have been misinformed about the vaccine and, therefore, have not had both the vaccine and booster. you mentioned a high vaccine uptick by the cdc. that varies by state. you see some states, oklahoma, alabama, arkansas, where even the initial vaccine series has a very low uptick. the twindemic is the staff being out because they re sick with covid and nursing home residents that are unvaccinated that can be susceptible to covid. we saw stats that show a disturbingly low number of children have not been vaccinated against the virus. what are you telling parents who are reluctant to get their young children vaccinated? it s interesting, jonathan. with parents it s a very different discussion i m having. it s not i never want to get the vaccine for my child. people who are unvaccinated now at this point it s like, no, i ve been fine, i don t want to get it. almost all of them to a person
personally respected joe biden for many years. i did not recognize the man at the podium. the president s rant, rant yesterday was incoherent, incorrect, and beneath his office. you could not invent a better advertisement for the legislative filibuster than a president abandoning rational persuasion for pure demagoguery. pure demagoguery. president biden was asked to respond to the comments yesterday and told reporters simply this. i like mitch mcconnell. it s a friend. they re strongly considering making high-quality masks available for all americans. it comes taf cdc said the n95 and kn95 masks offer the best
meanwhile hospitalizations among children under 18 with covid in the u.s. have climbed to their highest levels on record in the past few weeks. meanwhile coronavirus cases are also surging in nursing moments. the spike which is caused largely by the omicron variant is pushing homes to the brink. new federal data shows the highest number of cases ever documented among staffers, 82% of nursing home workers are fully vaccinated, according to the cdc, but only 27% have had their booster shots. nursing homes are also getting hit hard. the cdc reports a 76% raise in cases which is approaching the record. there are more than 32,000 nursing home residents confirmed to have covid as of sunday, according to the cdc. we know the elderly are more vulnerable to that variant. for the second year in a row, covid was the leading cause of death for law enforcement officers in the united states. that s a report released yesterday by the national law
protection against the omicron variant. at the start of the pandemic the agency did not recommend these masks because of shortages, fwu white house now says there s a stockpile of 750 million n95 masks. here s what cdc director dr. rochelle wolensky had to say on this yesterday. the cdc continues to recommend that any mask is better than no mask, and we do encourage all americans to wear a well-fitting mask to protect themselves and prevent the spread of covid-19. we will provide information on improved filtration that occurs with other masks such as n95, information the republican lick needs about which mask is the right one for them. most importantly we want to high litt the best mask for you is the one you can wear comfortably. the covid response team did not give details on how or when it plans to get the masks to