Bill O'Reilly here Friday, August 6, 2021.

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Here's what's happening this week in America.

COVID madness sweeping the nation.

As you know, Florida now the worst place in the USA for the contagion.

Health officials in the Sunshine State confirming more than 20,000 new cases every day.

10,000 Floridians currently in the hospital with COVID higher than any point in the pandemic.

Here's the key stat in Florida.

95% of those in the hospital are not vaccinated.

Louisiana Governor John Bell Edwards re-issuing a statewide indoor mask mandate as cases surge

in places like New Orleans and Baton Rouge.

The new rules apply to anyone over the age of five, regardless of whether they're

vacks or not.

Louisiana has the highest rate of new infections in the country.

Just 37% of the population there is fully vaccinated.

Next violent crime continues to rise.

Officials in Portland, Oregon struggling to hire police officers after disbanding an

elite police unit last year.

The city closed the gun violence reduction team over allegations of racism that were bogus

and since then homicides are up 92% in the rose city.

Towns on track of surpass its highest murder rate of all time.

Gun deaths in the nation's capital, Washington, DC now outpacing COVID deaths by a 3-1 ratio.

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