Of the Vaccination Fight in the current Covid Epicenter to a massive gathering of Hundreds Of Thousands of bikers in a highrisk area, were looking at how the nation is again fighting to balance the pandemic and the hope of returning to normal. Adrian broadis is at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota for us. A rally that last year led to a massive outbreak. But we begin with Natasha Chen in orlando. Natasha, are people there in florida taking the reality of this seriously with florida now the worst in the nation when it comes to this pandemic that just wont quit . Reporter well, jim, i think people are definitely sensing urgency here and thats because at the mobile Vaccination Clinic that we were at today at a Shopping Mall where there was a taxfree weekend for backtoschool, there were double and triple the numbers that Health Staff had seen compared to earlier this summer. More than 20 people here at the mexican consulate were vaccinated today. Over at the mobile unit, we talk
And if theres one place that needs extra attention right now, its florida. Over the last week, more than 134,000 people there tested positive for covid. To put this into perspective, the u. S. Was seeing sevenday averages close to this in late may and early june, so a single state is now seeing as many cases per week as the entire country was just two short months ago, and yet florida governor Ron Desantis is facing a countrysized case count, he is playing politics despite the Fact Florida leads the country in the number of children hospitalized for covid19. He is banning Mask Mandates is schools and refusing to put in Place Mitigation measures really anywhere in the state. Lets go to orlando, florida, and natasha chen. Natasha, give us the latest here on floridas covid situation. It is just going downhill quickly. Reporter yeah, jim. The Health Officials are doing everything they can. Were at the mexican consulate in Downtown Orlando where they vaccinated about 20 people today. Earlie
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