GETTING UP WAY TOO EARLY ON THIS
MONDAY MORNING.
"MORNING JOE" STARTS RIGHT NOW.
>>> I KNOW FOLKS ARE WATCHING
THE NUMBER OF CASES RISING AGAIN
AND ARE WONDERING WHAT IT MEANS
FOR THEM.
HERE’S THE TRUTH.
IF YOU’RE FULLY VACCINATED,
YOU’RE SAFER WITH A HIGHER
DEGREE OF PROTECTION.
BUT IF YOU’RE NOT VACCINATED,
YOU ARE NOT PROTECTED.
AND NOW, WHAT WE HAVE NOW IS A
PANDEMIC OF THE UNVACCINATED.
BY THE WAY, YOU KNOW, THE OLD
EXPRESSION, NOTICE OUR
CONSERVATIVE FRIENDS HAVE
FINALLY HAD AN ALLER CALL,
THEY’VE SEEN THE LORD, WHETHER
IT’S ON FOX NEWS OR WHETHER IT’S
THE MOST CONSERVATIVE
COMMENTATORS.
>> AND MORE OF THOSE REPUBLICANS
AND CONSERVATIVE COMMENTATORS
HAVE SEEN THE LORD, AS PRESIDENT
BIDEN PUT IT.
WE’LL TELL YOU ABOUT ONE
CONSERVATIVE RADIO HOST IN
TENNESSEE WHO ORIGINALLY DIDN’T
THINK HE NEEDED TO BE VACCINATED
UNTIL HIS OWN STRUGGLE WITH THE
VIRUS.
WHAT HE’S TELLING HIS LISTENERS
NOW.
>>> WE’RE ALSO FOLLOWING THE
FIRST HOUSE COMMITTEE, THE
HEARING ON THE JANUARY 6th
CAPITOL RIOT.
IT IS SET FOR TOMORROW.
AND SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI IS
BRINGING ANOTHER REPUBLICAN
VOICE TO THE TABLE.
WE’LL TELL YOU WHO IT IS, AND
TALK ABOUT WHAT’S AT STAKE.
>>> ALSO, TEAM USA CONTINUES ITS
QUEST FOR MORE OLYMPIC MEDALS.
WE’LL GET YOU UP TO SPEED ON ALL
OF THE ACTION IN TOKYO.
GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO
"MORNING JOE," IT IS MONDAY,
JULY 26th.
JOE, WELCOME BACK.
WE MISSED YOU.
WE’LL BEGIN THIS MORNING WITH
WHAT WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT AS
IT GETS WORSE AND WORSE.
CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS
CONTINUING TO RISE AMONG THE
UNVACCINATED AMERICANS AND THE
NATION’S TOP INFECTIOUS DISEASES
EXPERT, DR. ANTHONY FAUCI SAY,,
THE U.S. IS HEADED IN THE WRONG
DIRECTION.
>> Reporter: THE WORST CASE
SCENARIO AMONG THE UNVACCINATED.
>> FEEL LIKE WE’RE GOING BACK IN
THE BELL AGAIN AND IT’S
DEFINITELY, IT’S DEFINITELY
ANOTHER WAVE.
>> Reporter: THE HIGHLY
CONTAGIOUS DELTA VARIANT
FUELLING A SURGE OF NEW CASES
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
DIRE WARNINGS FROM THE NATION’S
TOP DOCTOR.
>> GOING INTO THE FALL WITH THE
DELTA VARIANT, WE COULD HAVE A
REALLY SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH A
CONSIDERABLE SURGE OF
INFECTIONS.
>> Reporter: THE VARIANT
SWEEPING THROUGH THE SOUTH,
TEXAS, ARKANSAS AND FLORIDA
ACCOUNTING FOR 40% OF NEW CASES
IN THE COUNTRY.
BUT IN MIAMI, THOUSANDS PACKING
THE STADIUM FOR A LIVE CONCERT.
>> YOU’RE DROWNING IN PEOPLE.
>> Reporter: AS THE CDC SAID
THEY COULD RECOMMEND MASKS FOR
THE FULLY VACCINATED INDOORS.
BUT IN ARKANSAS, A NEW LAW
BANNING MASK MANDATES GOES INTO
EFFECT THIS WEEK.
