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In the lab and what they are found is their booster does increase antibodies. its better than getting two shots but its unclear exactly how much protection that will give you in the real world, so lets take a look at modernas results. so what they found is that the current booster, the one that you or i or anybody could go out and get right now is 50 micrograms, it did boost anti-bodies but a 100 microgram dose boosted antibodies even higher. the effectiveness against omicron in the real world s...

Him off. so what were seeing is kind of an emotional response to that and whether or not theyre able to bring him back to the table and have him sign off on whatever it is, it will be what joe manchin kind of wants it to be at this point. >> debbie, i got to ask you before i let you go because all of this is playing out against an ongoing pandemic. there was a big headline from your home state. nbc news reporting governor ron desantis allowed up to 1 million covid testing kits to expire. as i sa...

Sensitivity. you can have a false negative that can give you a false sense of confidence. >> joining us now, assistant professor of emergency medicine at st. josephs regional medical center and merge medicine doctor dr. nathan swanson. thank you so much for joining us here. weve heard the nation is seeing record covid cases. theres a question of the effectiveness of tests and the availability of tests and new concerns concerning the emergency guidelines. tell us what youre seeing at the hospital...

Are effective, in fact, they are. are they as effective as an n95? no. but what was being said is, rather wear a cotton or surgical mask than not wear any mask at all. and thats the point that was made. i think it was a consideration that people were saying if theyre not effective, well then dont wear them. they have a degree of effectiveness and if thats the mask thats available to you, use it. if you want a higher degree of protection, go to a higher quality of mask. but the masks that are bei...

Reduced the lethality of this and isolate sit to those where we could calculate who are at greatest risk and protect them at a much great effectiveness than protecting the entire population. judge jeanine: lets talk about this idea that flash flood chicago is interested in vaccines and not the their if is, the monoclonal antibodies. hydroxychloroquine *, you get taken to twitter,. >> i. dewitt squirt. >> aiming bullets at tony fauci. there is a person there so its easy to criticize. but they are...

Months, it will be crucial, you know, for china in terms of the effectiveness of this strategy. >> reporter: for beijings olympics, thousands of athletes and officials will go directly into a tightly enforced bubble. >> if they can pull it off, it will be an amazing olympics. >> reporter: but with the variant already spreading quickly in other countries, there is a race here to contain it before the games begin. janis mackey frayer, nbc news, beijing. and up next for us tonight, the hero with ...

Disease. >> reporter: add in new questions about the effectiveness of some at-home tests in detecting the omicron variant, and it is all becoming a muddle of a terrible time. >> we are right now seeing more cases per day than at any point in the pandemic. >> reporter: infections among children are rising rapidly in many places. >> we are seeing here even in new jersey, a fourfold increase, um, in pediatric hospitalizations. were seeing our daily case rates skyrocket. >> reporter: in connecticut,...

Impacting air travel as we were just talking about. and all other aspects of life as well. i want to bring back msnbc medical contributor dr. kavita patel to answer some of your covid questions that you have tweeted at me. so, lets get to it, dr. patel, because we got a lot of them. let me ask the first question here, which is, what percentage of covid vaccines actually prevent infection? eight family members, one tested positive, three others negative, the rest have no symptoms, no test. all ad...

Younger teenagers soon, tiger woods the age of 12 and 15, a lower vaccination percentage or lower than what federal officials want. what kind of effect do you think boosters will have that on that? >> well, i think the boosters will help solidify the protection among children, and i know that all the pediatricians and family doctors out there are saying if you have any questions about the safety and effectiveness of vaccinating your child, come see me because those pediatricians and family docs ...

Some adventures. >> she was there since she was 75 and that is when she started? >> that is incred captioning sponsored by cbs >> garrett: tonight, the omicron fueled covid wave explodes. record setting infections lead health officials to urge caution ahead of new years eve celebrations. >> we knead to take action to protect ourselves, our families and our communities-at-large. >> garrett: plus pfizer booster shots ready to be authorized for 12 to 15-year-olds while a new study shows the vaccine...