vaccine preventable vaccine where a vaccine is recommended. at this point, we need to fully evaluate the current situations, why are americans not getting vaccinated? we need to get a meaningful solution to these problems. cost may be part of the problem but there are likely other issues that affect the rates. we will consider hr 979, the vaccine fairness act, which will require weekly reporting. this is currently already being done by hhs and each community receives vaccine information weekly. we are examining the covid-19 transportation access act. this will provide grants for transportation to receive vaccines. transportation should not be a limiting factor for an individual, currently there are already several resources available for these services, including uber and lyft. lastly, many areas offer a phone number where an individual can get an appointment and they can help you coordinate a ride. we do have gaps in the vaccine system and i look forward to discussing hr 3742, the vaccine information for nursing facility operators act, which

one recent event vaccinated 225 people. i want to emphasize that every single vaccination is a win. one more person protected against the delta variant and all of these conversations our community corps members have been having, even those that don't end in vaccination, are essential this effort. to we have learned also you don't have to have a degree in medicine to have these conversations. for example, one of our standout community leaders is a 12-year-old who recently hopped on his bike and ventured into the texas heat to hand out flyers about covid-19 vaccines. please said, my bike broke down many times, but i persisted and finished all of my deliveries. we are thing for him and others who have reached across boundaries religion, age, and of neighborhood to help others get vaccinated. these are the result of an ongoing investment in the power of local trusted voices to reach fellow americans. it is a strategy that works, and i am so grateful for all americans have done, they have a the doors they have knocked on, the numbers they have dialed, and the lives they have saved. it wi

the vaccine dosage tends to be the same for most vaccines. having said that as we go forward, for people with immune disease, they are going to give them the full dose as a third booster. we may find out that we don't need as much. there are some dosage studies going on right now. does it need to be the same amount of material to activate your antibody system? obviously, there are concerns around making sure we don't over vaccinate people. for a variety of reasons, most of the rest of the world hasn't been vaccinated. if we are serious about this, we have to make sure everybody gets vaccinated. host: dr. georges benjamin provu a front row seat to democracy. announcer: president biden was joined b

, if you're fully vaccinated versus not vaccinated -- so if you're fully vaccinated versus not vaccinated, it could be the difference between getting a case of the sniffles versus suffocation and having to go into the hospital with covid-19. i say it's the difference between spending a few days in your bed at home and weeks in the i.c.u. at a hospital. this is not to be taken lightly. these vaccines are life saving and can keep you out of the hospital, and, of course, prevent death. here, an over eight-fold difference, eight times more likely to be hospitalized if you are not fully vaccinated for covid-19. look at this difference between these two bars. incredible difference showing the effectiveness of these vaccines at the local level. next slide. so i also wanted to touch base on the indoor masking order that our san francisco public [inaudible] issued on august 3, requiring masks indoors regardless of vaccination status. this is an effort that aligns with c.d.c. guidance to reduce transmission of covid-19 and everyone due to the widespread covid-19 delta variant. so, you know, this de

vaccinated. good evening americans. i want to talk about where we are in the battle against covid-19, the progress we have made an work we have left to do. and to start understanding this, even the delta variant 19 has covid-19 has been hitting this country hard, we have the tools to combat the virus. if we can come together as a country and use those tools. if we raise our vaccination rates, protect ourselves and others with masking, expand testing and identify people who are infected, we can and we will turn the tide of covid-19. it will take a lot of hard work and it will take some time. many of us are frustrated with the nearly 80 million americans who are still not vaccinated. even though the vaccine is safe, effective and free. you might be confused about what is true, what is false about covid-19. so before i outline the new steps to fight covid-19 that i'm going to be announcing tonight, let me give you clear information about where we stand. first, we have made considerable progress in b

vaccinated. even though the vaccine is safe, effective and free. you might be confused about what is true, what is false about covid-19. so before i outline the new steps to fight covid-19 that i'm going to be announcing tonight, let me give you clear information about where we stand. first, we have made considerable progress in battling covid-19. when i became president, about 2 million americans were fully vaccinated. today, over 175 million americans have that protection. before i took office, we had not ordered enough vaccines for every american. just weeks in office, we did. the week before i took office on january 20 of this year. --, over 25 thousand americans died that week from covid-19. last week that grim weekly toll was down 70%. in the three months before i took office, our economy was faltering, creating just 2000 jobs a month. we are now averaging 700,000 new jobs and month in the past three months. this progress israel. while america is in better shape than it was a few months ago

