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work. i misunderstood. i thought you were asking about the unvaccinated. so in children, there s a condition we re seeing in children that occurs, and it is concerning. it seems to happen about six weeks or so after illness, but it is rare. and i think that, you know, although kids don t get hospitalized and they re not the death rates in children are much, much lower, there s no reason to put them at additional risk. but the condition himself, the miscsc is actually quite rare and we re still learning about it. all right. professor joseph allen and dr. nahid bedelia, thank you both for starting us off this afternoon. we really appreciate you bringing your expertise to all of us. up ahead, the senate has left the hill with work on president biden s infrastructure package unfinished as chuck schumer pushes the chamber for a pivotal vote on wednesday. and the latest on the investigation into the january 6th attack as we wait for house minority leader mccarthy to pick
medical contributor. also, joseph allen, associate professor at harvard school of public health and director of the healthy buildings program. thank you both for being here. dr. bedelia, let me start with you and let s start where gaud left off on the mask mandate in l.a. indoors. i m sure a lot of americans are nervously watching what s happening there and wondering if it s going to happen in their communities and also wondering what they should do as individuals. and i m curious, we know this is all about community spread. at what level should people look around and say, hey, maybe it s smarter for me to wear mask inside. reporter: yeah, kasie, i think what s happening is, you know, with this greater transmissibility, delta is causing an increase in the number of cases. there s more virus in our communities, so certainly the virus is finding the vulnerable. in heavily unvaccinated states, tun vaccinated are heavily affected, and in the heavily vaccinated state, the
reporter: now, when the doctor says a substantial level of transmission, they reported that just last week they saw between last week and this week, they saw an 83% increase in cases in los angeles county. of course, this is largely driven by the delta variant that s affecting other parts of the country, as well. and you know, as they ve implemented this new mask mandate, they re also trying to get those almost 4 million people in l.a. county to get vaccinated. we still have a lot of vaccination campaigns here, where they have incentives. they re giving away gift cards. they re also giving away food at some mcdonald s restaurants in the area. and even tickets for sports events. and, you know, all kinds of stuff to try to motivate people in l.a. county, who haven t gotten the vaccine to do so, kasie. all right. gaud, thank you very much for that report. we really appreciate it. joining me now is dr. nahid bedelia, infectious diseases professor and also an msnbc
get into november and december, and if you re in an area where case counts rise. masks can be put on quite easily. so dr. bedelia, given what the professor just kind of laid out there, i know a lot of parents i know of young kids are worried. i don t think that they are necessarily concerned. the data shows that deaths are so low, but there are concerns about long covid and not knowing kind of what the consequences may be in the long-term if your young child does contract it. how worried should parents be about that? so kasie, i want to take one more stab at the initial question you ask about breakthrough. because i think it s important for us to get this right. i think i misunderstood. what you d said is, if you re vaccinated and around somebody else who s vaccinated and they have a breakthrough, what s your level of concern? i think if you re vaccinated and the person around you is vaccinated and ends up having a breakthrough infection, it s less of a concern to you, because yo