Authorization. The Moderna Vaccine is expected to be fully approved in the fall. Experts believe full approval will make a difference in convincing some people to get vaccinated. But perhaps more importantly, it could lead to a surge in Vaccine Mandates. Today, the cdc reported 135,494 new cases of Coronavirus Today in the united states. Across the nation, the weekly average for Covid Hospitalizations is 11,521. Thats an increase of 14. 2 from the week before. In six states, alabama, florida, louisiana, mississippi, oregon, and washington, new admissions of patients with coronavirus are currently at their highest level since the start of the pandemic. Hospitalization and infection rates for children are also on the rise. Nbc News Reporting as of wednesday, u. S. Hospitals were tending to an average of more than 1,200 children a day, twice the number from the end of july. Alabama admitted nearly 260 kids between August 10 and 16, an average of 37 per day and an increase of more than 300
In the u. S. In half of the states here. So, lets talk with an expert. Joining me is dr. Carlos del rio, executive Associate Dean of emory University School of medicine at grady Health System and also served as investigator in phase 3 of Modernas Coronavirus Vaccine study. Dr. Del rio, do americans need a Booster Shot . All right. I think your answer is a mystery to the american people because i do not think we can hear you. Dr. Del rio, are you there . Can we check with you again . All right. Listen, were going to get dr. Del Rios Audio up because these are really important questions to answer, so much more on coronavirus and the vaccines in just a moment. Breaking overnight we do him. Oh, great. Lets go back. Dr. Del rio, youre back. Yeah. Listen, do you think americans need coronavirus Booster Shots . John, sorry for that. No, the answer to that is no. At this point in time americans dont need Booster Shots. What americans need is to be immunized. If you havent been vaccinated the D
The World Part one. From the garbage of the rich, apple cores. Rats, rats, rats for dead. Perfect for rat stew, rat pie, and the ever popular, ratatouille. Nothing. Nothing. I got absolutely nothing for sale. All right, kudos to our producer for that. That is comedy. Its hilarious. But the reality is serious. Politicians are not voting for money to fix your roads and bridges or make corporations pay taxes or help for Child Care or make it easier to vote, reform the police. The stuff that politics actually can do, they are using the power they have now to try to make it so you Cant Vote to replace them with politicians you prefer. If youre not of the party, you basically wont count anymore. Even if you do vote, so what . We dont have to recognize that. We will throw that out. The power belongs to us and it will always belong to us. And dont take my word for it. Listen to the number two republican john thume, the worst assault on the capitol since the war of 2812, that is not possible. I
conspiracy theories that could have been mickey mouse i m watching going this is the craziest thing i ve ever seen. and people bought it. lawsuits they try to not have your votes counted. they did not want your vote to count. potentially illegal pressure campaigns. i just want to find 11,780 votes. what he was asking for wasn t supported by the facts, wasn t supported by the constitution. extraordinary scheming. let s talk about just breathtaking that you would have laid out such a clear game plan that so clearly violated the constitution. and all too many in the republican party we believe this was a free and fair election. and maga media who followed along. unverifiable dumps of votes. we will never give up. we will never concede. stop the steal! it all might have worked if not for a few people in key places. notably among them brave republicans. in the moments of truth, you need the right people to pass the most difficult t
voting rights restrictions enacted over the course of this year in republican-controlled states, all these laws coast to coast making it harder to vote, easier for republicans to control elections and their outcomes. one of the most insidious such laws was passed by republicans in georgia. there s a reason there was a big national controversy this year over the voting rights restrictions passed in georgia. in that big new package of restrictive voting laws that they passed in that state, republicans included a new mechanism that allows republicans to take over all the local elections boards that actually control how elections are run in georgia. and how election results are counted. this is something we ve been covering as it has happened, as it has rolled out across that state. and the effect thus far is stark. because when republicans take for themselves the power to remake all the county election boards in a state, what that looks like in practice, democrats, particularly