WEBVTT - Politicizing Public Health

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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, peeps, and welcome to woka FA Daily with

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<v Speaker 1>Meet your Girl Danielle Moody back recording live from our

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<v Speaker 1>podstream studios in Times Square. Folks, there is an alarming

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<v Speaker 1>trend that is taking place now across the country. And no,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not just talking about COVID nineteen and the pandemic,

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<v Speaker 1>but I'm talking about the reaction and response to doctors

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<v Speaker 1>and health officials scientists that are taking part in meetings

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<v Speaker 1>at school boards right in order to decide whether or

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<v Speaker 1>not schools across the country should have a mask mandate.

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<v Speaker 1>Now we know we've been talking about this for quite

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<v Speaker 1>some time. Ronda Satan's response to that is that he's

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<v Speaker 1>going to find superintendence, He's going to doc pay of teachers,

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<v Speaker 1>and they can see other financial retribution that he wants

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<v Speaker 1>to have against them for trying to protect children in

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<v Speaker 1>the classroom. The thing that I want folks to understand

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<v Speaker 1>two right now is this, Ronda Santis, just like Donald

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<v Speaker 1>fucking Trump, is not a goddamn doctor. He is not

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<v Speaker 1>a medical professional at all. And so the idea that

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<v Speaker 1>we are in this place where his state is a

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<v Speaker 1>hot zone where Republicans are totally okay that there is

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<v Speaker 1>currently right now an increase of somewhere of twenty percent

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<v Speaker 1>of infections of children, and that is before the school

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<v Speaker 1>year actually kicks off. That we are having more and

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<v Speaker 1>more conversations about how sick kids are getting, how young

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<v Speaker 1>they are when they are getting sick, how prolonged the

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<v Speaker 1>sickness is. Is that essentially Republicans have said to the

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<v Speaker 1>American people that your children are expendable. What I find

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<v Speaker 1>laughable right now is how when we were talking about

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<v Speaker 1>same sex marriage, let's say, back in twenty fifteen, when

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<v Speaker 1>it passed and cleared the Supreme Court, everything with Republicans

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<v Speaker 1>and white evangelical Christians was about what about the kids?

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<v Speaker 1>And we can't talk about this in the schools, and

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<v Speaker 1>what about the kids? Right? But when it comes to

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<v Speaker 1>you actually keeping your kids safe from illness, prolonged illness,

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<v Speaker 1>or potential death, they're like, rip the masks off, liberate

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<v Speaker 1>your children. You're a socialist. So here's the thing. This

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<v Speaker 1>is what is really troubling me right now, and I

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<v Speaker 1>want to bring it to your attention because it is

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<v Speaker 1>a story that I said I had to read twice

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<v Speaker 1>and it is out of media, and it's this picture folks,

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<v Speaker 1>when I tell you, if you look at this, it

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<v Speaker 1>is video of angry parents harassing doctors and nurses that

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<v Speaker 1>we're taking part in a school board meeting in Tennessee,

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<v Speaker 1>and this is what media reports. The school district of Franklin, Tennessee,

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<v Speaker 1>was the site of major tension on Tuesday, when anti

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<v Speaker 1>mask demonstrators concluded a day of protests by sending an

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<v Speaker 1>ominous message to medical professionals encouraging mask mandates. The Williamson

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<v Speaker 1>County School Board held a four hour meeting with doctors

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<v Speaker 1>and parents to discuss the implementation of a requirement for students,

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<v Speaker 1>staff and visitors to wear masks inside the elementary school

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<v Speaker 1>buildings and on buses. So, folks, I want to start

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<v Speaker 1>with this, first of all, the fact that the media

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<v Speaker 1>has decided that this is a two sided debate when

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<v Speaker 1>it should not be. It's either you don't want to

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<v Speaker 1>die and you don't want your children to die, or

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<v Speaker 1>you do right. And what is frustrating to me about

