through vaccines. officials need good to timely data to evaluate their effort and you can help by supporting four bills, many of which are sponsored by the committee members. the strengthening vaccine for children act, the helping adults protect immunity act that helps eliminate cost-sharing for the medicaid beneficiaries and the immunization infrastructure modernization act. finally it's important to remember people need other lifesaving vaccines and i urge the public to visit, learn about the don't skip vaccines and the collaborations and for educational materials on all of the diseases and for congress we have a special report called the state of the union which is on the website. thank you for the opportunity and i look forward to answering questions. >> i urge the members to read the report because it is an excellent snapshot of where we are. now we are pleased to recognize you for five minutes for an opening statement, doctor. >> good morning members of the committee. since 2016 i've been the dir

plenty of vaccine to make sure we vaccinate the public. one of the benefits of everybody getting vaccinated as quickly as possible is it will allow us to do a better job leading way in helping the globe get their vaccines as well. next question. >> shannon, nbc. >> hi, i wanted to ask about the summer camp guidance. i was wondering if dr. walensky could respond to some criticism about having kids wear outdoors, given that you guys have all talked about the low level of spread outdoors and the low level of transition among younger children. dr. walensky, could you talk at all about the data or the evidence the cdc used to make that determination that kids need to be wearing masks outdoors, you know, in all scenarios, regardless of vaccination status? is there any middle ground where kids wouldn't have to wear masks outdoors at camps? >> thank you for that question. so we have two sets of guidance. we have guidance for masking and if you are vaccinated -- for masking if you are vaccinated or unvaccinated outdoors. we have authorization for 1

vaccine. smelled again for smallpox. they found a way to scale up street strive production which allowed to take that version into tropical areas so it would not be destroyed by heat. that allowed henderson to lead the smallpox system of our greatest successes in global health lease on infectious disease always relied on international cooperation. in cooperation between countries which generally did not agree ideologically. they're willing to put aside their ideologies that work together. this is something that i was so impressed with as a vaccine scientist over the years. how can we dust this off and give it a of paint and reinvigorated? between 2,142,006 it in the obama white house. very difficult time middle east when the occupation was starting. the height of the syrian conflict and civil war preys on the proxy wars in saudi arabia were beginning in yemen. some of the very awful time looking at how we can cooperate between muslim and geordie and nations for muslim development. i made some

to get vaccinated. second, building vaccine confidence by empowering americans with facts and answering their questions. and third, ensuring that equity is at the center of everything we do. to improve access and make it easier and more convenient for americans to get their shot, this week the president directed our federal pharmacy partners to start making no appointment walk up vaccinations available. soon, americans will be able to get vaccinated without an appointment at the vast majority of nearly 40,000 local pharmacy locations worldwide. cvs, rite aid, walmart and sam's club southeastern, and heb have announced that they are offering walk-up vaccinations at all of the locations nationwide. more than 20,000 stores in communities across the country. to reach people where they are, fema is shipping from the high volume of vaccination sites that have served so many americans so well to smaller, community-based sites and expanding the number of mobile clinics. this week we made significant investments

vaccinated versus partially vaccinated. now when you look at the immune response to a single dose of mrna vaccines in organ transplant or cancer patients. clearly, the single dose was not adequate. this becomes really important. organ transplant, particularly among vims on immunosuppressive drugs and cancer patients, but there are a lot of people in society who are on things like glucocorticoids who may not be get a good resporns after the first dose and we absolutely want them to get the second dose. quickly, let's look at some of the data that backs up this clinical. i showed you this slide before. this is the pfizer biontech. we are looking at neutralizing antibodies after the first dose which is after 21 days versus the second dose which is at day 28 to 35. as you can see, younger individuals or older individuals, a dramatic difference in neutralizing antibodies between the first and second dose. we often talk about cell responses, the same thing. if you look at after the first dose, namely at day 29 on the responses to

