Boost Shot News Today

Booster shots for all adults. it would be either the pfizer or moderna vaccine and now the final decision rests in the hands of cdc director dr. rochelle walensky. i want to bring in dr. sanjay gupta. great to see you as always, sanjay. so assuming dr. walensky signs off on the recommendation, as we expect, how soon could all adults be eligible to get their shots? >> right away. thats the thing. at the beginning of this vaccine rollout there was often supply issues. theres enough supply in most ...

Same kind of path for full approval especially now were having this conversation about booster shots. >> yeah, well, moderna is basically finished, almost finished with submitting the data the fda needs. and i expect theyll be fully approved as well. and in a month or so. j&j is behind a bit and is probably going to be another couple of months. everything is on track to get all three eua vaccine approved products onboard for full approval in the next few months. and then we have to of course wai...

And moderna? whats the pathway for them? i presume theyre also on the same kind of path for full approval especially now were having this conversation about booster shots. >> yeah, well, moderna is basically finished, almost fijs r finished with submitting the data the fda needs. and i expect theyll be fully approved as well. and in a month or so. j&j is behind a bit and is probably going to be another couple of months. everything is on track to get all three eua vaccine approved products onboar...

But the idea that this virus is becoming more endemic, more entrenched, i think people were concerned about that from the very start given how contagious even some of the initial variants were. i think delta obviously really added to that. i think what is interesting about this conversation about boosters, though, jim, and i really drill down on this. some say, look, this was always expected, as rich boeser was just talking about. many shots do require boosters. but you have a prime shot and a b...