restaurant with no mask, but does a zoom call by himself with a full mask on. that s why this country is so confused about covid, he is confused. and then in washington, d.c., why do they even have the mask mandate? seven-day death average in d.c. is 0. it is 0. why don t they put on a bullet proof vest mandate? more people dying from bullets and covid-19. i will say we have done a really good job of getting a good majority of the city vaccinated, so bravo to him aerial valor for that and i get it, i think the truth of the matter is that these mask mandates are annoying and sometimes misleading because one city has them and the neighboring city does not have them, but when you have elected leaders who are supposed to lead the people not wearing a mask, it s really hard to then tell john q. public, and to have your mask on dana: what about
this is what they sort of project. as you know, it s a little hard to say for certain that, you know, with that degree of certainty, but, yes, the majority of people who contracted covid that were not vaccinated and died, you have to sort of think about a significant percentage of those could have been prevented. take a look. these numbers are hard to digest, jake, because we have a vaccine. and it is very protective. but this is what they put together here. look what happened in september. that s when you have significant amount of these vaccine preventable deaths, according to these modeling studies. the vaccine is so is very effective, but now the situation is because there are so many people who have been dying over the past few months, you get an idea in the united states what the top causes of death are over this time period. so heart disease still the number one killer in the united states, daily death average around 2,78. that s the top line. but covid is next at about clos
west virginia second highest in the nation. national politics is getting in the way of public health. if they had more vaccinations i would think these numbers would not nearly be as bad. seven-day new case average third highest, current hospitalizations, highest. seven-day death average, fifth highest. lower vaccinations, higher case loads, higher hospitalizations, higher deaths. justice is pleading with them to get vaccinated. are they listening? unfortunately not. we ve seen as cases go up, states that even have low vaccination levels tend to get more vaccinations. that has not happened in west virginia. in the last week they ranked 50th in new vaccinations among adults and since september 1st, again, 50th. so no, they are not listening. governor justice is pleading
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