covid, there s another compelling health reason for many people to get the shot. here is what he told my colleague jonathan capehart earlier on the sunday show. if you allow the virus to freely circulate because so many people are unvaccinated, you give it another opportunity to mutate even more and you may wind up with creating a variant that is alludes the protection of the vaccine. not sobering as as the virus spreads, a poll shows 63% of americans approve of the president s handling of covid. that s down from 72% in march. to get more on the covid surge, we have nbc vaughn hilliard joins us outside the cdc. welcome to you. tell me what experts are saying about the rise in breakthrough infections. how prevalent are these cases? exactly. we have talked to medical
the economy or stopping us opening society, it is about us making sure that there are safe measures which are proven to reduce the spread of infection. you mentioned that you thought this was a contradictory and ideological message. do you think this is the prime minister under pressure from some in his party to go down this route, but he is trying to hedge his bets, i suppose is a way of putting it, by urging people to be cautious without making it a legal requirement for them to do so? doesn t make sense. if the prime minister believes that the right thing for people to do is to wear face coverings on a crowded underground train, then why is it saying on the one hand, you should do that, but we are going to remove the restriction? it doesn t even make logical sense. and what we do know is that the virus will spread in those situations. the government itself has accepted seeing as many as 100,000 new cases per day, it will, as the government itself has said, result
our reporter phil mccann sent this update from withington near manchester. this area here in south manchester, withington, is proud of one of its most famous sons, sir marcus rashford and you can see how proud here, this multicoloured mosaic of post it notes, flags, all sorts of messages left by all sorts of different people. this is a diverse area of south manchester, we saw police turning up this morning to leave messages, mothers and fathers with their kids on their way to school, people on their way to work, people out for a morning jog and lots of people here now taking in the atmosphere. we now the artist who staggers at the bottom of the mural, he put this up back in november last year after he shot to fame with the school meals campaign, he will be turning up here to try and restore the mural to its former glory but the question is what happens to all of these messages. we can speak to jay, you took part and
in more people in hospital, probably the highest numbers in the whole of europe. so, you know, wejust don t understand why he would be risking the nation s health in this way. and why it will add further pressure on the nhs at a time, and i can tell you as a doctor, we are trying to plough through over five million patients who have been waiting for their operations and all of those patients are at risk of being delayed if we see more patients from covid i9 being admitted. the hospitality industry and events industry have been some of the hardest hit by restrictions , and with the unlocking of england next week, will be able to return to full capacity. with me isjessica barker, who owns the north yorkshire wedding venue thief hall. thank you for your time. how are you feeling about next week? i wonder, people make wedding plans well in
social distancing, to keep wearing masks? some surveys suggest a majority of people would make that decision themselves, of course the issueisif decision themselves, of course the issue is if there is no legal requirement to do so, it s potentially going to lead to all sorts of conflict, isn t it?- potentially going to lead to all sorts of conflict, isn t it? yes, it is and i think sorts of conflict, isn t it? yes, it is and i think scientifically - sorts of conflict, isn t it? yes, it is and i think scientifically we i is and i think scientifically we need to be absolutely clear about the way this virus spreads. it spreads by floating in the air so if you are in for example a supermarket for 80% of people are wearing masks voluntarily, the other 20% are going to be exhaling and some of those are going to be exhaling virus into the air and it going to be exhaling virus into the airand it will going to be exhaling virus into the air and it will state suspended in the air and so when so