Saying, hold on, there is no need for a booster shot right now. The agency saying the hyper transmissible delta variant is a growing threat, but only to those or mostly to those who are not vaccinated. It is driving cases up in nearly half the country. The states you see there in red or the cases arising the fastest, and they are the same states largely where vaccination rates are the lowest. Joining me now, dr. Jerome adams, former surgeon general in the trump administration. Thank you so much for being with us this morning. So, pfizer and biogeneral, they are applying for biontech are applying for emergency use authorization for a booster shot. They say this may be beneficial to americans right now because of waning immunity. That is something i frankly haven t seen before. The cdc and fda saying, wait a minute, americans don t need this now. What is yours reaction to this back and forth? well, my first reaction is it is troubling there is such a lack of coordination on communication
In the u. S. In half of the states here. So, let s talk with an expert. Joining me is dr. Carlos del rio, executive associate dean of emory university school of medicine at grady health system and also served as investigator in phase 3 of moderna s coronavirus vaccine study. Dr. Del rio, do americans need a booster shot? all right. I think your answer is a mystery to the american people because i do not think we can hear you. Dr. Del rio, are you there? can we check with you again? all right. Listen, we re going to get dr. Del rio s audio up because these are really important questions to answer, so much more on coronavirus and the vaccines in just a moment. Breaking overnight we do him. Oh, great. Let s go back. Dr. Del rio, you re back. Yeah. Listen, do you think americans need coronavirus booster shots? john, sorry for that. No, the answer to that is no. At this point in time americans don t need booster shots. What americans need is to be immunized. If you haven t been vaccinated t
The cdc and the fda issuing an unusual joint statement saying you don t need a covid booster shot at this time if you ve been fully vaccinated. Key there, at this time. What you are seeing here in red is a worsening situation in the south and midwest. That is where the virus is spreading in pockets of unvaccinated communities. Health officials say without the protection of the vaccines in these places, these communities can be a breezing ground for variants and disease like the fast spreading delta variant which health experts are calling covid19 on steroids. 29 states have seen an uptick of 10% or no of cases much of that the delta variant. And a new study shows that the you bunvaccinated or undervaccinated clusters really mostly in the southern u. S. Are putting the whole country at risk of returning to the dark days of the pandemic. Elizabeth cohen starts us off this morning. Reporter: christine, laura, about half of the united states is not fully vaccinated against covid19. Now, if
That setting off a heated debate. At the same time, politico citing two biden administration health officials who say the delta variant is far more widespread than federal estimates. The variant already makes up more than 50% of u. S. Cases. But in some parts of the country, like a midwest and upper mountain states, that number is closer to 80%. Right now, the sevenday average of covid19 cases in the u. S. Has gone up by about 11% just since last week, particularly in states where vaccination rates remain low. In fact, cdc director rochelle walensky says around 93% of covid cases in recent days have occurred in counties with vaccination rates of less than 40%. And in just about 30 minutes, the markets are set to open after a beating on thursday with the dow closing down more than 250 points on concerns about the global economic recovery from the pandemic. I ve got the best team with the latest details to help make sense of all this. Shaquille brewster in missouri, dr. Jha, and ron, cnb
Achievement. The afghan troops have 300,000 well equipped, as well equipped as any army in the world and the air force against something like 75,000 taliban. It is not. President biden forcibly defending his decision to withdrawal all u. S. Troops from afghanistan, but as the taliban continues to gain ground, the question is how long before the u. S. Has to reengage? plus, another warning from the white house as the delta variant leads to increases in covid cases. The question is could a vaccine that specifically targets this strain soon be on the way? and history at the skrips national spelling bee. The question is can you spell the word murraya? good morning. I am kasie hunt on this friday, july 9th. We made it, and we ll start with the news. With the delta variant surge across the country, biden officials are offering another warning to americans still not vaccinated against the coronavirus. The sevenday average of covid19 cases in the u. S. Has gone up by about 11% since last week,