Immunocompromised or because theyre children and the Vaccine Hasnt been approved for kids under the age of 12 yeet. While this is a pandemic of the unvaccinated, there are millions of children who can get sick because Adults Wont do something to protect them. The Delta Variant highly infectious, much easier to catch if youre unvaccinated, is now the dominant strain in the country. Cases have doubled, tripled, and now nearly quadrupled over the last four weeks. Listen to hhs Secretary Xavier Becerra in Las Vegas where the States Positivity Rate approaching 15 , and only 39 of the county encompassing Las Vegas fully vaccinated. This is not fiction. This is not some kind of disinformation campaign. This is just a fact. If you are dying today in america from covid, its because essentially youre unvaccinated. Why would you want to die . And as we have been seeing all week, icus in nevada, arkansas, louisiana, and florida are once again getting busy. Thats not just a problem for the unvaccin
That is certainly true. Now, most of the hospitalizations and deaths of people from covid are people who have chosen not to be vaccinated. And that choice not to get vaccinated does put millions of other americans at risk. Those, who cant get the vaccine because they are immunocompromised, or because theyre theyre their children and the Vaccine Hasnt been approved for kids under the age of 12, yet. So while this is a pandemic of the unvaccinated, there are millions of children who can get sick because Adults Wont do something to protect them. The Delta Variant, highly infectious. Much easier to catch, if youre unvaccinated. Is now the dominant strain in the country. Cases have doubled, tripled, and now, nearly quadrupled over the last four weeks. Listen to hhs secretary, Javier Becerra in Las Vegas with the States Positivity Rate now approaching 15 and only 39 of the county encompassing Las Vegas fully vaccinated. This is not fiction. This is not some kind of disinformation campaign. T
at seven we ll be speaking to aidan mcquade, who s director the of anti slavery international, about the growth of modern day slavery. we ll also have more on the war of words between the united states and north korea with a report from the us pacific island territory of guam, threatened by pyongyang. and we find out more about the dark history of a tiny scottish island which has now been put up for sale. that s all ahead on bbc news. marriage toepfer sports day. hello, and welcome to sportsday, i m 0lly foster. it s day seven at these championships, three more gold to be one and it will be isaac friday in but one if he can take the 200 metres title. the highjump but one if he can take the 200 metres title. the high jump that katerina johnson thompson down in the highjump can she qualify in the individual final. and i m nick marshall mccormack in salford with the rest of the day s sport, including rory mcilroy‘s bid for his third uspga title in north carolina. we ll have th
The hospital or die. rich eisen joins us now in his first-television interview since being infected. rich, it is good to you. first of all, how are you feeling? i am feeling fine, thanks. i got out of quarantine yesterday. other than just being fatigued, the symptoms that i had, which were very difficult, um, are they re they re gone. so, for people who say, well, i have been vaccinated. if i get get this thing, it s you know, it s not going to i m not even going to notice it. what did it feel like for you? it started with just a tickle in my throat. and then, a small cough, the next day. i thought it was allergies, and it turned out to be covid. and after my test was confirmed with another test, it really began to hit me. but in a weird way, to be honest. with chills and body aches but no fever. um, i had i still have a sense of taste and smell but no appetite. it was just really weird, but
Are expected. no vaccine is 100% effective. however, even if a vaccine does not completely protect against infection, it usually, if it s successful, protects against serious disease. which brings us to the nfl network s rich eisen. he was vaccinated, then came down with a case of covid recently. here s part of what he posted on social media last week. quote, as someone sitting day four in quarantine, fighting off symptoms, i can personally attest, you still need to be careful, and most importantly, get vaccinated. why? especially since mine didn t keep covid from my body? so there aren t any more variants to pierce highly effective vaccines that would ordinarily get all of us back to normal life. if you want an answer more personal to you, get vaccinated so you won t go to the hospital and die. rich eisen joins us for his first interview since being infected. good to see you. first, how are you feeling? i m feeling fine. i got out of quarantine