WEBVTT - State of Dis-Ease

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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, peeps, and welcome to Okay f Daily with

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<v Speaker 1>me your girl Danielle Moody, recording back live from our

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<v Speaker 1>podstream studios in Times Square. Folks, I cannot stress this

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<v Speaker 1>enough and you are going to hear me talk about

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<v Speaker 1>the COVID nineteen crisis, man made crisis now that this

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<v Speaker 1>country is in. Until we're done, until the ninety three

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<v Speaker 1>million Americans that have not yet been vaccinated that are

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<v Speaker 1>eligible for vaccination get fucking vaccinated. Here's the thing. What

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<v Speaker 1>we are seeing is an uptick everywhere in all fifty states,

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<v Speaker 1>but Florida has become the epicenter for the COVID nineteen vaccine.

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<v Speaker 1>And what I want to read to you guys from

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<v Speaker 1>Routers right now is that what I said and what

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<v Speaker 1>Jonathan has been telling us, is that the longer that

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<v Speaker 1>the delta variant stays in the air right, the longer

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<v Speaker 1>that it is in our atmosphere, the likelihood of it

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<v Speaker 1>mutating again upon itself becomes higher. So in this article

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<v Speaker 1>that came out yesterday, it says this for Routers and

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<v Speaker 1>because folks, there is another variant on top of the

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<v Speaker 1>delta variant that is now surging in Peru where it

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<v Speaker 1>was first found and in South America. Let me read

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<v Speaker 1>this to you. The lambda variant of the coronavirus, first

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<v Speaker 1>identified in Peru and now spreading in South America is

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<v Speaker 1>highly infectious and more resistant to vaccines than the original

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<v Speaker 1>version of the virus that emerged from Wuhan, China. Japanese

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<v Speaker 1>researchers have found in a laboratory experiment, they found that

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<v Speaker 1>three mutations in the lambda spikes protein. I'm not going

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<v Speaker 1>to ramble them off to you because they won't matter,

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<v Speaker 1>but help it resist neutralization by vaccine induced antibodies. Two

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<v Speaker 1>additional mutations T seven sixty one and L four five

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<v Speaker 1>tq helped make landa highly infectious they found. So here

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<v Speaker 1>is the thing. The World Health Organization has said this, folks,

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<v Speaker 1>in a paper posted on Wednesday bio rxiv ahead of

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<v Speaker 1>peer review. The research has warned that the lambda being

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<v Speaker 1>labeled a quote variant of interest by the World Health

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<v Speaker 1>Organization rather than a quote variant of concern, people might

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<v Speaker 1>not realize that it is a serious ongoing threat. So, folks,

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<v Speaker 1>what I said yesterday, last week and the weeks before

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<v Speaker 1>about where we were headed. Why I have this cold

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<v Speaker 1>pit in my stomach about the direction that this country

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<v Speaker 1>is headed with this virus is problematic and everyone should

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<v Speaker 1>be alarmed, even those that are vaccinated, because right now,

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<v Speaker 1>with the variants that we are dealing with, the vaccines

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<v Speaker 1>are holding. Yes, there are breakthrough cases, but they're like

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<v Speaker 1>zero point zero one percent one in thirteen hundred people

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<v Speaker 1>that are vaccinated, there will be a breakthrough, right, meaning

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<v Speaker 1>that you will have symptoms, can have symptoms, can get sick.

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<v Speaker 1>I've said that I have three friends who have had

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<v Speaker 1>breakthrough infections and they were vaccinated right with one of

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<v Speaker 1>them being quite sick, right, like a deep, deep flu.

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<v Speaker 1>But thank god he's still here, did not die, did

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<v Speaker 1>not need to go into hospital. Why because he was vaccinated.

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<v Speaker 1>The fact is this lambda is moving. It is on

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<v Speaker 1>the move in South America. It will not take long

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<v Speaker 1>for it to arrive in other countries, namely in the

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<v Speaker 1>United States. Why because all you have to do is

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<v Speaker 1>have one person get on a fucking plane to come here,

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<v Speaker 1>right or drive up in a car or in a train,

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<v Speaker 1>or on a fucking boat and arrive here with that virus.

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<v Speaker 1>And what doctor Jonathan Metzel says in the interview that

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<v Speaker 1>we do today is that the delta variant is eight

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<v Speaker 1>times infections is the rate, right, meaning this that with

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<v Speaker 1>the alpha variant, if somebody was infected with that the original,

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<v Speaker 1>they could spread it to up to two three people.

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<v Speaker 1>With the delta variant, one person being infected can spread

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<v Speaker 1>it to eight people. Right. This virus is so incredibly

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<v Speaker 1>fucking contagious that now we're before the alpha variant, you

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<v Speaker 1>needed to be in a room with somebody for ten minutes,

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<v Speaker 1>fifteen minutes, or what have you. We're talking about five

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<v Speaker 1>second transmission rates. And now we are looking at a

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<v Speaker 1>variant of concern which will turn into an absolute fucking problem.