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<v Speaker 1>the same logic that these people, these anti maskers, anti

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<v Speaker 1>vaxers are imposing on the rest of us, is that

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<v Speaker 1>here's the thing. These are the same type of tactics

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<v Speaker 1>and bullshit and threatening and harassing that these people have

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<v Speaker 1>had against abortion providers. Except here's a thing. My choice

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<v Speaker 1>to get an abortion does not affect my neighbor. My

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<v Speaker 1>choice not to get a vaccine for a incredibly contagious

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<v Speaker 1>virus puts everyone in my community at risk. Now, particularly

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<v Speaker 1>elementary school children are under the age of the vaccine

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<v Speaker 1>definition of those that are safe to get vaccinated twelve

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<v Speaker 1>and up right, which is middle school and up so

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<v Speaker 1>elementary school, while we have not during the first iteration

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<v Speaker 1>of COVID nineteen, and I want people to understand that

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<v Speaker 1>because when we were talking about infection rates for children

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<v Speaker 1>and whether or not they get sick, we were talking

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<v Speaker 1>about the alpha variant of COVID nineteen. We are no

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<v Speaker 1>longer there, folks. We have moved on in the Greek alphabet.

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<v Speaker 1>We are now at delta plus, and so de Satan

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<v Speaker 1>and Abbott and other stupid Republican governors are operating off

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<v Speaker 1>of a set of also alternative facts because they're not

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<v Speaker 1>actually facts, but they're basing their thoughts off of what

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<v Speaker 1>we knew with Alpha. Delta plus is also mutating, and

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<v Speaker 1>there is Lambda that is also around and has been

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<v Speaker 1>detected in the United States and so when you have

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<v Speaker 1>elementary school administrators, teachers principles that are saying, we want

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<v Speaker 1>to keep everyone safe. Whether or not you are vaccinated

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<v Speaker 1>or not does not matter. What we know is that

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<v Speaker 1>masks work, right. And so here we have these group

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<v Speaker 1>of people who are protesting folks. And if you pull

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<v Speaker 1>up go to media, and if you pull up the

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<v Speaker 1>pictures and the videos of this, the sea of white

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<v Speaker 1>people screaming and spouting droplets from their mouth with no

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<v Speaker 1>mask and don't mask my children, I felt scared. I

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<v Speaker 1>feel scared for the people that are living in these

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<v Speaker 1>red states. I feel scared for these doctors and these

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<v Speaker 1>administrators that are just trying to do their jobs because

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<v Speaker 1>you know what is going to happen, and we keep

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<v Speaker 1>talking about this with our friend doctor Jonathan Metzel. What

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<v Speaker 1>is going to happen is that come mid October, a

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<v Speaker 1>couple of weeks removed from the beginning of school, we

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<v Speaker 1>are going to see mass hospitalizations and sickness of children

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<v Speaker 1>that are ages twelve and below, if not all kids

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<v Speaker 1>in general. But what Republicans are basically saying is that

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<v Speaker 1>your children are expendable and that they are willing to

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<v Speaker 1>accept a certain amount of death a certain amount of

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<v Speaker 1>severe illness, so long as they can purport liberty, right,

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<v Speaker 1>that's where they are. And so I wonder how far

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<v Speaker 1>are we willing to go down this horribly dangerous, toxic

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<v Speaker 1>rabbit hole, because what did I report yesterday? Governor Abbott

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<v Speaker 1>has now called for health professionals from around the country

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<v Speaker 1>to come in to fucking Texas to help out with

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<v Speaker 1>their surge of COVID that that motherfucker caused, right, And

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<v Speaker 1>so people are like, well, it's not the people of

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<v Speaker 1>Texas's fault, it's their governor. And I'm like, how did

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<v Speaker 1>he become governor? They voted him in? And so if

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<v Speaker 1>I'm a healthcare professional, no, no, no, I'm not going

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<v Speaker 1>to the front lines of your fuckery. You deal with it, right,

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<v Speaker 1>you set this up, you deal with it. These are

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<v Speaker 1>your constituents that are going to die. These are your

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<v Speaker 1>families that are going to be broken apart and devastated,

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<v Speaker 1>and they are going to look to you and say,

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<v Speaker 1>why didn't you warn us, Why didn't you tell us?

