the country faces with the virus. president biden: the virus hasn t been vanquished. we know this, it no longer controls our lives. it no longer paralyzes our nation. and it is within our power to make sure it never does again. and for that we can thank the scientists and researchers, the educators and all the other front line essential workers. the latest data shows 157 million people are fully vaccinated. 47% of the u.s. population. the president s goal as gillian mentioned was to get to 70% of one does by yesterday. the white house coming up short with 67% of adults getting one dose. there is concern with the delta variant where there has been an uptick. we hear from dr. anthony fauci some people in the communities not getting as much vaccine applied to their population
today we re closer than ever to declaring our independence from a deadly virus. we never again want to be where we were a year ago today. so today while the virus hasn t been vanquished, we know this: it no longer controls our lives. president biden at an independence day event at the white house celebrating freedom from the worst of the pandemic and calling on more americans to get vaccinated. his remarks come as the highly contagious delta variant continues to spread rapidly throughout the country and is just over 47% of americans are fully vaccinated and children under 12 are not yet eligible for the vaccine. dr. marty makary joins us now. a fox news medical contributor and a professor at johns hopkins
my fellow americans, it s the most patriotic thing you can do. so please, if you haven t gotten vaccinated, do it. do it now, for yourself, you know, that s how we are going to stay ahead of these variants and protect the hard-one progress we have made. we never again want to be where we were a year ago today. so today, while the virus hasn t been vanquished, we know this. it no longer controls our lives. it no longer paralyzes our nation. and it s within our power to make sure it never does again. and for that, we can thank the scientists and researchers, the educators, and all the other front-line and essential workers, like many of you here today. who became the light to see us
most patriotic thing you can do. so please, if you haven t gotten vaccinated. do it. do it now. for yourself, for your loved community, and for your country. you know, that is how we ll stay ahead of these variants and protect the hard-won progress we ve made. we never again want to be where we were ai iyear ago today. so today, while the virus hasn t been vanquished, we know this. it no longer controls our lives. it no longer paralyzes our nation. and it is within our power to make sure it never does again. and for that, we can thank the scientists and researchers, the educators, and all the other front line and central workers, like many of you here today.
and i think as time went on and we learned more about it, that was the point at which we felt that ecmo might be of benefit to more people. the use of ecmo is one example of the nhs learning more about the virus and adapting treatment and drugs, all of which has boosted survival rates. but the virus hasn t gone away. in scotland, the easing of restrictions planned for next monday has been paused in some areas. in recent weeks in scotland total covid cases have risen steadily with increases in glasgow thought to be linked to the variant first identified in india. it is a similar picture in the north west of england with some hotspot areas involving the variant. but it is not the same story across the whole of the uk, with total cases having risen more slowly in recent weeks. ministers and officials are studying the data