i believe they have. i don t have the list. i thank the chair. bill: senator kaine. thank you, dr. fauci, can you provide us a general breakdown of what percentage of hospitalized individuals are vaccinated versus unvaccinated? and what percentage of covid deaths are among vaccinated or unvaccinated individuals? thank you, for that question, senator kaine. one of the ways to answer that question would be to look at people who are in the hospital and take a look at if you are vaccinated versus unvaccinated. if you look at vaccinated versus unvaccinated, there is about a 10 times greater chance that you would be infected if you were unvaccinated. about a 17 times greater chance that you would be hospitalized if unvaccinated and a 20 times likelihood that you would be
mask, you probably shouldn t visit grandma or get on an airplane. what about unvaccinated. same for unvaccinated for isolation. isolation being those who have disease. let me just say nearly two years ago when this committee first started having congressional hearings on covid-19 the very first thing i asked was where are the tests. and we ve made progress since then and we are now producing 300 million rapid at home tests each month along with ramping up the lab-based but i am disappointed as i said by the testing challenges that we re facing. tests are hard to find, costly, people are unable to find the at-home tests in pharmacies, online. they are waiting in long lines and often after that waiting days for results. so it s ineffective at the end of the day. ms. o connell, i want to ask you what are you doing to address the frustrations and
committee. he is doing this for political reasons. you engage in politics. you wonder why there is so much anger you are not an objective scientist. you lost that a while ago. rachel: rochelle walensky spent her time on the hot seat spending her time clearing up the. i want to know straightforward if someone is exposed to and has covid-19 and they are vaccinated what do they do? if they are exposed to covid-19 and they are completely boosted, they should they do not need to stay home. but they should get a test at day five. what about unvaccinated. same for unvaccinated for isolation. isolation being those who are had the disease. so now we should get tested after five days of exposure? feels like they are making this up as they go along. the guide dance just keeps on changing. it seems like the only thing that hasn t changed with this