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If we want kids back in school and the economy to prosper, more of the US needs to get vaccinated, expert says - CNN
Jul 30, 2021 1 min, 11 secs
Vivek Murthy told CNN's Anderson Cooper.

In the face of new cases surging in 48 states, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, President Joe Biden announced Thursday that all federal employees, except for the military, must attest to being vaccinated against Covid-19 or face strict protocols including testing once or twice a week, masking and other mitigation measures.

The data already shows the difference between areas with high and low vaccination rates.

Jerome Adams said Thursday that he anticipates more closures as the Delta variant keeps spreading.

Ashish Jha, dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, said Thursday.

"They would have made a bigger difference, but even doing it now will help."

The enemy is the Delta variant, governor says

Not only is the variant believed to be far more transmissible than other strains, but an internal report presented to the CDC indicates that it may cause more severe disease and may be as easily transmitted by vaccinated people as by unvaccinated when it causes breakthrough infections.

That constitutes an emergency and a public health crisis" Hutchinson said.

Jim Justice said the state's Covid-19 task force will begin assessing the state's PPE and hospital and nursing home preparedness.

Justice said the state will be working with Pfizer to conduct a "battlefield assessment" about the efficacy of the vaccine's antibodies on fighting the Delta variant.

"The enemy is coming, and the enemy is this Delta variant," Justice said.

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