and teachers in this situation. and this unfortunately may be a sign of things to come, this being one of the schools with the earliest start of the school year in this area. perhaps in the nation. so that is definitely weighing on the minds of educators and families, brianna. kids do not have the choice. the vaccinations are not available to them right now unless they re in a trial. natasha chen, live for us from atlanta. thank you. joining us now is dr. khan, acting director of the st. louis county department of health and dr. khan has been dealing with the rising cases in places like missouri. we appreciate you being with us right now. dr. khan, this report, this internal document from the cdc, i don t know how closely you ve had a chance to look at it, but it talks about these new dangers with the delta variant. wildly transmissible. more transmissible than the flu or the cold or ebola or anything like that. and more serious cases than the covid we ve come to know. what challen