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Piece of research that led them to this decision on the fourth dose, but two major factors. one, omicron is growing here as it is in the u.s. and they are trying to do what they can to get out in front of it. but the other thing is there is some evidence here in israel that those third booster shots do wane in their effectiveness over time. i want you to take a listen to what he had to say about that. >> yes, we are seeing some increase in the number of people being infected as more and more tim...

Individuals who had two dose vaccine. this is validated by the clinical data which shows that the vaccine efficacy, as we all know from previous studies of a symptomatic infection of a two-dose mrna wanes over time. however, theres a moderate to high effectiveness, about 75% seen in the early period after a booster dose and very likely higher when it comes to hospitalization and severe disease. next slide. a quick word now on something that jeff mentioned is namely the treatments that are availa...

What we are to some degrees, flying blind to the heart of the storm. fin blind to the heart of the storm. on those blind to the heart of the storm. 0n those words we will leave it there. but forget to talk us through this. thank you. in other covid news, uk government advisers have recommended vulnerable 5 to 11—year—olds should be offered a vaccine. a low—dose version of the pfizerjab has already been given to 5 million children in the us, and has now been approved by the uk drugs regula...

This is dr. ranney and assistant dean of public health at brown university. doctor, lets start there with this poll. 48% of unvaccinated americans saying nothing will convince them to get the shot. omicron is not impacting them. not the delta wave, not the threat of omicron, which leads me to wonder, should the administration and health officials kind of take this number to heart and start shifting the goal away from full vaccination to something else? >> i think theyve already taken this number...

Was collapsing in on itself, but knowing that weve got all those tools, it doesnt shake the feeling, right? it doesnt really shake the deja vu. joining us now is dr. david kesler. hes the top science administrator to the covid response. its an honor. thanks for making time tonight. >> thank you for having me, rachel. >> weve talked a couple of times in the last couple of weeks about the emerging body of knowledge that could help us understand the current state of the pandemic, the effects of thi...

Collapsing on itself. but, knowing weve got all those tools, it doesnt really shake the feeling. it doesnt really shake the déjà vu. joining us now is doctor david kessler. hes been a frequent source of guidance for the show. is the top science adviser for the biden administrations covid response. doctor, its always an honor to have some your time. thanks for being here tonight. >> thanks for having me rachel. >> weve talked a couple of times in the last couple of, weeks about the emerging bod...

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Delta. so without the boost, the effectiveness is down in the 30%. it shoots up to about 75% to protect against infection with the booster third shot. thats why we really need to get those percentages of third shots up as high as we can. >> right. and of course we seem to -- we know that this is more contagious. we dont know for sure if this is more severe or less severe, but how much do you worry that this omicron variant, along with delta, could overwhelm the health care system in this country...

Then it didnt, both because it wanes in effectiveness against infection and because the strains change. were now told it will protect you against disease. we dont really know that. so, therefore, i would say we have to be more careful than the public officials are letting us in on. i think its time to make sure if you really want to be safe you get vaccinated and you get tested before you meet with other people. >> okay. and thats important advice to hear because loads of people are already jump...