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U.s., a lot of places have the technology and have those ultra cold freezers to be able to distribute that vaccine, its not just a question of supply, its about distribution and so what they are doing here is equipping drones with coolers that can ultimately shuttle that vaccine to the places that needed most. we are talking about boosters with dr. fauci a moment ago but this was about the first regiment that people need. >> so with those images of the drones dropping pfizer and moderna but what...

You know ahmaud arberys case is coming. you know where we are coming from. >> in that note, you woke up. >> thank you, eddie and charles, i am sure well be talking to you soon with arbery. some developments to get to with covid. ahead of the thanksgiving holiday, the cdc on friday endorsed booster shots for all adults. the recommendation makes all adults eligible for booster shots six months with vaccinations with pfizer or moderna or with johnson & johnson vaccine. more people have now died f...

A much more durable response which we are hoping for. if thats not the case then we may have to get it frequently. i am hoping well see a much more durable response than we have seen with the original one around six months or so starting to wane. >> dr. fauci, its always really great to have you on. thank you very much. we appreciate it and we hope you have a wonderful thanksgiving. >> all right, access to the vaccine in africa is getting a boost from one start up company which sent a fleet of d...

There have been just over 770,000 confirmed covid deaths in the u.s. since the pandemic began. 385,000 people died from the virus in the u.s. last year. the first death confirmed in early february, 2021s number passed that over the weekend based on john hopskins data. lets bring in dr. anthony fauci. well try to get you to say something about thanksgiving like holidays thatll make their hair set on fire and jumping off of roofs attacking you. lets talk about, i was going to say some positive dev...

>> the rule of thumb that you should have six months between your shots, when ever your last covid shot was whether moderna or johnson & johnson, you are due for a booster, is that the rule of thumb? >> if its j&j, its two months after because the j&j likely should have been. moderna and pfizer, six months. the reason it is because we want to give immunity response a chance to mature. by mature, we mean the cells that make the antibodies, as you give them a few months, it gets much stronger. the...

>> riley, right now it feels like we are not from the united states, we are talking about europe. the situation in germany is worst than what we have seen before. beyond this program, can you give us a sense, just to lay the land, what is where the virus replacing rates right now throughout the continent and the vaccination rates elsewhere. is this program and others like it will be able to use to get these doses across conference? >> absolutely. this is about scaling out a model. this is a test...

Tell us more about this effort and the use of drones even to get the doses where they need to goes. >> thanks mika, this is a story of equity and access. the virus knows no borders or bounds. to get everyone vaccinated in the world is our mission right now to end the pandemic. turn to ghana where 3% of the country has been vaccinated compare that to the u.s. where we are hitting that 60% threshold. its critical that the country too keep pace with the rest of the world as well as other low and mi...