MICHELLE: OTHER BILLS UP FOR DEBATE THIS WEEK INCLUDE POLICE REFORM AND A MSIAS INFRASTRUCTURE BILL STEWART: HOURS AGO THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ACKNOWLEDGED IT WOULD NOT MEET ITS VACCINATION GOAL. IT HAD WTEAND TO HAVE 70% OF ALL AMERICAN ADULTS FULLY OR PARTIALLY VACCINATED BY 4TH OF JULY. MICHELLE: BUT THE NE IWSSN’T ALL BAD. SHWE 2’S GAIL PASCHALL-BROWN REPORTS. GA:IL THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS THE U.S. WILL FALL SHORT OF JULY 4 VACCINATION GOALS. OFFICIALS EXPRESSED DIFFICTY IN GETTING YOUNGER PEOPLE VACCINATED. >> AS TO OUR GOAOFL 70% FOR ALL ADULTS, WE’RE GOING TO HIT IT FOR ADULTS 27 AND OV.ER GAIL: THE COVID RESPOE COORDINATOR NOW SAYS JULY 4 WASN’T PRESIDENT BIDEN’S GOAL, IT WAS AN ASPIRA.TI >> HE SET 70% AS OUR ASPIRATIONAL TARGET. AND WE HAVE MET OR EXCEEDED IT FOR MOSTF TH OE ADULT POPULATION. THIS IS A REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT. GAIL: BUT THAT’S NOT ATWH THE PRESIDENT HAS SAID. PRESIDENT BIDEN: OUR GOAL BY JULY 4 IS TO HAVE 70% OF AMERICANS WITH AT LEAST ONE SHOT. GETTING 70% OF ADULTS THEIR FIRST SHOT BY JULYHE T 4TH. GET TO 70% OF ADULT AMERICANS VACCINATED. GAIL: THE CENTERS F DISORSEEA CONTROL SAYS JUST OVER 65% OF AMERICAN ADULTS HAVE HAD AT LEAST ONE DOSE. ONLY 2% OF ADULTS UNDER 30 ARE GETTING VACCINATED EACH WEEK. DR. FAU:CI THE END GAME IS TO GO WELL BEYOND THAT, BEYOND JULY 4 INTOHE T SUMMER AND BEYOND, WITH THE ULTIMATEOAL GOF CRUSHING THE OUTBREAK COMPLETELY IN THE UNITED STATES. :IL BUT IT’S THE DELTA VARIANT, FIRST IDENTIFIED IN INDIA, THAT’S RAPIDLY SPREADG.IN A MISSOURI HOSPITAL CEO SAYS THERE’S BEEN A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN HOSPITALIZATIONS BECAUSE OF DELTA. >> WE’VE SEEN NOW IN 4.5 WEEKS, ALMOST A SIX FOLD INCREASE IN COVID PATIENTS. WE’RE SEEING THIS SORT OF UNEXPECTED INCREASE IN CASES WE NEVER IMAGINED THIS BIG OF AN INCREASE. GAIL I’M GAIL PASCHALL-BROWN, WESH 2 NEW STEWART: PRESIDENT HAS NOT YET PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGED THE COUNTRY IS UNLIKELY TO MEET THE JULY 4 GOAL. THERE ARE PLANS FOR A BIG CELEBRATION ON THE SOUTH LAWN OF THE WHITE HOUSE,
Nearly every new US COVID-19 death is now 'entirely preventable,' CDC director says
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Related video: White House says it will fall short of vaccination goal it set for July FourthThe dangerous Delta variant poses a risk to the United States as the country works to ease out of the COVID-19 pandemic, but experts say the nation has the tools needed to overcome the threat — if the public takes advantage of them."COVID-19 vaccines are available for everyone ages 12 and up," U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said at a White House briefing Tuesday. "They are nearly 100% effective against severe disease and death — meaning nearly every death due to COVID-19 is particularly tragic, because nearly every death, especially among adults, due to COVID-19 is at this point entirely preventable."Those still dying from COVID-19 in the U.S. are "overwhelmingly" unvaccinated, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci told CNN's Jake Tapper.As of Tuesday night, 65.5% of the adult population in the U.S. has received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to the CDC. While that seems close to the goal set by President Joe Biden to have 70% of American adults at least partially vaccinated by July 4, experts are concerned about declining vaccination rates and the difficulty in motivating those still hesitant to get inoculated."This virus is an opportunist," Walensky said. "As long as there are those who are not vaccinated, COVID-19 will remain a threat."The Delta variant, which is believed to be more transmissible and more dangerous, is the "greatest threat" to the United States' progress against the virus, Fauci said Tuesday during the White House briefing. Fauci said he thinks a return to the high virus surges of 2020 is unlikely, but communities continuing to hold out against vaccination could experience localized surges as the summer continues."Good news, our vaccines are effective against the Delta variant ... we have the tools," he said.
Related video: White House says it will fall short of vaccination goal it set for July Fourth
The dangerous Delta variant poses a risk to the United States as the country works to ease out of the COVID-19 pandemic, but experts say the nation has the tools needed to overcome the threat — if the public takes advantage of them.
"COVID-19 vaccines are available for everyone ages 12 and up," U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said at a White House briefing Tuesday. "They are nearly 100% effective against severe disease and death — meaning nearly every death due to COVID-19 is particularly tragic, because nearly every death, especially among adults, due to COVID-19 is at this point entirely preventable."
Those still dying from COVID-19 in the U.S. are "overwhelmingly" unvaccinated, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci told CNN's Jake Tapper.
As of Tuesday night, 65.5% of the adult population in the U.S. has received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to the CDC. While that seems close to the goal set by President Joe Biden to have 70% of American adults at least partially vaccinated by July 4, experts are concerned about declining vaccination rates and the difficulty in motivating those still hesitant to get inoculated.
"This virus is an opportunist," Walensky said. "As long as there are those who are not vaccinated, COVID-19 will remain a threat."
The Delta variant, which is believed to be more transmissible and more dangerous, is the "greatest threat" to the United States' progress against the virus, Fauci said Tuesday during the White House briefing.
Fauci said he thinks a return to the high virus surges of 2020 is unlikely, but communities continuing to hold out against vaccination could experience localized surges as the summer continues.
"Good news, our vaccines are effective against the Delta variant ... we have the tools," he said.