vaccine. we did not do a good job of explaining relative risks. host: we are inviting our phone lines,% and for others, --host: --(202) 748-8000 and for our others, (202) 748-8001. these are some of the works. where are we, in terms of getting young people vaccinated between the ages of 12 and 17? >> visors submitted for approval. presumably, i know that they will be meeting on the 12th to discuss this. it should be and moments that parents should be able to vaccinate their children. host: you are on the fda advisory committee. tell us how it works. guest: these products will initially be submitted for authorization. they go through different studies. the phase 3 three study that everybody hears about is about tens of thousands of people who did not get the vaccine. usually 100 plus page documents, reviewing the data and have their own interpretation to make sure nothing is missed. we meet for a day and ask our questions. host: why is johnson & johnson a single dose and moderna and pfizer are

vaccines. due to the health emergency, as i noted, today's hearing is being held remotely. all witnesses, members and staff will be participating via videoconferencing and ask as usual for a proceeding. microphones will be set on mute for the purposes of limiting inadvertent background noise. members and witnesses, don't forget, you'll need to unmute each time you wish to speak. now, if at any time i'm unable to continue as chair, which has happened because of technology, the vice chair of the subcommittee, mr. peters, will serve as chair until i'm able to return. documents for the record can be sent to austin flak at the e-mail address that all of the staff has, and all of the documents will be entered into the record at the conclusion of the hearing. the chair now recognizes herself for an opening statement. today we continue our oversight of the nation's covid-19 response efforts. throughout the pandemic, this subcommittee has conducted robust oversight over a range of critical issues includ

and more americans vaccinated. as i said last week given me succeeded to get vaccinations to the lionsh share of those most at risk and those most eager to get vaccinated we now increasingly focused on other groups that it will take time to reach and we expect the number of shots administered each day to monitor to fluctuate we will continue to vaccinate millions of americans each and every day. the past week two.6 million shots per day was are average overall 55 percent of adult americans now have at least one shot. that is up from 38 percent the end of march and 19 percent the end% of february. looking at the next slide we reached a major milestone of americans fully vaccinated. today 100 million americans are fully vaccinated. nearly double the 55 million were fully vaccinated at the end of march. 100million nearly 40 percent of all adult americans who are now fully vaccinated two weeks after getting the last shot. 100million americans with a sense of relief and peace of mind knowing to be protected from the vir

the vaccine is protein. some flu vaccine.eins are the vaccines that have been shown to work. it really is the most simple type of vaccine. it's just a small component of the virus and it is combined with a chemical called annage u tant which says to your body, look out, that is what is potentially nasty pathogen, make an immune response to that. we have got a p.m. -- you know, they are a fantastic team. they have, you know, the real focus and drive to put in the hours and work together. >> this year because of the pandemic, so for me and my family, to be a good news to know that the vaccine that you kill is developing prove to be successful coming from africa, i am very much away of infectious disease. so trying develop vaccines and also this level, even made it more important. >> protein vaccines are cheap and easily transportable, making them vital for reaching developing countries. but just like the others, keith faces a key challenge. you see, the spike protein isn't just a stationary protrusion. it's a shape shifter. as

i got the vaccining, my wife got the vaccine, my sons got the vaccine, their wives got the vaccine, i've encouraged my taff to take i -- take it as soon as it's available to them. i've gone through the last 24 hours with a real fear that i had a 1 1/2-year-old grandson who might have had covid. fortunately, it all came back negative and he'll hopefully leave the hospital sometime today. but i would guess that everyone in this room is vaccinated. which means if we follow the c.d.c. guidelines we candy spence with masks and social distancing. tomorrow, i hope that we are going to have a vack scene that's approved for kids over 12 and one -- ones younger, hopefully, in the not too distant future. we must assure -- reassure merps that covid vaccines are safe. vaccines save lives. i might have been fie nye yves when we started this, thinking that staying out of the hospital and not dying might be enough motivation to get people vaccinated. it clearly wasn't. that's why we must reassure americans that if you get a covid vaccine, our lives can and will return to normal. but we can't assure with

