That was the original deadline. It was the administration that decided to move that up and has now decided there isnt any available Wiggle Room or room to maneuver. We expect to hear from the president an explanation as to why that is as well as perhaps what he heard from some of the u. S. s closest allies who are involved in afghanistan operations and have said they cant stay any longer without the u. S. , which means theyre now in a scramble to get out as well. We learned a short time ago that the u. S. Has begun withdrawing those last troops in afghanistan. Just a few hundred out at this point of the last 5,800 there that are there right now as part of the evacuation. The mission at this point remains that evacuation. It hasnt transitioned yet to the full withdrawal of those troops, but itll be key at this point to watch how many evacuees are coming out. Is it again once above that 20,000 peak that we just saw . Or do the numbers begin to come down either because there arent that many who want to get out at this point or because the taliban has begun severely restricting the number that can get out. Oren liebermann, thanks so much. Lets bring in Cnns Phil mattingly live at the White House as we wait for President Biden to begin speaking. Phil, is the White House confident that this one week left is enough time to get out all the americans and afghan allies . I think when you talk to White House officials they acknowledge how fluid things are on the ground. What they do point to right now is what oren was laying out, and thats the scale of the Evacuation Operation and how it has ramped up over the course of the last several days. I think when you listen to what officials read out from the president s private meeting with g7 leaders this morning, the point he made to those leaders is he believes the u. S. Is on track to fulfill the objective that they laid out. If that objective is not met, he is asking the State Department and Defense Department to potentially extend that deadline. The reality here, jake, is one of the key questions that needs to be answered is what is the actual objective in terms of numbers. We know there are still thousands of americans on the ground in afghanistan. We know there are even more than that when it comes to afghans with special Immigrant Visas who are attempting to get out and no shortage of complications from the taliban. Even though u. S. Officials made clear they have been in constant Consultation And Coordination with them to try and ease the Transit Process to Hamid Karzai airport. So that definition is something that were still waiting for. Here is the president. Thank you so much, phil. Here is president joe biden. Before i update you on the meeting that i had with leaders of the g7 earlier today, i want to say a word about the progress were making on the build back better agenda here at home. I just got off the telephone with the leaders of the house. Today the House Of Representatives are taking significant steps toward making historic investment thats going to transform america, cut taxes for Working Families and position the american economy for longterm growth. When i became president , it was clear that we had could confront an immediate economic crisis, the most significant Recession Weve had since the depression, or at least since johnson. But we werent going to but that wasnt going to be enough. We also had to make some longterm Investments In Americans and america itself. The first thing we did was to write and pass the american rescue plan. And its working. Our economy has added 4 Million jobs in my first six months in office. Economic growth is up to the fastest its been, fastest rate in 40 years. And unemployment is coming down. Right now our economic growth is leading the worlds advanced economies. But to win the future we need to take the next step. Today the House Of Representatives did just that. Todays vote in the house allowed them to consider my build back better agenda, a broad framework to make housing more affordable, bring down the cost of Prescription Drugs by give the medicare the power to negotiate lower drugs for prices of drugs, make Elder Care most are affordable, providing two free years of community college. Continue to give the middle class families the welldeserved Tax Cut for Daycare And Healthcare that they deserve, allowing a lot of women to get back to work primarily. And provide significant monthly Tax Cuts for Working Families with children through the childcare tax credit. These investments are going to lower outofpocket expenses for families and not just give them a little more breathing room. In addition, were going to make long, overdue much needed investments in basic, hard infrastructure of this nation. This scenario where we have broad bipartisan agreement to invest in our antiquated roads, highways, bridges, transit, drinking water systems, broadband, clean energy, environmental cleanup, and make our infrastructure more resilient to the Climate Crisis and so much more. This is all paid for. Instead of giving every break in the world to corporations and ceos, by the way, 55 of our largest companies in america paid 0 in federal taxes on more than 40 Billion in profit last year. We can ask corporations and the very wealthy just to pay their fair share. They can still make a lot of money, but just begin to pay their fair sure. So we can invest in making our country stronger and more