the public interest, the problem with that issue is american culture right now is based on letting companies make as much as they can, any way they can. we have deregulated, defunded the enforcement arms of regulation to the point where these companies are operating in a wild west, and it is time to reverse all that. that is congress job and that s what they have to start today. we ll see if they get the message from frances haugen. roger, thank you for being with us. it is a great pleasure. thank you for having me. delta airlines, the only major u.s. carrier that still has not decided whether to require employee vaccinations against coronavirus even as a federal mandate is set to go into effect, the company says its voluntary approach is working as the white house is giving federal contractors including airlines until december 8th to have staff vaccinations completed. pete muntean live at reagan national with more. look at the success united had having well over 96, 98%.
that s 165 million completely immunized, 193 million with at least one shot. new vaccinations are up 11% from last week, all very encouraging signs. but we re not moving fast enough to outpace the delta surge and the other variants perhaps more deadly that could be on the horizon. new covid cases in america grew 48% over the past week because this virus still has more than 90 million hosts, the unvaccinated. the biden administration now considering the extreme option of leveraging the federal government s powers to help turn this pandemic around. early stage talks about withholding funding from some institutions like nursing homes to boost staff vaccinations. that s how dire the fight is. they re literally throwing away doses in states like alabama according to a health official there because they ve expired with not enough people going to get them. we can t afford to waste what s
last week, all very encouraging signs. but we re not moving fast enough to outpace the delta surge and the other variants perhaps more deadly that could be on the horizon. new covid cases in america grew 48% over the past week because this virus still has more than 90 million hosts, the unvaccinated. the biden administration now considering the extreme option of leveraging the federal government s powers to help turn this pandemic around. early stage talks about withholding funding from some institutions like nursing homes to boost staff vaccinations. that s how dire the fight is. they re literally throwing away doses in states like alabama according to a health official there because they ve expired with not enough people going to get them. we can t afford to waste what s saving lives. some of the unvaccinated who ve already been infected with covid cling to the notion that they have natural immunity. but the cdc today is strongly urging the recovered now to get
for her. employers now grappling how to handle vaccine mandates. only 45% of aides in long-term facilities are vaccinated. the biden administration now considering the extreme option of using the federal government s powers to help triage this pandemic. they re in early stage talks about withholding funding from some institutions, like nursing homes, to boost staff vaccinations. in other words, we ve reached a critical juncture in the fight. and the question is, how can we keep the vaccination momentum going and cross the finish line? will it require more mandates and more stick than carrot from insurance companies? which leads me to this week s survey question@smerconish.com. should the unvaccinated pay more for health insurance. go to my website, smerconish.com. let me know what you think. joining me is joseph g. allen, associate professor and director
the center and that may be why schools are disrupted. we know what to do. don t let that be a disrupter. we have to keep our students safe. we have to keep our educators safe. secretary of state cardona will be a guest on morning joe. the cdc released new data yesterday showing cases in nursing homes are up 38% among nursing home residents while there was a 72% increase of residents who died from the virus. the number of cases due to death is still lower since the pandemic thanks to vaccines, but the rise in numbers are leading to calls for mandatory vaccines among the staff. 82% of residents are fully vaccinated. while there has been a hesitancy to require staff vaccinations for fear large numbers of staff will leave in protest, this