Dow Plunges 700 Points Over Delta Variant Fears

Erin Burnett OutFront

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4.4 • 706 Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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With cases up 145%, hospitalizations up 50%, and deaths up 12% in two weeks, Dr. Fauci warns of a "smoldering of this outbreak" if U.S. doesn't get uncooperative people to get vaccinated. McCarthy names Trump ally, 4 other Republicans to January 6 panel. First Capitol rioter sentenced for felony gets 8 months in prison; could set benchmark for 230 rioters charged with same crime. Biden backtracks, says "Facebook isn't killing people", but claims misinfo on the site is hurting the American people. Two more American athletes infected with COVID just days before Olympics. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:31.2	Out front next, the Dow tanking tonight over COVID fears.
0:35.5	Wasn't this supposed to be the summer where things went back to normal?
0:39.0	Why America is moving backwards and fast. Breaking news, Kevin McCarthy tonight announcing his
0:44.5	picks for the special committee to investigate January 6th. Congressman Jim Jordan is one of them.
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0:55.5	will be called entirely by women. What took so long? Let's go out front. Good evening,
1:03.4	everyone. I'm Kate Baldwin, in for Aaron Burnett. Out front tonight, spooked by COVID. The Dow,
1:08.0	today tumbling more than 700 points over fears of the Delta variant
1:12.2	pushing the country in the wrong direction. COVID cases are up 145 percent from two weeks ago.
1:19.8	Hospitalizations are up 50 percent. Deaths are up 12 percent. And those who are most at risk
1:26.6	are the ones who are failing to protect themselves and others with a simple vaccination.
1:31.6	According to officials, more than 97% of people hospitalized with COVID are unvaccinated.
1:37.4	99.5% of deaths right now are among the unvaccinated.
1:42.9	Dr. Anthony Fauci telling me today that if more Americans
1:46.2	don't get the shot, things will not get better. Quite the opposite.
1:53.0	If we don't get a significant proportion of these recalcitrant people vaccinated, you're going to be
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