our children approaching 2500 across the country right now. this is part of this overall there we go up again in cases. there is some evidence that perhaps there s at least a plateauing of cases, but we re waiting for the labor day impact as well. perhaps down a little bit as we wait, but the key to pushing this down even more is ramping up vaccinations. just look at the numbers. the numbers do not lie. at the beginning when vaccines became available, those who wanted them eagerly lined up, 30 million here, 50 million here, 34 million in may. look at the last couple of months as the delta variant has grown as the government has urged unvaccinated americans please do your part. just 9.7 million people in august. stagnant at best, slight growth there. let s bring in dr. jean morezo. grateful for your time today. you see us approaching and i think the governor of kentucky