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- Interview: CDC Director Rochelle Walensky on the US missing its goal to get 70% of the country vaccinated by July 4;
- Take a look at the presentation Spora Health used to raise $3 million;
- Why experts think vaccine mandates could keep events from getting called off.
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America is missing vaccination goals, and Delta is raging, but it's not because 'anything particularly went wrong,' CDC Director Rochelle Walensky says
- President Joe Biden wanted 70% of eligible Americans vaccinated by July 4.
- It didn't happen.
- CDC Director Rochelle Walensky blamed division and poor funding.
Read the rest of the interview with Insider Editor in Chief Nicholas Carlson>>
See the pitch deck that Spora Health used to convince investors to bet $3 million on a new approach to telehealth
- Telehealth startup Spora Health was founded in 2019 to provide better care to Black Americans.
- It hopes to do this by training doctors to be culturally competent, CEO Dan Miller told Insider.
See the presentation that Spora used to raise $3 million in a seed round>>
People are bracing for a wave of event cancellations due to the Delta variant. Vaccine mandates could keep organizers from calling everything off.
- Some organizers are cancelling large events, like the New York Auto Show, as COVID-19 cases surge.
- Some other venues are requiring proof of vaccination upon entry.
- Public health experts said vaccine-only events are safer and provide an incentive to get shots.
More stories we're reading:
- 'I Am Legend' screenwriter tells anti-vaxxers the movie is 'not real' to shut down a bizarre meme falsely saying the zombies in the film were sickened by vaccines (Insider)
- One chart details COVID-19 vaccine sales in the US and abroad (Axios)
- Climate scientists want you to know it's not too late (Insider)
- Orthopedic surgeons are making millions on investments in private medical device companies (Kaiser Health News)
- Lydia