but it looks like he did the old kind of -- i don't know, we'll leave it up to you to decide. something to make you smile or cringe a little bit. i cringed. the news continues. let's hand things over to chris for "cuomo prime time." what do you mean, chris? >> did you -- coop. did you just accuse the president of -- >> no, i didn't. i asked the question. i'm just asking the question. >> some say. >> but, i mean, we've all done -- >> would you tell me if i had something in my big chompers? >> i would absolutely tell you, yes. >> you're one of those. >> i believe in just saying it to the person. i've said it to people in the most awkward situations. i feel like, you know what, it's good to just rip the band-aid off. >> i still think you kind of accused the president of the united states -- i think you said, did he just -- >> it was a question. i don't know. couldn't tell. >> i'll give it to you, because

i need you. >> the camera cut away. >> i'm sure it will wind up being some deep state conspiracy in another two days. my teeth all right? i'm chris cuomo. welcome to the "prime time" covid command center. i'll be tracking the cases where they are and more importantly, why they are. we start with what remains the same. the more of us who are vaccinated, the sooner this will end. okay? that is the major control mechanism. the more people who get vaccinated, the sooner the suck ends, period. good news. delta, as a variant, could be a four to eight-week issue according to experts or a month or two months. why? if we up the vaccination rate and if -- and then there's this whole chain of permutations of thought for them, how the vaccinated transcript this and what it will mean and herd

immunity. it all starts with people getting vaccinated. with a we do right now may determine what happens weeks and months from now. and to be clear, by "we," i mean you who are not protected for yourself and loved ones yet. you guys are the issue yet. not the majority of the country who is now being held hostage, okay? more good news. this message seems to be landing, because the pace of new vaccinations shows more than 400,000 are initiating vaccinations each day. now, if you look at the numbers, that's more than one in three over, 36% over last week's pace. but we have to do much better because we were behind, all right? here is the tale of the tape. a third, one in three, of those of us who are eligible are not vaccinated. and now, what too many of them see as this perverse flex of freedom, they are affected the freedom of the majority who

protected themselves and their loved ones. now, all must mask up again because delta can spread by the vaccinated as well. and for those who are saying, no mask for me, no vaccine, you better get ready to hear that "no" answer as well. at school and at many of the places we work and play. there is going to be a consequence for irrational resistance. disney is now among the companies requiring vaccinations for all its employees. walmart's corporate employees in america as well. these are two of the nation's largest employers. disney is also requiring staff and all guests to wear masks regardless of vax status. now, being news today from where we are here in new york city, broadway. all 41 theaters in new york city will require audience members and staff to be vaxed for all performances through the month of october.

look, you don't have to go. you have the freedom not to go. but if you want to go, you have to play by the rules, because you being unprotected hurts my kids, hurts my mother. so there's going to be a consequence. the delta variant is spreading like wildfire, especially in louisiana. there's a dramatic spike in hospitalizations in the new orleans area. take a listen. >> thanks to the delta variant, the covid pandemic is once again raging out of control. we currently do not have the capacity to respond to 911 calls that come from our community right now. >> you're going to be hearing this story all over the country. unless the rate of vaccination continues and increases from where it is here daily right now. because what we do we know? all data to this point tell us that if people are in the hospital, they're probably not vaccinated. now, the mayor there signed an emergency order to expand ems

capacity to confront the crisis. to make matters worse, a new variant is showing up in florida. this is a variant that was first discovered in colombia. it has yet to receive a greek letter designation. now, florida is a very interesting case study of the new normal. cases jumped 50% this week from last week. there are more than 110,000 new infections reported statewide. now, it's interesting because of the response. ron desantis, the governor there, is running in the opposite direction, vowing to reject mask mandates for school age students, saying he's soon going to issue an order allowing parents or guardians to choose whether their child wears a mask in schools. because they're doctors or scientists? and what about all the kids, elderly, and vulnerable who are compromised by parents who make the wrong choice, especially at this governor's urging? because, again, it's this disinformation campaign that,

you know, resistance is strength. now the best way to test that case is to examine the proof, especially the new findings from the cdc on vaccine efficacy. now, they changed the guidance for the vaccinated to mask up indoors, right? in most places. it happened tuesday. they didn't publish the data. i criticized it then and i'll iterate it now. we have to trust but verify. if you want us to believe something, give us the backing at the moment you want us to believe it. now we have it. it cost themselves some bruising, though, and created some opportunities, i'll talk about those in a second. but now we have the data. according to the new cdc data, if you are vaccinated, you are 25 times less likely to die. shouldn't that be the end of this consideration, assuming that you're not immune compromised and you talk to your doctor? reduce the risk of hospitalization, 25 times. less likely to be hospitalized even by the variant.

