Living with the virus while rejecting zeroism and avoiding lockdowns is the necessary path for the U.S. going forward.

“we can't go back to lockdowns because they didn't work and they're extremely expensive we spent 10 trillion dollars battling covid last year we cannot do that again we don't have the the bullets and are going to keep firing at this thing like that we got to start making Intelligent Decisions”

The Delta variant is significantly more transmissible than previous variants, and the vaccinated population remains susceptible to infection, necessitating broader vaccination coverage.

“it means the r naught is uh how many people does the average infected person transmit before they know they have it and can fully self-isolate and so you're going from the original Cove it was two to three Delta variant might be like eight”

The delta variant is more transmissible, but vaccines remain highly effective at preventing serious illness.

“this variant is much more infectious right it could spread through the air the proteins could last in oxygen much longer and not degrade all these different reasons why it might be kind of more infectious”