thank you for joining us. i m fredricka whitfield. we begin with another twist in the back and forth battle over abortion rights in texas. late friday night a federal appeals court reinstated the state s restrictive aborges laws banning procedures once again. the decision pauses a lower court s ruling made days ago that found the abortion restrictions were likely unconstitutional. the texas law is one of the most restrictive in the entire country. it bans all abortions after six weeks. before many women even know they are pregnant. no exemptions for rape or incest and allows private citizens to sue abortion providers. the law has provoked women seeking the procedure to find care in neighboring states, overwhelming some clinics. under normal circumstances about 18% to 20% of the women we see are from texas. at this point in time we re running closer to 60%. we ll have much more on that in a moment. meantime right now experts are seeing reasons for optimism where the u.s.
total u.s. population is fully vaccinated. as we wait for younger kids to become eligible for covid vaccinations in the u.s., many parents are wondering how and when that might happen. cnn has more on the planning process. reporter: the roll us of vaccines for ages 5 to 11 is similar to what we saw for older kids. i want seems like the potential sites for administering vaccines to younger kids will be at some pediatrician s offices and local pharmacy, just like the previous roll out with adolescents. another potential site could be schools which we haven t really seen before. for instance in virginia governor ralph northam said schools could be involved. easiest and most equitable way to deliver the covid vaccine is a school, to have the health department come in and give the shots. so, our teams are working with school divisions and superintendents to do that wherever possible. of course, all of this depends on the fda authorizing the covid-19 vaccine for younger ages
Hello. thank you for joining me. some say the u.s. is beginning to tornado corner on the pandemic. the the nation is averaging fewer than 100,000 daily if effects for the first time. number of people hospitalized with covid-19 is down 30%. one major cause for concern, there has been a big drop in the number of people starting in the vaccination process. the latest cdc data shows more people getting their first shot. right now just over 56% of the