and an eightfold reduction in the risk of infection. that squares with the hope, because the vaccine is not perfect, obviously nothing is, and it was never supposed to be this immunity bubble people on the right tell you it was said to be. it's not. you can get sick. you likely won't get very sick. and you should not die. that's what the vaccine is about. now, look. we need that protection more than ever, because delta, we now know, spreads faster than the common cold. faster than the seasonal flu. while the vaccinated aren't getting as sick, like i just said, they may be as contagious as unvaccinated people. why? that is the price of allowing the virus to populate, is that it learned and it got stronger. that's what led to the new mask changes. data from an outbreak in cape cod, massachusetts. what happened there? 469, it's on your screen, were infected in july. if you want to take a screenshot, go ahead, a lot of

you do that to read it later, do it. provincetown, three-quarters of that number were fully vaccinated. of those cases, 79% reported symptoms. five were hospitalized. four of them were fully vaccinated. no deaths. so you see it, again. you get sick, not that sick, not so much hospitalization, thank god, no death. there was a big cluster and the vaccines did work to prevent serious illness leading to death but it also showed delta's no joke and it can spread now among the vaccinated. so let's bring in a better mind. someone who's helped fight this warhead on as the coronavirus testing czar under president trump, admiral brett giroir. good to see you, sir. >> great to be on. >> given the totality of the circumstances now, do you want the message to be to people, if you are not vaccinated, you will get the delta variant?

>> i think you're delivering all the messages, and the message i would say is, if you're not vaccinated and if you have not had covid before, you're going to get the delta variant. on average, one person will transmit this to nine people, unlike the original virus, which got transmitted to two or three. it's about as contagious as chicken pox. and we saw what happened even among vaccinated people. let me just say, i'm very concerned about those with natural immunity. natural immunity is real. it provides protection. but there's more and more accumulating evidence that that immunity wanes, and it's not so good against delta. so i'm very concerned and i do support the recommendations that even if you had covid, you need to get vaccinated as well. >> it's a very important point. i hear that all the time. hey, i had it, man, i'm good, i got the antibodies. you're saying not anymore. >> i'm saying, you know, we

don't have perfect evidence. among the things i would like the cdc to come out with is how many people in the hospital who have died had covid beforehand. that's a really important bit of information. but based on the laboratory data and looking at people over time, i would be very concerned that natural immunity, particularly against delta, wanes. remember, we have to get vaccinated against flu every year not because our immunity is so bad, but because the virus changes. and delta is a whole new ball game. it is a changed virus that is very dangerous and very deadly. we can end this all by getting vaccinated. if everyone got vaccinated, we could put this to the end. but until that happens, we're going to be battling, again, just like we did last summer. in fact the number of cases we have now are more than this time last summer, which is unbelievable to me. >> now, you're right about -- obviously, the changing of the flu and the need for the new vaccine. but we don't have to take it. we choose to.

the question becomes now do you believe -- obviously the private sector can do what they want. but do you believe there should be schools slash public authorities slash government mandates of the vaccine? >> so, complicated question. let me first say i do affirm the ability and the rights of businesses to mandate vaccines for their employees. i do believe in the free market system, and this is something that they have the right to. and i do believe the federal government can do it for their employees. at this point in time, i don't support -- i certainly don't support federal mandates for vaccines. i think local mandates for vaccines in a broad population are still going to be counterproductive. i think we need to get the message out more and more and more and as people see their hospitals filled, their 911 calls not being answered, not

being able to get a doctor's appointment, their friends in the hospital and dying again, i think what you said earlier, that the vaccine rates going up, we need to double, triple that, i think that's where we need to focus right now. >> the question becomes as a policy perspective, how long do you allow the majority of this country, republicans, democrats, independents, south, north, the majority of every group and demographic we have, have gotten vaccinated, how long do you allow them to be held hostage in states, let's say, like florida, where you have the governor saying, yeah, i know it's breaking out, i'm going the other way, don't fauci my florida, no mask mandates, i'll let the parents decide. where is that messaging going to get you? >> so i -- i think we need to be clear on messaging, and you've been very clear, chris. number one, get vaccinated. vaccines will protect you against hospitalizations and deaths. and if we can eliminate the incredible levels of this virus, we won't have the variants anymore. but number two, for those people who are not vaccinated and now even for those who are

