is just really stupid, though. i mean, it s just really stupid it is stupid. that there s so many unvaccinated people. if the delta variant really can be transmitted by vaccinated people to each other or to unvaccinated people, it basically means that this virus, this variant of the virus is going to be with us for a while. unless there s another surprise that the virus has for us, and it somehow just goes away, which i don t see how that happens. it s going to be with us. but we have the tool that turns it into the common cold or less, right. that we have the tools. we have the vaccines. why on earth would people not take that and how on earth do people think they are safe or their children are safe or anybody s children are safe if
announcement of reopening, he and kamala harris had their masks off, they hugged each other, people were thinking thank god the worst is behind us. now the delta variant spreading like crazy across this country. joe, i think, you know look, if you think about the record of the administration, put aside the record of this administration compared to the last one which we all understand this one has been magnificent compared to the previous administration. you think about the way they ve handled the totality of the challenge in terms of production, distribution of the vaccines and the messaging on it over the course of the whole first, you know, seven months of the administration, you know, the marks are extraordinarily high. they ve done an incredibly job, incredibly complicated challenge and history, as of right now, will look kindly on them. i will say that i think, you know, i felt a certain amount of personal uneasiness and ambivalence about some of the
to school, i agree with dr. mcbride, great idea it s critically important to be in school. doing everything possible to protect the teachers and students in school is on the plate and needs to be enacted. everything. all right. dr. dave campbell, dr. lucy mcbride, thank you very much. you re right, vaccines for all the teachers, the kids if they re in those infected regions, it s up to the school boards but the kids wearing masks and being separated out at least until we know what happens with this delta variant and how wide it gets. hopefully, gene robinson, the president s strong words the fact he s going to start paying people something to start the new people getting vaccines, maybe all of this together will work. i will say one thing, yesterday joe biden certainly connected not with the people that are always going to be against vaccines, always going to be against anything that makes
we found out from the spring to the early summer in a survey of more than 20,000 americans across 50 states, the district of columbia, we ve seen it across every single demographic and group we surveyed, increasing approval for mandating vaccines at the federal, state or local level. every single group increased two to three percentage points across the board. john heileman curious about what your thoughts are about joe biden moving yesterday toward more of a mandate. certainly certain areas but it sounds like he s preparing americans for that, preparing members of the armed forces for that. curious, how do you think the biden administration has handled this? how they have handled it in the last three or four months, back in july before the delta variant took over here, there was an
snowflake, help them out, wear a mask. if it s going to help them, if it s going to help the health of your community and yes, if the it s going to help your own family. let s bring in host of the podcast branding, donny deutsch, susan del percio, and mark. susan, you and i were republicans maybe you are still. i am. you can talk about your party. people have a right to be stupid but they shouldn t have a right to make our children and parents and grandparents sick. how long does this go with people like kevin mccarthy? when does he start following the lead of mitch mcconnell on vaccines, on masking? probably when he sees poll