competitive. Create jobs and raise wages and lift up the standard of living for everyone. The Bottom Line is were a step closer to truly investing in the american people, positioning our economy for longterm growth, and building an america that outcompetes the rest of the world. My goal is to build an economy from the Bottom Up and the middle out, not just the top down. And thats what were on our way of doing. Look, i want to thank Speaker Pelosi who was masterful in her leadership on this. And the entire House Leadership Team for the hard work, dedication, and determination to bring people together so we can make a difference in peoples lives. I also want to thank every democrat in the house who worked so hard over the past few weeks to reach an agreement and who supported the process for House Consideration of the jobs and infrastructure plan, the build back better effort. There were differences, strong points of view. Theyre always welcome. What is important is that we came together to advance our agenda. I think everyone who did that, i think everyone who did it was there. I also want to thank everyone who voted to support the John Lewis Voting rights act. Its an act to restore and expand voting protections, to prevent voter suppression, and to secure the most sacred of american rights, the right to vote freely, the right to vote fairly, and the right to have your vote counted. The senate also has to join them to send this important bill to my desk. And the senate has to move forward on the peoples act. Critical legislation to protect our democracy and the right to vote. We need both of those election bills. But let me now turn to afghanistan. I met this morning with my counterparts in the g7, as well as heads of the united nations, nato, and the European Union. I expressed my thanks for the solidarity we have seen as weve stood up an unprecedented global effort. I updated our partners on a significant progress we made in the past ten days. As of this afternoon, weve helped evacuate 70,700 people just since august the 14th. 75,900 people since the end of july. Just in the past 12 hours, another 19 u. S. Military flights, 18 c17s, carrying approximately 6,400 evacuees, and 31 coalition flights carrying 5,600 people have left kabul just in the last 12 hours. The total of 50 more flights, 12,000 more people since ive updated you this morning. These numbers are a testament to the efforts of our brave service women and men, to our diplomats on the ground in kabul, and to our allies still standing with us. And we had a productive discussion. There is strong agreement among the leaders both about the Evacuation Miction underway as well as the need to coordinate our approach to the afghan to afghanistan as we move forward. First on evacuation. We agree that we will continue our close cooperation to get people out as efficiently and safely as possiblew access to T Pentagon and the State Department for Contingency Plans to adjust the timetable should that become necessary. Im determined to ensure that we complete our mission, this mission. Im also mindful of the increasing risks that ive been briefed on and the need to factor those risks in. Theyre real and significant challenges that we also have to take into consideration. The longer we stay starting with the acute and growing risk of an attack by a Terrorist Group known as isisk, an Isis Affiliate in afghanistan, which is a sworn enemy of the taliban as well. Every day were on the ground is another day we know that isisk is seeking to target the Airport And Attack both u. S. And allied forces and innocent civilians. Additionally, thus far, the taliban have been taking steps to work with us so we can get our people out. But its a tenuous situation. We already had some Gunfighting Break out. We run a serious risk of it breaking down as time goes on. Second, the g7 leaders and the leaders of the e. U. , nato, and the u. N. All agreed that we will stand united in our approach to the taliban. We agreed the legitimacy of any future government depends on the approach it now takes to uphold international obligations including to prevent afghanistan from being used as a base for terrorism. And we agree that none of us are going to take the Talibans Word for it. Well judge them by their actions and well stay in close coordination on any steps that we take moving forward in response to the talibans behavior. At the same time, we renewed our humanitarian commitment to the afghan people and supported a proposal by the Secretary General with unfettered humanitarian access in afghanistan. Third, we talked about our mutual obligation to support refugees and evacuees currently fleeing afghanistan. The United States will be a leader in these efforts, and well look to the international community and to our partners to do the same. Were already seeing our allies commitment. Theyre bringing to their countries the afghans who served alongside their forces as translators or in their embassies just as were bringing to the United States those afghans who worked alongside our forces and diplomats. Were conducting thorough Security Screening and the intermediate stops they are making for anyone who is not a u. S. Citizen or a lawful permanent resident of the United States. Anyone arriving in the United States will have undergone a background check. And we must all work together to resettle thousands of afghans who ultimately qualify for refugee status. The United