wallenski mentioned. they are still discouraging non-essential travel. we have to think about those grandparents who are not local. but they are vaccinated and whether or not families will be following these guidelines. >> all right. and as we continue this, it adds to the question -- you hear the optimism. people who have their vaccines at least have a road map where to go. you see the case count plateauing but down significantly from the beginning of the year. more vaccines getting out there which leads to optimism. then those are saying wait a minute because they have watched europe's experience with the variants. dr. michael oweser the home says yes we are in a better place now but he's worried. >> four weeks ago the b.1.1.7 rather yapt made up 1 to 4% of the viruses we were seeing across country. today it is up to 30 to 40%. in europe, when you hit the auto% mark cases surge. we have to keep america as safe as we can from this virus by not letting up on any of the public health measures we have taken and we need to get people vaccinated as quickly a

wallenski. >> thank you. it is good to be back with you all today. we are now officially one year and one day into covid pandemic. as i reflect back on the mere impossible clinical decisions we had to make to prioritize scant resources, ventilators and ppe, i recall those moments and i'm sure many of you shared them where i felt powerless and hopeless. and here we are one very long year later, led by science and propelled by a growing sense of hope that we can and we will get out of this together. but cases and hospitalizations and deaths remain high. and we've been fooled before into being too lax. so now is the time to double down to see this through. cdc post recent data shows cases continue to fluctuate between 50,060,000 new cases per day with the most recent seven day average more than 55,500 cases per day. the most recent seven-day average of hospital admissions continues to decline, down from the previous seven-day period to about 4,900 admissions per day. we also continue to see around 1,500 to 1,800 deaths per day. with the latest seven day

wallenski said about that. >> every time there is a surge in travel we have a surge in cases in this country. we know many of our variants have emerged from international places and that the travel corridor is a place where people are mixing a lot. we are really trying to restrain travel at this current period of time. >> when do you think that we will be able to travel safely? >> i haven't yet heard of any specific country releasing travel guidelines for those who have been fully vaccinated. but along the same vein that the cdc released guidelines for small gatherings, if you have been vaccinated, i do think as more people in this country start to get their vax scene as we vaccinate more people globally we are going to start seeing both individual travel restrictions from certain countries, and the cdc release further guidelines on traveling for those who are fully vaccinated. >> this guidance is specific to people who have had their vaccine. it's specific to vaccinated people within their homes, not in public. do you think that public precautions should change now that cases are dr

cdc director rochelle wallensky signed off on the johnson & johnson shot after a panel voted to recommend it on sunday. at first glance, it isn't as effective as the pfizer, biontech and moderna vaccines, but it was 86% effective in preventing severe illness and 72% effective at preventing moderate illness in u.s. trials. and perhaps the most important stat, it was 100% effective at preventing covid fatalities. no one who got the vaccine during the trial died from the disease. and while some may still hesitate over the numbers, dr. anthony fauci says you should get the shot as fast as you can. >> if i were not vaccinated now and i had a choice of getting a j&j vaccine now or waiting for another vaccine, i would take whatever vaccine would be available to me as quickly as possible for the simple reason of what i said a moment ago. we want to get as many people vaccinated as quickly and as expeditiously as possible. >> the life-saving vaccine could start going into arms as soon as this week. cnn's jacqueline howard has more on the expected roll-out. >> reporter: now that the johnson & johns

wallensky are wrong. >>> thousands of residents in your state capital of jackson, mississippi, still have access to running water and those who do are under boil water advisories. why hasn't been crisis yet been resolved? what are you doing to fix it? >> well, first of all, let me say this about dr. walensky. i will say she is wrong about getting kids in school in mississippi. our kids have been in school since the first week of august and every kid in america deserves a quality education and the best way to do that is have a kid in the classroom. with respect to the water crisis in jackson, this is something that has been in the making for not only years and years, but actually decades and decades. it's the fact that a large number of municipalities in our state and around the country have ignored routine maintenance and because you do that over many years, you put yourself in a very difficult position. it is terribly unfortunate that so many good people throughout the city of jackson have had struggles getting running water. but i want you to know something, jake. that includes the