Whether you are vaccinated or not, please know, we together are not out of the woods yet.

And you will want to make thoughtful decisions to protect your health and the health of your family and your community.

We are yet at another pivotal moment in this pandemic, with cases rising again and some hospitals reaching their capacity in some areas.

We need to come together as one nation, unified in our resolve to protect the health of

ourselves, our children, our community, our country, and our future with the tools we have

available.

We're not out of the woods yet.

With a Delta variant on the rise, that's sobering warning from the CDC director in a call for unity as the nation reaches another crossroad in the pandemic.

The question is, will Americans listen?

Plus, on the eve of today's opening ceremony, new coronavirus infections in

Tokyo hit a six-month high, including more cases among Olympic athletes. The question is, will

the games go on? And Democrats consider adding a second anti-Trump Republican to the committee

tasked with investigating the capital insurrection. The question is, will House Speaker Nancy Pelosi go around minority leader Kevin McCarthy

to directly appoint additional GOP members?

It's way, way too early for this.

Good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that for the next 16 days will be doing nothing but watching the Olympics on the NBC family of networks.

I'm Jonathan Lemire on this Friday, July 23rd. A lot going on and we'll start with the news.

There remains elevated concern about the spread of the Delta variant among the unvaccinated across the U.S. after months of progress. With a

spike in new infections and hospitalizations, major hospitals are preparing for an influx of patients

if they don't already have them. NBC News, national correspondent

Miguel Amelgaer, has more. Painting a grim picture of the new reality inside some hospitals,

the numbers from the CDC reflect, our nation slowly slipping back towards crisis. As we

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