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Pandemic and how to prepare for the next one. the cdc just strengthened its booster recommendations because of the new variant saying all adults here in the united states should get a booster shot instead of may. how significant is that? >> i think the messaging is much more clear, wolf. the latest recommendation before this was people over the age of 50 should get one but 18 and older, 18 to 49 may get one. now with what is going on with this new variant theyre really strengthening that recomme...

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Effectiveness of one of our major treatments for covid—19, and as the chief medical officer said this weekend, theres a reasonable chance that our current vaccines may be impacted. scientists are now in a race to establish whether the new variant is more transmissible than the current delta variant and whether it causes more severe disease. theyll also be assessing its impact on the effectiveness of vaccines. our medical editor fergus walsh has more. afteralpha, beta, gamma, delta comes omicro...

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Reinfection in those folks. so its not completely protective. is it partially protective? i cant tell you yet until we have more data. >> now another form of treatment, right, for those already infected with this are anti viral drugs, pfizer has asked, its applied for emergency use authorization for its anti viral drug. you have said theres reason to be optimistic that an anti viral drug like that for people who get infected with omicron might help keep them out of the hospital or getting severe...

Theyll also be considering its impact on the effectiveness of vaccines. heres our medical editor fergus walsh. afteralpha, beta, gamma, delta comes omicron, which scientists think could be the worst variant yet. so, is omicron more transmissible? it appears to be driving a rise in infections in south africa, but its too early to be certain whats happening, as cases only started increasing ten days ago from a very low level. the world health organization said omicron shows why the world needs a n...

Us that vaccination is probably the best way to limit the spread of any variant. we dont know what the effectiveness or vaccines against omicron will be, but there would be some beneficial, there would be some level of protection, nonetheless, because it is a sars-cov-2 nonetheless, because it is a sars—cov—2 virus, so absolutely vaccination is probably the best way. we know quarantine measures work, the virus has spread really quickly, the world is connected, and we can already see that cas...

The other thing to see whats happening in the real world. in south africa, where some people are vaccinated and now that the virus is finding its way into other countries, can we start to see what the effectiveness is of the vaccine in preventing illness and severe illnessness. that will take us a week or two to begin to see. theres more data from both of those directions. >> okay. a key question here, the world health organization says early data suggests there may be increased risk of reinfect...

Which is a protease is the same as other isolates from covid-19. theres reason to think it would work there as well. thats speculation until we have the actual data. notice another drug being considered by fda tomorrow, mercks drug called malnupiavir could potentially play a role here. recent data says its effectiveness in preventing hospital station is more like 30% instead of a higher number but still very worth looking at. >> quickly before we go, a chance to repeat your best advice in the me...

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 ...