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Breaking news to report. three u.s. senators announced they have tested positive for covid. angus king of maine, roger wicker of mississippi and john hickenlooper of colorado. all three have been vaccinated. the senate is not in session right now. senator king said he began feeling mildly feverish on wednesday. the offices of senators wicker and hickenlooper said they were tested after experiencing mild symptoms. we should point out these sorts of breakthrough cases are rare and vaccines show am...

Game to make sure that the durability of that protection continues. we still feel the most important thing, andrea is that we get unvaccinated people vaccinated as quickly as we possibly can and for those that have been vaccinated, this recommendation for a booster is to stay ahead of the virus and to make sure that the protection is high and prolonged. >> to stay ahead of the virus, though. how concerned are you? this is the first time ive heard you say that theres data from israel that it no l...

Eligible for a third shot. >> isnt it the problem doctor collins, you mentioned data, but we dont have all the data when it comes to breakthrough infections in particular for vaccinated individuals because the cdc, for some bizarre reason back in may, stopped collecting data or stop publishing, maybe theyre still collecting and stop telling us, data on the number of breakthrough cases which dont result in hospitalization or death. they said they would only carry on publishing data on hospitaliza...

People who are eight months away from their initial immunization will be eligible for a third shot. >> isnt the problem, dr. collins, you mentioned data. we dont have all the data when it comes to breakthrough infections in particular with vaccinated individuals because the cdc for some bizarre reason back in may stopped collecting or stopped publishing, data on the number of breakthrough cases which dont result in hospitalization or death. theyre only publishing hospitalizations and deaths amon...

Cdc stopped publicly tracking breakthrough cases several months ago. the only count with comes into hospitals and who dies fully vaccinated. that has been criticized by a number of scientists. what do you make of that decision? how has it impacted public? help is a time -- what is your turn on? this >> i think its important that the cdc modernize a bit in order to track vaccine effect. there have been grants put in place for that purpose. but you know, most of the preliminary data that we are ge...

>> well, listen, it really depends on where you live. but it doesnt matter whether youre a republican, democrat or an independent, the virus doesnt care about politics. you are protected much more if youre vaccinated, right, if youre vaccinated, your chances of getting covid or transmitting it to other people is reduced, but as we know, the delta is a beast. it is highly contagious. were seeing breakthrough cases that we originally were saying were rare, and theyre no longer rare. theyre not com...

Positive, hes taking it very seriously. hes concerned and hes taking it seriously for his own health. he should be thinking through that same lens for the health of all texan, encouraging everybody to get vaccinated and encouraging every school district because kids cannot access vaccines right now. he should preach and practice as a governor the way he cares for his own health and hes not doing that. >> lets talk about the breaking news for today on these booster shots. this comes as these brea...

People as fast as possible. we did that and that was extremely successful. at that time we knew that was a crumby vaccine schedule forgiving long lasting protective immunity. the minute that s thats how i think it should be framed, that this was predicted and predictable. it was just a matter of watching when we were going to see a big bump in breakthrough cases and breakthrough hospitalizations that we pulled the trigger on giving the booster. weve seen data come out of the mayo clinic. theyve ...

Its the same one we have been getting as new data shows vaccine protection does wane over time as cases and hospitalizations keep going in the wrong direction. breakthrough cases come. welcome to "meet the press daily." im chuck todd. for the first time since the taliban took control of afghanistan military and civilian leaders will brief reporters in person this afternoon. the silence from lloyd austin and joints chief chairman milley has been notable. as we get more warnings that the white h...

"We explain when I give the vaccine, Look, this is not 100 percent, but in life, you have to give yourself the best possible odds," Patricia Seemann said.