic report. reporter: this is franklin, tennessee. we know who you are. we will find you, and we know who you are. reporter: after a school board vote for a mask mandate, members, doctors, nurses harassed. the president saw this video. our health care workers are heroes. to the mayors, school superintendents, educators, local leaders, we re standing up to the governors politicizing mask protection for our kids, thank you. thank you as well. thank god that we have heroes like you. and i stand with you all. reporter: thousands of kids largely in the south already sent home back to virtual school. why? exposure and/or high case counts
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public health officials spent months imploring the vaccinated to voluntarily get the jab. now the time has come for local officials to mandate it. the time has come to go the extra step to get people vaccinated. you want to persuade them, and that s good, and i think some people on it s own will go ahead and get vaccinated. but i believe mandates at the local level need to be done. as the delta variant rages, the spotlight shines brighter and brighter on millions of americans that are eligible for the vaccine but won t. there is a lot of viewpoints on the frustration targeting that group of americans. the longer we spend furious at the bag actors among us the
don t know about covid-19 and its variants. but despite their best efforts u.s. health experts shared a lot of conflicting information this past week requiring some damage control. cnn s kristen holmes reports. reporter: as the delta variant rages across the country, americans are struggling to understand how to best protect themselves and others. he misspoke. reporter: the top health officials in the biden administration only adding to the confusion with a series of contradictory messages from masks to mandates. the communication about who should wear a mask causing whiplash. you have the opportunity to make the personal choice to add extra layers of protection if you so choose. reporter: just days after the head of the centers for disease control and prevention said masks for the fully vaccinated were an individual choice, a complete 180. in areas with substantial and high transmission, cdc recommends fully vaccinated