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<v Speaker 1>So after peddling this type of non science based political

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<v Speaker 1>bullshit for the past year and a half, this is

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<v Speaker 1>where folks will end up. I don't know how you

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<v Speaker 1>stay in office when your constituents are dead, But I

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<v Speaker 1>guess we will find out. So at this meeting, continuing

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<v Speaker 1>with the media, they say this. The chaos continued all

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<v Speaker 1>the way into the evening, with footage showing that medical

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<v Speaker 1>officials left the meeting and were harangued by the anti

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<v Speaker 1>mass crowd in the parking lot. I don't like the

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<v Speaker 1>word harangued. I think it's stupid. They were harassed, they

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<v Speaker 1>were threatened, they were tormented, right, And do you know

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<v Speaker 1>what's worse, folks, let me tell you this. Fucking police

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<v Speaker 1>were present. Police were present while these health professionals were

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<v Speaker 1>being harassed and threatened, and they did nothing. Why because

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<v Speaker 1>cops don't do shit when white people act up, they

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<v Speaker 1>do absolutely fucking nothing. And so these people now they

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<v Speaker 1>went to the school board because they want to try

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<v Speaker 1>and reason with these people, because you went into a

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<v Speaker 1>profession that is about health and healing and helping people.

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<v Speaker 1>So you think we used to right If you remember

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<v Speaker 1>last year, at this time, we were clapping and applauding

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<v Speaker 1>and playing violins and doing dances for healthcare professionals that

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<v Speaker 1>were risking their lives to save us. This is what

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<v Speaker 1>the fuck we have devolved into now a year later, Right,

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<v Speaker 1>this is what our politics has done. This is what

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<v Speaker 1>media who wants to present the mask issue as an

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<v Speaker 1>issue as if it is not basically, oh, I don't know,

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<v Speaker 1>a kind of terrorist attack if you really think about it, right,

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<v Speaker 1>if you really think about the way in which these

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<v Speaker 1>people are operating, They're not operating like regular anti vax

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<v Speaker 1>there's no They are becoming more organized, they are becoming angrier,

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<v Speaker 1>they are becoming a lot more vicious, and they are

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<v Speaker 1>moving and operating like a lynching mob, right, like a

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<v Speaker 1>group of domestic terrorists with cells all around the fucking country.

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<v Speaker 1>That's how we need to be talking about these people,

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<v Speaker 1>because where we are is serious. Now here's another article

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<v Speaker 1>that folks, I am deeply concerned, deeply worried about, and

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<v Speaker 1>have been asking this question for a while on this show.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not sure about whether or not what the CDC

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<v Speaker 1>is offering is actually one hundred percent the truth. And

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<v Speaker 1>I say that not because I am obviously not a Trumper,

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<v Speaker 1>and not because I don't believe in science, but I

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<v Speaker 1>believe that things have become so politicized, right that we

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<v Speaker 1>are so broken that the CDC as a way to

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<v Speaker 1>ensure that more people get vaccinated, are not providing us

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<v Speaker 1>with the kind of information that we need, Just as

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<v Speaker 1>in June it was you're vaccinated, take your mask off.

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<v Speaker 1>And I remember when that guidance came out and I said,

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<v Speaker 1>I think that this is a terrible idea. I think

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<v Speaker 1>that people have gotten used to masks, that they are

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<v Speaker 1>operating in a way that is keeping people safe, and

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<v Speaker 1>that whether or not you're vaccinated should not have stopped

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<v Speaker 1>people from wearing masks in public, in indoor facilities at all.