we keep our vaccines running and we distribute that vaccine. there are mechanisms at the moment, covax is a very important mechanism. a large part of the covax allegation coming out of the institute in india and the way the disease is rampaging through india, all of that vaccination, those doses of vaccination have been taken for domestic consumption in india. you have to look at different mechanisms for increasing production around the world. let me give you a specific example from the u.s.. if the u.s. you have roughly 60 million doses of astrazeneca. it's not yet been given fda approval but it's been used in different parts of the world, particularly africa. this vaccine is literally sitting on the shelves at the moment. if you were able to get that vaccine out of the u.s. and into africa we would at a stroke double the amount of vaccine in africa. some very important things we could do very practically to help the situation. yes it's true and we are not suggesting you can vaccinate the entirety of the developing world population in 2021. we

vaccine indifferent. you know, if somebody's working to make ends meet and they got two jobs, two kids, going to cvs and spending even if it's 25th amendment in line to get that -- 20 minutes in line to get that shot, that's a luxury some don't have. what's the solution to make sure access is equitable? >> right. exactly. access is still a huge, huge issue. there's 30 million people unvaccinated but still interested in getting a vaccine. and as we've seen, cities are being very innovative. new york city, for example, in the subways are offering a seven-day metrocard so you can get vaccinated in grand central station. those are the incentives that we need, but we also need flexibility in schedules. we need people to be able to get a vaccine like they can go to the store and get a carton of milk. it needs to be that easy. and we also need employers to make sure that they are willing to offer paid leave for people to get their vaccines, not just on the day of the vaccine but several days after when they feel

and vaccine confidence. vaccine confidence is complicated. it's really individuals, families, communities and health care providers hold in the vaccine, people giving the vaccine, and the process and policies that lead to vaccine developments, manufacturing, and recommendations for use. for any of you that have been following the cdc's advisory committee the past few months, you have seen us try to have those processes and policies deliberated in public, with tens of thousands of people watching until we demystify the data that goes into the recommendations that we make. the cdc has been working in coordination with health departments and community-based organizations to implement a vaccine confidence strategy that anchored off three main objectives, to build trust by sharing clear and accurate information about the vaccine, including the latest safety and the very impressive effectiveness data. to empower health care personnel by building confidence in their own decisions to get vaccinated, and their abilit

vaccine. and it happened again for the smallpox eradication. it allowed you to take that version into tropical areas so it wouldn't be destroyed by heat, and that's what allowed department a. henderson -- d.a. henderson, an american, to lead the smallpox campaign. some of our greatest successes in global health, at least around infectious diseases, always relied on international cooperation and cooperation between countries which generally did not agree ideologically. they're willing to put aside their ideologies to work together. and this is something thatr i ws so impressed with as a vaccine scientist over the years, i said, hmm, how can we sort of this off and maybe give it a fresh coat of paint and re invigorate it. i had that role in the white house between 2014-2016 in the obama white house. a very difficult time in the middle east, it was when the isis is occupation was starting, it's when we were at the height of the syrian conflict and civil war, it's when the proxy wars between h ira

vaccinated. then they were getting tested for routine purposes, maybe because of travel or something like that, they were getting tested, so when they got those test results back, it was surprising, right, because they had been vaccinated, they got the test results back, but the big question, and i think what the science is showing is, despite the fact that they came back with a positive test, they are still unlikely to transmit that virus to somebody else, so unlikely to be silent or asymptomatic carriers to someone else and i think that's the big headline that's coming out of the most recent scientific studies that we're seeing. >> okay, i know you'll be watching along with us as the cdc makes their announcement here any moment. thank you, sanjay, and thank you all for joining me today. it's time for me to hand off to victor and alisyn as the news continues. continues. have a great evening. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> and welcome to "newsro