>> IT’S IMPORTANT NOT TO HAVE
THE CURRENT DEBATE ABOUT MASK
WEARING BUT TO HAVE THE CURRENT
EMPHASIS ON GETTING A VACCINE.
>> Reporter: ONLY 49% OF THE
COUNTRY IS FULLY VACCINATED.
THOSE WITHOUT THE SHOTS MAKING
UP 99.5% OF COVID DEATHS.
FRONT LINE WORKERS ONCE AGAIN
WITH URGENT PLEAS TO THE PUBLIC.
>> WE ARE SEEING YOUNGER
PATIENTS, ALL UNVACCINATED, THAT
ARE SICKER.
>> Reporter: DR. MICHAEL
BOLDING, HAS BEEN WORKING IN THE
COVID WARD IN ARKANSAS SINCE THE
START OF THE PANDEMIC.
>> WHAT WOULD IT MEAN TO YOU AND
YOUR COLLEAGUES IF MORE PEOPLE
GOT VACCINATED?
>> LESS PAIN AND SUFFERING AND
LESS CALLS TO LOVED ONES TO TELL
THEM THEY DIDN’T MAKE IT.
>> Reporter: THAT’S LINDA’S
GREATEST FEAR.
>> I WAS BEING SELFISH BY NOT
BEING VAKS NATECCINATED.
IT CHANGES YOUR LIFE WHEN YOU
FEEL LIKE I MAY BE CALLED HOME.
>> THANKS TO MEGAN FILTHTZGERALD
FOR THAT REPORT.
SHE MENTIONED FLORIDA WHICH HAS
BEEN THE EPICENTER.
NO STATE IS COMING CLOSE TO
EXPERIENCING THE SUNSHINE
STATE’S EXPLOSIVE SURGE IN NEW
CASES.
HOSPITALIZATIONS IN SOME AREAS
ARE INCREASING AT THE FASTEST
RATE SINCE THE START OF THE
PANDEMIC.
ACCORDING TO THE CDC FLORIDA
COULD WANT
ACCOUNTS FOR ONE IN FIVE NEW
PANDEMICS.
OVER 73,000 CASES WERE REPORTED
OVER THE WEEKEND ALONE.
THE NUMBER OF CASES REPORTED BY
FLORIDA HAVE JUMPED MORE THAN
FOURFOLD, REACHING ITS HIGHEST
POINT SINCE MID JANUARY.
>> IT’S GOTTEN SO BAD IN FLORIDA
THAT YOU’RE ACTUALLY HEARING RON
DESANTIS TALKING ABOUT THE NEED
FOR VACCINATIONS.
WE’VE SEEN REPUBLICANS WHO WERE
QUIET ON THIS MATTER FOR QUITE
SOME TIME WHO ARE NOW ACTUALLY
TELLING THOSE IN THEIR STATES
WHO ARE GETTING SICK, GOING TO
THE HOSPITAL AND MANY DYING,
THAT THEY HAVE TO GET THE
VACCINE.
SO WHATEVER RISKS ARE INHERENT
IN THOSE VACCINES, IT’S NOWHERE
NEAR AS DANGEROUS AS NOT GETTING
THE VACCINATION.
YOU SEE IN FLORIDA AND YOU SEE
IN OTHER STATES THAT HAVEN’T
ENCOURAGED THAT IN THE PAST,
JUST AN EXPLOSION, AN ABSOLUTE
EXPLOSION IN HOSPITALIZATIONS,
99.5% OF EVERYBODY WHO IS GOING
TO THE HOSPITAL AND DYING
HAVEN’T BEEN VACCINATED.
AND YET, WE’RE STILL HAVING THIS
DEBATE.
IT IS SURREAL, AND IT IS TRAGIC.
AND FOR THOSE WHO POLITICIZE
THIS, THE DEATH IS ON THEIR
HANDS.
I DON’T THINK THERE’S ANY OTHER
WAY TO PUT IT.
OF COURSE, THE MISINFORMATION
THAT CONTINUES TO FLOW FROM
FACEBOOK PRIMARILY, YES, I KNOW
THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT
SAY LOOK AT FOX NEWS, LOOK AT
FOX NEWS.
EVEN THEIR TOP SHOWS GET TWO,
THREE MILLION VIEWERS OUT OF 325
MILLION AMERICANS.
IT’S FACEBOOK THAT’S EVERYWHERE.
