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Up the natural immunity question, when fauci says we dont know about the durability of natural immunity that is not true. we do know it is durable or stronger than the vaccine, correct? >> it is more durable. the vaccine is coded against one protein. natural immunity provides antibodies against 27 proteins to 100,000 stronger t cell immunity. sars covid 2 is more, the immunity is basically indefinite, 17 years of immunity. i suspect the same thing, one and done, we need to remove the fear over a...

Degree of protection that is substantial. the question is what is the durability of that and thats the reason why the cdc recommends that even if you have been infected and recovered, if you do get a vaccine, the level of your protection goes way, way up and thats the reason why they recommend it. >> yeah, i have a family member that had the twice. it cant be that protective. they got it again. is it safe for people to travel? is it safe to get on a plane and go see family in cleveland or in lou...

Turn to jason and talk about what is happening with the markets and the economy, today just very quickly dr. fauci said we may have some answers within two weeks. what do you think the level of confidence will be once we know more about the durability of vaccines. >> i think we will have more data in the next days to two to three weeks. there are very crucial lab studies involving the antibodies of vaccinated people that would be studied in the lab. observational studies looking at people who ha...

You can plead. but you cant mandate. is he doing that and if you look at what happened in the off year election, these brutal mandates, which are now be being pushed back by courts. for the most part the courts upholding them. they are causing such bitterness because now, you have healthcare workers who know this business better than any politician, many of which have natural immunity, "wall street journal" did this big editorial over the weekend saying natural immunity according to israel and d...

Unvaccinated. they didnt even start vaccinating until february of this year. they have the surge. they get a lot of infection immunity. it comes down. but look, about three, four months later you get another variant and another surge which tells you two things that infection-acquired immunity isnt lasting very long but that the vaccines are providing more protection. this is an interesting snapshot of this big question that people keep asking. vaccine immunity versus infection-acquired immunity....

Its already expanded to many other different countries. i think that our vaccines are still going to be effective even if they are not effective maybe slightly decreased in effectiveness because our immune system, it covers a wide array of components that can protect us its not just about antibodies there system parts of our immune system that can protect us. i dont think we should be worried or panicked. i think we should continue to take our basic mitigation strategies that we have been doing ...

Thanksgiving, going into a covid holiday season? >> ari, its easy to vent in a poll at the person in charge. but the administration really wants to focus on what can be done next and one of those big things is boosters. with this ability now for americans to get that booster shot, which some health experts say might end up being like the third shot, really, in this course of shots that we need to be the healthiest, that that could help with the durability and our ability to get through this wint...

Mentioned. cold weather. people going indoors. vaccination potency waning. if we counter all of those, we can stop this. >> now that you are encouraging all adults to get boosters, whats your definition of fully vaccinated? >> you know, right now, officially, john, the definition of fully vaccinated is still two doses of the moderna or pfizer and one dose of j&j. thats the requirement when people talk about what is required for this or for that? but that does not actually contradict the fact tha...

Thats the requirement when people talk about what is required for this or for that? but that does not actually contradict the fact that we are saying, as vaccine efficacy wanes, you need to get that booster to bring you right up. we will evaluate, as we get more data. we -- we dont know now how long the booster effect is going to last. if it lasts for a considerably longer period of time, namely the durability of the booster, allows you to go for a considerable period of time without getting ano...

Is tracking. dr. anthony fauci said over the weekend data is going to determine when all that might happen. >> we are going to take a look at what the durability is of the booster and where way to follow people who get boosted. we dont know right now, you have to be perfectly transparent and honest, were going to be doing the best we can to keep the american public optimally protected. >> some states are taking it a step further. the connecticut governor ned lamont said we are 11 months into the...