MSNBC’s Craig Melvin is joined by Dr. Uche Blackstock, founder and CEO of Advancing Health Equity to discuss the spread of the highly contagious Covid-19 Delta variant.
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Wait for Variant Z.
The Zombie Strain.
@WaterDog those poor starving zombies!
It’s already here. Look around.
Honestly I’m ready… let’s gooo!!! 😤🔫😾
Resident Evil. Wait for the lickers..
@Brandy Courvoisier
Puppies & Kittens,,,
Puppies & Kittens!
Get your vaccines people! I want my dang free Budweiser dagnabit!
@Grumpy Munchkin That’s not an American flag.
@Reg U yeah they have a hard time with me picking on you uninformed dopes they don’t want you to know the truth
@Lex Ruptor Who keeps talking about free stuff in this country? Socialist democrats headed for making it the USSA.
@Grumpy Munchkin Don’t neglect the livestock.. they need lovin’ too.
@Doug Lowe Oh I haven’t. 😉
Widespread stupidity is worse than any virus.
@Bill Rodriguez yet Trump killed over 400.000 Americans sooo?
@mike briganti Numbers you learned from Trump and Fox news right?
@David Don’t take it, no one will miss you
Dittzx more like widespread medical and vaccine fraud.
@Mark Evans Unlike sheeppeople, other people draw conclusions with their brains. They do not listen to what others tell them to think. You probably can’t grasp this concept anymore, so think about it for a while. I’m sure you can do it!
This virus is like Pac Man The more the bodies the Virus Passes through, the more Variants & Mutations it Accumulates.😳
That’s a generalization that applies to all viruses.
Yup thats called microbio
@DynaCatlovesme yes and no.. Generalization is that under normal circumstances most viruses need to remain stealth for their own survival but under a “Pandemic or a Global spreading” all bets are off.
And people say take off your masks… 🤣🤣 NAH FAM I AINT DUMB
Masks don’t do anything … do you wear goggles as well?
Masks are to prevent YOUR infecting others. The unvaxed do not care.
@george mira .. It’s all baloney and silly
@Scahoni masks stop diseases you want the thousand of peer review articles available.. I can send u several links…
@Liz R Don’t bother … keep doing what’s reasonable to do for not catching the disease. The rest that don’t believe in it or think it’s a hoax, let stupidity take care of them.
In South Africa here. Cases are spiking up again.
I’m sorry to hear that LK. Please take care and be safe my distant friend! 💕
I’m very sorry to hear that. I wish you all well.
We were double masking in Jan when huge spikes of pos cases , then feb-march started texas , florida , other repub states fully opening and stating no masks required after some were getting vaccinated. Now people not getting vaccinated after about 50 percent, not enough for herd immunity. Irresponsible not vaccinating or masking , this is a health disaster and should never have been politicized. I’m going back to double masking, distancing and pretty much lock down.
Do what you need to do to keep yourself and loved ones safe. I’m in Canada and we have had a larger amount of the population getting vaccinated, but due to a shortage of vaccines we are low on fully vaccinated people. Some people don’t listen, but most of us still wear masks and socially distance.
Last night some one died in Calgary from the delta variant even though he was fully vaccinated. It is the first case known, but there will be others, and the more it continues to spread, the more it will happen.That is what we don’t need.
@dustigenes turn the news off jesus buddy your gonna have a stroke.
@Cones don’t assume he’s a coward like you
@Cones No I prefer to live in the real world, not lalala land where if I don’t know about it doesn’t exist.
@dustigenes Thanks for your comment and update on Canada. Wish we had more people like you in the states that understand common decency and their responsibility to their community. I do think many of these idiots in the comments are Russian trolls. If they’re not Russian, then they’re traitors to their fellow Americans. People on the wrong side of history and history books will not be kind to them.
The science behind the variants is easy: Viruses mutate. They can mutate to a less dangerous variant or a more dangerous one. Once you fail to contain a pandemic (because there are many adults who have not grown up, the politicization of science, and having nationalist approach toward viruses!) you are welcoming new mutations.
100% truth.
Scamdemic
@Scahoni I’m currently fighting my eternal challenge with the big brother, YouTube. Come back again later.
@censored .. I’ll come back at half six
@Scahoni See you then!
The republicans won’t get it because of trumps messaging but he received the vaccine in January is that not a clear message!???
It really boggles the mind that so many haven’t made that connection.
@Doug Lowe Yup. I’m well past caring about them.
That false narrative went away almost as soon as it came out.
Scamdemic
@Scahoni Yeah Scam. My neighbor died from it. Such a scam.
This strain has been known about for litteraly MONTHS as it tore through India and we did nothing. Now you want to come out and say how bad it is? Maybe try being proactive instead of reactive, but apparently it would cost corporations to much profit to do the right thing for the amarican people.
I so agree with you.
Amen
What exact proactive things should they’ve been doing?
@Maggie travel restrictions when the varients are discovered, not 3 months later with so many exceptions that you might as well have done nothing for a start. It is the same reason we wound up with the virus in the first place.
What I’d like to know is if you’ve received the J&J, is it safe to get one of the other vaccines
I’d like to know this as well
Bring it to Texas. We have far too many ignorant people in the way of progress. They only want to believe in the con, so forget about them.
Cough on Cancun Cruz
What is your definition of progress?
Don’t worry, it’s coming for them.
I had both doses of Astra-Zeneca & I had no problems. And I’m not even Magnetic. LOL
I am fully vaccinated and I just stuck a quarter to my forehead. It must be the vaccine. I’m sure it has nothing to do with being hot, sticky and gross from being outside all afternoon in the hot TEXAS sun. 😂😂😂
The Q variant certainly isn’t helping to contain the Delta variant.
The S variant is gonna be a scary one, praying for you!!!
Covid almost ended my life. I got deathly ill when it hit my lungs. I was admittedly apprehensive about getting the vaccine and now I realize how stubborn and foolish I was. Get the shot, it’s a million times better than gasping for air, fever, crippling body pain, migraines and suicidal ideation.
Sorry you went through the misery of Covid…hopefully your well. Thank you for your comment. Take care.
Thanks for your comment. Best to you.
@Maggie Your welcome.
I hope your humble testimonial will affect those who are adamant about taking the vaccination. Blessings
Oh, ugh!! get vaccinated, please. And yes, I had worse side effects after second dose but not as bad as COVID. And I heard if you have a strong reaction that means you have a strong immune effect.
These big vaccine lotteries should help!! Hope I win in California!
A family member had Covid and would tell you to suffer one day of vaccine response. So much better than covid.
I just keep saying: If the baby version of the Virus (which is in the vaccine) hurts you, imagine what the real thing would have done.
Transmissibility claims require explicit studies/experiments designed to establish degree of transmissibility. This talk of increased transmissibility is nonsense. Also, the computation of the R Value is not correct. We cannot say, without experiments, that the R Value is greater. It’s a matter of fitness or the founder effect. Please watch This Week in Virology for correct information….
Thank you YouTube doctor for setting the record straight
I felt no Side effects on my second dose