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Important to take away those extra steps. i mean, i setup that appointment for my sister. if there are ways we can remove barriers, i think it s important to do it. thank you both for joining us tonight. and again, brittny, our condolences to you and your family. thank you. 89 million americans are unvaccinated tonight even though most of them are eligible. the cdc says a person who is unvaccinated is 20 times more likely to die from covid. donald trump delivered that message vaccination can save your life to supporters in a right-wing media interview before christmas, and the right-wing media stars are going ballistic with conspiracy theorist alex jones telling his supporters to, quote, move on from trump and threatening to, quote, dish all the dirt on donald trump to get back at the ex-president over his endorsement of the covid-19 vaccine. joining me now are juanita tolliver, democratic strategist and msnbc political analyst, and ....
Isn t sufficient. wear a surgical mask and a cloth mask on top of it. as you point out in your opening, jonathan, we really can t afford to gather in groups of 50, 60 people indoors. that s just a recipe for disaster as far as the virus. avoid large crowds, practice safety, get tested and practice other mitigation measures including vaccinations and boosters, jonathan. brittny, let me end with you real quickly. is the wild spread of omicron more or less convincing your unvaccinated family to get vaccinated? yeah, i m actually in palm desert now because my sister is getting her vaccine dose tomorrow. i came out here to be with her. a variety of factors including my grandmother passing away and a lot of conversations. so i think the big thing i would say is continue having conversations with family. i think it s better late than never, and i think it s ....
There are millions of families suffering unnecessarily from a disease that we know is really preventable. we knew from the beginning through masking and distancing you could prevent it, but now we have all these other tools. we need to do more testing, but we now for really excellent vaccines, multiple vaccines. we know it can save lives. but like brittny s family, like many of my patients and millions of other americans that still remain unvaccinated, this pandemic continues. we know what needs to happen. and unfortunately, as brittny pointed out there s still a lot of misinformation. my own patients say, oh, no, doc, i hear the virus has worsened, i ve been doing my research. and mostly it s through social media and certain youtube videos and channels that are really conveying misinformation. i also want to point out certain ....
In mexico. and then most recently losing my grandmother to covid, so it s definitely come to define these last two years for me. you also write about your efforts to get your family vaccinated, saying i worked hard to convince family members to get vaccinated and was able to get at least ten of them the shot, but i couldn t convince everyone. brittny, what made it difficult to convince your family to get vaccinated? i think there was a lot of misinformation, disinformation. my family members who kind of rely on youtube to get their news, and it was kind of difficult to try and make the case for why they should get vaccinated. it was a lot of conversations even with my own mom she d gotten a flu shot and gotten sick, and so we had many conversations about it. and so it was just a variety of factors. i think i have some family members who are just anti-vax but others who are just scared scared and think they re going to have an alurjic ....
Dr. fauci but would listen to a governor desantis. these are the kinds of issues the governor could address. and the press is right to wonder where he is in this moment. he could be encouraging people to get vaccinated, to get boosted, encouraging them to take precautions in public. but suddenly because the pandemic is partisan i don t know he s going to change course even though the former president appears to be singing a different tune out of office in this moment. but folks like brittny, for example, could use the help of their elected leaders. like that matters. right. maybe he s on break. you know, real quick, waneta, can we talk about trying to blame biden for the pandemic? come on. look, desantis is a prime member of that group to the point where the president has called him out on more than one occasion to get out of the way. ....