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hi i'm carl azuz kicking off a new week
of objective events coverage on cnn 10.
one question people sometimes ask me is
carl what are you covering next week i'm
like
depends on what happens but there is
something coming up in about six and a
half months that's been getting a lot of
attention in america the november 8th
midterm elections midterm means it's in
the middle of a president's term joe
biden is not up for re-election until
2024 but what happens later this year
could significantly change the
government's legislative branch
currently the senate and the house of
representatives are controlled by the
president's fellow democrats their leads
in both chambers are slim in the house
where all voting seats are up for
election this year democrats hold 221
seats republicans hold 209 and there are
five vacant seats to be determined
rounding out the house's 435 voting
members in the senate 34 seats are up
for election this year of the 100 total
seats 50 are currently held by
republicans 50 are currently held by
democrats when you count the two
independents who vote with them but
democrats are said to be in control
because if there's ever a 50-50 tie the
vice president a democrat would decide
the senate vote this november many
political analysts expect republicans to
make gains in congress possibly taking
control of one or both chambers the
president's nationwide approval ratings
are low and most modern presidents have
seen their parties lose seats in the
midterms republicans have pressured
president biden on issues like
immigration they want him to increase
border security to cut down on illegal
immigration they've also pushed for less
government spending and more fossil fuel
production with the goal of bringing
down inflation jeff zeleny reports on
what some democrats are saying
when you go to the grocery store it
feels like you're shopping in hawaii but
mariama davis lives in georgia and feels
the sting of inflation for herself and
customers at her boutique the beehive
the idea that eggs are three dollars now
is that's a lot people have their
families to feed so if they have an
option between
buying a gift or putting food on the
table i'm going to expect folks to put
food on the table six months before
voters decide if democrats maintain
control of congress a sour mood is
hanging over the economy
as inflation looms as a major issue in a
national election for the first time
since nineteen eighty some blame
president biden ever since
mr biden took office everything's been
going up others do not it's a number of
things i wouldn't just blame president
biden solely yet it's a problem he owns
and one of the biggest challenges facing
the white house at daddy d's barbecue
owner christiana coker jackson sees
inflation everywhere i love that from
paper goods to the cost of meat to how
often people are dining out we're not
seeing the same amount of of traffic
that we normally do and i think that's a
fear of just spending with the talk of
inflation inflation inflation customers
are scared and as a democrat she's
scared of the consequences come november
if we can't get out and vote for the
midterms
then
all the work that we did in 2020 is not
really going to matter because then
we're going to have a handicapped
president atlanta and the surrounding
suburbs have recorded the second highest
inflation jump among the nation's
largest metropolitan areas with prices
climbing 10.6 percent second only to
phoenix at 10.9 percent and higher than
the national increase of 8.5
percent georgia is also a hot political
battleground which biden narrowly won in
2020. this year it will help determine
whether democrats hold the senate by
reelecting rafael warnock his early
campaign ads trying to redirect any
economic blame what if i told you
shipping container companies have been
making record profits while prices have
been skyrocketing on you that's why i'm
pushing to hold them accountable but
that message is competing with loud
republican criticism joe biden's ruining
our country jen jordan a state senator
who turned his suburban district from
red to blue and is now running for
attorney general knows that democrats
face headwinds but she said republicans
have not offered a positive alternative
we're still in the middle of a pandemic
right and so what people do is they
respond to you know how are they feeling
how are their lives right and they're
always going to tag the president for
that
but look we have got a million miles to
go before november back at the beehive
where we first met davis a year ago she
then urged people to give biden time
just be patient like it's coming
everything doesn't happen overnight
folks know that now she adds this caveat
patient but just frustrated just
frustrated just would like to get the
relief that we need so we can start
operating how we used to jeff zeleny cnn
atlanta
10 second trivia the thymus the spleen
and bone marrow are all important parts
of what digestive system immune system
nervous system or endocrine system
along with white blood cells and
antibodies these are parts of your
immune system
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doctors say the vast majority of people
in the united states now have some
degree of immunity to covid19 they say
that's from a combo of factors that
include being vaccinated against the
disease and or having caught covet and
developed natural immunity as people
recovered from it when it comes to
natural immunity what our bodies learn
from fighting off a disease the
estimates of how long we're protected
from getting coveted again are anywhere
from three months to five years
why is that range so wide
in this lab at emory university
scientists like mahul sutar are working
to answer one of the most common
questions of the pandemic
how much protection does a previous
covet infection provide with infections
you'll have lots of individuals that
have very low individuals that have very
high antibody responses
take a look at this graph of people who
have immunity from a prior infection
see how varied the blue dots and lines
are
they represent the antibody response
it's all over the place it is proof
sutar says that not all infections are
the same but how do you use this data to
make decisions in the real world
especially now that states have loosened
measures like mask and vaccine mandates
if i were to get my antibodies checked
could i then get some sort of measure of
just how protected i am there aren't
good
correlates of protection something that
says that this is the
measurement that one needs to know how
well they are protected and now with
these variants
we're seeing how these antibodies
responses sort of take a hit let's say
you're in a situation where someone
essentially doesn't have antibodies
anymore you were to measure their
antibodies that you don't see them
does that mean they no longer have
protection
not necessarily so there's several
aspects to one's immune system that can
drive protection
like b cells which can make more
antibodies if the virus comes back
and t cells which help activate the
immune system and get rid of infected
cells
antibodies in your blood naturally wane
over time
think of it like security lights at your
home when there's an intruder nearby
they should turn on but when there's no
more threat you want them to turn back
off
why do we focus so much on antibodies
one aspect is that antibodies are
probably one of the easiest to measure
in the laboratory dr dory segev is a
transplant surgeon who says antibody
tests should be used in some cases to
understand how protected people are
in february he published research on
hundreds of unvaccinated americans who
had coveted almost every single one of
them had detectable antibodies it's
something segev thinks we do need to
take into consideration covet is a high
risk high consequence way of getting
immunity but if you had covet and you
went through that and you have immunity
that is something we need to respect and
we need to incorporate in the ways we
draw the sort of the new social contract
of covet
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there aren't too many places in america
where you'd see someone like this
strolling through the neighborhood but
venice florida is definitely one of them
police have been called recently to keep
tabs on a couple of alligators one of
them more than 10 feet long that have
been wandering around as if they're
looking for a block party it's possible
they were looking for a may though
they'll probably have better luck in the
water i wonder if that affects home
values i mean the neighbors are
cold-blooded but they love to jaw there
are some interesting yard art reptile
floors built-in scales not a lot of
pests or dogs or cats hanging around but
if you're concerned about fast drivers
they have some natural speed bumps we'll
see you later
i m carl azuz durango high school in las
vegas nevada gets today's shout out for
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