bit more transmissible than 1 and 2, which is what we had as the basis for our last wave. it is not anything to panic about, it is not escaping the vaccine, it is not different in terms of its fundamental core disease, but it likes to transmit, so it is finding vulnerable people and it manages to bridge that gap. so the same things apply. we are in control here, we can get vaccinated, we can stay off work if we are ill, and if we are an employer, we can make that easier, so we can allow people to be off work if they have got an infection. you say hitting vulnerable people, people need to get vaccinated, of course, what is the vaccination picture in scotland in terms of those who still have not been vaccinated or who have not had the booster? it is really, really good, the numbers are really high, but they are not at 100%. i mean, i never expected to get to 100%. i looked yesterday, and the first dose over 12s is nine out of ten. when you get down to third,
there is speculation that it could well be months rather than weeks. no doubt that has fuelled these protests today. but as i say, most australians are pretty compliant. they know the score, they know they have to stay home and do the right thing, but the authorities are as setting up a special task force of detectives to investigate those people who are demonstrating here in sydney and in two other cities. briefly, has the vaccination picture improved in recent weeks? new south wales, sydney is the state capital, the authorities in new south wales were asking other states to send spare vaccines to sydney to try to quell this surge in delta variant cases. that was rejected by other state governments. they said they need the vaccinations themselves. certainly, australia s big challenge now is to get as many people vaccinated as possible. but very briefly, if you look at the figures, australia has
australians are pretty compliant. they know the score, they know they have to stay at home and do the right thing, but the authorities are as setting up a special task force of detectives to investigate those people who are demonstrating here in sydney and into other cities. briefly, has the vaccination picture improved in recent weeks? help? briefly, has the vaccination picture improved in recent weeks? new south wales, improved in recent weeks? new south wales. sydney improved in recent weeks? new south wales. sydney is improved in recent weeks? new south wales, sydney is the improved in recent weeks? new south wales, sydney is the state improved in recent weeks? new south wales, sydney is the state capital, - wales, sydney is the state capital, the authorities in new south wales were asking other states to send spare vaccines to sydney to try to quell this surge in delta variant cases. that was rejected by other state governments. they said they needed the vaccinations thems
less in kids than the total number of them in the population means we re still seeing major challenges in the icu care, and seeing very, very sick people in those young adult into middle age adult populations. you mentioned a couple of problematic states, the white house covid-19 response team gave a briefing, pointed out startling numbers about a few states. this state, three states, florida, texas, missouri. three states with lower vaccination rates accounted for 40% of all cases nationwide. for the second week in a row, one in five of all cases occurring in florida alone. doctor, what do you make of that. obviously florida and texas are big states, florida is in the middle of the vaccination picture there, 27th out of 50, not on the bottom of the vaccination picture, so how do
you view those numbers? well, first of all, it doesn t matter where you are in the vaccination picture in terms of numbers, it is about what is your number. even in those locations with 60 or 70% of population vaccinated, the question is do you have large pockets of people who are not vaccinated who live in that very state. so in the end, the virus will find you, if in fact you re not vaccinated. you can t wait out the clock. that s important. the second issue here has been raised, remember last summer when we had a big surge, it was primarily in the southern sun belt states. others asked maybe that s what will happen here, maybe four or five states will happen like we saw in april, michigan and minnesota were hit hard with alpha variant, most of the rest of the country spared. what s different is we are seeing increases around the country. i pointed out, all 50 states and district of columbia are seeing