people do everyday. are you going to walk out and not buy a car or do you need that used car and buy it or people try to sub it out. a lot of members prefer to have a few big votes and be done with it. yeah, i voted for progress, trump is asleep at the wheel. so we ll see how it plays out. i want to thank katty kay and josh for kicking us off. we now turn to reverend sharpton for two of our big stories tonight. we begin, rev, with what has been a big vaccine breakthrough that s a long time coming. breaking news as we come on the air this morning, we have minutes ago, da granting full approval of the pfizer vaccine. it is time for you to go get your vaccination and get it today. i don t think there is any other medicine in the world that corporate america is busting open the vaccine mandates flood
that s on the top of mind of many people. it s been the non-science parts of the vaccine development waiting for money, waiting for people to enroll in the studies, waiting for the nih to say you can go to the next phase. all that bureaucratic non-scientific components have been consolidated as part of operation warp speed. we need to take it to heart. the science hasn t cut corners. it s the bureaucracy of it. that s why it takes five years. to emphasize to all of your viewers, kaiser family foundation came out with an important study recently. less than 1% of cases detected across the country are vaccine breakthrough cases. in some cases less than 0.01%, places like connecticut all vaccine breakthrough cases. 95% of those hospitalized in the united states, we have 6,000 new hospitalizations every seven days for covid-19, 95% of those are unvaccinated people. these vaccines work.
in some cases less than 0.01%, places like connecticut all vaccine breakthrough cases. 95% of those hospitalized in the united states, we have 6,000 new hospitalizations every seven days for covid-19, 95% of those are unvaccinated people. these vaccines work. and we need to make that message really clear that you only need two shots of the vaccine to be kept out hospital, especially if you are otherwise healthy. dr. vin gupta, critical care pulmonologist, faculty member at the institute for health metrics and university of washington, constantly making since of these headlines for us. thank you so much for your time tonight. we are grateful. thank you. a quick break for us. we ll be right back. eak for us we ll be right back. rock the boat don t tip the boat over here we go. don t rock the boat, baby rock the boat see disney s jungle cruise. it s time to rock the boat, america.
in those cases we have breakthrough infections, we felt it s important to understand that they have the potential transmit virus to others. importantly d ly convey is of t transmission that s happening in the country right now, the vast majority of transmission occurring is occurring through unvaccinated individuals. on that exception they might have a vaccine breakthrough, we thought it was important for people to understand they could pass the disease onto someone else. that s important in the case, for example, vaccinated individuals who might be going to visit and immunocompromised family member. we want to make sure they take precautions necessary to not pass the virus to those. next question. news that breaks during this question and answer period. we ll bring it. the question was, if there s such rare cases where vaccinated