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<v Speaker 1>But when you tell people to take them off and

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<v Speaker 1>then three weeks later tell them to put them back

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<v Speaker 1>on because we have more information, that is dumb, right,

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<v Speaker 1>because you allowed people to have this false sense of

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<v Speaker 1>security that they were free and clear, knowing that you

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<v Speaker 1>needed actually to have more information. So we should have

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<v Speaker 1>been working through our vaccinations with the same social distancing

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<v Speaker 1>and masking as researchers were understanding and learning more about

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<v Speaker 1>how these variants are moving and how the vaccination is moving.

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<v Speaker 1>And so in another article, and this time in New

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<v Speaker 1>York magazine, it is this, too many people are dying

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<v Speaker 1>right now. It's hard to look at these indicators and

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<v Speaker 1>feel at all optimistic, says scientists Eric Toppel. This article

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<v Speaker 1>is terrifying. And why is that? It is because Eric Toppel,

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<v Speaker 1>scientist is stating that he believes that the breakthrough infection

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<v Speaker 1>rate with the vaccine is a lot higher than what

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<v Speaker 1>the CDC is offering to the public. Now, we can

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<v Speaker 1>all say that in the climate that we are currently in,

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<v Speaker 1>this type of information becomes readily available. The anti vaxxer,

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<v Speaker 1>an anti mass, stupid fucking group of people will then

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<v Speaker 1>use this to say, well, see, we knew that the

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<v Speaker 1>vaccine wasn't going to work, so there's no reason to

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<v Speaker 1>get it. But here's the thing, folks, you're not going

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<v Speaker 1>to die. I have known right now, and I know

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<v Speaker 1>I was feeling this until I saw this report that

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<v Speaker 1>the breakthrough is higher than it's being reported. And I

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<v Speaker 1>will state this. Why is that Because a majority, I

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<v Speaker 1>would say, ninety eight percent of my friends and family

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<v Speaker 1>are all vaccinated. However, three of my small circle of

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<v Speaker 1>friends contracted COVID after being one hundred percent vaccinated outside

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<v Speaker 1>of the two week window of the second shot they

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<v Speaker 1>caught COVID. Two of them were completely fine, no symptoms

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<v Speaker 1>at all. One of them actually had a really bad cold,

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<v Speaker 1>Like he indicated to me a really bad flu that

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<v Speaker 1>knocked him out. But did he end up in the hospital. No?

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<v Speaker 1>Is he attached to the ventilator? No is he able

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<v Speaker 1>to now like continue on with work after a couple

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<v Speaker 1>of days of being sick. Yeah. Absolutely, So the vaccine

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<v Speaker 1>does work. The vaccine does not stop us from getting COVID.

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<v Speaker 1>The vaccine does not stop us potentially from falling ill.

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<v Speaker 1>But what it is stopping is us from dying at

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<v Speaker 1>the rates that we were dying pre vaccination. What it

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<v Speaker 1>does stop is the anxiety that we may lose somebody

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<v Speaker 1>that we love and care about. I would rather catch

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<v Speaker 1>COVID now being fully vaccinated and have a really bad cold,

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<v Speaker 1>right than the possibility of losing my life or somebody

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<v Speaker 1>that I care about. And so in this article, it's

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<v Speaker 1>important for us to understand what is being said. So

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<v Speaker 1>I will read this. The US numbers are a bit

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<v Speaker 1>wobbly these days, and there are huge variations state to state,

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<v Speaker 1>reflecting disparities in vaccination rates, among other things. But at

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<v Speaker 1>the national level, at least for the moment, the reduction

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<v Speaker 1>of mortality risks seemed to be considerably smaller. In the

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<v Speaker 1>worst of this winter surge, the country was registering, remember this,

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<v Speaker 1>two hundred and fifty thousand new cases per day. That

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<v Speaker 1>is where we were at its peak. That surge was killing.

