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And they are about a month ahead of us in vaccinations and boosters, et cetera, the data from the israeli studies is that there is a substantial diminish against infection and diminution into the protection against hospitalizations. >> reporter: the scientists are going to have to figure this out, hopefully before fridays meeting. there is a big meeting of fda advisers about whether or not to give a green light to the u.s. booster program. and i want to add another note which i know makes it con...

Fine in that regard. theres no data showing otherwise. the data showing the other side of this argument that boosters are needed, that boosters do help keep you out of the hospital, really that mainly comes from israel and the israel six weeks ago started a booster program. they have given boosters to about a third of their population, and they say data shows it really does work, and they have moved ahead of the united states in requiring boosters. lets take a listen to a conversation that i had...

Shots are very effective at keeping you out of the hospital. so, this was written by a very esteemed group of scientists, including two fda officials who have recently resigned. theres been a will the of talk that one of the reasons they resigned is they disagreed with this booster program. im going to read to you a quote from the primary author, from the first author of this study, and she says taken as a whole, the currently available studies do not provide credible evidence of substantially d...

Waiting to see what the advisory committee to the fda comes down with. you know, this is a body whose role is to be independent of government, so free of politics. their role is to look at the evidence and come up with a recommendation whether these vaccines should be approved for a booster dose. then that information, assuming they do approve it, goes to an independent advisory committee to the cdc to recommend who should get those booster shots. as a pediatrician and public health person, i re...

Undermines, you know, the credibility of it. >> when in your best guest, not just governors but folks watching right now know exactly when and what boosters they will get and should get. >> well, were still aiming for the week of september the 20th. it would have been optimal to get at least with the mrnas to get both pfizer and moderna to roll out the booster program at the same time simultaneously. it looks now, it is possible, and i think likely, that you will see pfizer get ruled out, get ro...

President biden said on august 18th when he first started, with he first started talking about this booster roll out. >> pending approval from the food and drug administration, the cdcs committee of outside experts will be ready to start these booster -- this booster program through the week of september 20. >> reporter: so, youll notice the president biden named a date. i think perhaps the biden administration has learned that that is often not a great idea. because things change and then peopl...

Ago and highest since early march. the delta variant still spreading among and killing the unvaccinated. health officials plans to roll out booster shots has hit a hitch. pfizer has passed its study information to the fda but moderna hasnt yet. >> what you might see is rather than the simultaneous rolling out of the booster program of both dose products, you may be sequential by about a week or two. i dont think that that is a major issue there, but we would have liked to have seen it happen all...

Be durable. >> so israel started its booster program on july 30th. you dont have to be any particular age, anyone can get it, as long as you are five months or more past your second vaccination. what israel found, is those who had been vaccinated in january had more than twice of risk of breakthrough infection. they found that the booster, that third shot, reduces the odds of intex 70% to 84%, and in people age 60 and over, the booster decreased the relative risk of seen san diego by more than t...

Pfizer or vice versa. that is possible. so the bottom line here is that for anyone who is fully vaccinated and enough time has passed, say five months, six months, seven months, eight months somewhere in there, you could get a booster in the coming weeks or months. it will most likely be offered and available to you, not the week of september 20th. but it will happen. lets take a listen to dr. fauci. >> pfizer one of the companies with the mrna has gotten the information has been examined and th...

Going to give this the green light and things will move forward pretty much as previously thought. okay. thats good news. you mentioned israel, so lets talk a little bit more about what were seeing in israel. youve got approval there for boosters ongoing, right? since august 1st, when they started this, with 60-year-olds and above and then on down to 12-year-olds and above, theyve given boosters to about 30% of their population, but then if you look at these numbers, youve still got cases in isr...