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Andy slavitt family1/17/2024 SLAVITT: Well, we've had a real challenge vaccinating certain portions of the country, as I think everybody well knows, and we have a delta variant that is twice as contagious as the 2020 variety of COVID-19 was. And I'm wondering, do you think any of that was just too soon, given what we're seeing now? That was after the CDC issued new guidance on relaxing masking for fully vaccinated people. Welcome.ĬHANG: So you left the Biden administration in early June, and since then, COVID restrictions have been lifted in a lot of areas in the country. Joining us now to break down all of this is Andy Slavitt, former senior adviser on the White House COVID-19 response team. He announced today that the federal government was sending $100 million to rural health clinics for vaccine outreach in places where vaccination rates are generally lower. The case increases are concentrated in communities with low vaccination rates.ĬHANG: That's White House coronavirus response coordinator Jeff Zients. JEFF ZIENTS: The threat is now predominantly only to the unvaccinated. And they are all behind the national average in vaccination rates. We learned from a White House briefing today that just three states account for 40% of cases nationwide. But these cases aren't rising equally across the country. In the U.S., COVID-19 cases are rising again, driven by the highly transmissible delta variant. We had hoped we wouldn't have to say this, but the last month has made the trend clear.
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