vaccinated. in a wartime effort, we must begin to press harder when we have an advantage and not let up. yesterday, individuals 12 through 15 years old became eligible for pfizer vaccine. we are putting every resource responsible to bear and leveraging every possible partnership in the country to reach people who aren't vaccinated yet and to make it as easy as possible for them to get a shot. more than 20,000 local pharmacies in communities across the nation are now offering walk-in vaccinations. you can text your zip code to 438829 to get three locations near you with vaccines in stock. soon, you'll even be able to book a free ride through that text from uber and lyft. as the president announced, lyft and uber are announcing free rides to anyone who wants to get vaccinated between may 24th and july 4th. if you want by the millions of vaccines, vaccines.gov. efforts around the country are not letting up and they cannot let up. they must accelerate with everyone contributing what they have to the

my hope is that if the vaccine is authorized, parents will take advantage and get their kids vaccinated. the second area of focus is making it more for everyone to get a vaccine. we know that adults have not been vaccinated because they found two confusing or difficult. for those having trouble finding a location and making an appointment, we are going to make it easier than ever. we have launched a simple website where you can find vaccination locations closest to you. that site is vaccines.gov. go there now cannot find a location to get a shot, and make an appointment. if you prefer texting, we have another easy way to get the shot. text your zip code to the following number. 438829. you will get texted back the location that is nearest to you and in stock then and there. you can text your zip code right now and get texts back within minutes. so send this to your kids and grandkids and friends who have not been vaccinated yet. i know people find making an appointment in advance inconvenient, so starting this week we also can direct walk-in hours. it will still be able to get vaccinate

move from what i call vaccine xbox excited stage and now we are in the vaccine busy stage.eople who have just not gotten around to it. i think we have to approach all of these groups a little differently but with that data, that allows us to focus on specific areas, the why, the who and the where. to overcome this vaccine hesitancy, we designed information campaigns to not only answer questions that help people understand getting the vaccine is the way to get back to the things we all love and want to do weddings and family reunions, churches, hugging grandparents, all of these things we care about, who want people to understand the vaccine is the key to ending it and that's one area to use some help from the white house and others and that's modeling a fully vaccinated person can do. i'd like to say now that we have fully vaccinated people, we should start and it's a big motivation, get the unvaccinated to want to be vaccinated. we focus on the who think mr. president this may be the most important. through research it seems clear people trust family doctors, local communi

a vaccination. these dating apps will allow vaccinated people to display badges which show their vaccination status, filter specifically to see only people who are vaccinated, and off to -- offer premium content, the details of which i cannot get into. apparently they include things like boost and super swipes. the apps will also help people locate places to get vaccinated. all right, got through that. today also happens to be our digital day of action. the white house and others, including michelle obama, will be highlighting the website and text line throughout the day. it has been four months since president biden's first day of office. things are substantially better than they were four months ago when we were losing thousands of americans each day and people were waiting weeks or more to get vaccinated. usually not even knowing where or when they would happen. today more than 125 million americans are fully vaccinated. those americans are at much lower risk and have more of their lives back. th

to vaccinate now our children also. >> doctor, we heard from health experts that vaccinating the younger part of the population is particularly key to getting the pandemic under control. because young people remain what they describe as a reservoir of the virus. explain how that works and why it's important not only for the safety of the young people but for the broader population. >> sure, jim. as we all know, younger adults and teenagers are less likely to get severely ill. good. they're not zero but that's very good. but they're also asymptomatic transmitters. >> they can have the infection and feel fine but give it to all their friends. and, of course, the youngsters get together all the time. they spread this infection. and they bring it home to their parents and such. if we dampen the transmission in that group, we can bend that curve downward and get to a more normal life much more quicker. >> can i ask you if there is anything that would stand in the way of that? obviously not enough people getting vaccinated. but the world health organization has just come out and said that coro

