This pandemic, where americans can learn to live with this virus, it s around, it doesn t disrupt the economy as much, it doesn t disrupt people s daily lives as much. there is a little bit of hesitancy in terms of when exactly they declare that and when they do that, because they ve been burned before. there was a certain declaration independence from the virus that may have happened last freedom summer. yeah. so that is one of the reasons why they re being very cautious about that. but when you talk to public health experts within and around the administration, it s very clear that that is the status they re moving towards. i think one of the big questions is, does president biden, can he still get credit for a virus that doesn t disrupt people s daily lives when he promised to stop it altogether? and that s a political question. that s exactly right. and then there s also this problem with there are some people who are just not ready to go there. masking has become,
Parents are not vaccinating their kids. and we ve discussed on this program, more parents now say in polls, that they would rather their kid be in a consistent, educational setting. yes, most schools are open, but not have the disruptions of the pandemic, and they are worried about their kid getting covid and, you know, you re a parent, every parent has to make those choices, but as a political matter, this is how republicans are, you know, this is how it s playing in republican ads. this is how they re parents on this issue of mas masking. the emmy goes to to put a finer point on it, your children are at home
With the history of new jersey including the republican party. we ve had republican governors in new jersey, moderate. tom cain sr., christy todd whitman, not radical right politicians so for whatever reason my opponent spoke at the stop the steal rally, he thinks early in-person voting was a bad idea. i m on the side of opening up democracy. he s wishy-washy on vaccines and mas masking. i see the influence of the former president through the policies. i don t get it, i don t think it s consistent with where we are as a state but that s why we play the game. we ll know tomorrow night. how much do you think trump is on voters minds in new jersey? it s on the finds of the
Ways first of all, it is heilly contagious. as you said, it is much more contagious as the common cold. it s about as contagious as chickenpox, which is a very contagious virus. it is likely more severe or causes more severe disease than some of the earlier variants. we ve known for a while that people who are infected with delta have high viral loads and have a lot of virus onboard, appears to cause more severe illness. and importantly, this goes back to the updated guidance about mas masking vaccinated people. it looks like people with breakthrough infections, vaccinated people who have breakthrough infections, may be as infectious or may be able to transmit the virus as well as unvaccinated people who are infected with delta, hence the recommendation for vaccinated folks to mask up. but let me cut to the good news.