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Need to know. what is it? >> oh, victor, there is a lot. its not entirely clear how effective or if its really all that effective, this booster, that moderna is putting out now. the 50 micro gram booster that you can get at pharmacies. it gets complicated. let me lay it out. lets take a look at what moderna said. moderna said when they looked at their current booster, 50 micro grams, thats what you can get going to a pharmacy or whatever. it did boost antibodies, but 100 micro grams boosted anti...

Over the next few weeks. at the start of this year, _ over the next few weeks. at the start of this year, hospitals - over the next few weeks. at the | start of this year, hospitals were overwhelmed at the number of covid pages since surged now back seats and booster seem to be keeping the number of deaths stable at least for the moment —— covid patients. but modelling suggests even a best case scenario for this wave could see death rising to around 600 per day. theres very little headroom f...

Antibody levels against omicron. heres what moderna announced this morning. moderna says that the current one booster dose, 50 micrograms, can boost antibody levels 37 fold compared with just two doses. so the current booster, 50 micrograms, can boost antibody levels 37 fold. a larger dose at 100 micrograms can boost antibody levels even more, by 83 fold. so thats what moderna says right now. data suggests that the booster does increase antibody levels, a larger dose can increase even more. what...

Largely the unvaccinated who are getting severely sick from this, thats with delta which dominates here. omicron is coming. moderna has new data how the booster shot protects against it. what are you learning? >> so what weve learned from moderna is that their booster thats out there, it does increase antibodies but its unclear how effective those antibodies will be at protecting you against omicron. so lets take a look at what moderna put out this morning. the booster thats out there now, the o...

And uncertainties, particularly around the infection and hospitalisation rate of omicron. how many people does omicron put into hospital of the infected? and some of the uncertainties to deal with severity and booster effectiveness and so on. we agreed we should keep the data from now on under constant review and keep following it hour by hour and unfortunately i must say for people we have to reserve the possibility of taking further action to protect the public and to protect the public health...

Modernists a new tests show its on the effectiveness of boosters — modernists a new tests show its job can neutralise antibodies by 34%, reinforcing that boosters remain the best variant against the omicron variant. dominic hughes, bbc news. lets speak to wes mistreating, good to talk to you. 90,000 plus new infections today, second—highest figures since the pandemic began in a single day. the nhs is creaking where the director of england for the royal college of nurses saying theres lots of...

You said about education, what katty said about resistance to common sense, the misinformation problem, if you had a private audience with joe biden and said, mr. president, this is what you got to do right now, what would it be? what would you have him say? >> he can say some of this on tuesday just 30 seconds here, i think we have to have a different vocabulary. they are now going to emphasize the purpose of vaccination. we talked about that. i think we need to coopt tactics from the greatest ...

Down that road again. several arent convinced the data yetjustifies the economic hit that any new restrictions bring. when it comes to rules, critics say downing street lacks moral authority. in this photo, taken during lockdown, the prime minister, his wife and staff are drinking wine in the garden. these were people at work talking about work, according to boris johnson. tonight, the queen is among those scaling back their plans. she has cancelled her traditional christmas in sandringham — a...

So thats another level of again vulnerability. the last thing ill mentions is part of that immunization is also affecting our existing medical tool. many of the available monoclonal antibodies that are being used in vulnerable patients or unvaccinated patients to keep them from getting hospitalized, it looks like their effectiveness has gone down. that makes vaccination even more important, but all of us doing our bit with those masks and testing reduce the spread more importantly. >> nahid, goo...

Transmitted cases with the usual strategy of mass testing and quarantine as well as extensive contact tracing. with the authorities here further convinced of the effectiveness of the zero covid policy as the omicron variant continues to spread fast in many other countries. now, the one big challenge facing the government here is the upcoming lunar new year holiday which means millions of people would be on the move to go home. already weve seen local officials discourage travel during that perio...