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Why Does Wearing A Mask Cause So Much Rage?
Category: News & Politics
Duration: 01:15:55
Publish Date: 2021-08-12 12:24:38
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The CDC now projects the death toll in the U.S. from Covid-19 could reach upwards of 660,000 by the first week in September because of the surging delta variant. Last night the Williamson County School Board voted in favor of having children in their elementary schools wear masks. ICU Nurse Calita Perkins and Pediatrician Dr. Jim Keffer who spoke out in favour of mask wearing and were subsequently verbally assaulted in the parking lot after the meeting by angry parents, join to discuss the importance of masks in protecting children, and why face coverings are the source of so much rage.

The FDA is expected to authorize Covid-19 booster shots for some immunocompromised people within the next 48 hours as a new study suggests the delta variant is hurting vaccine efficacy. Dr. Peter Hotez, a Co-Director of the Texas Children's Hospital for Vaccine Development joins to discuss the study and vaccine efficacy overall.

Former Atlanta U.S. Attorney B.J. Pak tells Senate investigators he resigned in January after hearing Trump would fire him following his refusal to push bogus claims of election fraud in Georgia. Was this part of the attempted coup? CNN’s Charlie Dent and former Deputy Assistant Attorney General Harry Litman join to give their perspectives.

Senator Rand Paul and GOP representative Marjorie Taylor Greene have both been suspended from social media for Covid misinformation. New York Times columnist Kara Swisher joins to discuss whether Facebook and other tech giants are doing enough to shut down misinformation and propaganda.

Finally, with no end in sight to the surge in Covid cases, some Republicans are attempting to deflect the blame for their own failure to act on migrants arriving at the U.S. border. CNN's Joe Johns joins to discuss this regular Republican theme in states with low vaccination rates and high Covid-19 counts.

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