Microchips. None of that is true. Even else, if you have everybody else, in if you have the chance, get the shot. Please taco individual seriously, i take covid seriously. I cant say it enough. Howie on Air Reaction has been mixed. Kudos to sean. People listen people who watch his Show Trust his judgment. Conservative voices have influence and could change the hearts and minds of the hesitant. But lets not give them too much credit. Howie of course, we cant give them too much credit. There are a lot of people who are hesitant or outright refusing to get the life saving vaccines. That would be true if fox went off the air tomorrow. Overcoming fears and doubts is a complicated problem for the biden White House and the finger pointing isnt helping one bit. Im Howard Kurtz and this is Media Buzz. Howie ahead, Glenn Greenwald joins us in an egregious case of media bias. President biden took note of Foxs Effort on behalf of vaccinations after a bit of a swipe at the network. One of those oth
President biden is facing a critical moment in his agenda. Nearly half of the u. S. Population is fully vaccinated against covid19 but the pace of the vaccination is at the lowest point since january and the highly infectious Delta Variant is driving a new Covid Surge in all 50 states. Virtually all Covid Hospitalizations and deaths are now among the unvaccinated so tonight we are here in ohio taking questions from a live audience as the president works to keep the pandemic in check and his goal of an Infrastructure Deal on track. It is really a critical moment for his agenda. We will take questions from some who voted for the president and some who did not vote for president biden. The president and myself and everyone here in our audience, we are all fully vaccinated so without further adieu, everyone, lets welcome the 46th president of the United States, Joe Biden. [ applause ] hi there, don. Good to see you. How have you been . Well. Very well. Its good to see you. Good to be back
About covid19. In a new cdc internal Document Researchers describe it this way, that the war has changed because of the Delta Variant. The document makes clear that the Delta Variant is proving to be more of a severe threat, more dangerous than most people really have grasped until now. And it said that the Delta Strain is now as contagious as the Chicken Pox and likely caused more severe illness than any of the previous covid19 variants. And with more than 612,000 people in the united states dead from this virus now, that is a terrifying statement that it could be worse and more deadly. And more severe. This new Cdc Information also makes clear that this variant could even be easily passed along from a vaccinated person, which was previously not known. But make no mistake, the surge of new cases a danger posed by the Delta Variant is driven by people who are still not vaccinated in this country. And you could see where those states are. The country is averaging almost 67,000 new cases
Its good to see you. Good to be back to see you. You as well. Listen, i want to get to the audience. You dont want to sit down. Youd rather no, im going to go out into the audience. I have a couple of questions i want to ask you because you know the pandemic is a big concern for everyone. Sure. Especially around america. New cases are up three times since last month, right . The pandemic is a big concern. Hospitalizations, death rising. So you said last month that this that the virus is in retreat. Do you still feel that way . Look, its real Simple. We have a pandemic for those who havent gotten a vaccination. Its that he basic. That Simple. 10,000 people have recently died. 9,950 of them, thereabouts, are people who hadnt been vaccinated. This is Simple, basic proposition. If youre vaccinated, youre not going to be hospitalized. Youre not going to be in an icu unit. And you are not going to die. So its gigantically important we all act like americans who care about our fellow american
Did get to spend time together. This is us at lunch on saturday. Do you see that . All the guys on one side of the table and all the women on the other. This is us. And my adopted family. These are most of the Chris Friends that have become my friends. Really great people otherwise they would not be in my life and my Pe Fiancee and my dog. I enjoyed seeing you on my vacation and i love this picture, there is my mom. She would be like hey, where are we . At the same restaurant on two different days. We happened to Go to the same restaurant. Our favorite. Should i tell people where it is . In green port. Not like we get a break on the bill. I guarantee you, it aint free. We pay for everything we get in that place. Its true. The reason i have it in this order because we had been talking about what is happening with Delta Variant and vaccine and with covid and a big part of my Family Discussion whether they should come here or not and worried and blah, blah, blah. The interesting thing is