hey guys welcome to another video more than 339 million doses of the covid vaccine have been
administered in the united states so far about two-thirds of eligible americans received the
vaccine 11 states have yet to vaccinate at least 40 of their residents the delta variant it now
makes up more than 80 of covid cases in the united states so overall covid cases hospitalizations and
deaths are all going up so according to data from the united states department of health and human
services hospitalizations have been increasing for about three weeks rising about 37% over the
past week this is what happens when we don't have enough people getting vaccinated we fail to reach
herd immunity now we have the more contagious and scarier delta variant going around so to prevent
further spread of that delta virus the cdc updated its mass guidance today to recommend that fully
vaccinated people wear masks indoors if you're in a region that has substantial or high transmission
of covid so in areas of this country with high transmission that's about two-thirds of the
country cdc director dr rochelle wallinsky said quote in recent days i've seen new scientific data
from recent outbreak investigations showing that the delta variant behaves uniquely differently
from past strains of the virus this new science is worrisome and unfortunately warrants an update to
our recommendations this is not a decision that the cdc made lightly so this recommendation is
based on new yet to be published data showing that vaccinated people infected with a delta variant
can have as much virus in their nose as people who are not vaccinated overall vaccinated people still
play a small role in transmission and breakthrough infections are overall rare now remember the
vaccine is great at preventing severe covid with these mrna vaccines pfizer moderna they're 95
effective at preventing severe covid and with that delta variant it's slightly less than that but
it's still pretty close the new guidance from the cdc also recommends that fully vaccinated people
should be tested three to five days after a possible or known exposure and to continue
to wear a mask when in an indoor public setting for the next 14 days or until a negative test
result so also all people at a school that includes students teachers staff visitors
they all need to wear a mask regardless of their vaccination status and the new mass guidance is
frustrating because if everyone got the vaccine we wouldn't be in this situation and that's why the
vaccine mandates are coming americans who refuse vaccinations are not only endangering themselves
but those who can't get the vaccine like children they're also endangering some people who did get
the vaccine like the 9 million americans who are immunocompromised for some immunocompromised
people blood tests showed that the vaccine does not mount an adequate antibody response against
the virus that's sometimes what happens when people take medicine to suppress their immune
system for example when someone is undergoing chemotherapy or if they had a kidney transplant
this week there was a study just published by johns hopkins researchers which found that
vaccinated immunocompromised people are almost 500 times more likely to be hospitalized or die of
covid compared to non-immunocompromised people who were vaccinated herd immunity was supposed
to protect them but it doesn't look like that's going to happen so covid vaccine mandates are
coming more than 50 health and medical groups including the american medical association
the american college of physicians the american academy of pediatrics and the american public
health association they all issued a joint statement calling for all health care and
long-term care employers to mandate employees to be vaccinated the department of veterans affairs
also announced that it's going to require its frontline health workers to be vaccinated
other organizations are mandating it as well so bill de blasio announced that employees of all
new york city public hospitals and health clinics will be required to get vaccinated or otherwise
get regularly tested california will require all state employees and health care workers to provide
proof of vaccination status or get regular testing president biden will announce this thursday that
there's going to be requirement for all federal employees and contractors to get the vaccine
or otherwise they're going to be mitigation precautions and testing so far the vaccines have
received emergency use authorization or eua but they're yet to receive full fda approval because
it takes time but you can expect that to happen by this fall so based on the trials in the real world
data so far we know that the vaccines are overall very safe once there's full fda approval expect
mass mandates throughout this country so that's going to be all for this video thank you for
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