Trends here in the u. S. Cases up where vaccinations are down. Were going inside the countrys clashing Covid Realities and a new survey showing that red Blue Divide growing. Im Hallie Jackson on this Friday Morning with you here in washington. Thats where we start with Nbc News Washington Investigative Reporter Scott Mcfarland and political Contributor Jake Sherman cofounder of Punch Bowl News with us. Scott, bring us Up To speed on what youre hearing with the last of the Security Fencing set to come down today. A physically small gesture. I didnt see any workers, contractors or equipment being staged so the removal is not imminent. A Capitol Police Union official tells me he expected to begin sometime today. Capitol Police Arent saying. Heres what i can say for certain. The sergeant at airports sent a memo to members of the house saying the work would likely begin friday, weather permitting and the weather is fine, would take about three days and feels like the soft deadline is when m
Immunity and so you don t necessarily need a booster. now, that said, mixing and matching studies are ongoing. we have excellent data from pfizer and astrazeneca from the uk reported on last week about their mixing and matching so it s fine. the whole point of boosting and vaccinating in general is to generate the most diverse immune repertoire so you can combat the coronavirus if and when exposed but, again, at the moment, it is not recommended. if we start to see breakthrough and things like that and we start to see real efficacy of the mix and match i guarantee you that will be something that will be recommended. monica. there is a huge question about people who have not gotten one single shot not vaccinated in the first place and this new survey out from the kaiser family foundation found the red/blue divide is getting worse. if you look at the graphic it shows vaccination rates in counties that voted for joe biden and donald trump and the gap is going in the wrong direction. it