look, you re wrong about this. my administration developed these vaccines. they are working for americans. he hasn t done any of that. and part of the reason for that is due to the political reality that he is facing. i talked to one trump adviser who said that he, quote, wants to pick winners. and he realizes that right now, his base supporters are very skeptical of the covid-19 vaccines. so to go out there and endorse candidates who can win primaries with his base support, he needs to pick candidates who have expressed some degree of vaccine skepticism. he could be helpful if he would weigh in. but your reporting suggests he probably won t. gabby orr, grateful for the reporting. let s bring back our panelists to talk about this. we went through this conversation many times when trump was still president. he was often, almost daily, at odds with science. here s a place where finally the former president of the united states is in the right place. tens of millions of doses have bee
education. i understand your point. the vaccine works, absolutely. but not everybody is getting the vaccine. colorado has a high vaccination rate. there are people that have not gotten the dose. we don t know where the next variant is coming from. does that concern you at all? you know, we re proud. don, one of the reasons colorado has one of the lowest hospitalization rates, we have the highest vaccination right. and we have 15%, 16% of the population, adults, that haven t gotten a sing thele dose yet. we gave you every chance to get vaccinated and protected. if you don t, it s your own darn fault and you suffer the consequences are hospitalization and deaths. and we have gotten protection, and other people have gotten
vaccine works, right?. why aree we saying that he s vaxxed and he s boosted so his whole thing is get vaxxed and boost it. so he s gotten back and forth and he s done what you supposed to do. right. sos why does he have to hide? that s my whole point about it.s so violently that is true . absolutely. vaccines work to keep you oute of the hospital for h 90% off the people in 90 percent of the time. but again, going back to the age factor, the fact that he is in his late 70s, why takekn a chance? you know, why go out there and take unnecessary risks when you can keep healthy and keep safe? so i believe that of course he will. ry butin i don t mean that i m not trying to jump on you, butn you can say this about republicans to he or she at any age is president of the united states. they have to be out and about with the people they can t for foreign policy you don t want the guy looks like,y oh my god,
states red and blue feel like that they can begin to end the mandates is a testament to what the biden administration has done to give them the tools to get beyond the pandemic. vaccines, tests and masks, free masks, free tests and free vaccines and i think that that is what is going to get us past this pandemic. if more people would take them up, we need the unvaccinated to get vaccinated. mike: tony, is it about the science or fear their constituents may throw them out of office? it s all about fear. none of it is about science. the idea of keeping kids in math is never about science. you just said vaccines work. are not about science. no, no, this is a conversation about masks. i brought masks, you want to bring up vaccines. i do believe the vaccine works. i m talking about vaccines in adults. i think it s very rational for people to say i m not vaccinating my kid because i want to see some results and to have the administration or others call them bad people is, of course, wr
good to see you, don. and yes, paints with young kids are among the last group that is worried. the risk is much lower for young kids. i m glad that for my kids that are 7 and 10, they already have protection, and soon, parents of younger kids will have relief as well. this virus will be here and in a year, ten years, things are not able to be as safe as they were in 2018, 2019. but we re in order of magnitude. better or lower risk than the pandemic last year. why? the vaccine works. it reduces your risk 10, 20, 30 times. nothing is zero risk but you are safer if you have all three doses of vaccine, and if you have, we need to live our lives and continue on and address some of the challenges we have faced in every day life. like increasing costs and the need for kids to improve education. i understand your point. the vaccine works, absolutely. but not everybody is getting the vaccine.