the number of new infections rising or holding steady in just about every single state but one as you can see there on the map. president biden says his covid team is examining the surge and discussing if new mask recommendations are needed. we follow the science. it is happening now. all the major scientific operations in this country and the 25 person group we put together are looking at all possibilities of what is happening now. we have a pandemic among the nonvaccinated. those who are not vaccinated. if you are vaccinated, you are safe. vaccination rates are down to their lowest point since january, less than half of americans are fully vaccinated, far from the number needed to reach herd immunity. and there are plenty of vaccines
lot of people pause. take a listen. one last thing that s really important is we re not in a position where we think that any virus including the delta various which is much more transmisable, and more deadly in terms of nonvaccinated people, the various shots that people are getting now cover that. you re okay. you re not going to you re not going to get covid if you have these vaccinations. so part of that, yes, we know that these vaccines from what we know so far from the studies and the data we have so far, they do protect you against the delta variant, but they don t, none of the vaccines, mean that you will never get the virus. how do you think how damaging is that statement? right. well, i don t think it s damaging. i think, look, the spirit of what the president said is that if you ve been vaccinated, you are protected from serious illness or hospitalization. we have robust data to show
virus including the delta virus which is much more transmissible and more deadly in terms of nonvaccinated people the various shots that people are getting now cover that. you re okay. you re not going to you re not going to get covid if you have these vaccinations. which is obviously not the case. dr. lena wen is joining us. doctor, that s something you picked up on clearly. right. i was actually disappointed by president biden s speech tonight or his answers tonight because i actually thought he was answering questions as if it were a month ago. he s not really meeting the realities of what s happening on the ground. we now have triple the number of infections in the u.s. versus a month ago. we have escalation in cases all over the country because of the delta variant. and we actually don t know the answers to a lot of questions. he was talking about how if you
mandates or climate mandates they would argue both of those have severe health implications. it is already happening in connecticut, federal employees threatening to stay home from work because their commutes contribute to climate change. colleges and universities are on board with pushing the nonvaccinated, denying admission even to those with a sincere objection, they want to punish them, our proof of antibodies or t cells won t county there. apparently academia s believe in diversity, equity and inclusion only goes so far. the shame game will extend to unvaccinated schoolchildren who face being ostracized in public and private schools as well so you can imagine place far apart from others, being shut out of
both of those have severe health implications. hell, it s already happening in connecticut. federal employees there are threatening to stay home from work because their commutes, they argue, contribute to climate change. i kid you not. colleges and universities are on board with pushing the nonvaccinated, denying admission even to those with a sincere objection. they want to punish them or proof of the antibodies or t cells, that won t count, either. apparently, the belief in diverse, equity and inclusion only goes so far. so the shame game will extend to unvaccinated schoolchildren who face being ostracized in both public and private schools as well so you can imagine the deaths place to far apart from others, they will be shut out from extracurricular activities with growing pressure to remap all of them, vaccinated or not.