Month. Allowing for a potentially more serious variant to develop. A virus will not mutate unless you allow it to replicate. If you allow the virus to freely circulate, and not try and stop it, sooner or later there is a likelihood that you will get another variant that could, im not saying it will, that could be more problematic than the delta. That will impact not only the unvaccinated, that will impact the vaccinated. New Progress Today in the push for vaccinations that are now more americans who are fully vaccinated than those who are not. 50. 1 of the population have completed their doses. That number jumps to 61 among adults. And new Details Today for people who have recovered from covid, studies show a vaccine gives survivors a big immune boost, but if those who have recovered choose not to get vaccinated, theyre twice as likely to get reinfected. On the covid beat this hour, Gary Grumbach is in sturgis, South Dakota. Were seeing an uptick in other states but florida really is t
Excited. i want to be as cautious as i can. but i think if you re going to attend this, you have to let go a little bit and know you re putting yourself in this vulnerable position. yeah, i do care. it is a concern. but i m here so reporter: south dakota governor kristi noem is a big supporter of this event. she ll be riding in a charity event here this week. it is a big economic driver for state. $800 million coming into the state and economic revenue because of this ten-day festival. it is a real conversation between public health and economic health. gary from sturgis, south dakota, thank you. joining me right now is washington congresswoman kim slyer, democratic member of the house, energy and commerce and agricultural committee and also a pediatrician and i have to say anytime that i hear you and alex have conversations, i always
xfinity is here to inspire your biggest dreams good day, everybody. from msnbc world headquarters in new york, it is high noon in the east, 9:00 out west. welcome to alex wit reporlex w disturbing new numbers emerging. the u.s. is now averaging more than 100,000 new infects daily. a level we haven t seen since november of last year. all 50 states are seeing increases in new cases. more than half are experiencing at least a 100% increase in infections in the past two weeks. today dr. anthony fauci warning the u.s. could see new cases reach 200,000 a day by next