States will do our part, and we are already working closely with Refugee Organizations to rebuild the system that was purposefully destroyed by my predecessor. Finally, we agreed to stay vigilant against Terrorist Threats that have metastasized Around The World. We went to afghanistan in 2001 for clear reasons. One, to get the people who attacked us on 9 11 and to get Osama Bin Laden and to make sure that afghanistan was not used again as a base from which to attack the United States or our allies. We achieved that objective. We delivered justice to Bin Laden more than a decade ago. But the current environment looks very different than it did in 2001. And we have to meet the challenges we Face Today. We run effective Counterterrorism Operations Around The World where we know terrorism is more of a threat today. And we can and will do the same thing in afghanistan with our over the horizon counterterrorism capability. Cooperation with our closest partners on our enduring Counterterrorism Mission will continue to be an essential piece of our strategy. In short, we all, All Of Us agree today that were going to stand shoulder to shoulder with our closest partners to meet the current challenges we face in afghanistan, just as we have for the past 20 years. Were acting in Consultation And Cooperation with our closest friends and fellow democracies. And i want to, again, thank all of our allies and partners Around The World who have rallied in support of our shared mission. We ended the Conversation Today by a clear statement of all of our parts. We are going to stay united locked at the hip in terms of what we have to do. Well get that done. And tomorrow ive asked Secretary Blinken to give you an update and a detailed report on exactly how many americans are still in afghanistan, how many we got out and what our projection is. So thank you again, and God Bless You and may god protect our diplomats and all those in harms way. Thank you. Do you guarantee every american will be out before the troops leave . You have been listening to President Biden speaking at the White House about his decision to stick with plans to withdraw all american troops from afghanistan by August 31st. Thats in one week. President biden said the u. S. Is on pace to finish evacuations by then. But he did not note exactly who those evacuations will include, whether its just americans or the afghan allies who applied for special Immigrant Visas as well. Lets get straight to Cnns Phil mattingly live at the White House for us. And, phil, President Biden made it clear withdrawing by August 31st requires continued cooperation from the taliban. He also noted the concerns that weve been hearing about for roughly a week or so now about an attack by a Terrorist Group in the region called isisk. The president also said there will be contingencies for keeping u. S. Forces in kabul longer than that. Yeah. Jake, i want to focus on those first two points you made because i think thats whats most critical when you talk to White House officials about the decision to stick to the selfimposed August 31st deadline as things currently stand. That is, theres a recognition about how integral the role of the taliban is about how easing transit for both americans and afghans with special Immigrant Visas. And that postAugust 31st based on what taliban officials have said, that coordination would likely cease all together throwing a major hurdle into those efforts, which is one point. I think the second point, too, and we talked about this earlier and i think this is a critical point particularly from the president s perspective, and that is the concern about terror threats, specifically isisk. Its an acute threat that White House officials have been discussing over the course of the last several days. They believe the threat increases by the day and would particularly in the wake of the August 31st deadline. When you talk to White House officials they made clear the president is keenly aware of the possibility of one of the last u. S. Troops getting on the Plane Serving as a casualty. One of the things they focus on right now is that more than 70,000 individuals have been evacuated from the country over the course of ten days and there have been zero casualties. No u. S. Forces have been wounded or killed and Thats Something they would like to maintain and something they believe would be put into very real question if they went beyond that August 31st deadline. The key caveat and as the president made clear to g7 allies this morning is that he has directed the State Department and pentagon to draft Contingency Plans if they believe they would need to stay beyond August 31st and what exactly that would entail. One other key point which will be very interesting to see tomorrow, he has directed Secretary Of State Antony Blinken on what the general numbers are. We know 4,000 americans and their Family Members have been evacuated. We have no sense of a hard number of how many americans are still left and need to get out by August 31st. So any Sense Or Insight into that would be valuable as these operations face a very quickly closing window. Phil mattingly, thanks so much. Cnns Sam Kiley is live for us at the Kabul Airport in afghanistan. And let us take a moment right now just to acknowledge President Biden said the u. S. Has helped evacuate more than 70,000 people from kabul just since August 14th. The exact number is more than 70,700. Are