GOING TO BE OWNED BY BIDEN NO
MATTER WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING.
>> YEAH.
YEAH.
VERY DIFFICULT CONVERSATION.
WERE GOING TO MOVE NOW TO THE
FIGHT AGAINST THE PANDEMIC AND
MORE THAN 150 EMPLOYEES OF
HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL HAVE
EITHER RESIGNED OR BEEN FIRED
AFTER REFUSING TO GET THE
COVID-19 VACCINE.
EARLIER THIS MONTH THE HOSPITAL
SYSTEM SUSPENDED 178 EMPLOYEES
FOR TWO WEEKS WITHOUT PAY FOR
NOT COMPLYING WITH REGULATIONS
THAT THEY BE VACCINATED AGAINST
THE CORONAVIRUS.
IN RESPONSE 117 EMPLOYEES FILED
A LAWSUIT OVER THE REQUIREMENT,
BUT IT WAS LATER THROWN OUT BY A
FEDERAL JUDGE.
HOUSTON METHODIST WAS ONE OF THE
NATIONS FIRST HEALTH SYSTEMS TO
IMPOSE A VACCINE MANDATE, BUT
MORE HAVE FOLLOWED SUIT
INCLUDING THE MAJORITY OF
HOSPITALS IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
AND MARYLAND.
>> ELIZABETH, 95% OF DOCTORS
BASED ON SURVEYS IVE SEEN HAVE
TAKEN THE VACCINE.
FOR SOME REASON A LOT OF HEALTH
CARE WORKERS DONT AND ITS NOT
JUST IN THIS HOUSTON HOSPITAL, I
MEAN, THIS IS HAPPENING ACROSS
AMERICA.
>> A LOT OF PLACES AND THERE IS
A LOT OF REASONS WHY THEY WONT,
THEY FEEL ITS MY BODY, YOU
CANT TELL ME WHAT TO DO, ITS
AN EMERGENCY AUTHORIZATION
VACCINE SO, THEREFORE, THEYRE
WORRIED THAT IT WAS DEVELOPED
TOO QUICKLY.
THERES A LOT OF DIFFERENT
REASONS WHY THEYRE SAYING THEY
DONT WANT IT, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE
A BASIC REQUIREMENT THAT IF
YOURE GOING TO WORK IN HEALTH
CARE YOURE GOING TO BE DEALING
WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE COVID.
>> YOU ARE A HEALTH CARE
PROVIDER.
>> THAT PERHAPS YOU WOULD WANT
TO BE VACCINATED.
IT SHOWS YOU HOW POLITICIZED
THIS VACCINE IS STILL AND HOW
PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE ALL THE FACTS
ABOUT IT.
>> YEAH.
>> IT WAS FASCINATING, YOU KNOW,
TONY FAUCI, ANTHONY FAUCI, WAS
GOING DOOR TO DOOR THIS WEEKEND
IN WASHINGTON THIS PAST WEEKEND
KNOCKING ON DOORS TRYING TO
CONVINCE PEOPLE TO GET THE
VACCINE.
WE REPORTED THAT THIS MORNING.
HE SPENT 90 MINUTES IN AN COST I
CANT TALKING TO PEOPLE ON THEIR
FRONT PORCHES AND IN 90 MINUTES
HE CONVINCED HE SAID SIX TO TEN
PEOPLE TO GET VACCINATED, BUT
PROMISING, YOU KNOW, $51 GIFT
CERTIFICATE, PERHAPS YOU CAN WIN
A JEEP IN A RAFFLE AND HE GOT
PEOPLE DOWN TO GET VACCINATED.
ITS A VERY SLOW PROCESS.
THERE IS STILL AN ENORMOUS
AMOUNT OF HESITANCY ABOUT THIS
VACCINE BUT THERE SHOULDNT BE
IN HOSPITALS.
>> NO.
>> REALLY, I MEAN, WE DONT WANT
TO SEND OUR LOVED ONES, WE DONT
WANT TO GO HOSPITALS BEING
TREATED BY PEOPLE WHO ARENT
VACCINATED.
I DONT WANT TO EVEN BE IN A
GROCERY STORE WITH PEOPLE WHO
ARENT VACCINATED.
BUT THERE IS THIS RESISTANCE
WHICH, OKAY, IF THERES PERSONAL
RESISTANCE PEOPLE HAVE THEIR
REASONS, WE LIVE IN A FREE
COUNTRY I I UNDERSTAND THAT,
WHAT I DONT UNDERSTAND ARE
LEADERS THAT HAVE PUSHED BACK SO
HARD AGAINST THE IDEAS OF
VACCINE PASSPORTS, PEOPLE
SUGGESTING THAT SOMEHOW THIS IS
BIG BROTHER WHEN ALL OF OUR
CHILDREN HAVE HAD, QUOTE,
VACCINE PASSPORTS OR THEY DONT
GET TO START KINDERGARTEN AND
THEY HAVENT BEEN ABLE TO DO
THAT FOR, WHAT, 50 YEARS.
THIS IS NOTHING NEW.
>> YOU KNOW, ITS NOTHING NEW
AND THERE IS A FASCINATING SPLIT
THAT YOU POINTED TO IS THAT THE
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
SAYS 96% OF DOCTORS HAVE AT
LEAST ONE SHOT.