YOU TALK TO PUBLIC HEALTH CARE
OFFICIALS AND YOU ASK THEM,
WHAT’S YOUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE,
THEY WILL SAY FACEBOOK.
THE LIES SPREAD, THE
MISINFORMATION THAT IS SPREAD.
THE DOCTOR IN FLORIDA WHO’S
MAKING MONEY BY GOING VIRAL
SPREADING MISINFORMATION AND
LIES ABOUT WHAT’S HAPPENING WITH
COVID AND THE VACCINES.
THAT’S WHAT’S CAUSING THIS.
IN LARGE PART.
THERE’S SOME UNDERLYING ISSUES
THAT ALSO WE HAVE TO ADDRESS AS
A COUNTRY.
BUT WE’VE GOT TO GET THE WORD
OUT AND FACEBOOK, UNTIL SUCH
POINT THAT THEY’RE BROKEN UP BY
ANTI-TRUST LAWS THE WAY THEY
SHOULD BE BROKEN UP BY
ANTI-TRUST LAWS, FACEBOOK NEEDS
TO DO MORE, BECAUSE THESE DEATHS
ARE ON THEM.
JUST LIKE CHALLENGES TO
AMERICA’S DEMOCRACY, WE’LL GET
TO THAT LATER, BUT NBC’S MEGHAN
FITZGERALD ALSO MENTIONED IN ARKANSAS IN HER REPORT THAT ONE
ARKANSAS IN HER REPORT THAT ONE OF THE STATE’S CANDIDATES FOR
OF THE STATE’S CANDIDATES FOR
GOVERNOR, SARAH HOUCK BY SANDERS
GOT WHAT SHE CALLED THE TRUMP
VACCINE.
SHE WRITES, BASED ON THE ADVICE
OF MY DOCTOR, PLEASE GET YOUR
ADVICE FROM YOUR DOCTOR NOT FROM
SOME IDIOT COUSIN ON FACEBOOK,
NOT FROM SOME IDIOT CO-WORKER ON
FACEBOOK THAT’S TRYING TO KILL
YOU.
YES, THEY’RE TRYING TO KILL YOU
WITH BAD INFORMATION.
GET YOUR INFORMATION FROM YOUR
DOCTOR THAT YOU’VE KNOWN YOUR
ENTIRE LIFE.
SO SARAH HUCKABY STANDARDS
WRITES I DETERMINED THE BENEFITS
OF GETTING VACCINATED OUTWEIGH
THE POTENTIAL RISKS.
I WAS ALSO REASSURED AFTER
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HIS FAMILY
WERE VACCINATED.
IF GETTING VACCINATED WAS SAFE
ENOUGH FOR THEM, I FELT IT WAS
SAFE ENOUGH FOR ME.
I BELIEVE IN FREEDOM AND
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITIES.
ARKANSAS SHOULD NOT BE TOLD THEY
CAN’T WORK BECAUSE THEIR
BUSINESSES OR JOBS ARE NOT
ESSENTIAL.
OUR SCHOOLS AND CHUNKSRCHES SHOU
NOT BE SHUTDOWN.
THERE SHOULD NOT BE MANDATES TO
GET VACCINATED OR WEAR MASKS.
>>> A CONSERVATIVE RADIO HOST IS
ALSO TURNING HIS TUNE AFTER
GETTING HOSPITALIZED.
HE IS HOSPITALIZED WITH COVID
PNEUMONIA, THE 61-YEAR-OLD IS
NOW URGING HIS LISTENERS TO GET
THE SHOT.
A STATEMENT RELEASED BY THE
RADIO STATION READS IN PART
THIS, QUOTE, PHIL WOULD LIKE FOR
HIS LISTENERS TO KNOW THAT WHILE
HE HAS NEVER BEEN AN
ANTI-VAXXER, HE REGRETS NOT
BEING MORE VEHEMENTLY MORE
PRO-VACCINE.
HIS WIFE GAVE AN UPDATE ON HIS
INCREASINGLY GRAVE CONDITION ON
SATURDAY EXPLAINING, QUOTE, HE
IS STILL NOT GETTING WELL.
PLEASE PRAY FOR ME, I AM AT A
BREAKING POINT.
AND OF COURSE FROM WHAT WE HEAR,
HIS SITUATION KEEPS GOING UP AND