(CNN) With Covid-19 cases surging in 49 states as vaccination rates lag, turning the tide will require Americans to "do something dramatic to protect our country," an expert said. "We're seeing this because the public misunderstood the CDC guidance for fully vaccinated people as 'We can now do whatever we want. Many experts have attributed the rise to slowing vaccination rates with only 48.3% of the US population fully vaccinated, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In an interview on NBC Nightly News, Walensky said that with case rates rising, vaccination rates declining and the Delta variant spreading, things could continue to get worse in the pandemic. And in the latest survey, more than a half of people who said that they "definitely" or "probably" would not get a Covid-19 vaccine because they were concerned about side effects, up from 49% about a month ago.

Source: CNN July 16, 2021 06:22 UTC