vaccinated. the president spoke from the rose garden. pres. biden: today is a great day for america. a few hours ago, the center for disease control and prevention and ecdc announced that there -- and the cdc announced that they are no longer recommending that fully vaccinated people need wear masks. this recommendation holds true whether you are inside or outside. i think it is a great milestone, a great day. this has been made possible by the extraordinary success we've had in vaccinating so many americans so quickly. to date, we've given out 250 million shots and 114 days, and we are seeing the results. cases are down in 49 of 50 states. "the new york times" has reported that hospitalizations are the lowest they have been since april of 2020, over a year ago right after the start of the pandemic. deaths are down 80%, also at their lowest level since april of 2020. as the virus tragically rages in other countries, as other nations are mired in the challenges of slow vaccine rollout and poor eco

not vaccinated. given that the vaccination is convenient and free, it will be a tragedy if -- and a needless one to see covid cases among those who do not get vaccinated go up. we're not done fighting this virus. we still have tens of millions left to vaccinate. but we are making significant progress. in fact, tomorrow's vaccination come out, they'll show that 60%, 60% of americans have received at least one shot. every day, the light at the end of that tunnel is growing brighter. this vaccination effort has been a historical, logistical achievement for this nation. i want to thank the scientists and the researchers, the companies manufacturing the vaccines, the national guard, the u.s. military, fema, the nation's governors, doctors, nurses, pharmacists. i want to thank the american people who have stepped up and done their patriotic duty and gotten vaccinated. in less than four months, we've gone from less than 6% to 60% of adults in america with at least one shot. we're seeing the results in live

been vaccinated so far.yesterday, we had a landmark day . what than 50% of people 18 years and older have received at least one vaccine dose. we need to ensure vaccine coverage is uniform across the country. this will require health-care workers listen to their concerns and help people make informed decisions. we published an article comparing urban and rural communities. we counted the vaccination level of people 18 and older. when we look at vaccination rates from april 10, covid vaccination coverage was lower in rural counties, compared to urban counties. this was true for counties across the country, across all age groups, and among men and women. we remain committed to listening and lifting up communities in every corner of the united states and make sure that vaccine coverage is equitable, regardless of if you live in rural or urban areas. we are working nationwide to provide trusted information to people where they are, wherever they are. the alabama to public -- department of public health with suppo

we heard about the rna vaccines, vector-based vaccines but a few vaccine approaches where you kind ofthis case the coronavirus. you can basically plug that in in a vaccine that's 90% prebuilt. no one knew if that was going to work and what this has shown at least in this case they were able to make it work. but it's very important to know especially for people who are a little hesitant or nervous about the vaccines and say, oh, i can't trust it because it was done so fast. it's very important to recognize that a lot of work had been done right up to that point. they weren't starting from scratch in january. >> well, caleb hellerman, listen, you said it right, a medical miracle that this has happened, it's doing so well for so many people. thank you so much for being with us. the new cnn film "race for the vaccine" premieres this saturday at 9:00 eastern only on cnn. let's go to the white house. this is president biden in the rose garden and without a mask as he comes out on the day of the new guidelines from the cdc. >> sunshine. >> you've got a great smile. >> well, today is a great

one vaccine. but you've been able to sell stock, where you are aware of the problems of the facility when you went out there and sold your stock at the time your made your prices hovering around $123 a share and it's now fallen to under $60 a share? if it's true you sold your socks today than before, the contamination there would have been worth about 5 million rather than 10 million i'll answer, you got 10 million. instead of thinking of ways to address your company's contamination, you were thinking of ways to enrich yourself. i am deeply troubled about this. we've lost so many lives if we had the vaccines, we would have saved those lives. i am concerned how you are able to get a full source contract to prepare a vaccine that you had no experience in doing and the experiences from your past contract anthrax according to government oversight was a disaster, gao said it was not done well, they wouldn't use it, the strategic national stockpile for scientists saying it needed and all these questions

