Unvaccinated Americans should put politics aside and get vaccinated to protect themselves from the highly transmissible and 'nasty' delta variant, Dr. Anthony Fauci said.
found that 93% of Democrats said they were vaccinated or planning to get vaccinated, while only 49% of Republicans said the same.
"We've got to get away from the divisiveness that has really been a problem right from the very beginning with this outbreak," Fauci added.at least 51% of new COVID-19 cases in the U.S. between June 20 and July 3, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which Fauci said should concern individuals who aren't vaccinated.
"It's very clear that this is a nasty variant, it has a much greater capability of transmitting from person to person," Fauci said.cases as vaccination rates dropped to their lowest point since January, averaging 600,000 daily administered doses this past week compared to an average of 1 million administered doses the week prior. According to the CDC, 99.7% of current cases are among the unvaccinated.
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