A “Pandemic Of The Unvaccinated”

UNDATED (AP) – The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the COVID-19 outbreak in the U.S. is becoming “a pandemic of the unvaccinated.” Dr. Rochelle Walensky says cases in the U.S. are up about 70% over the last week, hospital admissions are up 36% and deaths rose by 26%. Nearly all hospital admissions and deaths, she says, are among the unvaccinated. White House COVID-19 coordinator Jeff Zients says the Biden administration expects cases to increase in the weeks ahead because of spread in communities with low vaccination rates. Four states accounted for 40% of new cases last week. But Zients says there are signs that increased cases are driving more people in those communities to seek vaccination at rates faster than the national average.