century pandemic. there was a spike in cases after sturgess. a majority of the cases were konz traited in the upper midwest. the dark areas on the map show the places like the dakotas along with wyoming and minnesota, saw a spike in cases after sturgess. the dakotas became a kind of epicenter for the pandemic in a way that made no sense except when you remembered sturgess. so what do you think s going to happen this year with the highly transmissible delta variant. last week, more than a thousand tested positive after partying in a small town. the cdc studied that and fount found that three fourth of the folks were vaccinated. they were overwith whemgly mimed and asymptomatic and crucially no one died. it s also testament to how dangerous the delta variant is.
one of those advantages could be that it evades our vaccines, and ly what we are actively trying to prevent. reporter: last year, southwest missouri saw a spike in covid cases after these memorial day celebrations. the state now has the highest percentage of delta variant cases in the country. it s the dominant strain in springfield where some hospitals are running low on beds. we re definitely seeing folks in their 20s and 30s. otherwise healthy, unvaccinated. some of the ones we saw last year there was some understood lying condition. now there s not. reporter: adding to the challenge, 30 million americans still need their second vaccine dose, something experts say is critical for protection against the delta variant. usually one shot gives you a pretty high level of protection, but not with the delta variant. what we ve seen with the delta variant is if you ve only gotten one shot of, let s say, the pfizer vaccine, you only have 30%, 35% protection. obviously that s way too
thing. jillian: austin police giving the homeless until august to move out. jillian: a reported tornado down in kansas. firing up in the northwest and central parts of the state hail the size of baseballs falling in some areas. thankfully, there are no reports of any injuries. and the first winner in ohio s vax a million sweepstakes are revealed. governor dewine says a woman ina million-dollar check and joseph costello will get to attend a it television free for getting the shot. saw a spike in the covid-19 rate after the sweepstakesy announced. the state will pick four more sets of winners. that s a look at your head libraries. send it back to you. will. steve: all have you got to do is get the shot. cool for the kid. brian: we love playing lotto and gambling. steve: what patient wouldn t love a free four year ride for their kids and they are going to give more away and do that in new york state.
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and the fact is, that there is statistically a measurable rise in anti-islamic sentiment, violence, reported acts of violence, over the last few years, the pew research center is one of the groups that has done a lot of research on this, looking at fbi statistics, saw a spike, right around the town of the 2016 election really, taking root, 2015 and 2016, assaults, reported assaults, on the islamic community, at a rate that we hadn t seen since 2001. and in the years since then, in the united states, it has really stayed up around those levels. we ve seen also statistics in canada, in the u.k., that show increased violence or hostility toward muslims, and of course, the rise of the far right parties, particularly in europe. so there s no shortage of evidence that this is a growing problem for muslims, and that there are growing concerns about how the internet, social media,