this misinformation machine, and we go look how silly they are, how eccentric they are. people actually die as a result of watching fox news, whether it s going to war in iraq or the pandemic. sorry. there s something about powell s life trajectory. unlike a lot of folks that are to this day, george bush is like, well, we were heroes in error. that s the line that i always remember. we were heroes in error about the iraq war. powell said we were wrong and was quite honest about that, and i also think, michelle, wheng about the trajectory of misinformation, his endorsement of barack obama in 2008 was such a huge moment politically, for the same reason you noted. this is a repository of trust, and also kind of presaged a certain political tendency of a certain kind of republican towards the democratic coalition that we now associate with donald trump in some ways started before that.
you know, i still think people have a lot of fears and i think we need to remember that the misinformation machine, you know, that someone said on cnn last hour that, you know, misinformation mixed with anger travels a lot faster than facts and good information, so i think we need to remember how quickly information has outpaced good information, and we need to be steady and consistent and really assertive in putting out the good information just to try to keep up and counterbalance a little bit, so i think the common theme is that fears have been played on much more than reassuring energies so we constantly have this work to do. still, you know, we re getting a lot of shots in arms every day, about a million every day, so i think as frustrating as it can be, we re still managing to move forward with the vaccination effort and we should not give up. so before the november and the december holidays, there s halloween and that s only a few weeks away so where are you on you on whethe
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vaccinated. what s the message you want to send? the misinformation machine has been so strong. the american college of obstetrics has strong recommendations about pregnant women getting vaccinated but only 25% of pregnant women above the age of 17 have gotten even at least one dose of the vaccine because of concerns that are not based in data about the impact on their pregnancy. that is really hard to see. obviously, when we see pregnant women, we have this instinct that we want to do the best for them and we see they get sicker, dying at higher rates than the general population. so this is why we continue to need to do outreach to pockets of our nation that remain unvaccinated. in our hospital and icu, pretty consistently. over 90% of hospitalized patients are unvaccinated and
deterring their use. it seems like a no-brainer that you should try it, and here s the thing about ivermectin. going back to ivermectin because you know that is my message today, that it is the cure for this. you support ivermectin, right? of course. you re not confused about that, right senator? ivermectin is a drug often given to livestock to treat parasites. it s typically for horses and sheep although it is used for people. it s not, as far as we can tell so far, a coronavirus miracle drug. but that last person you heard from in senator ron johnson s hearing is a founding member of a group calling itself frontline coronavirus critical care which pushes ivermectin heavily. the group is comprised ever ten doctors with a page saying if your doctor will not provide ivermectin for you, contact one of the groups below. the misinformation machine has been in overdrive, conservative