More than 98% of U.S. residents live in an area with “high” or “substantial Covid-19 transmission

Anderson Cooper 360

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🗓️ 13 August 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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More than 98% of U.S. residents now live in an area with a “high” or “substantial” risk of Covid-19 community transmission, up from 19% just a month ago. Meanwhile, the FDA is expecting to authorize coronavirus vaccine booster shots for some immunocompromised people. Dr. Anthony Fauci is the director for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. He joins AC360 to discuss the recent surge in cases and the anticipated authorization of booster shots. Plus, there are only 368 ICU beds currently available in Texas as the state faces another rise in hospitalization. Gov. Greg Abbott announced that more than 2,500 medical personnel will be deployed to hospitals around the state to help care for the increasing number of Covid-19 patients despite defying science and having issued an executive order prohibiting state governmental entities from requiring mask wearing. Beto O’Rourke is a former U.S. Congressman from Texas and he tells Anderson Cooper “this is a crisis and we need the governor to treat it as such.” Airdate: August 12, 2021 Guests: Dr. Anthony Fauci Beto O’Rourke 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	Good evening with tomorrow shaping up to be a big day in the fight against COVID, especially
0:04.9	the prospect of a decision on additional vaccine doses for those who might need them,
0:09.4	we're joined shortly by Dr. Anthony Fauci.
0:11.8	We begin though tonight with a rapidly deteriorating situation in Afghanistan.
0:15.4	The consequences on the ground, the President Biden's decision to end 20 years in military
0:19.4	presence there by the end of this month.
0:21.8	Today is Harat, the third largest city felt to the Taliban, the Pentagon on the President's
0:26.3	instructions ordered troops to Kabul Airport.
0:29.1	The Marine and Army forces about 3,000 in total be tasked with helping and what the Pentagon
0:34.2	spokesman calls a quote, reduction of civilian personnel at the embassy.
0:39.4	After those old enough, this might bring back members of the American departure from South
0:43.0	Vietnam in 1975 with helicopters on the Saigon Embassy rooftop.
0:47.8	What may also be familiar is the strain language surrounding it.
0:51.4	Listen to State Department spokesman Ned Price saying this is neither an escalation nor
0:55.8	a retreat nor any kind of signal to the Taliban.
1:00.5	This is not about re-engaging militarily in conflict in Afghanistan.
1:07.3	This is not abandonment.
1:09.3	This is not an evacuation.
1:11.8	This is not the wholesale withdrawal.
1:15.0	What this is is a reduction in the size of our civilian footprint.
1:21.1	So this shouldn't be read as any sort of message to the Taliban.
1:26.2	Oh, whatever it is, however you want to describe it, the American pullout appears to be accelerating
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