A recent study that was published in Critical Care Medicine found that Aviptadil, a synthetic form of vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) can improve the likelihood of survival from respiratory.
vaccine. and finally, all of us must do everything we can to protect our communities from covid-19. that means encouraging our family and friends, our patients and students, our co-workers and neighbors, to get vaccinated. that is our path to ending this pandemic. i ll now turn it over to dr. walensky, who will walk us through the data that helped inform our decision to take action now. good morning, everyone. as dr. murthy mentioned, i want to provide an update on vaccine effect tifrness. today we re releasing three articles with data i ll describe that are helping to inform our booster plan. recognizing that for most vaccines there is a reduction in protection over time, we have been analyzing the data closely from a number of cohorts in the united states and around the world to understand how long protection from the initial covid-19 vaccine series will
in the context of these concerns, we are planning for americans to receive booster shots starting next month to maximize vaccine-induced protection. our plan is to protect the american people and stay ahead of this virus. before i turn things over to dr. fauci to ensure the immunologic data, i want to emphasize one final thing. our vaccines continue to offer the best protection against severe covid illness. while we are still learning about how these vaccines perform over time and how long they will last against emerging variants, one thing is very clear. getting vaccinated can keep you out of the hospital. getting vaccinated can save your life. in areas with low vaccination coverage, we continue to hear far too many heartbreaking stories of people who did not get vaccinated, only then to get severe covid-19. in these areas the data are showing us that the more people
then drs. walensky and fauci. thanks, jeff. it s good to be with all of you today. today i want to update you on where we are regarding boosters for fully vaccinated individuals. our top priority has always been protecting people and their families from covid-19. we have been fortunate to have safe and effective vaccines that offer outstanding protection against the worst outcomes of this virus, severe disease, hospitalization and death. the covid-19 vaccines authorized in the united states have been remarkably effective, even against the widespread delta variant. we know even highly effective vaccines become less effective over time. our goal has been to determine when that time might come for the covid-19 sack scenes so we can make a plan to take proactive steps to extend and
these shots would become available for people. sort of more broadly, what they re hinting at here, is there s data that s going to be presented for the first time when i say for the first time, i mean even other health agencies haven t seen some of this data, that s going to show some evidence of waning protection against mild or moderate covid. now, the concern is will that ultimately translate to waning effectiveness against more severe covid? they can t say that for sure. what they re saying, kate, is there s enough of a concern here that they ll go ahead and get this ball rolling and have this available within the next month. let s talk about this data. all along we have heard from top officials and very smart doctors saying booster shots are not needed until the data tells us it is. we ve seen data from overseas, data from israel that we know folks have been following closely. what do you think is going to come out in this data that is so significant? and is this really what i