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In israel, admissions rose faster, but thanks to boosterjabs then started coming down. in israel, where they started vaccinating very early and therefore theyve had a longer period to see the decline in benefit, theyve seen an increase in case numbers. and when they reinstituted a number of measures, including the third dose, the booster dose, they saw a very good beneficial decline within a few weeks of giving the boosters. the hope is that the boosterjab roll—out will do the same in the uk, ...

But there are still challenges in reaching some in younger age groups who may have had just one dose, or none. having made a rapid start to the vaccination programme, the uk has fallen back a bit compared with some other leading economies, with 66% of the population, notjust adults, having had the first two doses. though the uk did start a bit later than some others giving jabs to 12—15—year—olds. little scratch. take a deep breath in. theres still some way to go vaccinating teenagers, and...

Thanks to booster jabs. in israel, where they started vaccinating very early and therefore theyve had a longer period to see the decline in benefit, theyve seen an increase in case numbers. and when they reinstituted a number of measures including the third dose, the booster dose, they saw a very good beneficial decline within a few weeks of giving the boosters. the hope is that the boosterjab roll—out will do the same in the uk, offering more protection as winter approaches, for example in ca...

Moderna vaccines. so it is a confusing time at the moment. the most important thing is to remember that we have really good evidence that vaccines work, and first and foremost for those people who have not yet been vaccinated, the most important data i saw in the last week from the cdc suggested that the unvaccinated are six times more likely to die, 11 times more likely to get infected with covid-19, than those who are vaccinated, across all age groups. we need to get people vaccinated. >> the ...

Least every adult who has had the j and j vaccine should go ahead and get a second dose. but it might just be appropriate to think of that as a two-jab course like the pfizer and moderna vaccines. it is a confusing time at the moment. the most important thing is to remember that we have really good evidence that vaccines work. and first and foremost for those people who have not yet been vaccinated, the most important data i saw in the last week from the cdc suggested that the unvaccinated are s...

Love in your family or your neighbors. >> so i want to connect that to this decisionmaking now on booster shots, because, yes, the data seems to show a number of months out from full vaccination that immunity wanes somewhat. but the difference is that the protection against hospitalization and death remains quite high even several months out, even though there are breakthrough infections that come through for the fully vaccinated. i wonder, is the debate -- are we getting the public discussion o...

If the goal is protection against serious illness, the kind that causes you to seek medical attention or go to the hospital or icu, the current vaccines as two doses are doing exactly that. its true for pfizers vaccine and modernas and it includes delta and all age groups. so really, you dont need a booster dose at least as far as those data are concerned. then the second issue is what is invariably true with any vaccine, the level of antibodies in your bloodstream will decline and with that, wi...

Vaccines and all age groups. if you got two doses of mrna containing vaccines, you are protected. it is immuno logical memory cells, which are long lived. those should be reassured by that. . >> i want to ask you about something happening in society. it seems the anti vax rhetoric in regard to covid is spreading to all vaccines. you have jim jordan of ohio writing, ohio should ban all vaccine mandates. of course that would mean the requirements that have existed in schools for generations for th...

Them and outside their school sites so it has had a negative impact where you have people lobbing schools and campaigning outside schools and campaigning outside schools and campaigning outside schools and writing letters to schools. thats deftly had an impact on the programme unfortunately. band on the programme unfortunately. and we are quite — on the programme unfortunately. and we are quite behind other countries when it comes to vaccinating younger people. because although our vaccine rol...