in africa, less than 12% of the population that needs to be vaccinated has actually been fully vaccinated so there's wide discrepancies in the wealthiest countries that have accumulated in the poor countries in the world banking for vaccines and are still in the moment. about 6 billion doses y of covid vaccine administered worldwide so far yet only 2% have doctor africa administered so there region and countries left behind in the promise of equity. it certainly is a step in the right direction when you consider how many doses are needed for developing countries but we need to go much further plan, muchheads of more specific targets and a lot of accountability. >> who's responsible for that in your opinion? >> leaders of the most wealthy countries of the world have made wealthy promises the president biden's announcement yesterday is a step in the right direction, we heard similar promises before. in june, the wealthiest countries of the world met and made tremendous pledges about 1 billion doses in developing countries. so far only about 16% have materialized. uk government is second beh

i said have you been vaccined? vaccinated? and he just threw his hands up and all i saw was his back. it took them three days to find me. he was in kaiser in oakland. he was dying. he had acute pneumonia and he had all of these bacterias in his body that was eating up every organ he had. and my message that i would like to get out today to the masses, if you're anywhere from 38 to sixty and i have a group of about twelve doctors that took their time with me and they said within the last six to eight months, the group 38 to 60, they come in, they don't make it out. they don't make it out because they have not been vaccinated. they die. my son is dead. my son. i have only one child. i beg you. i beg you. i can't take no more. my son i'm going to bury. you don't know what it feels like. my son is dead. i've got to go. >> reverend brown. say something. >> thank you very much, madam mayor and to dr. colfax. reverend shaw of bethel african american first friendship and other clergy persons who are here. i stand to say, we should app

vaccinated. even though the vaccine is safe, effective, and free. it might be confused about what is true, what is false about covered 90. so before outline the new steps to fight covert 19th that i'm going to be announcing the night that me give us some clear information about where we stand. first, we have concern, we've made considerable progress and battling over 19 when i became president, about 2000000 americans were fully vaccinated today. over 175000000 americans have that protection. before i took office, we had northern facts seen for every american. just weeks in office. we did. the week before i took office on january 20th, and this year, over 25000 americans died that we covered 90 last week that grim weekly, tall was down 70 percent. and in 3 months, before i took office, our economy was faltering, creating just 50000 jobs in mind. are now averaging $700000.00 new jobs a month. in the past 3 months. this progress is real, but while america is much better shape than it was 7 months a

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vaccination rates. that is really strong progress, and these organizations continue to see more employees vaccinated each day. vaccination requirements are not only our path out of the pandemic, but they accelerate our economic recovery. by increasing the number of workers that are vaccinated, vaccination requirements will keep workplaces safe and help curb the spread of the virus into communities. that means more americans getting vaccinated. it means safer schools and healthier families. it means more consumers dining out and shopping at their local small business. you do not have to be an economist to understand why vaccination requirements will boost more than vaccination rates. they will also boost the labor market and the overall economy. that is exactly what leading economists believe, including those that goldman sachs and moody's. one economist even called the president's plan for vaccination requirements the cheapest and most powerful economic stimulus ever enacted. the bottom line is the pres

so long the message was get vaccinated, you can die from covid, get vaccinated.e did that and now the messaging is coming up in different ways, now you may need a booster. surely you can understand that some people might be concerned about figuring out what they should be doing. >> you are absolutely right. it is a very complicated sent to get out there and for many of us at the beginning of the rollout of the vaccine and as they were developed, probably they realized there might have to be boosters. and the vaccine schedule that was recommended where two shots are given in a three or four week. -- period, that would not be enough to give long-lasting protection to some people. it is to engage in the vaccine to take care of the emergency in front of us now, but with the delta variant and possibly others, where immunity needs to be very strong to prevent transmission of the virus and also event more severe disease, i think it is important now that we change some of that messaging. i think people might be getting tired of this, that the message has changed many tim

get vaccinated. the department of labor will require employers with 100 or more workers to give those workers paid time off to get vaccinated. no one should lose pay in order to get vaccinated or take a loved one to get vaccinated. today the total of vaccine requirements and my plan will affect about 100 million americans, two-thirds of all workers and for other sectors i issue this appeal to those of you running large entertainment venues or sports arenas, concert venues to movie theaters, please require folks to be vaccinated or show a negative test at the condition of entry. for the nations family physicians, pediatricians general practitioners you are the most trusted medical boys for your patience. you may be the one person who could get someone to change their mind about being vaccinated. tonight i'm asking each of you to reach out to your unvaccinated patients over the next two weeks and make a personal appeal to them to get the shot. america nature personal involvement in this critical effort

