Misinformation is going to kill people, not a joke. Not a joke. It is like telling your kid i tell you what, when you see a red light, cross the street. I mean, come on. So what we re trying to do is use every avenue we can, public, private, government, nongovernment to try to get facts out. And right now in the nation s capitol, steve scalise, elise ste panic are joinings a new push to encourage people to get vaccinated. Today s event is after months and months of republicans promoting vaccine hesitancy or ignoring those who did. In a new report it reveals part of the tragic toll the pandemic inflicted. More than 1. 5 million kids around the world have lost a primary or second degree caregiver due to covid19. Think about that. All who call this a hoax. Here to make sense of all this, sasha burns in north carolina where new cases are surging. Ben collins following the latest on the battle of misinformation, and dr. Peter hotez with the vaccine for development. Cases aren t just jumping
Too early for us. And former aid to the george w. Bush white house, elise jordan and also katty kay on the way this morning. In the united states covid cases are on the rise again driven up in increases in places with low vaccination rates. And now the former surgeon general is suggesting the cdc should once again ask everyone to mask up indoors. Nbc news correspondent kathy park explains. Reporter: no signs of covid backing down. In los angeles county a 700% increase in positive cases in just the last month as masks go back on while indoors. I think better safe than sorry for sure. Reporter: former surgeon general on mask weighing, the premature guidance was wrong. The cdc should be advising to vax it and mask it. The current surgeon general defended the cdc s decision on masks for the fully vaccinated. They gave communities and individuals a flexibility to make decisions about what to do with masks. Reporter: across america, cases rising in all 50 states some hit harder than others.
Reporting on the jeffrey epstein case and the court perversion of justice. The woman behind it all, julie k. Brown, joins me live in a few minutes. But first the rhetoric around covid19. If you think about it, life is just one big, long set of calculated risks. Crossing the street to the park, taking a car to the store, taking a trip. We all make risks every day. If we didn t, we wouldn t be living. The covid19 is all about risk. How much risk is acceptable to you? what s your risk tolerance? what about the risk of passing the virus on to others? what s the cost benefit analysis? covid requires constant risk assessments. But those nuances don t always come through in the media coverage. In the argument with public health officials that we ve all come to know over the last six months haven t talked about risk assessment, either. Quality news coverage and careful messaging should help you assess risk and make thoughtful decisions. We all have to think more like risk calculators. For exam
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