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>> people should not be put off by the fact that as time goes by, if we learn more and more about the protection, that we might modify the guidelines. thats what weve been saying all along. follow the science. things change and you have to follow the data. >> trace: lets bring in dr. nicole saphier. dr. saphier, always great to see you. dr. fauci think dont be surprised if the goalpost move yet again. we have a couple governors were saying the definition of fully vaccinated is not until you get ...

Breakthrough cases. i dont think these mandates are helping the president job approval numbers. its hard to know whats on the approval rating whether its inflation but you have to believe that these mandates are not helping matters, their polarizing and employers are worried we are to have a labor shortage, there are firmer jobs available then people looking for work. these mandates could result in people not joining the workforce or quitting the workforce or quitting a job at a big company goin...

Treating unvaccinated at the moment? you see them as a critical care physician? >> without a doubt. you know, i cant give you the absolute percentage, but but it is in the high 90% of patients we see are unvaccinated. unfortunately, we have had a couple of breakthrough cases, but really in honesty most of those breakthrough cases then occurred in people who had other underlying conditions, for instance, its now well established that people who are on immunosuppression for organ transplant in par...

Preparing for their thanksgiving gatherings because, i mean, we know that lots of families, their strained relations because of the whole, you know, divide over getting vaccinated, not getting vaccinated, but when people say im going to be with family or friends, et cetera, whether youre vaccinated or not, what should be the approach? do you find that people are still going to be doing masks indoors, asking questions, whats the etiquette, i should say? >> its a great question, and its an etiquet...

Elderly having breakthrough cases, but young people as well. and i also worry about the possibility of long covid. even if you get a boost town fection. and definitely get boosted and cut down that transmission. >> a lot of people are concerned about adverse side effects what do we know? >> adverse, pretty much what you can expect from the second thought. injection site, fever and chills. i got it, christi, and i had nothing. everybody is different. but nothing more than you would expect from th...

Critical care physician? >> yeah, without a doubt. i cant give you the absolute percentage, but it is in the high 90%, of patients that we see that arent vaccinated. unfortunately, we have had a couple of breakthrough cases. but, in honesty, most of those breakthrough cases then occurred in people who had other underlying conditions. for instance, its now well-established people who are on immunosuppression for organ transplants, in particular things like kidney or heart transplant we, havent ha...

Than it is physically. weve got tools now, but its going to be a little bit more about our comfort level and how we deal with the fact that it seems like a third of our population will never get vaccinated but at some point will get infected and that will also determine the trajectory in certain parts of the country. two-thirds of our country right now have cases doubling week over week, day over day, and its driven by unvaccinated individuals and like i said some of those breakthrough cases. so...

Confusion surrounding booster shots. the fda is expected to approve expanding access to all adults by tomorrow. with hospitals jam packed and infections sharply revising, a growing list of states, including connecticut, have already broadened eligibility ahead of the feds final okay. the national rate of new infections has soared by 20% in the past few weeks and the virus is still killing 1,000 americans every day. thats all before tens of millions of people start traveling and gathering for tha...

These breakthrough cases sending folks to the hospital. to what can we attribute that? >> good morning. its a pleasure to be here. so the increase that we see in minnesota is multi-factored. putting the vaccinations aside for a minute, the delta variant was fundamentally a game-changer. it changed how we view this pandemic and particularly the coronavirus. what we see is that theres more breakthrough cases that carry it. and as we see with the israel data, it indicates that once youre triple vac...

This morning we just got a huge announcement a lot of americans have been waiting to hear, especially with the holidays upon us. the fda approving both pfizer and moderna booster shoots for all adults. the news couldnt come at a more crucial time. the holiday season ramping up. cases starting to rise steadily in many states. and hospitalizations are rising among the fully vaccinated. nbcs cal perry is at a vaccination site at the mall of america in minneapolis where theyre seeing a rise in break...