angela: certainly this vaccine, the covid vaccine. for many employment environments is becoming a condition of continuing employment, or starting employment. many employers, because of the duty they have to create a safe working environment for everyone , are making get now a condition of employment. kristen: and that is legal? not seeming to be challengeing angela: so far it is legal. doesn't mean it can't be challenge. everything can be challenged. i think we are going to see challenges to these policies, but for now, employers have a backing of government saying this is a national emergency and you need to take the steps to stop the spread of this disease. kristen: i want to know, what you do if your employer having you come back to the office and you are not ready yet? angela: employers have great leeway to require people to come back to the office. again, if there is a medical reason you can't return, you can get that validation from your doctor. your employer is required to look at what reasonable accommodations are available. o

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as i mentioned before, i'm vaccinated, my family's vaccinated,na i encourage people to be vaccinated, and i also addressed earlier the childhood masking, that's a different issue. but if we're talking about adult vaccination, look at influenza. you're lucky if 50% of population at any given year gets vaccinated. that's ad good year. it's often less. the year prior to thing pandemic it was in the 30%. so this is, it's not a question itthat everyone gets vaccinated and it's so clear. and, you know, i would point out that the anti-vaxers are not confined to republicans, they're not confined to trump supporters. people in minoritypp communitie, unfortunately, have been part of the group that's skeptical of vaccination. they haven't availed themselves of the vaccines as much. and, you know, some of this when we were talking before about following the science, some of this, unfortunately, emanated from the medical community. you know, a big mover of the anti-vax movement was an article published in the lancet about 20-30 years ago by an english physician, and the lancet is a mainstream, res

vaccinated.n though the vaccine is safe, effective, and free. you might be confused about what is true and what is false about covid-19. so before i outline the new steps to fight covid-19, that i'm going to be announcing tonight, let me give you some clear information about where we stand. first, we made considerable progress in battling covid-19. when i became president, about 2 million americans were fully vaccinated. today over 175 million americans have that protection. before i took office, we hadn't ordered enough vaccine for every american. just weeks in office, we did. the week before i took office on january 20th of this year, over 25,000 americans died that week from covid-19. last week that grimm weekly toll was down 70%. three months before i took office the economy was faltering, creating 50,000 jobs a month. we are averaging 700,000 new jobs a month. in the past three months. this progress is real. while america is in much better shape than it was seven months ago when i took offic

you can see they're vaccinating the unvaccinated. further protection for the vaccinated.xpect to hear about booster shots in that portion of the speech as well as also looking at the economic recovery and making sure the economy can continue to push forward even as this pandemic continues to rage. but one thing is very clear, this is going to be a very different speech from the one we heard from president biden two months ago ahead of the july 4th holiday when the president said that we are closer than ever to declaring independence over this virus. in those two months we have watched coronavirus cases skyrocket, surging across the country amid the spread of this delta variant. and so now clearly the president facing a lower approval rating for his handling of the pandemic, sees a need to show that he is on top of this and what more his administration can do. the question is, of course, this administration so far has said they don't believe they have the power to mandate vaccines for all americans across the country. but we have watched over the last couple of months as t

one recent event vaccinated 225 people. every single vaccination is a win. one more person protected against the delta variant and all of these conversations our community corps members have been sharing are part of this effort. one of our standout community leaders is a 12-year-old who recently hopped on his bike and ventured into the texas heat to hand out flyers about covid-19 vaccines. he said his bike broke down many times but he persisted and finished all of my deliveries -- all of his deliveries. we are thing for him and others who have strict cross religion, age, and neighborhood to help others get vaccinated. these are the result of an ongoing investment in the power of local interested voices to reach fellow americans. it is a strategy that works and i'm grateful for all americans have done, they have a bond, the phone numbers they have dialed, and the lives they have saved. it will be more important than ever that we continue these efforts as we work to defeat delta and and this pandemic for good. thank you for your time and i will pass it back to

