Patients 16 and up. To borrow a phrase from the development effort, that happened at warp speed, the process taking only 40 of the usual time. Well, this and other vaccines have met the fdas rigorous scientific standards for Emergency Use Authorization as the first fda approved covid vaccine, the public can be confident that this meets the Fda Gold standards for safety, Effectiveness And Manufacturing quality that we require for an approved product. Words that could not come a day too soon. That is because as of this weekend the country is back to averaging 1,000 plus deaths a day from covid. That grim Figure Hasnt been this high since march. In florida over the weekend, hospitalizations set a new record for the entire pandemic with more than 17,000 men, women and children in covid units, icus and ers across the state. Nationally new cases are averaging close to 150,000 a day. Thats nearly ten times what they were in june. Experts on this program have predicted theyll hit 200,000 a day
Difference. Maybe well see where people are if they really believe this thing theyre saying about well, as soon as we get Fda Approval, well get the vaccine. Now we have it. Whats your excuse now . Well, they shouldnt have one. Now, look, the only carveout is they didnt approve it for kids yet, right . Thats because they dont have enough time and data and they have to follow the rules, which should be reminded to people when they say hey, i heard that the Fda Approval was shortcut. It wasnt. It wasnt short circuited. I told you that would happen. We had a Conversation Today stupid is always obvious. Im saying that the Fda Commissioner under trump was just on and says he doesnt believe that. So there is your boy saying that he doesnt accept that so then dont listen to it if thats u your inclination of kind of political prism. My point is this, this country is divided. It is the vaccinated and unvaccinated. The vaccinated are growing majority. They are republican, democrat, left, right,
The usual time. Well, this and other vaccines have met the fdas rigorous scientific standards for Emergencyuse Authorization. As the first fdaapproved covid19 vaccine, the public can be confident that this vaccine meets the Fdas Gold standards for safety, effectiveness, and manufacturing quality that we require for an approved product. Words that could not come a day too soon. That is because, as of this weekend, the countrys back to averaging a thousandplus deaths a day from covid. That grim Figure Hasnt been this high since march. In florida, over the weekend, hospitalizations set a new record for the entire pandemic with more than 17,000 men, women, and children in covid units, icus, and ers across the state. Nationally, new cases are, once again, averaging close to 150,000 a day. Thats nearly tentimes what they were in june and experts on this program have predicted theyll hit 200,000 a day before this latest surge is over. Even as cases soar, Vaccine Hesitancy or even outright hos
America will not get this done . Well, im at this point, im not looking at whether were going to get it done. We have to get it done. Im also very concerned about the women and girls in afghanistan. I think we have a femicide thats about to happen in that country. It doesnt have to be any in Anyones Memory not to remember the fact that there was a stadium used to stone people to death and women in particular. And shoot people at pointblank range. So i dont think the taliban has changed its spots. And i think its very important for us to do everything we can to get women and girls out that want to get out. Absolutely. And itll be very interesting to see what the posture is of all allies about what is done to females, old and young, in that country when were gone. Congresswoman, thank you so much. I know its been a very long day. Appreciate you taking this opportunity to inform the audience. Good to be with you, chris. All right. Well be right back. Hearing is important to living life to
Enough to get unvaccinated americans on board. And japan will host another athletic spectacle, were live in tokyo for the Paralympic Games. Good to have you with us. It remains to be seen if u. S. Troops will stay in afghanistan past the August 31 deadline to help evacuate the thousands of people still trying to leave the country. G7 leaders are expected to pressure u. S. President biden to extend the mission during a virtual meeting a few hours from now. The Uk Defense secretary says it is unlikely but worth a try and u. S. Military advisers have told the White House they need to know today if the deadline stands. The taliban want the americans out. We are well aware of the stated desire to by the taliban to have this mission completed by the 31st of august. I would tell you that we too are still planning on completing it by the 31st of august. That is the mission that has been assigned to us and that is what were trying to execute. The u. S. Says more than 16,000 people were evacuate