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<v Speaker 1>If you remember, three thousand Americans a day, we were

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<v Speaker 1>having a nine eleven every single day last winter. Three

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<v Speaker 1>thousand people died in nine to eleven, and we rallied

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<v Speaker 1>as a fucking country against the quote unquote enemy. But

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<v Speaker 1>here we are where we had three thousand people dying

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<v Speaker 1>a day, and we were becoming more divided than ever

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<v Speaker 1>because of the bullshit leadership that we had. He goes

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<v Speaker 1>on to write this. Today we have a bit more

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<v Speaker 1>than a hundred thousand new cases each day, though the

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<v Speaker 1>numbers are still rising as part of the delta wave.

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<v Speaker 1>If we had reduced mortality risk by seventy five percent,

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<v Speaker 1>that would mean about three hundred daily deaths. If we

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<v Speaker 1>had reduced it by ninety percent, it would mean one

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<v Speaker 1>hundred and twenty. Instead, in our seven day average, we

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<v Speaker 1>just passed five hundred. Things may be even worse than that, though.

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<v Speaker 1>In general, epidemiologists expect a lag of a week or two,

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<v Speaker 1>perhaps more between case peaks and death peaks. Essentially the

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<v Speaker 1>time it takes for a new case to progress through

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<v Speaker 1>the full course of the disease. Early in the pandemic,

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<v Speaker 1>the lag was a bit longer, though in the US

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<v Speaker 1>during the winter surge, the gap between peaks was less

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<v Speaker 1>than one week, and comparing case data from even one

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<v Speaker 1>week ago with today's death data reveals an even grimmer

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<v Speaker 1>pitcher folks listen to this about seventy five thousand cases

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<v Speaker 1>per day, then, yielding the current average of five hundred deaths,

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<v Speaker 1>suggesting the mortality rate had fallen by less than half

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<v Speaker 1>since winter. If you work from two week old data,

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<v Speaker 1>it suggests that the mortality rate had hardly fallen at all.

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<v Speaker 1>Applying the winter ratio to the caseload from July twenty

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<v Speaker 1>fourth would predict an average of six hundred daily deaths.

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<v Speaker 1>On Friday, they were seven hundred and sixty three. The

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<v Speaker 1>picture that this article is painting and this scientist is

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<v Speaker 1>painting is telling us this, folks, we are not at

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<v Speaker 1>the end of this pandemic. We are not post COVID

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<v Speaker 1>as the media so readily wanted to celebrate, as New

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<v Speaker 1>York's concert wanted to celebrate, Oh We're back. No, folks,

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<v Speaker 1>we are not. We have been fed a false sense

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<v Speaker 1>of security. The reality is this, people need to get vaccinated.

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<v Speaker 1>Folks that are not vaccinated need to get vaccinated. Even

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<v Speaker 1>with your vaccination, you need to be wearing a mask

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<v Speaker 1>in public in an indoor spaces. Why, because we are

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<v Speaker 1>mutating on top of ourselves. And what we are learning right,

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<v Speaker 1>which is why I use the phrase needing to be

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<v Speaker 1>intellectually nimble. Right, what we are learning is that even

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<v Speaker 1>if you are vaccinated, you can pass the virus through

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<v Speaker 1>you to other people. Right. You may not even know

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<v Speaker 1>because you may be one of the folks that is

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<v Speaker 1>showing no symptoms. But the fact is is that if

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<v Speaker 1>it is being passed on there means that there is

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<v Speaker 1>still an ample amount of virus that is present, which

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<v Speaker 1>means that it still has the ability to mutate on

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<v Speaker 1>top of itself. As soon as we heard about the

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<v Speaker 1>delta variant a month or two, a month and a

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<v Speaker 1>half ago, we are now at delta plus right, and

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<v Speaker 1>it's becoming more and more rapid, right because the virus

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<v Speaker 1>is getting smarter and smarter, while we hear humans are

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