getting vaccinated.the washington post" -- "the new york times" continuing on the process of how these rules will come down. experts say mr. biden has the authority to impose vaccine requirements on the private sector through laws that require businesses to comply with evidence-based federal health safety standards. the occupational safety and health administration has already imposed other pandemic precautions such as a rule in june requiring healthcare employers to provide protective equipment and adequate ventilation to ensure social distancing among other measures. that is from "the new york times" this morning. the rational reaction on capitol hill, mixed as you would expect. thomas massie calling it absolutely unconstitutional. the republican congressman from arizona saying, "i will be introducing legislation to block this assault on american freedom and liberty. we must fight against attempts to force vaccine mandates on the american people." this tweet from mike quigley saying, "the vast majority

get vaccinated. within a week or so's time, he was in the hospital and sadly passed away and ms. cook talked about how and how when our son came to see her, she was worried because she has had the vaccine, but she has underlying health conditions and was concerned about her health. she loves her son but she begged him to get vaccinated and the pain and hurt is really something that others are experiencing because what we're seeing was about 117 people in the hospital now when we were just not too long ago at less than ten people in the hospital. what we're seeing, we're, of course, very concerned about and we're especially worried about our children who are under the age of 12 who can't even get vaccinated. and so this requirement again, it's not about a punishment, it's really about a chance to try and get us moving in the right direction and keeping people safe. in san francisco, we have really been the model for the rest of the country. i'm really proud of the people here. we have 79% of san franc

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, vaccines, vaccines. a booster and how it is incredibly important. for unvaccinated americans he talked about how vaccines are important not just to protect themselves and avoid what you said, those harrowing, devastating death bed pleas before they're intubated, please, can i get the first shot now, but also the importance of others. he talked about vaccines, getting kids who are 12 and over and eligible to get vaccines, and the importance of vaccines in families where maybe your kid can't get the vaccine but you can make sure everyone around them, yourself, a caregiver, an older sibling is vaccinated. it is davy stating pandemic. it is incredibly confounding and deadly. if there's one thing he can do -- and he talked about vaccines for the global community. but there's one thing that he made clear is that the best answer the u.s. and the world has right now are vaccines. >> steph, you cover these stories and tell them just about better than anybody here of the human toll this has taken. what part of thi

vaccinated. >> we would like to be a model to what other businesses should do around the country. from federal agencies to the military to contract workers doing which is with the government and the president is issuing an emergency rule for any private business with more than 100 employees to either be vaccinated or get tested once a week. >> people who are vaccinate the and can't go back to normal and are fearful to send kids to school when there aren't mask requirements and the president's speech will hopefully ease those fears. >> the president will focus on these six points. vaccination the unvaccinated. recommend booster shots. outline how to keep schools open and increase testing and mask dark wearing. fight the pandemic to improve economic recovery an all this to try to slow the soaring delta variant that is overwhelming hospitals in pockets of the country and killing 1,500 poem a day. >> why is there any hope that this will change anything at all? >> the peach isn't just words. he's anno

a 2nd type of vaccine is the know of x type of vaccine. that's a more reliable production because it's essentially a chemical process. there is an edge of it that's included and the vaccine doesn't look like it says ro, robust against some of the variance. and then you've got the m r n a vaccines, pfizer and minerva. these vaccines are highly effective, it's now pretty clear that 2 doses may not be sufficient. so we may need a 3 dose here is there are other vaccines that are given doses at 01 in 6 months. we'll see, we're still learning more about that. but there's not nearly enough, we are billions and billions of doses short. so in this u. s. says we're going to give a half a 1000000 doses. that sounds great until you realize 2 things. first, we need about 10 times that much. second, we need it now. not a year from now. so i think there is a route forward here. i wrote about this back in the very 1st days of march. there is a way to go to madonna, which the us taxpayer is paid for the development of the n i. e created the intellectual pr

, if you're fully vaccinated versus not vaccinated -- so if you're fully vaccinated versus not vaccinated between getting a case of the sniffles versus suffocation and having to go into the hospital with covid-19. i say it's the difference between spending a few days in your bed at home and weeks in the i.c.u. at a hospital. this is not to be taken lightly. these vaccines are life saving and can keep you out of the hospital, and, of course, prevent death. here, an over eight-fold difference, eight times more likely to be hospitalized if you are not fully vaccinated for covid-19. look at this difference between these two bars. incredible difference showing the effectiveness of these vaccines at the local level. next slide. so i also wanted to touch base on the indoor masking order that our san francisco public [inaudible] issued on august 3, requiring masks indoors regardless of vaccination status. this is an effort that aligns with c.d.c. guidance to reduce transmission of covid-19 and everyone due to the widespread covid-19 delta variant. so, you know, this delta variant is really covid