vaccinated, we have to use imperfect measures. and a mask is one of them. i was pretty upset about the cdc not being transparent about their data three days ago. >> should have put the data out. >> but having looked at it today, i'm really concerned. i do believe even as a vaccinated person, the levels of virus, if you do get infected, are very high and will transmit to other people. masks work 50% of the time in preventing it. 25% of the time for you getting it. but it's something we really need to do until more people get vaccinated. >> right. >> i'm going to be beat everyone over the head with this. please get vaccinated. it is the way to end this. i can't believe we're going back into a summer of contagion like we were last summer when now we have the tools to stop it. >> admiral brett giroir, thank you very much. you're always welcome here to make the case. i appreciate you putting out the message. >> thank you. there's a lot of new information on this virus. and a lot of new misinformation.

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we have three realities that need to sink in. one, you got to get vaccinated. if you don't get vaccinated, there's almost no chance this delta variant will be four to eight weeks as they're suggesting right now, okay? it will be a battle that goes much longer and begins variant vagaries. next. i know some are saying maybe but i don't see how our kids are going to go to school without

masks. i know it's a maybe for some of the experts. i don't see how we get there. people aren't getting vaccinated. kids are going to be getting this delta. they're getting it already. we're seeing more young people getting sick. and they're not going to have the vaccine available to them, for most of them. so i think you have to prepare yourself for that now. if you don't like it, fine. but i don't think your kids are going to be going to school. there will be very few states like florida, i'll tell you that right now. i don't think even florida will be able to stay like that. we'll see. and we have a companion contagion that needs to stop now. this political manipulation of the unvaccinated, this disinformation, has to stop. case in point. >> less than 24 hours after imposing the mask mandate, which again, is not based upon a study, it's based upon a study in india, based upon a vaccine

that isn't approved in america, it didn't pass peer review. could this be a plan to try to keep our schools closed? >> no. this is his plan to scare you into doing something stupid. don't let him. he just lied to you, okay? and i think he knew he was lying. the data -- he had to. if it's a lie, you have to know. you can't lie by accident. you can just be wrong. he has to know, because he's a big shot and has staff, that the data behind the cdc's change was the outbreak in massachusetts. they could care less about an india study, which hasn't been peer-reviewed one way or the other, by the way, yet, it just hasn't been. it's no more than a footnote in a cdc brief that was actually about a study from houston, okay? that's the truth.

he's just trying to scare you and to convince you not to listen to anybody but him. even if you want to say, hold on, they were saying this same stuff before the cdc put out its data, so maybe they are trying to control us, two points. shame on you, cdc. you got to lead with the data. trust but verify, fine. but you better put out the information in real time. otherwise this is what's going to happen. you create an opportunity for deception in this climate, someone's going to take it. it got picked up by other republicans, by congressman dan crenshaw, claiming here is the truth, america, before repeating a false claim about this india study. and then he claims, this is what erodes trust in public health officials. it's garbage. it's garbage like this from him who should do better. the guy is a hero that erodes our trust. again, i know why he's doing it. i know why they're all doing it. it sounds strong. resist. government, bad. the rest of us are doing it

because we want to stay safe. and the question becomes how long will you in the majority, republican, democrat, north, south, how long are you going to let the unvaccinated hold you hostage because of this nonsense? and we now know, only a quarter of those who refuse to get vaccinated are wearing their masks as much as they used to just when they need to do it the most. and about half never wore them. makes you wonder. is the new trump motto make america sick again? because that's what they're doing. this purposeful division is wholly ingrained in what used to be the gop. the party tweets that the biden administration wants vaccinated parents to wear masks at home with their kids, even in the video, in the tweet, it doesn't say that. look. >> for example, if you happen to have a lot of interaction with

folks who are unvaccinated, let's say you're a parent like me who has young children at home who are unvaccinated, that's a circumstance where we're being extra cautious, even if you're fully vaccinated, wearing it outside, or indoor at public locations, is an extra step to protecting those at home. >> so they don't say it. that mccarthy sound is from wednesday, that's when he said it. look. this is not just about applauding the administration, okay? push the fda. i don't mean rush it, i don't mean fake it, i don't mean manipulate it. why hasn't the fda approved the vaccine? the unvaccinated who have real questions, and there are real questions, a big one is, why isn't it approved? i'll tell you why else approval matters. if we are going to need this booster shot, people like me who have been vaccinated twice, you can't get a booster shot until the fda has approved the underlying vaccine.

