In the icu, with two on ventilators. A poll last night by abc news and the washington post found that only 6% of democrats say they aren t likely to get vaccinated. Whereas, 47% of republicans fall into that camp. Of course, the virus doesn t stay contained by political boundaries and the ferocious delta variant which now accounts for an estimated 57% of all cases. Poses a risk to not only those who choose not to get vaccinated but also kids are and those for medical reasons can t get vaccinated. So how do we reach the vaccine hesitant? can anyone persuade them? what about the person on whose watch the vaccine was developed in record time, former president donald trump? you would think that donald trump would be eager to remind that the vaccines were formed on his watch and relative to warp speed. Relative to the times he spends complaining about the 2020 election results he hardly mentions it. Last week, he send out a missive saying that his administration did a, quote, great job with
What was your reaction to the accusations made by dominic cummings? let me know on twitter, it s @annita mcveigh, or bbcyourquestions. President biden orders an intelligence report into the origins of the covid 19 virus, after recent us media reports it could have emerged from a chinese laboratory. Victoria heads into a snap week long lockdown. More than five million people in australia s second biggest city, melbourne, will now face restrictions. Ten years after the winterbourne view scandal, campaigners fear people with learning disabilities and autism are still facing abuse in long stay hospitals. The cast of friends! also coming up. Friends reunited they re back, 17 years after the prgramme ended its run. Hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. The uk health secretary, matt hancock, will in half an hour s time respond in detail to a series of explosive claims by the former downing street adviser dominic cummings, including that tens of thousands
see what kind of shape i m in. now, it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence. oh, you will get the vaccine, rachel. it s only a matter of time. especially, according to what the president said today. everyone is getting this vaccine eligible, for it, certainly, by the middle of may april. april. so i know. but but a matter of time is, like, the matter of time. exactly. like, i just feel like i feel like i m hanging by my fingernails. you know what it is? i m really, really ready. once you once you meet the qualifications, i have seen this with many people. the minute they meet the kboiskzs in their state, suddenly, it becomes the most urgent thing in their lives. and many of them, the week before, thought, i ll get it when i get it. and then, it was just instantly refresh, refresh, refresh, just like you say. i am telling you, i have become eligible in new york, apparently, tomorrow. i don t know what time tomorrow means,