indoors. that s an important thing to remember, isn t it, that just because you don t need the vaccination stat us to get into the u.k., you might need to be vaccinated and have identification to go to other destinations. don t be caught without it. absolutely. got to remain safe and make sure you know exactly what is going on in the destination, and be flexible. those rules could change quickly as well. so you know, make sure you ve got, you know, your vaccine pass, and your test results, printed with photos on your phone, all of those precautions, and the last couple of years, and unfortunately, it still may be necessary if you re traveling overseas. of course, there is worry around flight prices, and the rising cost of oil and fuel is going to mean that those could be going up, so you know, if you are planning to travel this year,
poll we mentioned, 64% of americans will not ask guests if they have been vaccinated today. 37 27 % say they will require guests to be fully vaccinated. what should you do if you re headed to a household with mixed vaccination stat us? the very best thing to do is to do the rapid antigen tests. the things you can buy at the pharmacy over the counter. they take about 15 minutes. in an ideal world, everyone going to a gathering does that test before they show up. it helps to assure others they are not infectious and helps protect us as we share a long-awaited meal on this thanksgiving holiday. however, i know that some of the folks that aren t vaccinated are also going to be hesitant to do those rapid antigen tests. the next best thing is to try to improve ventilation. open windows. maybe even consider taking the celebration outdoors to reduce the chance of catching covid should someone there be
delta variant, that risk that poses is less than they would otherwise be at risk if they just hopped into the car and drive down the street. we need to keep that relative risk paradigm in mind and communicate that so we all have hope. all right, jonathan, dr. gupta, we were going to sneak in a break. we got a two-minute warning president biden s speech that he will announce the need for all federal employees to attest to vaccination stat sus two minutes from getting under way. i want to bring you back in, jonathan lemire, and ask you about what is clearly a very complicated two sides of the coin message. they have to thread the needle in such a precise way to sort of keep the people that have done everything they ve been asked to do, they ve worn masks, they ve stayed home, they ve offered remote school, remote learning, they re now asked to put their mask back on, but to also sell the vaccine as a gateway to a