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joining me now is eric feigl—ding, an epidemiologist and senior fellow at the federation of americanch forjoining us. it does feel a bit counterintuitive. cases are going up and restrictions are coming down but the government specific views hospitalisations are pretty low. so is this the right time to strike? are pretty low. 50 is this the right time to strike?- are pretty low. 50 is this the right time to strike? thank you for having _ right time to strike? thank you for having me. _ right time to strike? thank you for having me. this _ right time to strike? thank you for having me. this is - for having me. this is absolutely the wrong time and the wrong decision, period. all i can say is it's a horrible, terrible, no good decision. the delta variant is not your normal variant. the delta variant is the fastest most contagious variant, more than we've ever seen before, it is much more severe, it is for— times greater risk of hospitalisation than the old strain and also it is vaccines somewhat attenuating and evasive so one dose is not enough and we know that with two doses, in israel