you still seeing a quicker flow of people in and out of the airport . Obviously, what the u. S. Military has been able to do in securing the airport and getting people out of that country has been an unbelievable task. Reporter its been an unbelievable task. Its been unbelievably busy here over the last 48 hours at least when this whole operation seemed to go into a completely different gear. I think following the Log Jam at the beginning of this process when there were 20,000 people on this air base, there are now as of a couple hours ago down to about 4,000. And theyre moving them out at a rate of close to A Thousand an hour, or at least they were. So, if that goes on, they are in danger of running out of people to evacuate. The problem is that people are not managing to get to the airport necessarily. If they do, getting in is a very slow process. It is a process that the u. S. , which is running the perimeter, are trying to be much more sophisticated with, with opening different gates at different times, trying to avoid Log Jams, identifying individuals, bringing them in. There are covert missions to bring others in as well. We just had this announcement from the taliban saying that they were going to block afghans from getting to the airport, that they are closing the road to afghans and only foreigners can get out. Whether or not that really actually applies to people carrying the special Immigrant Visas remain to be seen. The strong suspicion i think is that they probably will get through with a legitimate u. S. Visa. I think what theyre trying to do is prevent a large number of others with different kinds of paperwork, particularly perhaps those who worked with other Coalition Members from getting out. And the taliban also saying that they dont want to, essentially, shorthand it, but they wanted to keep their doctors, their engineers. They are conscious of two things. First of all, theyve got to run a country that is fractious and has been riven by war. They want to be part of the international community and they want the aid and the trade that will keep the wheels running. They claim to be a very different group than they were back in 1996 when they came to power last time driven out after 2001 and the attacks on the Twin Towers and other attacks. So, in that context, jake, they are trying to mutate. And i think its very interesting indeed that the g7 have said that they are going to have a unified response in looking for actions, not words from the taliban in the future. Jake . All right, Sam Kiley at the Kabul Airport in afghanistan. Lets bring in our panel. I want to start with Nic Robertson because you heard the president there talk about the meeting that he had with allies with the g7, with nato, with the European Union talking about how they felt and they agreed on some issues he emphasized obviously the positive. Tell us about how that call went. Well, the preamble to this was, of course, the g7 allies, particularly the europeans wanted more time to get their nationals out. And i think one of the key things that has come out from it, and this is framed by the british Prime Minister, who of course is the G7 President at the moment, and hosted that virtual meeting. He has said that the relationship with the taliban going forward, and i think this echos what the president said, that thus far the taliban are working with us, thus far the president said, but were now getting to that Pinch Point where we heard from sam that the taliban arent allowing afghans to get to the airport because they say that afghan nationals should stay in their country, that the country needs the doctors, needs the engineers, needs the academics. It doesnt want to lose this Big Raft of intellectuals whove been helping the coalition who feel that their safety is guaranteed only by leaving the country. So you have this Pinch Point emerging. British Prime Minister framed it this way. Let me just quote it precisely here. The number one condition were setting is the g7 is that they, the taliban, have got to guarantee the rightofway through to the 31st Of August and beyond for the safe passage of those who want to come out. So we seem to have a direct confrontation now between the agreed position of the g7 and the taliban. And i think this is going to be a real test for the g7 on this commitment to be united and to line up behind President Biden. But the underlying feeling at the g7 was the United States is getting out too fast, that they recognize Theres Nothing that they alone can do without the United States there. And of course we know that the taliban are stopping afghan special Immigrant Visa Applicants from going to the airport. We know that from talking to them. We know that from talking to people who are part of the Evacuation Effort. And the taliban has said as much. David chalian, President Biden obviously careful today to avoid sounding as though hes accepting terms that are being dictated by the taliban. What do you think are the repercussions about the deadline if the u. S. Military were to leave and there were, lets say that he gets all the americans and Green Card holders out but leaves behind the u. S. Military leaves before all of the special Immigrant Visa Applicants can get out, which seems likely. What repercussions will there be, if any . I mean, i dont think, again, just looking through domestic political calculation here, jake. I dont think there will be many domestic