you need the license. why can't you do an emergency use? because you don't have the data on the booster the way you did with the original vaccine. they've got to get this done. it's a mistake that it's taking this long. it didn't have to. now, in terms of what's being done with the disinformation, the circular nature is amplified by the right's media machine, which is projecting ignorance as animus. how so? like this. >> they said if you were fully vaccinated you no longer need to wear a mask. >> no, i didn't say that. i said if you're fully vaccinated, in a narrative where you do not have -- let me clarify. >> in may you made it sound like we were losing the masks forever. >> that was true at the time, because i thought there were people who were going to understand that getting vaccinated made a gigantic difference. and what happened was the new

variant came along, they didn't get vaccinated, it was spread more rapidly and more people were getting sick. >> look, we all know that that's the truth. the only thing that changed is the situation. and the situation changes, you're going to have to change with it. "well, you said." they know that's a stupid gotcha question. dr. fauci gave you the straight read right here on this show. listen. >> we're not changing the science. you know what changed, chris? the virus changed. and the science evolved with the changing virus. >> now, look. my point is, they know what they're doing. so the question is why are they doing it, why push political poison? because there's advantage in division. and they are reaching out to people they think they can influence. and you know what, they're right. the biggest chunk of the unvaccinated is white republicans. the question is, are they unvaccinated because of this

tripe? and imagine having that on your head, in your heart. any way you look at it, it's got to stop. this isn't like convincing people that trump is a victim, okay? deep state, trust only us, the rest of the bs playbook. they are victimizing people for profit. and they only have it half right. this is the land of the free. freedom is the signature trait. but we are free, why? because this is the home of the brave. and there is no valor in being unvaccinated and exposing loved ones, especially kids, and holding the majority of this country hostage. that is not going to work out well. i know many of you who are spinning this, you're trying to become the next trump. but you are failing to learn the biggest lesson of his presidency. playing people about a pandemic is a losing proposition. do better. now, in terms of dealing with

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it's confusing. am i supposed to wear a mask? am i not supposed to wear a mask? when? what about my kids? what does this mean for the fall? a lot of you reached out to me with your questions. let's bring in dr. leana wen for help on this, good to see you as always, doc. she's got a new book out just this week. "lifelines: a doctor's journey in the fight for public health." good to see you. what is your take on the latest from the cdc? >> i think the cdc has terrible messaging, once again. i really think they messed up terribly back in may when they issued the guidance about what vaccinated people can be doing, because as you and i have been talking about, it was understood by unvaccinated people as they can do whatever they want and it actually disincentivized vaccines. that's how we got in the

position we're in with surges all around the country because unvaccinated people started behaving like they're vaccinated. the cdc should have said on tuesday, we were wrong to issue that guidance, now we're seeing surges everywhere, everybody needs to wear masks indoors because the unvaccinated are driving the surge. instead they came up with this new research saying that there's something about vaccinated people and transmission. and yes, it's true that with vaccinated people you can get breakthrough infections and as a result of breakthrough infections you can then transmit it to others. but let's not forget that the primary driver of what's happening with surges and the delta variant are the unvaccinated. and so i really think that that message has gotten lost and confused a lot of americans. >> i believe it's going to be the new major demographic in america, is going to be the vaccinated, because you have over 50% of every major demographic have taken the step to protect themselves and their families and who's going to speak for them? the unvaccinated get all the attention, which is fine, we want people to be able to

understand their way and get to the right place, if they're acting in good faith, but too many are not. let's get to the questions, okay? confusion. true, there is confusion. let's go to the first question, okay? how dangerous is the delta variant for the kids who can't be vaccinated and what does that mean about keeping them safe in school? >> here's what we know about the delta variant in children. we know that it's extremely contagious. we also know that in adults at least, it could cause more severe illness. and we keep on talking about how people have two choices, get vaccinated or get covid. it's really unfortunate for our children. i've got two little kids who are not eligible to be vaccinated. and so as to how dangerous it is, chances are they're going to do fine. chances are they will have mild symptoms if they get covid-19, however some children will get severely ill and tragically, a minority, but some children will die. and this is the reason why i do think it's a good idea for us to keep on the precautions we know