we must increase vaccinations with new vaccination requirements.nearly 80 million eligible americans who have not gotten vaccinated, many said they were waiting approval from the food and drug administration. last month, the fda granted that approval. the time for waiting is over. this summer, we made progress through vaccine requirements and incentives as well as the fda approval. 4 million more people got their first shot in august than they did in july. but we need tdo more. this is not about freedom or personal choice. it is about protecting yourself and those around you. the people you work with, the people you care about, the people you love. my job as president is to protect all americans. so tonight, i'm announcing that thdepartment of labor is developing an emergency rule to require all employers with 100 or more employees, that together employ over 80 million workers, to ensure their workforces are fully vaccinated, or show a negative test at least once a week. some of the biggest tests are -- biggest companies are already requiring this.

we made vaccinations free, safe and convenient. the vaccine is fda approved. over 200 million americans have gotten at least one shot. we have been patient. but our patient is wearing thin. your refusal cost all of us. >> the cost is staggering. as of tonight, about 1,500 people are dying right now with a free vaccine that would prevent those deaths, 1,500 people are dying and 151,000 americans are becoming infected a day. biden's ire, not just directed at the unvaccinated but those in positions of power who continue to lie and spread conspiracy theories. >> elected officials, actively working to undermine the fight against covid-19. instead of encouraging people to get vaccinated and mask up, they are ordering mobile morgues for the unvaccinated dying from covid in their xhupties. this is totally unacceptable. >> biden is requiring all businesses with 100 or more please to ensure theird or test week. fines can be $14,000. when it cop comes to federal workers, he is requiring all federal workers to be vaccinated. no option for testing. the same for health care

people can be vaccinated and they can also get information about the vaccine.be difficult to figure out what are the true facts and where do i get the information. and they not only provide information but deliver the vaccine. for someone like me getting the vaccine was -- the moment i became eligible i signed up and got the vaccine. should boosters be necessary ale do the same thing but for other people is a journey and it's a process. they are gathering information and there are pieces along the way p to finally encourage themo be vaccinated. i spent 20 years practicing and i'm used to people making decisions that i may not agree with but i'm also trying to meet them where they are. >> we have done a lot of a lot of reading at of the tea leaves when it comes to figuring out different trends and vaccinations and who is not getting vaccinated and why. how would be seen that changing recently? >> well i will tell you this has been one of those things that's been moving all the way through. i will tell you it's hard to know exactly what ultimately motivates peopl

vaccine.ow the importance of our world leading vaccination programme, so can he say that as we rule out these boosterjabs, how will he build on the success of the network of gp surgeries, community pharmacies and volunteers who have helped rule out a particularly my part of the world, all these covid vaccinations? he part of the world, all these covid vaccinations?— vaccinations? he is right to raise this. booster— vaccinations? he is right to raise this. boosterjabs _ vaccinations? he is right to raise this. boosterjabs will _ vaccinations? he is right to raise this. boosterjabs will be - vaccinations? he is right to raise this. boosterjabs will be hugely| vaccinations? he is right to raise l this. boosterjabs will be hugely in maintaining protection and the gp networks, the nhs vaccination centres have all been part of our planning for this, and given that these are boosterjabs, i think we can move much more quickly than we did with the original doses.— did with the original doses. parents w

the vaccine dosage tends to be the same for most vaccines.g said that as we go forward, for people with immune disease, they are going to give them the full dose as a third booster. we may find out that we don't need as much. there are some dosage studies going on right now. does it need to be the same amount of material to activate your antibody system? obviously, there are concerns around making sure we don't over vaccinate people. for a variety of reasons, most of the rest of the world hasn't been vaccinated. if we are serious about this, we have to make sure everybody gets vaccinated. host: dr. georges benjamin is the executive director. thank you for your time. we will finish off the program with open form. you can comment on the segments we've seen. democrats, (202) 748-8000. republicans (202) 748-8001. independent voters, (202) 748-8002. we will take those as washington journal continues. >> 20 years ago, two large commercial airliners flew into the world trade buildings in new york city. 2700 63 people lost their lives. a few minutes

anyone who's eligible to get vaccinated, i encourage you to get vaccinated. that will protect children. if you're worried as a parent about the fact that your child may be at risk for getting it in schools -- data has shown us, particularly data from much larger school districts in the nation, that were open prior to the vaccine being made available to the public at large, that transmission between children and schools was incredibly low. it was low compared to community transmission, that was the highest driver of surges and adult to child transmission in the home. inhome transmission are where children are at risk. covid is not the most concerning thing in regards to school. however, as a pediatrician and a big proponent of vaccines, there are things that do definitely pass between children in schools that you can get your child vaccinated against and one of those things is the flu. earlier in the pandemic, we were seeing lot more child death due to the flu than to the coronavirus. that can pass from child to child. i encourage to get updated on vaccination