political repercussions for that, assuming he gets a whole bunch of those afghans, those siv applicants out that helped the u. S. In this 20year effort or as many as possible. And you can see in the numbers clearly, i mean, many more nonamericans are getting out than americans in what we see in the ratios of what is coming out of afghanistan in this incredible Evacuation Effort thats underway. But i think what the president did today in his remarks, there were two things that i think sort of gives us real insight into his thinking on this right now. One, in terms of playing up the real acute threat from isisk and giving real voice to that, that was, to me, i read that as a real Rallying Cry for america to gather round that this is the right decision to get out of afghanistan now and that this growing threat, he said growing by theproves his point that this is the time to go. And he knows that americans are with him on that. And i think hes emboldening that position. The other actually is the connection to the first third of the speech, i think, which was actually about not afghanistan but what was happening in the house of Representatives Today in his build back better agenda. Because i also think that gave us insight into the president s thinking that americans for his own sort of political future, and, again, there are larger things here than politics, but that americans are more keyed into sort of Kitchen Table economic issues, and thats why i think he led with that whole progress being made on his build back better agenda, Reminding Americans that the economy is growing right now, that jobs are being added, that hes making progress on those Bread And Butter issues here. And, susan, we should just take another moment to acknowledge the u. S. Helping to evacuate more that 70,000 people from afghanistan since August 14th including at least 4,000 americans, thats a remarkable achievement. The Big Question of course is how many americans are still in afghanistan trying to get out, and thats a number we do not know as of now. Were told that Secretary Of State tony blinken will give that number tomorrow. But as a general achievement, this is something to take note of. It is remarkable. Well, thats right, jake. I think youre seeing the incredible Power And Might of the u. S. Military kicking into gear. This may end up being theyre saying the largest evacuation of this kind ever conducted. And clearly it was ramping up from almost nothing. This was not anticipated. The rapid fall of the country to the taliban and The Fall Of Kabul and the afghan government was not anticipated. And normally when you start out behind the eightball like that, it makes it all the more remarkable that theyve been able to ramp up their capacity so quickly. I think the Big Questions for the State Department and for the department of Homeland Security will be what happens to all those people now . You have thousands of people in doha, qatar, and in other u. S. Bases. An incredible diplomatic effort has also been assembled. These were not preexisting plans that they have just taken off the shelf. They have had to assemble in just a few days from a Standing Start an enormous diplomatic effort to underpin this. And theres 2,000 people who are going to be taken here in this country and another 2,000 in jordan. And its really an enormous international effort that youre seeing right now. But of course so many questions remain. I did not hear from President Biden today. A firm 100 were out by August 31st. But there was little and even decreasing Wiggle Room on that. Colonel, do you agree with that, that August 31st, you expect that that will actually be the final deadline . Well, it does sound like that, jake. And i think that Susans Point is really a good one. However, there is this little piece of if the taliban do something, if they do something against us, then its going to be met with force. I think that was implied. He didnt say that directly. But there is a warning to the taliban there, and hopefully we wont have to go in that direction, but that is definitely a possibility. All right. Thanks to everyone on the panel. Lets talk now to texas republican mccaul. President biden says that hes not going to extend the Withdrawal Deadline from afghanistan. Its August 31st. You have said that he has blood on his hands because people will die, people will be left behind. So, when do you think the u. S. Should pull out . Well, i think we should be talking to the g7 our nato allies. We know the brits, the germans do not want us to evacuate on August 31st. They would prefer we extend that. I think what the president has done by solidifying this in stone, this is the absolute last day. I can tell you we had a classified briefing with the Secretary Of State defendant, chairman of the joint chiefs. We dont even know how many americans are in there. They cant even give us a precise number. And many americans dont register with the State Department. Theres no way in Seven Days we can remove all american citizens, much less our afghan partners you and i have talked about the interpreters for many months now, and when that door shuts, i still stand by my statement. He will have blood on his hands because they will execute them upon our withdrawal. Do you think that the u. S. Should stay at the airport until every special immigrant visa applicant, every afghan ally who has applied to get into this program is out . That