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Out of the booster program of both dose products, you may be sequential by about a week or two. i dont think that is a major issue there. but we would have liked to have seen it happen altogether simultaneously. >> joining us now is dr. ilene marty, a professor at florida international university. doctor, we aretch you sharing part of your labor day with us to bring us expertise and perspective. this back and forth over the boosters is confusing for someone that follows it closely. what is your ...

Effect next month. in florida, school districts are defying their own governor doubling down on school mandates that fly in face of the governors ban. masking does help while we wait for the next line of defense. covid-19 booster shots, but the exact timing has been a subject of debate. its up in the air right now. lets get to dr. anthony fauci . you have said the 20th is still in play. help us sort this out. where are we headed when it comes to boosters and when is that going to get up and runn...

The moderna products operational. we had always said from the very beginning that would depend on a few factors that would have to be in play. one that the companies would submit to the fda the appropriate information to allow the regulatory approach of that to be the way it should be. the fda would make a recommendation which you would follow because they are the last word in the regulatory aspect of all of this. the advisory committee advise the cdc would recommend it. what has happened is tha...

Classroom sunday night at 10:00 eastern. thank you for joining us tonight. ac 360 starts right now. good evening. the death toll on the east coast from the remnants of hurricane ida is now at least 50 people. alive report from louisiana where the storm hit and president biden visited today. we begin though with a speed bump on the administrations road to covid boosters by the 20th of this month. as you know, thats the date the president announced just last month. >> pending approval from the...

Another study showed the risk of infection fell up to 68%, 7 to 13 days after a third dose. and by as much as 84% after 14 to 20 days. >> reporter: president joe biden announced in late august -- >> this booster program is going to start here september the 20th. pending approval of the fda and the cdc committee. of outside experts. >> reporter: but federal health officials now warning the white house they may not have enough data on the moderna vaccine by then to recommend boosters for anyone ot...

Variant drives new covid cases in the united states to nearly 170,000 a day on average, new data shows a third so-called booster dose of the covid mrna vaccine provides more protection against the virus. >> theres no doubt from the dramatic data from the israeli study that the boosters being done there in and contemplated here support very strongly the rationale for such an approach. >> reporter: in making the case for boosters, fauci explained israeli data shows they reduced the risk of infecti...

Late august -- >> this booster program is going to start here on september the 20th, pending approval of the fda and the cdc committee. of outside experts. >> reporter: but federal health officials now warning the white house they may not have enough data on the moderna vaccine by then to recommend boosters for anyone other than pfizer/biontech vaccine recipients. >> you cant make an announcement and then say, well wait to see what the fda and cdc says. thats just really not the right way to do ...

Contemplated here support very strongly the rational for such an approach. >> reporter: in making the case for boosters, fauci explaining israeli data shows they reduce the risk of infection by 11-fold and have severe illness by 10-fold in more than 1 million people over the age of 60. another study showed the risk of infection fell to 68% 7 to 13 days after a third dose and by as much as 84% after 14 to 20 days. president joe biden announced in late august -- >> booster program. its going to st...

The risk of infection by 11-fold and of severe illness by tenfold in more than a million people over the age of 60. another study showed the risk of fell up to 68%, seven to 13 days after a third dose. by as much as 84% after 14 to 20 days. president joe biden announced in late august -- >> this booster program is going to start here on september the 20th, pending approval of the fda and then the cdc committee, outside experts. >> reporter: but federal health officials now warning the white hous...

Dose provides more protection against the virus. >> there is no doubt from the dramatic data from the israeli study that the boosts that are being now done there and contemplated here support very strongly the rational for such an approach. >> reporter: in making the case for boosters, fauci explaining they reduce the risk of infection by 11 fold and severe illness by tenfold in more than a million people over 60. another study showed the risk of infection fell up to 68% 7 to 13 days after a thi...