WH: 70% of adults have received one covid vaccine dose; Florida makes up 1 in 5 of all new COVID cases in the U.S.; Bipartisan senate group unveils $1T infrastructure plan;

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 2 August 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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CDC data: 99.999% of vaccinated haven’t had deadly breakthrough case; U.S. averaging nearly 80K new daily COVID cases; New data: fewer than 1% of fully vaccinated people experiencing a breakthrough COVID-19 infection; Louisiana gov reinstates indoor mask mandate for all; WH again makes COVID-19 the focus of Biden’s schedule; Unvaccinated cases, hospitalizations rising as variant spreads; UK preparing to offer COVID-19 booster shots for most vulnerable; FL gov bans school mask mandates, says parents can choose; 168 Arkansas students in quarantine after first week of school; Georgia goes back to school this week amid rising cases; Atlanta area school districts mixed on mandating masks; Millions could lose homes after freeze on evictions expires; Rep Cori Bush sleeps outside capitol in protest after house allows evection ban to expire; Ocasio-Cortez on evictions: can’t blame the GOP when democrats are in the house majority; Third officer who defended U.S. capitol on Jan 6 dies by suicide; McCarthy jokes “it will be hard not to hit” Pelosi with gavel if he becomes house speaker; Pelosi spokesman slams McCarthy for “disgusting” joke; McCarthy jokes about hitting Pelosi with gavel; Pelosi calls McCarthy a “moron” last week; GOP Senator Lindsey graham tests positive for COVID-19; Sources: lack of info on Havana Syndrome frustrating U.S. diplomats; Havana Syndrome causes vertigo, headaches, brain damage; Sources: Havana Syndrome fears impacting U.S. diplomats’ career decisions, some avoiding overseas postings; Simone Biles to compete in balance beam tomorrow after withdrawing from four previous Olympic finals; Megan Rapinoe: “It sucks.” U.S. womens soccer team loses semifinal to Canada, bronze medal match set for Thursday; Poland grants visa to shelter Olympic sprinter who fears “forcible” return & arrest once home in Belarus; Olympic sprinter criticized Belarus team managers for entering her in a relay race without her consent; Olympic sprinter’s fear of arrest comes after past claims of brutality against activists in Belarus; 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	Well, it seems like something is working.
0:05.8	The lead starts right now.
0:08.5	More Americans are taking their shot and a month later, the White House has hit one
0:12.3	of its vaccine goals, but is it too late?
0:16.2	Then back to school today is the first day for many kids, but in some places, masks
0:21.3	are not on the school supply list.
0:23.8	The two counties in one state with two different strategies ahead.
0:28.4	Plus, finding her balance, Simone Biles has one last shot at a medal, but will she get
0:33.7	caught up in the twisties again?
0:40.5	And welcome to the lead.
0:41.2	I'm Pam LaBrown, in for Jake Tapper, and we begin this hour with a milestone number
0:45.6	in our health lead.
0:47.0	70% of adults have now received at least one COVID vaccine dose.
0:51.0	That's a goal that President Biden had hoped to reach on July 4th.
0:55.6	This milestone happening as the Delta COVID variant ravages through the unvaccinated.
1:01.0	We're also learning more than 99% of the fully vaccinated aren't getting breakthrough cases
1:07.0	of any kind.
1:08.0	That's according to a new analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
1:12.0	So the breakdown here is that breakthrough cases are extremely rare if you're vaccinated.
1:18.7	Sena's Lucy Kavanaugh reports many city and state health officials are trying to urge
1:23.1	precautions without forcing them because it could get much worse before it gets better.
1:29.9	Across the nation, more vaccines are going into arms.
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