is what the Secretary Of State told us at the classified briefing. We are going to get them all out. Thats obviously not going to happen with August 31st deadline. Ive also thought, jake, it should not be timetabled but rather missionbased. If the mission is to remove and get all american citizens out, which should be the case, not leave them at the hands of the taliban, and these interpreters, they have a bullseye on their back. It should be missionbased, not on a timetable. Seven days, jake, even the retrograde itself, they will be lucky to get that done in Seven Days. In theyre going to leave all these people behind. And its really hard to watch this. As you know, biden is concerned, and im sure we all are, about losing any more american servicemembers in afghanistan. The idea of extending the duration of time under which the united States Presence would continue in kabul. That would exacerbate the risk. Youve heard jake sullivan, the national security adviser, talk about the real Terrorist Threats that theyre picking up, especially when it comes to isisk, which is in kabul and afghanistan. What do you say about that . So, i think thats real. Isisk is real, the taliban really doesnt control them. When i was chairman of Homeland Security, isisk, one of the biggest external operation groups, now theyre going to thrive in afghanistan. My point is why are we letting the taliban dictate the date that we evacuate out of afghanistan . It should be the other way around. But now i think because they didnt plan, they didnt have a strategy, there is so much chaos at the airport. Jake, were Clearing House the foreign Affairs Committee getting thousands of these people out of there. But sadly a lot of the interpreters that have their Siv Documents get to the airport, the taliban apprehends them, sends them back to their home, executes their children and family, and then they execute them. And ive heard countless stories of this happening. The airport is an absolute disaster when the taliban is controlling the gates. These people are being turned away. Theyre being killed. This is not the american way. And i think, you know, we shouldve had a strategy here, but since we didnt, and now were worried about isisk, were going to let the taliban dictate our foreign policy. Let me ask you because youve been talking about this issue of the special Immigrant Visas for years. And you and i have been talking about it on this show for months. There are a number of other voices in the Republican Party that are already, Whether On Television or on tweets or whatever, starting to talk about, starting to demonize afghan immigrants, starting to talk about this is bidens plan to put more muslims in the country, starting to insinuate that these are bad people, theyre terrorists, et cetera, et cetera, really rank bigotry. Whats your reaction when you see it . Because it is i wouldnt say its the prevalent voice in the Republican Party, but its getting louder. Well, look. All afghans will go through a Screening Vetting Process out of country. When the syrian Refugee Crisis was happening, we didnt have any databases. We didnt know who they were. We didnt have intelligence. The secretary told me that. This is very different situation, particularly when you talk about the interpreters. Talk to any veteran who worked with an interpreter. They were one of their own. They put their lives on the line against fighting the taliban with our u. S. Soldiers, our special forces. You talk to any of our special forces, any of our veterans, they were like brothers, they were vetted to become a part of the unit themselves. Put their lives on the line, and for gods sakes, if were going to do that with our american troops and we made a moral obligation, promise to them, promises made, promises kept, and now with this August 31st, that promise will be violated, and that sends a really bad message across the world. Republican congressman Mike Mccaul from texas, i know youre working hard to get a lot of these special Immigrant Visas as well as american citizens and Green Card holders out and to safety. Thank you. Coming up next, a brand new study on the effectiveness of vaccines. How are they performing against this new Delta Variant . Stay with us. Scientific expertise that helps Operating Rooms stay clean now helps the places you go too. 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And you have thinkorswim mobile so i can finish analyzing the risk on this position. You two are all set. Choose the app that fits your investing style. In our health lead, a new study from the cdc shows that covid vaccines have become less effective in terms of preventing infection as the more transmissible Delta Variant spreads across the country. But getting the shot will still reduce your risk of infection by twothirds, and as a general note unrelated to this study, it remains highly effective in keeping you out of the hospital or the graveyard. This study is consistent with others from the u. S. And Around The World. What is the Bottom Line for americans . What do they need to know . The Bottom Line for americans, jake, is get vaccinated. This vaccine works well against the Delta Variant, not as well as previous variants but still works, and thats why were going to get third shots starting next month because it works okay against Delta Variant but not nearly as well as anyone would like. So lets take a look at this study that was done