i got the vaccine. my wife got the vaccine. my sons got the vaccines. i have encouraged all of my staff to take it as soon as it is available and i have gone through the last 24 hours with a real fear that i had a one and half-year-old grand sign that might have covid. fortunately it all came back negative and he will hopefully leave the hospital today. i would guess everyone in this room is vaccinated, which means if we follow the cdc guidelines, we can dispense with masks in social distancing. tomorrow i hope we will have a vaccine that is approved for kids over 12 and younger hopefully in the not distant future. we must reassure americans that the vaccines are safe. vaccines save lives. i might've been naive when we started this believing that staying out of the hospital and not dying might've been motivation enough to get people vaccinated. it clearly wasn't. that is why we must reassure americans that if you get a vaccine, our lives can and will return to normal, but we cannot assure without painting that picture for them what that looks like. toda

very safe and effective vaccines. because americans ha >>we are approaching 60% of adut americans who have taken at least one shot. our progress has been steady, and is beginning to take hold. case counts, hospitalizations, deaths, virtually every metric is now improving consistently in most of the country. today, covid-19 deaths are at the lowest point since april of 2020. dr. fauci has reviewed study after study on these calls, demonstrating the real world impact of vaccines in driving these results. progress has been especially strong. since everyone 15 and older became eligible for vaccination, cases have dropped by 45%. since everyone became eligible, three weeks ago, everyone 16 and over, a full 12% of adults have become newly vaccinated. in a wartime effort, we must begin to press harder when we have an advantage, and not let up. yesterday, individuals 12 through 15 years old became eligible for the pfizer vaccine. we are putting every resource possible to bear and leveraging every possible partnership in the c

we're now in the vaccine business yort vaccine serious phase.hese are people that haven't gotten around to it yet. i think we have to approach all of these groups a little differently. with that data, that's allowed us to really focus on three specific areas. the why, the who and the where. to overcome this vaccine hesitancy, we designed a public information campaign that not only answers questions and resolves concerns, but it helps people understand that getting the vaccine is the way to get back to the things that we all love, that we all want to do. weddings and family reunions, utah jazz games, the best team in the league right now, churches, hugging grandparents, all of those things we care about. we want people to understand that the vaccine is really the key to ending that. that's one area where we can use some help from the white house and others and that is modeling what a fully vaccinated person can do. i like to say we have fully vaccinated people, we should start acting like it. that's a big motivation to get the unvaccinated to wan

>> then tell him to shut the [bleep] up. >> get the vaccine. >> get the vaccine. >> just get the vaccine. >> grow the [bleep] up and get the vaccine. >> and tell your friend on facebook to stick to -- jewelry. >> tucker: it doesn't make you laugh, and makes you nervous. why are they talking to you that way? why are they giving you the finger on tv? no matter how many fingers they give to you, it does not change what remains true for the country. with american citizens are going to be forced to take this vaccine, or any other medicine, they have an absolute right to know what it is and what it affects might be, and they have an absolute right to ask that question, without being silenced or censored or mocked or given the finger. and no amount of happy talk or coercion or appeals to false patriotism can change that, period. martin kulldorff is a professor at harvard medical school and we are happy to have him. thanks for coming on.rf either releasable question. i know there is a vigorous debate over what the vaers numbers mean. they are dismissed by many. they are embraced by others. but i

the vaccine.n to this new phase we're also setting a new goal. two months from today, two months from today, families across the country are going to celebrate the fourth of july. our goal by july fourth is to have 70% of adult americans with at least one shot and 160 million americans fully vaccinated. that means giving close to 100 million shots, some first shots and others, second shots, over the next 60 days. of course, americans can still get shots after july fourth, and nobody should wait and let's try to hit the 70% mark at least with one shot before that day. it's another huge goal. as you may remember, we were initially focused on getting enough vaccines for every adult. we did that, we have enough vaccines, and now that we have the vaccine supply, we're focused on convincing even more americans to just show up and get the vaccine that is available to them. if we succeed in this effort, as we did with the last, then americans will have taken a serious a serious step towards a return to no

