What took so long . Lets go outfront. Good evening, everyone. Im Kate Bolduan in for erin burnett. Spooked by covid. The Dow Tumbling 700 points with fears the Delta Variant pushing the country in the wrong direction. Covid cases are up 145 . Hospitalizations are up 50 . Deaths are up 12 . And those who are most at risk are the ones who are failing to protect themselves and others with the simple vaccination. According to officials, more than 97 of people hospitalized with covid are unvaccinated. 99. 5 of deaths right now are among the unvaccinated. Dr. Anthony fauci telling me today if more americans dont get the shot, things will not get better. Quite the opposite. If we dont get a significant proportion of these people vaccinated, youre going to be seeing a smoldering of this outbreak in our country for a considerable period of time. And California Tonight is one example of that smoldering outbreak. The state reporting the highest Covid Positivity Rate since the winter surge. The St
Contact tracing is largely gone. I think and i believe that we should be treating every case as if its a variant during this pandemic right now. The good news according to dr. Anthony fauci is Johnson Johnsons new singledose vaccine could help get more people vaccinated and prevent severe disease and hospitalizations as the virus continues to mutate and replicate. We have now a valueadded additional vaccine candidate. This is a singleshot vaccine in which you start to see efficacy anywhere from 7 to 10 days. It is inexpensive and the company is capable of making doses in the numbers of billions. Joining me now nbc news chief White House Correspondent and Weekend Today cohost Kristen Welker. Dr. Celine gounder, a member of bidens Advisory Board during the transition. And patrice harris, former president of the american medical association. Kristen, how difficult is it proving for the biden team with such a short transition, if any, to get their arms around the shortage of doses and the
Emergency use authorization next week. But there is a caveat, the efficacy of the j js vaccine dropped 57 from the highly contagious variant from south africa. Despite the travel van to stop that variant from coming over here, the new variant is already here. Two cases identified this week in South Carolina with two patients with no ties to each other and no travel history given that, signals community spread. During todays White House Briefing dr. Anthony fauci stressed the importance of vaccinating as many people as possible, as quickly as possible, before those mutant strains get out of control. Whether or not thats going to ultimately take over in the sense of being dominant is unclear by now. The projection that is made with regard to the uk is that probably by the end of march, the beginning of april, it actually will become more dominant in this country. The fundamental principle of getting people vaccinated as quickly and as efficiently as you possible can will always be the be
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