work. and so children should be back in school. they can be safely back in school. but masks need to remain in place indoors for unvaccinated children. >> the next question is, if we are vaccinated, are we still safe? i suggest a finesse point on this, i get this question all the time, i know you do also, which is more of, were they wrong about the vaccine? they said if you're vaccinated, you never need a mask again, that's it, you'll be great if you get the vaccine, it's a magic pill. were they wrong? >> i think that message was wrong, because it wasn't nuanced enough. even before delta, breakthrough infections did happen. in some people who had breakthrough infections, they could have passed it on to others. a lot of us have been saying since may, hey, you can't just keep saying if you're vaccinated, you're protected. on the town hall on cnn, just last week, i think it was, president biden said, if you are vaccinated, you're protected, you can take off your mask.

that message was not nuanced enough. here's what we know. if you're vaccinated, you're well-protected against severe illness. you're also well-protected against getting a breakthrough infection, but it could happen. and your chance of having a breakthrough infections increases the more you are around unvaccinated people who potentially carry covid-19. and so i think we just have to have some nuance. people should be able to weigh the risks and benefits for themselves. but we have to give them the correct information and the correct information isn't that the vaccine is somehow bulletproof armor, it's that it protects you very well, but you may choose to protect yourself even more by wearing a mask in indoor settings, especially if you have unvaccinated children at home. >> that's the main thrust. the next two i think we can yes/no. if vaccinate people carry the virus, should we be testing and quarantining again? >> yes. i do think that it's important for vaccinated people to also quarantine and test. and in particular, let's say you're vaccinated but you're going to a lot of bars and restaurants, and now you're going to visit an elderly

relative who is immunocompromised, you should quarantine and test before you do that. >> yeah, i went to meet someone who is a little sickly today, and they tested me when i got there. i was fine. can people who had prior covid-19 infections get the delta variant or do the antibodies protect them? >> the antibodies from prior infections protect you somewhat. but you certainly can get the delta variant, which is the reason we say if you have been infected with covid before, it is important to still get vaccinated now. >> dr. leana wen, you are a gift. good luck with the new book and thank you for joining me, and i hope your family stays safe. >> thank you, you too, chris. the house select committee investigating the january 6 attack, they now have evidence in their hands about the trump conversation a week and a half before the insurrection. look, i want to stay on covid as much as possible but as big things come out of this that help us understand exactly what led to that day, i'm going to give them to you. so we have new details on what trump was pressuring his do

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all you politicians who are so worried about political overreach when it comes to covid, worried about government trying to control outcomes, worry about this. handwritten notes of a call trump held last december showing that trump told acting attorney general jeff rosen and his top deputy richard donohue to, quote, just say that the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the republican congressmen. don donohue's notes which he took during the call are in the hands of the house oversight committee. the doj ruled trump's tax returns must be released to another investigative committee. what does it mean? former federal prosecutor and cnn analyst elliott williams is

here. at the end of the day does this mean trump will be prosecuted? i say no. >> neither you nor i can answer that question. the most important thing today, chris, look, no one should be shocked by any of these revelations we see in these notes, the former president had a pattern of conduct going back to i believe june of 2020, casting doubt on the legislatecy legitimacy of the election. he calls the secretary of state of georgia and lean on him to overturn the election. why should it shock anyone that he was calling senior justice department officials and trying to put a thumb on the scale with respect to the election? big revelation today is that the justice department is making that available to congress and that is how a function government should work. we want a president to be able to talk to his cabinet officials but we don't want him to be able to engage in misconduct. when a president does, that information should be turned over to congress. >> is there any question whether or not what trump did with the

acting ag was obstruction, was wrong behavior by a president? >> there's absolutely no question about it. look, there's a long standing tradition of presidents of the united states putting in place the attorney general, obviously he nominates them, they come from his political party in all likelihood. however, there is a long tradition of distance and separation. so for instance, when i was there, working on nominations, if there were white house people in the room, you would send them out, because you don't want to discuss cases, because you do not discuss the particulars of litigation with folks from the white house. and so even though they're sort of on the same team, there's an independence, a long history and a tradition of it, and the president just violated that, and made that clear over the course of his four years in the white house. >> how is garland doing? >> you know, it's interesting, i feel like for months we've heard a lot of merrick garland distancing himself from joe biden. and today, or over the course of