vaccinated versus partially vaccinated. next slide. when you look at the immune response to a single dose of mrna vaccines in organ transplant or cancer patients, very very clearly the single dose was not adequate. this becomes important because organ transplant particularly individuals on a variety of immunosuppressant drugs and cancer patients but there are a lot of people in society on things like glucocorticoids, that may not get a good enough response after the first dose and we want them to get the second dose. let's look at the data that backs up this clinical, next slide. i showed you the slide before, we are looking at neutralizing antibodies after the first dose which is at 21 days versus the second dose which is at day 28-35. as you can see regardless of age younger individuals or older individuals, dramatic difference in neutralizing antibodies between the first and second dose, next slide. we talk about t cell responses, same thing. if you look at after the first dose, day 29 on the t h1 response to the spike p

and the vaccine. our medical and scientific experts at the cdc and nih will be out there in the public everyday to answer questions and get the facts out. we will also be partnering with the health care providers, schools, community organizations, states, tribes, and cities at the same time. the bottom line is this -- the vaccine for kids between the ages of 12 an 15 are safe, effective, easy, fast, and free. my hope is that parents will take advantage of the vaccine and get their kids vaccinated. let's remember, millions of 16 and 17-year-olds have also been safely vaccinated. as more and more americans get vaccinated, covid-19 hospitalizations and death rates continue to fall. today, the new york times reported the number of covert hospitalizations in the u.s. since april of 2020, right after the start of this pandemic, is the lowest. safe and effective vaccines are curbing this part of the virus and saving thousands of lives. -- the spread of the virus and saving thousands of lives. allowing us to

treating as india's vaccines but they were never india's vaccines they were contracted up to 50 to 60 percent of those vaccines to go to countries like nigeria who instead of getting the doses that they were contracted to receive and promised to receive last year their seed flee enough to back a little less than one percent of their populations this is countries like ghana countries like nigeria and if they were lucky to get any vaccine doses out of from the kovacs to salute the which is this consortium run by the world health organization and garvey and seppi now this is a huge letdown there are countries other other countries like pakistan who didn't get any doses by the way so the indian crisis where we're essentially usurping vaccines that were not meant for us to be used for us is creating this situation where it's not satisfying the indian need and it is letting down the other countries who have even less vaccines than us and who depended on this supply in order to get through this crisis right but the 2nd quick point that i want to make is that the vaccine they didn't waver bid

so we have kind of picked up point where a lot of people who want to be vaccinated have then vaccinated you know 50 percent of people have gotten at least one dose just about and so you know we're really getting to the point now where we need to work harder to get people to assure people to get information to people and we're still there actually eating about 2000000 people per day so that's really good we have about 10 states that have vaccinated over 50 percent of their population but about 10 states for only about 35 percent of been vaccinated and that's really the difference by region of you know people with regard to their skepticism or you know they're cautious about getting the vaccine so it's let me give it as a little as possible what working hard i mean because you mentioned in alaska going door to door which of course is risky in itself i thought about other states giving out free cannabis free beer. there they were giving out free beer in new jersey you know alaska's sleeves up 1st some are having block parties for vaccination getting ready for tourist season giving vaccine

if you're vaccinated, you can be around the vaccinated or unvaccinated people. but if you're not vaccinated or not fully vaccinated, you should wear a mask for your own protection and the protection of other unvaccinated people. the choice is yours. >> reporter: and that is something white house officials have wanted for so long, to directly tie getting vaccinated to something as basic as taking your mask off because they do think that will help incentivize who have not been vaccinated yet. anderson, emailing staffers tonight that yes, when you're on white house grounds, if you have been vaccinated, you don't have to wear your mask walking to and from one office to another like they had been doing previously. >> thank you. perspective from our chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta and lee ana wen. sanjay, first of all, your reaction to the news, how the decision was made. is it the right decision? >> yeah. it's a big day. i mean, as you pointed out, it feels like a very momentous time here. i think the decision in many ways follows the science. we've know

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