Fauci: 99.5% of COVID deaths are among those unvaccinated; Democrats push infrastructure talks into high gear; White House doesn’t rule out sending U.S. troops to Haiti; Some CA residents without water as wells dry up;

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 12 July 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Avg COVID cases jump 47% in one week, up in 36 states; CDC: pace of vaccinations down more than 80% since April; Dr. Fauci: cheers against trying to save lives is “horrifying”; Pfizer to brief Biden admin today on need for booster shot; CDC & FDA investigating if Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine may slightly raise risk of rare nerve condition; Budget committee Dems to meet tonight, consider $3.5T budget; Biden meets with AG, local leaders to talk reducing gun violence; Clyburn urges Biden to back filibuster changes for election reform; Texas house democrats leaving state for DC in an effort to block GOP voting restrictions bill; Haitian police arrest Haitian man accused of recruiting president’s assassins, wanted to become president himself; Ethics experts raise concerns about Hunter Biden’s art deal; WH defends plans for Hunter Biden’s private art sales; CA drought leaves some residents without access to water; More than 18 million Americans under excessive heat alert 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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0:00.0	Why are so many Americans fighting a free vaccine that is the best way to not die from
0:10.5	a deadly virus?
0:12.1	The lead starts right now.
0:14.6	New data shows 99.5% of all COVID deaths in the U.S. are unvaccinated people and those
0:24.0	unvaccinated are a reason that a mutated form of COVID is exploding in this country.
0:30.8	Throw another shrimp on the sand.
0:34.0	Temperatures so high that shellfish are literally cooking on some beaches and now the record-breaking
0:38.2	heatwave is forcing some Americans to scramble for drinking water.
0:42.8	Plus, arts and the deal.
0:46.3	Hunter Biden's latest career move as an artist raising some ethics flags.
0:50.8	Biden, why would keeping secret the identities of those buying his works be a solution to
0:56.0	guarding against influence peddling?
1:03.1	Welcome to the lead I'm Jake Tapper and we start with the healthy today in a statistic
1:06.9	that health professionals cannot stress enough at this stage of the pandemic.
1:12.4	Take a listen.
1:14.6	The data that's hitting you right between the eyes is that 99.5% of all the deaths to COVID-19
1:24.1	are an unvaccinated people.
1:28.1	Again, almost all of the COVID deaths in the U.S. are among those not vaccinated.
1:36.5	This is COVID cases are starting to explode in the United States right now in the U.S.
1:41.0	On average, daily cases are up 47%.
1:44.6	And just one week, notably in the regions with low vaccination rates.
1:49.1	And health experts say it is the aggressive delta variant driving that spike.
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