this week, we've seen garland distancing himself from president trump by making a number of decisions both with respect to executive privilege and whether these individuals can come testify before congress, with respect to the president's taxes, which just came out today as well. these are big decisions that were made quite recently. so look, i'm not in the business of pop psychology and deciding what is in someone's heart. but if you notice, independence seems to be the common theme here, chris. and both from trump and biden. >> you know, unfortunately every time you see something like this, it just makes the game that much more obvious. you have people chasing biden, "you said the vaccine would mean the masks were gone forever." like they don't understand that situation. but they're quiet about what trump did. that's why we're in the place that we're in today. elliott williams, appreciate the legal analysis as always, brother. >> as always, chris, good talking to you. back to the vaccination

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quarter of hospital workers have not yet been vaccinated. and around 40% of u.s. nursing home workers are unvaccinated. this week, a group of nearly 60 major medical organizations issued a call for vaccine mandates for all health care workers but many of these workers are across the if you try to force it, you will create an emboldened resistance. let's discuss with the president of the national medical association, dr. rachel villanueva. good to see you, doc. >> nice to see you, chris. >> i'll tell people while we're both smiling at the end of the interview but the beginning is this, why aren't medical workers who we would assume know the most not getting vaccinated really that much more than the general population? >> well, i think what it tells us, it just reflects that health care workers really just reflect the nation.

not all health care workers, i think, it's a misconception but not all health care workers have a medical background or a science background. we have an extensive team that makes up our hospitals and our health care systems and that make them work. and many of these individuals have no medical background. so i think it just really reflects what is happening in our nation, that people have concerns, that people have been subjected to a lot of misinformation and i think it's done us a big disservice. >> mandates, yes or no? >> i think for health care workers, i think a mandate is necessary. i think that's why the national medical association along with nearly 60 other representative health care organizations signed on to this letter really asking health care systems and hospitals to mandate vaccinations. not only to protect our pay

sh -- patients, that's our priority but to protect the health care workers, as well and their families. as you know, the national medical association represents black physicians and patients across the country and most of our patients represent under served and under resourced populations that had low vaccination rates and so are at higher risk of severe disease, hospitalization, and death from covid. >> now, it is also become a political football is that when you hear people on the right fringe talking who is not vaccinated, they will say they are mostly black and brown minority populations. we happen to know the largest number of unvaccinated is 37% in the current read and white republicans, but when we do look at the reluctance and hesitancy within the black community, that is very real and historic, what do you see and what is the remedy?

>> you know, i see that narrative has been played out a lot, i think the in the media. i think it really doesn't reflect what happens in our community. in our community, when you have trusted messengers like faith based organizations, community workers, your health care, your own doctor, many under represented minorities, many black and brown patients will actually accept the vaccine from those trusted messengers. so the national medical association was so pleased yesterday in the white house press briefing when the biden administration announced that we would be partnering with some of our local doctors and under served communities to increase vaccine acceptance and get the rates up for our community. >> another question for you, as a gynecologist, we just got word from the cdc that all pregnant women should get the vaccine because of concerns with

complications. do you agree? >> 110%. i think today we were very happy to hear that our leading organization, the american college of obstetrics and ag gynecology and society for fatal medicine came out to support all pregnant women getting the vaccine. it took a long time for us to get that information. i think many local ob/gyns like myself was advocating for these vaccinations in pregnant women knowing they are at increased risk for severe disease, knowing they are at increased risk for poor outcomes in their pregnancy. so we're just very happy that our governing bodies agreed today and so, i'll continue to do what i do every single day, which is to ask all patients, non-progress innocent and none

are you vaccinated? if they say no, i ask why and discuss their concerns and listen to why they're concerned and hopefully try to encourage, educate and advocate for them to get vaccinated. >> so, why the smiles? dr. villanueva and i have known each other our entire lives. we went to the same grade school, a kathryn school in the middle of scqueens and i left t go to military school and we went to the same college, went to yale university. we both wound up going there and now, rachel is a big shot, the head of the national medical association and we live right akr across the bay from each other. what are the chances? anyway, doc, i'm so happy for all you've done with your life, your young life and great to see you. >> really great to see you, too, chris, thanks for having me.

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