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<v Speaker 1>Because again, it was just a couple of weeks ago

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<v Speaker 1>that we're like, oh, there's this new variant, the delta,

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<v Speaker 1>and it was discovered in some far off place. Oh well,

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<v Speaker 1>we'll just keep an eye out for it, and boom,

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<v Speaker 1>within a few weeks it was in the United States.

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<v Speaker 1>So there will only be a few more weeks before

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<v Speaker 1>the lambda variant is here as well. Folks, if you

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<v Speaker 1>are not fucking vaccinated, get fucking vaccinated, right and go

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<v Speaker 1>back to wearing masks indoors, And if you cannot eat indoors,

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<v Speaker 1>don't right eat outside. We still have a month or

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<v Speaker 1>so left of summer. I'm going to switch years now, folks,

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<v Speaker 1>because I again, I just feel like in so many

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<v Speaker 1>ways that we are just headed in the wrong direction.

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<v Speaker 1>And I'm really becoming so concerned about the state of

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<v Speaker 1>our politics, the state of our democracy, just the state

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<v Speaker 1>of our compassion. You know, I've been talking about Representative

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<v Speaker 1>Corey Bush, who has been camped out in front of

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<v Speaker 1>the Capitol, trying to raise awareness and bring concern to

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<v Speaker 1>the fact that millions of Americans, seven to ten million

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<v Speaker 1>Americans are in jeopardy of losing their homes because the

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<v Speaker 1>moratorium on evictions was allowed to expire. And members of

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<v Speaker 1>Congress you know, just went home on holiday for the

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<v Speaker 1>next several weeks, so they have a home to go

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<v Speaker 1>back to, but millions of Americans are wondering whether or

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<v Speaker 1>not they will have a home to go back to.

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<v Speaker 1>Right we are seeing that this virus, this pandemic, has

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<v Speaker 1>created pandemics. On top of pandemics, economic instability, where people

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<v Speaker 1>were already housing insecure and food insecure, has now been

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<v Speaker 1>blown off the charts. And what a member of Congress

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<v Speaker 1>who another member of Congress, one of my favorites, that

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<v Speaker 1>joined Representative Corey Bush. On the steps of the Capitol

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<v Speaker 1>was Ianna Presley and she said this, and I really

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<v Speaker 1>I want to sit with it for a moment. She said,

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<v Speaker 1>there is not a deficit of resources. There is a

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<v Speaker 1>deficit of empathy. And when she said it, it really

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<v Speaker 1>hit me directly in my heart because it is one

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<v Speaker 1>hundred percent the truth. We have enough money, right, We're

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<v Speaker 1>taxed up the wazoo, the middle class, lower income people,

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<v Speaker 1>surely not the fucking rich. Right, because there was an

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<v Speaker 1>article that is so disgusting that was either in Vanity

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<v Speaker 1>Fair or The New Yorker where people that are out

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<v Speaker 1>east in the Hamptons are complaining the rich are complaining

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<v Speaker 1>about the uber rich that they are destroying the Hamptons

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<v Speaker 1>because you know, everything is now priced out of control

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<v Speaker 1>because thanks to Trump's tax cuts, these people have even

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<v Speaker 1>more money to piss away. Right that there are is

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<v Speaker 1>fifty dollars bills just kind of floating on the beaches there, right,

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<v Speaker 1>because that's how much money people have to waste. You

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<v Speaker 1>see that we have enough money and enough resources to

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<v Speaker 1>be able to help all of those people that need help,

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<v Speaker 1>but we don't have the fucking political will. We don't

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<v Speaker 1>have empathy because while we live in a country that

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<v Speaker 1>celebrates applot fucking individual ego dick measuring competitions into space

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<v Speaker 1>of the uber wealthy, we do nothing to help the

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<v Speaker 1>least among us. That's your problem, right. We're looking at

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<v Speaker 1>and influx in quote unquote crime and they're saying, well,

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<v Speaker 1>we need more cops. When has more cops ever helped

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<v Speaker 1>any goddamn thing go to the safest neighborhoods in this country?

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<v Speaker 1>Tell me how many cops you see on the street.

