Good evening from washington, d. C. I am zerlina maxwell, in for chris hayes. We are seeing a backlash around the country to red states bans on Mask Mandates, especially in schools. And texas, a School District is defying greg Abbotts Ban by adding face coverings to their dress codes. They are just one of the many districts taking on the governor. In south carolina, seven districts, including charleston county, are requiring masks despite a state ban. And in miamidade, the School Board voted to approve a Mask Mandate in defiance of an Executive Order from the republican governor, Ron Desantis. I let you a county, its also enforcing masking. I will speak to the superintendent of that district, later in the. Show its the same story over, and over, and. Over republican governments put these nonsensical regulations into place, in spite of warnings from Public Health officials and experts. And they know that regulations are nonsense and will be challenged, they are doing it for political re
Beginning of last month, the pandemic as you recalled appeared to be in the rear View Mirror for much of our country. And now tonight every state is experiencing an increase in infections. The situation is especially grave, especially acute in The Sunbelt. Florida recorded over 28,000 new cases on sunday alone. Officials in austin, texas were brutally honest about conditions there where people are now getting warnings on their phones. And in florida, people there are being warned with public Service Announcements. The situation in austin is dire. Health care facilities are open, but resources are limited due to a surge in cases. Everybody to please take this Delta Variant very seriously due to the transmissibility. It is incredibly contagious, and our children are getting sick. I cant do this. Thats how that public Service Announcement goes. This all comes as floridas republican governor Ron Desantis staying on brand is threatening to withhold paychecks from those School Officials who
Beginning of last month, the pandemic appeared to be in the Rearview Mirror for much of our country. Now, tonight, every state is experiencing an increase in infections. Situation is Expression We Grave especially acute in the sun belt. Florida recorded over 28,000 new cases on sunday alone. Officials in Austin Texas were brutally honest about conditions there where people are now getting warnings on their phones. And in florida, people are being worn warned with public Service Announcements. Situation in austin is dire. I encourage everybody to take the Delta Variant seriously due to the transmissibility. Its incredibly contagious and our children are getting sick. I cant do this. Thats how the public Service Announcement goes. This all comes as floridas republican governor Ron Desantis staying on brand, is threatening to withhold paychecks from those School Officials who defy his ban on mask mandates. One former Cdc Director is slamming those State Leaders like desantis and others li
Is good and i believe that some people on their own once it get as proved as a full approval, will go ahead and get vaccinated. But for those who do not want, i believe mandates at the local Level Need to be done. Joining me now, cnn medical correspondent elizabeth cohen. So dr. Fauci calling for vaiccie mandates. I think i want to be clear. People hear vaccine mandates, they think government is going to come in and tell me that i have to get vaccinated or i will go to jail. That is not what were talking about. Were talking about mandates usually by say an employer or by your school. Vaccine mandates at that level. Or a state saying our employees have to be vaccinated. This is not a mandate like you have to get car insurance. It is not that kind of mandate. It would work differently. So lets take a look. There are actually three states that have already done mandates, again it is for some groups. It is not for everybody. It might just be for example in New York a State Employees or Hea
Has become. And going home with gold. The olympic flame extinguished in tokyo. How american athletes, especially american women, stole the show. Im Phil Mattingly in washington in for fredricka whitfield. Right now, the Covid Pandemic is surging in the u. S. And shows no signs of slowing down. To know how bad it is, all you have to do is look at the numbers. The average number of daily cases has increased nine fold since july, the Delta Variant fuelling this rise in cases and overwhelming hospitals in many states. Hospital even more troubling is how this variant is affecting children. Childhood and teen cases have jumped 84 in the past week. Despite those numbers, only half of the country is vaccinated. Health officials say the drive is because of the unvaccinated which make up most of the hospitalizations and deaths were seeing now. We would not be in the place we are in right now with this Delta Surge if we had been more effective in getting everybody to take advantage of these imnai