with thousands of healthcare and other Front Line workers. They looked at more than 2,300 vaccinated workers and more than 4 488 unvaccinated workers. After delta became the predominant strain it was only 66 effective. Still, reduces your risk by twothirds but not as good as anyone would like. What youre looking at here is infection. What youre looking at here is hospitalization. So, the vaccine still even if it didnt always keep people from catching covid, it reduced the risk of hospitalization 25fold, reduced the risk of death 25fold. It keeps you out of the hospital and keeps you out of the graveyard. So, again, Bottom Line is this vaccine does work well against the Delta Variant but not as well as anyone would like. Thats why third shots are being lined upstarting next month. Lets bring in director of the division of infectious diseases at the university of alabamabirmingham. I want to get your reaction to the cdc study. Should vaccinated americans be concerned . Jake, good to be here. A couple of important things about the study. I do think vaccinated americans should be concerned. But with some really important caveats. You heard that the efficacy against the Delta Variant for fully vaccinated people was 66 . Thats still incredibly high. Remember, we were really aiming for a vaccine originally that had somewhere around 65 or 70 . So, that actually is still quite good. We would like it to be more like 90 . The thing you dont need to be as concerned about if youre fully vaccinated is you are going to be greatly protected from hospitalization. Separate study also from the Cdc Yesterday that you mentioned showed that your risk of being hospitalized is almost 29 times higher if youre unvaccinated. Were seeing that here in alabama. Most of our patients in the hospital here, 84 are unvaccinated. And all of the pregnant women were seeing here are unvaccinated. Weve got 40 pregnant women here now at uab. Ten in the icu, seven on a ventilator all unvaccinated. Lets talk about alabama, your home state, which trails the country in vaccinations, only 36 of residents of alabama are fully vaccinated. Do you think the Fda Approval of the vaccine of the Pfizer Vaccine will help move the needle . Or do there need to be Vaccine Mandates in your schools, in your businesses, and restaurants and more in order to save your citizens . I think it will move the needle. The questions going to be how much. There are varying estimates that say maybe as many as three in ten people or maybe as many as one in 20 people. The my sense here is that its going to be on the lower end. But at this Point Anything we can do to keep one more person out of the hospital is absolutely critical. Im not sure if you saw the data from today, but we have a deficit of 60 icu beds in the state. We are not accepting patients at our tertiary care center. Most Tertiary Care Centers have absolutely no icu beds and thats for anything. Over 50 of the patients in icu beds in the state are covid patients. So, if its just ten more people that get vaccinated, that still means that one of them wont come into the icu. So im really, really hopeful that more people will actually get the shots. Lets talk about your concern about pregnant women who have covid. This Morning Cnn spoke with a woman in texas whose daughter died of covid just days after going into labor. Her daughter was unvaccinated because she didnt want to get the shot while pregnant. Take a listen. She thought that there wasnt enough information or data out there to say that she could confidently get vaccinated without harming the baby. She kept saying, no, im going to wait till after i have the baby. She was afraid she would harm the baby so thats why she didnt get vaccinated. And you were worried all along. Yes, i was. It was my worst fear. Her daughter never even got to hold her baby. Youve been seeing an uptick in pregnant women in your hospital in alabama. What do you say to them and whats your message for pregnant women out there . So, unfortunately, if youre sick enough to be hospitalized for covid as a pregnant woman, it doesnt look good. The prognosis, as i mentioned before, is not good. And we know that pregnancy is a bad time to get infected with respiratory viruses. Weve known that for influenza even though its a different Virus Family for many years. Influenza can kill you if youre pregnant. So, once youre in the hospital, there is not much we can do. We certainly cant vaccinate you. We really can only support you and try to get the baby delivered if you are near term safely and try to keep you alive. The key thing is to get vaccinated. And i would emphasize that the data for Safety And Pregnancy are actually amazingly robust. And this whole Misinformation Thing started because somebody wrote a letter to the European Fda saying that the Spike Protein of covid looked actually like something in the placenta, which is not true. So, again, a lot of misinformation creating a lot of unnecessary heartbreak and, frankly, tragedy. Doctor, thank you so much. Appreciate your time today. Health experts say its one of the most effective weapons we have against coronavirus. But for others, masks are inspiring nothing short of rage. Well show you, next. Outs doesnt have to be harsh on your sensitive skin. New cetaphil gentle clear contains balanced formulas that gently clear breakouts and soothe sensitive skin. Cetaphil. 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