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<v Speaker 1>We are reinforcing everything that is bad by not going

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<v Speaker 1>to the core, which is fucking greed, right, Greed and

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<v Speaker 1>power is going to be what destroys not only this country,

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<v Speaker 1>but the planet. Fires are raging, Flooding is happening, pandemic

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<v Speaker 1>is raging, People are losing their homes, lining up for

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<v Speaker 1>food pantries. We're gonna be wondering soon enough when we

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<v Speaker 1>go to the grocery store, white tomatoes and cucumbers and

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<v Speaker 1>lettuces and milk are going to be off the charts

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<v Speaker 1>and prices because you see, folks, we don't take care

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<v Speaker 1>of the fucking environment that we live in. How do

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<v Speaker 1>you think that you're going to be able to get

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<v Speaker 1>your goods. How do you that you're going to be

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<v Speaker 1>able to fill up your refrigerator if in fact you

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<v Speaker 1>still have a fucking home. Farmers need to know when

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<v Speaker 1>they can plant, right. They need to know that the

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<v Speaker 1>nutrients that they're giving to their livestock aren't contaminated, and

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<v Speaker 1>that there's enough those things are. It's all part of

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<v Speaker 1>the larger ecosystem that we're not paying attention to at all,

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<v Speaker 1>and instead we're listening to these blowhard politicians that want

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<v Speaker 1>to tell us that, oh, climate change doesn't exist or

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<v Speaker 1>that this is a normal occurrence. How many times do

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<v Speaker 1>you have to hear historic fucking numbers, whether it be

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<v Speaker 1>in temperatures or pollution or particles that are in the

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<v Speaker 1>air every single goddamn week for folks to recognize, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>this is really going to start to affect our food

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<v Speaker 1>chain and where we're able to get those goods and

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<v Speaker 1>services from. And now, if we can't get that from

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<v Speaker 1>the farmers right and the growers here in the United States,

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<v Speaker 1>then where do we go. We go everywhere abroad, which

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<v Speaker 1>then allows for there to be more pollution because that

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<v Speaker 1>ship has to be brought in on trucks and on

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<v Speaker 1>planes and on ships that we refuse to regulate their emissions.

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<v Speaker 1>It is a perfect storm that is brewing right now

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<v Speaker 1>that doesn't have to happen, but we have no will.

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<v Speaker 1>So Aana Presley is one hundred percent right, the congresswoman

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<v Speaker 1>is one hundred percent right. There is not a deficit

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<v Speaker 1>of resources. It's not that we don't have enough. It's

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<v Speaker 1>that we decide to allocate it only to the wealthy, right,

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<v Speaker 1>because we believe that everyone else is undeserving, that if

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<v Speaker 1>you happen to be poor, that is your problem, as

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<v Speaker 1>opposed to the systems that were put in place for

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<v Speaker 1>you to stay that way. I don't understand why it

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<v Speaker 1>is so difficult for everyone to connect the dots, or

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<v Speaker 1>is it difficult or it's just a performance of ignorance

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<v Speaker 1>at its highest level right now, is what we are seeing.

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<v Speaker 1>These people are telling us, oh, no, send your kids

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<v Speaker 1>back to school and do so unmasked, and teachers unions

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<v Speaker 1>are saying, no, we're not going to wear a mask,

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<v Speaker 1>and we're not going to do this, and we're not

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<v Speaker 1>going to do that. Apparently, we want the freedom and

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<v Speaker 1>the liberty to die and to bring as many people

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<v Speaker 1>down with us as possible. We want the freedom and

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<v Speaker 1>the liberty to be able to drive our big trucks,

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<v Speaker 1>emit as much carbon dioxide, admit as much pollutants into

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<v Speaker 1>the air as possible, right, so that then we get

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<v Speaker 1>to a place where what we're selling air. It's so

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<v Speaker 1>fucking wild to be living in a sci fi novel

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<v Speaker 1>that is unfolding every single day and everyone just kind

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<v Speaker 1>of walking around and doing the same shit that they've

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<v Speaker 1>been doing and hoping for a different result. I feel

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<v Speaker 1>like the entire globe is insane right now, and we

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<v Speaker 1>have some of the worst political leaders our in power

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<v Speaker 1>that have these bully pulpits like the de Santisis and

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<v Speaker 1>the Abbots that just continue continue to spread misinformation and

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<v Speaker 1>fucking bullshit, not just about a rigged election, but about

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<v Speaker 1>apparently a rigged pandemic as well. It's just something that

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<v Speaker 1>we've all made up, you know. I just I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know how we move out of this space because the

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<v Speaker 1>corrosive nature of these lies has spread to the core

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<v Speaker 1>of who we are. It is become an identity for

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<v Speaker 1>people right to be an anti vaxer, to be an

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<v Speaker 1>anti masker, is become a core of who they are.

