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Absolutely Ridiculous: COVID Cases Hit 6 Month High, More Than 100K New Cases Reported In Single Day
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17:05Now PlayingCOVID cases in the U.S. are at a 6-month high, with over 100,000 new cases reported on Wednesday.
Southern states that continue to have the lowest vaccination rates are leading the trend. Arkansas' governor now regrets enacting the state-wide mask ban in March.
In Texas, politician Scott Apley died from COVID-19 five days after mocking vaccinations and mask mandates in this Facebook post.
"In 6 months we've gone from the vax ending the pandemic - to you can still get Covid even if vaxxed - to you can pass COVID on to others even if vaxxed - to you can still of die COVID even if vaxxed - to the unvaxxed are killing the vaxxed.
Texas has 3,152,792 reported cases and 52,142 deaths.
Only 44% of its citizens are vaccinated.
Public health officials and politicians are urging ALL citizens to get vaccinated. The Biden administration plans to require all foreign travelers to be fully vaccinated before entering the country.
Dr. Ebony Jade Hilton, Associate Professor, Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University of Virginia/Medical Director, GoodStock Consulting spoke with Roland Martin dring Thursday's edition of #RolandMartinUnfiltered about the disturbing spike in COVID cases and urged African Americans to get inoculated against the dangerous pathogen.
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