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Johnson & johnson announcing 94% effectiveness for two doses of their covid vaccine, and there is good news for people who have already received one shot of the j&j vaccine. adding a booster shot could provide them with even more protection, this with warnings of twindemic for the upcoming flu season. doctors recommending adults and children six months and older get their flu vaccines by halloween. lets breck it down with dr. michael osterholm. its good to see you. wow, its been a minute. you do...

To say, hey, go ahead and apply for full approval for two shots or apply for emergency use authorization. those discussions are happening now. we need to hear from them. j&j started later than pfizer and moderna. they were authorized end of february and started rolling out in march. so the whole process is probably a couple months later . let me show you what they did find for how things stand now. 81% effectiveness against hospitalization. it did break down by age, jake, as we saw when discussi...

Single jab. the single jab numbers still good, but this is obviously much better. the numbers for two doses, this is sort of on par with what we see with moderna and pfizer. moderna right around that mid 90% range. pfizer may be a little bit lower but also within the same range, that bottom line 100% effectiveness against severe critical disease. thats what j&j is reporting after two doses. they also talked about when that second dose should be given, the interval between the two doses. this is ...

Havent come close to the export of vaccines. while were talking about rolling out boosters to our own citizens and that level of mistrust among the poorer countries in the world is only growing every day and that was true under the trump administration but very sadly its true under the biden administration as well. >> and, chuck, as ian points out thats all only being reinforced by the pictures from the border today on horseback. >> look, at the end of the day -- at the end of the day on climate...

People are essentially 100% protected against severe covid. so the bottom line is one dose of j&j is very good. two doses appear to be excellent. but as with everything in the pandemic, we do need to keep following, gathering data and making sure those numbers hold up. >> you talk about something that i think is interesting, this idea of a mix and match strategy. can you talk more about that? if you got j&j, what should you do. and this other independent study that found that the j&j vaccine spe...

We finally have the news that the 14 million people who got the johnson & johnson covid vaccine theyve been waiting for. johnson & johnson said the vaccine holds up against new covid variants, and the data also shows that a second shot, a booster shot, would increase its effectiveness even more against moderate to severe forms of a disease. now, this comes as the countrys health experts continue to debate the use of boosters among the general public and as deaths from covid-19 continue to rise i...

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Administration of boosters may need to be enlarged, based upon the data that weve already seen both in the u.s. and in israel, its clear the waning of the effectiveness of those vaccines is a reality and we need to respond to it. but they looked at where we were on friday and said heres where the datas convincing to start now and well see what cdc says later this week. chris: but just to be clear, what youre saying is you still think, around i understand the -- and i understand the people furthe...

Youre authorized to get a vaccine, shoe get it. they are highly protective. for those over 65, they did authorize that. we do know there is waning immunity and risk of hospitalizations in those over 65. boosters over 65, get the vaccine for everyone else. it is possible we will have boosters in the future for everyone. its just the data are not there now. and thats good, right? its good. because people under 65 dont get hospitalized and dont die with just two doses. thats great news. lets look a...

Pore through this data? >> i agree this is exciting news. so many parents are waiting for exactly this news, especially given whats happening now with the delta variant. there have been nearly half a million new cases in children in the last two weeks. 29% of the new infections are in kids and parents want to do everything we can to protect our kids. knowing that the vaccine is safe in this younger age group the 5 to 11 group and also knowing that it appears to be effective at least based on ant...