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<v Speaker 1>And when people dig down that deep being able to

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<v Speaker 1>change their mind or even open their eyes up to

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<v Speaker 1>an alternative not alternative facts, right, but the truth. We

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<v Speaker 1>have weaponized truth, so you don't know who to believe

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<v Speaker 1>because everybody has an alternative goal. Coming up next, friends,

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<v Speaker 1>is our good friend, our in house doctor, doctor Jonathan Metzel,

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<v Speaker 1>to give us the rundown on the latest with COVID nineteen,

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<v Speaker 1>the delta variant, and what we need to be paying

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<v Speaker 1>attention to folks. I am always so happy when we

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<v Speaker 1>have the opportunity to have our friend, our in house doctor,

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<v Speaker 1>doctor Jonathan Metzel with us to walk us through the twisty,

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<v Speaker 1>windy road of COVID nineteen, which, thank God, Jonathan, for

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<v Speaker 1>you over the past year and a half, because I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know how we would be navigating through. I want

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<v Speaker 1>to talk about a couple of things, because, first of all,

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<v Speaker 1>I want to say that I believe that the mainstream

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<v Speaker 1>media has done doctors, scientists, health workers a complete and

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<v Speaker 1>total disservice by running with this narrative that we were

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<v Speaker 1>post COVID for the last couple of months and now

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<v Speaker 1>only making the pivot as things start to get really bad.

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<v Speaker 1>The United States has hit thirty five million new cases

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<v Speaker 1>of COVID nineteen, with the concentration of that being in Texas,

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<v Speaker 1>in Florida, and in California, Florida being the world's epicenter

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<v Speaker 1>right now for COVID nineteen, the Delta variant, And now

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<v Speaker 1>the media is making their pivot and saying, oh, well,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, I guess that it's not done, and now

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<v Speaker 1>going back to bringing their experts and their doctors back on.

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<v Speaker 1>What do you think about the way this resurgence is

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<v Speaker 1>being covered, What do you think about it and the

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<v Speaker 1>way in which the CDC has been completely and totally

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<v Speaker 1>politicized by the right. Well, you know, it's funny because

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know what the media is anymore, right, the

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<v Speaker 1>whole idea that, I mean, in a world other than

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<v Speaker 1>our own, like prior worlds, like you know, of this country,

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<v Speaker 1>there was an authoritative media that people turn to to

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<v Speaker 1>get health information. But now it's kind of like you

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<v Speaker 1>can listen to any media that just supports your position.

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<v Speaker 1>So there is no such thing as the media. I

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<v Speaker 1>mean there is, but obviously, but so part of the

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<v Speaker 1>issue is, you know, so I don't know, I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>I just like I just couldn't see a media narrative

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<v Speaker 1>stronger than get vaccinated. And even then half the people

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<v Speaker 1>don't agree with it. And so certainly there's been a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of up and down. And as you and I

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<v Speaker 1>talked about last week, part of the up and down

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<v Speaker 1>is just that the media. It's the media is not

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<v Speaker 1>just causal, right, they're reflective. They're reflecting a shifting terrain, right.

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<v Speaker 1>And I think initially, you know, it was human nature,

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<v Speaker 1>like we had what was called the alpha variant before,

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<v Speaker 1>a slow moving relatively we didn't realize coronavirus. The vaccines

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<v Speaker 1>were treating it. You thought, we thought that the vaccines

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<v Speaker 1>the key thing, and we talked about this last week.

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<v Speaker 1>We didn't know that people vaccinated could actually pass on

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<v Speaker 1>the virus. But now we're finding out that with the

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<v Speaker 1>delta variant, it's just basically the mutation from hell. It

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<v Speaker 1>really is, and and so, and no disrespect to the

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<v Speaker 1>other mutations of the coronavirus, but this one really is

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<v Speaker 1>just terrible in every possible way. You catch it in

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<v Speaker 1>five seconds. It hangs in the air, you know, you

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<v Speaker 1>just get it in a flash. It's worse, it's got

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<v Speaker 1>a higher viral load. And so part of what we

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<v Speaker 1>saw before was the media reflecting what was thought to

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<v Speaker 1>be a general optimism that we were going to be

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<v Speaker 1>able to reopen and stuff like that. And I don't

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<v Speaker 1>blame them for anyone really for covering those stories, because

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<v Speaker 1>that's kind of how we were all feeling like we

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<v Speaker 1>needed a bit of hope and optimism. The problem is done.

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<v Speaker 1>Things changed with the delta variant, and it's really just

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<v Speaker 1>taken us conceptually. I mean, even me, I study this stuff,

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<v Speaker 1>I teach about it. It's taken me a couple months

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<v Speaker 1>just to understand the enormity of this mutation. And I'm

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<v Speaker 1>still coming to terms with it myself. So I would

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<v Speaker 1>say that there's been a slow change, but that's also

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<v Speaker 1>impacting scientists, it's impacting politicians, I guess overall. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>I saw today over seventy percent of Americans are at least,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, over eighteen or haven't had at least one shot.

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<v Speaker 1>You know. We wouldn't have thought that six months ago.

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<v Speaker 1>So there are things happening. But again, the shift for

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<v Speaker 1>me is that this delta variant is just it's just

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<v Speaker 1>such a curveball from everything else we thought we knew.

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