so to find out information about getting vaccinated go to sf.gov/vaccinated. you can call if you have any questions or need additional information, but this is an important step towards our recovery. i saw on the news hamilton just opened and people were there with smiles on their faces. underneath the mask, i saw the high cheekbones. i know you guys know what that looks like and it felt good. i don't know about you but when i went out to asia sf, the women who performed there to be out in a city, to go to a restaurant, to see people again, there was a time we could not do this, so if we want to continue down this path if we want to make sure people are healthy to make sure we're in a good place as a city from a public health perspective so that our economy can really recover to its fullest extent, then we all have to do our part. we need to get vaccinated. we need to make sure that we are respectful to the businesses that ask us to put on our mask, or to produce your vaccination cards. we need to continue to have grace as we deal with one of the most and coun

or a multidose vaccine and really many vaccines we have, you know, our hepatitis c vaccine is a prime boost of six months. there are many vaccines that follow this schedule. but you're right. and i think one of the important places that you're right is flu vaccines in any given year are about 60% protected. we have wanted, yearned for a golden bullet covid vaccine. we have to manage our expectation what a vaccination can do during a pandemic time. even the vaccinated have to take the proper prevention measures. katherine: so my understanding is at this point, under your official recommendation, which you gave out on friday, you are now included in a group that may get boosters based on individual benefit and risk. are you planning to? how would that situation changed if you had stuck to the original vaccination from accip? dr. walensky: am i planning on getting a booster? i am planning on getting a booster. i am not high risk myself based on where i am working right now. much of the government is remote. i am -- when i think what my occupational risk is, if i were seeing patients stil

ramping up vaccine production, donations, delivery, and administering the vaccine, which is a logistical challenge. addressing the oxygen crisis in many hospitals around the world, making treatment more accessible, and increasing the availability of public health tools like masks and tests. and building back better, so our global health security infrastructure is more resilient than it is today. we have all suffered. the u.s. has lost more than 670,000 of our fellow americans. worldwide, the death toll is about 4.5 million people. 4.5 million people. it is a global tragedy. we are not going to solve this crisis with half measures or middle-of-the-road ambitions. we need to go big, and we need to do our part. governments, private sector, civil society, leaders, philanthropists. this is an all hands on deck crisis. and the good news is we know how to beat this pandemic, vaccines, public health measures and collective action. during the first eight months of my presidency, we have worked aggressively to get americans and the world vaccinated. as president of the united states. my first resp

>> that the vaccine was not a real vaccine. that it was, like, a tracking tip the government was trying to use on us. >> reporter: patrick was in billings, montana. this is the er. they've set up overflow beds in the hallways. nurse christy was among those caring for patrick. was it exhausting? >> it is. it's kpauzing. i've had days where i thought i don't know that i can get up and continue to do this job, and i've been a nurse for 30 years. i believe passionately in what we do. i want to make a difference for patients, but i never thought i would be there, but i've had days that i thought i don't know that i can continue to do this. >> reporter: since then she says things have gotten worse. the hospital has limited ecmo treatments, external machines that can function as heart and lungs. administrators have also discussed how best to get ready for what's known as critical standards of care, essentially guidelines for how to ration resources. >> this is heart breaking. this is something i have never prepared myself for or never

mandates were the only focus of today's speech. >> vaccines provide strong protection for the vaccinated read about and hear about and see the stories of hospitalized people, people on their deathbeds among the unvaccinated over the past few weeks. this is a pandemic of the unvaccinated. >> laura: joining me now to respond to the claims, professor of medicine at stanford and harvard medical professor. dr. i've asked this question before but i want to ask it again. is it accurate to call this pandemic and the mutations that are arising as one of the unvaccinated? >> no, i wouldn't make that distinction, this is a pandemic for the whole population. in the plan they claim that this is science-based, but that's not correct. two examples, one is that they are mandating vaccines for everybody but they know people have recovered from covid disease, they have stronger and longer lasting immunity than the vaccinated. they are better protected, so there's no reason to mandate them to be vaccinated. the other thing is that anybody can get infected, and there's more a thousandfold difference in mort