Withholding federal finding from states as a way to increase shots in arms. If the plan is adopted, funding for Nursing Homes and similar facilities could be leveraged unless employees are vaccinated. Phil mattingly has more from the White House. Reporter there is is no question the surge in the Delta Variant has translated in to a significant shift in terms of how the biden administration is approaching policy as it relates to vaccinations. Administration officials are clear vaccinations are the answer out of what were seeing right now across the country. And it now appears that they are at least having discussions about going even further than they had ever considered before. And in that phase it would be using federal regulatory powers, perhaps even redistricting federal funds to convince people or almost force people to get vaccinated. There are limits to what you can utilize in a situation like that. It is not clear the administration is going to go through with this proposal, the
Im kim brunhuber, this is cnn newsroom. As the Delta Variant Drive as global surge in new infections, urgency of vaccination finally appears to be sinking in for many americans. Daily vaccinations are back up to where they were seven weeks ago averaging about 700,000 per day. Gist under half of the u. S. Population is now fully vaccinated, but is still far short of socalled herd immunity. New cases in the u. S. Are now averaging about 98,000 per day, the highest in sifrksx months. And were learning more about socalled Breakthrough Infections among the fully vaccinated. Although rare, the cdc says vaccinated people are contagious if they get the virus. That is why the agency suddenly updated its Mask Guidance last week. Here is what the head of the cdc told cnn. Our vaccines are working exceptionally well, they continue to work well for delta with regard to severe illness and death, they prevent it, but what they cant do anymore is prevent transmission. So if you are going home to someb
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