THERE WAS A SURVEY FROM KAISER
BACK IN MARCH THAT SHOWED ONLY
52% OF FRONT-LINE WORKERS,
NURSES, PEOPLE WORKING IN THE
HOSPITALS, HEALTH CARE WORKERS
HAVE IT AND PART OF THE
HESITANCY WAS THAT IT WAS NEW,
THAT IT WAS UNTESTED, THAT IT
DIDNT HAVE FULL FDA APPROVAL
AND THAT WAS THE ARGUMENT.
SOME OF THOSE NURSES MADE IN
THIS CASE THAT THEY LOST, NOW A
LOT OF THEM HAVE BEEN LET GO.
BUT YOURE RIGHT, IT FEELS LIKE
WEVE BUMPED UP AGAINST A
CEILING HERE.
THE WHITE HOUSE YESTERDAY
ANNOUNCED ITS NOT GOING TO
REACH THE 70% VACCINATION GOAL
THAT IT HAD SET FOR THE FOURTH
OF JULY.
IT JUST COULDNT BE ANY EASIER,
FRANKLY, TO GET IT.
THEYVE DONE EVERYTHING THEY
COULD, THE STATES HAVE DONE
EVERYTHING THEY COULD, THEYRE
GIVING AWAY CARS, GIVING AWAY
MILLION DOLLAR LOTTERIES, ITS
ALL THERE FOR THE TAKING BUT THE
FACT REMAINS THERE IS A CERTAIN
PERCENTAGE OF THE AMERICAN
POPULATION THAT FLATLY IS NOT
GOING TO GET VACCINATED EVEN AS
THIS DELTA VARIANT MOVES IN AND
HAS A LOT OF HEALTH CARE EXPERTS
VERY CONCERNED FOR THE PLACES
WHERE THE VACCINATION RATES ARE
SO LOW.
>> AND I HAVE PEOPLE SAYING,
WELL, ITS NOT APPROVED BY THE
FDA YET.
WHY IS IT NOT APPROVED BY THE
FDA YET?
THERE IS A PROCESS.
>> I WAS IN GENEVA A COUPLE
WEEKS AGO INTERVIEWING THE GUY
WHO RUNS GABI THE KEY PART OF
COVAX THE EFFORT TO VACCINATE
THE WORLD AND FOR THEM ITS SO
GALLING FOR THEM TO HEAR PEOPLE
IN THE U.S. HEALTH CARE WORKERS
REJECTING THE VACCINE.
THEY CANT GET VACCINE FOR
ELDERLY VULNERABLE HEALTH CARE
WORKERS IN ALL OF THESE
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.
THE PROBLEM -- WE ARE NOT OUT OF
THE WOODS YET HERE.
I MEAN, IF THIS VIRUS RIPS
THROUGH THE DEVELOPING WORLD
WERE GOING TO SEE MORE AND MORE
MUTATIONS AND THESE VARIANTS ARE
GOING TO COME BACK HERE TO
AMERICA AND IF WE HAVE A
SIGNIFICANT UNVACCINATED
POPULATION -- I MEAN, THEY MAY
EVADE THE VACCINES THAT WE HAVE
ALREADY SO ITS A REAL PROBLEM.
ITS A REAL BIG PROBLEM.
YOU KNOW, BRIBING PEOPLE NOW AND
THEY ARE NOT TAKING IT SO I
DONT KNOW WHERE YOU GO FROM
THERE.
>> IT HAS TO BE SO MADDENING --
>> ITS GALLING.
>> -- FOR PEOPLE IN COUNTRIES
THAT CANT EVEN GET A VACCINE.
>> FOR ALL THOSE COUNTRIES WE
ARE GIVING VACCINES SO THAT WAS
ANNOUNCED BY THE WHITE HOUSE,
THEY ARE LOOKING AT US AND
SAYING I DONT UNDERSTAND WHY --
>> YOU DONT WANT THIS?
>> WE WILL TAKE YOURS, EXACTLY.
THATS WHAT YOU KEEP HEARING.
>>> STILL AHEAD ON "MORNING
JOE," MORE ON NEW YORK CITYS
MAYORAL RACE.
OUR NEXT GUEST SAYS THERE ARE
NATIONAL IMPLICATIONS TO THE
VOTE.
WE WILL EXPLAIN WHAT THOSE ARE.
>>> PLUS, WHATS NEXT FOR VOTING
RIGHTS AFTER YESTERDAYS
REPUBLICAN FILIBUSTER IN THE
SENATE?
>>> AND ON INFRASTRUCTURE THE
CO-CHAIRS OF THE HOUSE PROBLEM
SOLVERS CAUCUS JOIN US HERE TO
DISCUSS WHERE THE BIPARTISAN
PLAN STANDS.
>>> ALSO AHEAD VIOLENT CRIME ON
THE RISE ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND
LOCAL LEADERS SEE FEW OPTIONS
FOR REGAINING CONTROL.
>>> AND AS WE MENTIONED, NEW
REPORTING THIS MORNING ABOUT
FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMPS EFFORTS
TO GET "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE" TO
STOP MOCKING HIM BY GETTING THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT INVOLVED.
YOURE WATCHING "MORNING JOE." WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK.
WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK.D.
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