their worst days in months, even for those who never look at markets if you had a 401(k) you were certainly asking what in the world is going on. it all started in china where a massive real estate developer a chinese conglomerate is at risk of defaulting on $300 billion worth of loans. when you add that to what s going on in washington, pure gridlock, the fed eyeing a possible interest rate hike, the delta variant spreading and the u.s. government at risk of a government shutdown as well as little progress on the debt ceiling and of course infrastructure, and then throw in the annual september slump, all of this made for a terrible day for investors. is it going to be a terrible day or is it a sign of something worse to come? i want to dig deeper and bring in dom chu. let s start with china. lots of people out there are saying ever brand i have never heard of this company but it matters because if a company of that size is on such shaky waters, this could be saying that the global eco
who received the pfizer or moderna two-shot vaccines. the guidance for a booster shot expected as early as next month comes as officials have been weighing their concerns that vaccine protection might wane over time and the strength of the delta variant spreading largely thanks to the 93 million eligible americans who haven t gotten around to getting a single shot. let s bring in our coverage, dr. van gupta, global health policy expert at the university of washington. tell me what you think of this. good afternoon, nicole. i don t like it at all and thought this was surprising. it sets the wrong expectation and message to the american people much less the world. here s why. this decision seems to be pivoting on a study conducted by pfizer out of israel suggesting that the efficacy of the pfizer vaccine is lower. the term efficacy, nicole,
refers to whether or not the vaccine can prevent you from testing positive say the delta variant version of coronavirus. that s not the purpose of vaccination. we novak seen in history against a respiratory virus like flu or now covid can prevent people from testing positive. that s the wrong expectation. that was the wrong expectation the cdc put into place in may and we should rid ourselves of the notion of that being possible. vaccines are meant to keep you out of the hospital. under 65, otherwise healthy there is not a single data point suggesting these vaccines two doses are extremely effective and remain effective against the delta variant to the tune of 90% keeping you out of the hospital. why we re saying everybody is eligible for a booster it s going to harm efforts of getting nonvaccinated vaccinated and confuse everybody else. i want to focus on the last thing you said. i see and i felt this way when we put our masks back on.
vaccinated people? that is probably the most important point that i would like to get across here. this is a pandemic of the unvaccinated. you know, i look at my numbers this morning. unfortunately since january 1st of this year, i have lost my system has lost 128 people related to covid-19 infections. 128 deaths across the harris health system due to covid-19 infection. not a single person that has lost their lives due to covid was vaccinated. fully vaccinated. zero percent. sorry, doctor, but what about the current hospitalizations, that tells the story the number you gave us, but right now as we look at the delta variant spreading in texas, florida and other places across the country, how many of your hospitalized patients are vaccinated?
encourage teens to get vaccinated. now those influencers include twitch streamers, youtubers, tik tokkers, and, of course, most famously oliva rodriguez who spoke at the white house last month. getting the covid shot is as important as ever with the delta variant spreading. nearly 60% of the country is in a high transmission area including nearly all of florida which is where we find cnn s randy kay with more. reporter: good morning. we re continuing to see a spike in covid cases here in the state of florida. more than 110,000 new cases in the last week or so. the daily average is hovering at about 15800 cases every day over the past week or so. we also have set a new report over the weekend. the highest number of cases in a single day since the pandemic began, 21,683 cases on saturday and over the weekend.