as possible. to help advance our collective efforts to scale vaccines in communities, on monday cdc is conducting a three-day forum on the covid-19 vaccine. the forum will bring together a broad range of governmental and non-governmental partners to share information and best practices on how to build trust and confidence in covid-19 vaccines, how to use data to optimize vaccine implementation, and how to provide practical, real world experience on how to increase vaccination in communities, especially for those with increased risk of covid-19 and for those who may face barriers to vaccination. i m excited about this forum and the rich dialogue it will stimulate, and i encourage those involved in vaccine efforts to attend the forum. thank you, and i will turn it over to dr. fauci. thank you very much, dr. walensky. i would like to take a couple minutes reviewing the status of the vaccines and vaccine trials that we have, but then to, as i ve done in the past, pick out a que
water in their home safely unless they boil it. after 700-plus water supply systems were damaged from the winter storm and the bitter cold that overwhelmed the texas power grid. the state s kcapital alone losta whopping 20 million gallons due to pipes that burst. those pipes damaged countless homes as well, as you can see in pictures we ve been showing you. this is just the basics of life that texans are struggling to find in the most energy-rich state in the nation about to pass a number of record lows. a woman burning her child s toy blocks as firewood. a daughter with a home flooded by a broken pipe, scared to stay with her parents who are high risk for covid. then there are people in that san antonio complex. firefighters doing what they could besides having to trek in water. my daughter, it s just me and her, and all our stuff is in there. i haven t been able to go to work all week long, and now everything we have in there is gone. but some stories are not of surviva