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Really promising because this is the 10 microgram dose so a third of what the adults are getting. thats why the data is so important. theyve seen with the lower dose in this 5 to 11-year-old group it seems to stimulate the same type of antibody response, according to pfizer, as the one that is a higher dose, and so i think that again gives a lot of confidence that the antibody response is a correlate to effectiveness as we have seen in adults and i think really paves the way for authorization ho...

Abortion. so that put doctors in this catch-22. they wanted to get back into court so somebody could say, look, this law is unconstitutional, but in order to do so theyd have to perform the abortion and then find themselves liable for tons of different fees and legal proceedings. now this doctor over the weekend said, look, i have done it, ive performed one of these abortions. that opens up a new legal challenge but is an interesting standoff because you wonder if supporters of the law want it t...

Process as we go on in the next several weeks to months. >> youve said there are indications that the vaccines lose effectiveness over time. you still believe that at some point the general public will need booster shots, just the fda advisory committee is not there yet? >> jake, what i believe, and, again, this is my opinion as a scientist and a public health person, that it is entirely conceivable, and maybe likely, that ultimately when we look back on this, the proper regimen for protection, ...

Election will be something of an opposition coup. in fact, the russian communist party responsible for the last russian revolution has done significantly better in this election. its up to 20% of the vote. in the past few years, they have been compliant with the kremlin. nothing that has happened here has done anything to loosen the grip of power on vladimir putin. >> matthew chance live in moscow, thank you. massive breaking news in the pandemic. pfizer just reliesed new data about the effect...

And we believe weve met that expectation. >> so the whole country has become amateur vaccine experts over the last year. but youre an actual vaccine expert. so does this comparable antibody response mean the level of protection, the immune response is the same? can you kind of walk us through the difference there? you know, obviously we dont have the data. but the difference between the immune response and how well this thing works for kids? >> who are you -- me or -- >> doctor offit, please. >>...

Of the time you lost listening to people with very little data, very little opinion, all expressing points of view, yet if you step back and think about it, this is the process we want, i take our process over something thats in the dark, where you -- where opposing views get oppressed. its messy, ugly because there is scientific uncertainty. and we want to hear from all sides. at the end of the day it seems obvious at least if you are in the older category or at risk you should be getting a boo...

And you couple that with the fact that the u.s. which was once third in the borld in terms of vaccination levels is now 45th. meaning that we have come to a crawl in terms of people being willing to take the vaccine particularly in communities around the world. over the course -- i mean particularly in certain communities in the country. so we are now going to be one of the global hot spots. we are one of the global hot spots not because of the vaccine effectiveness but because people arent will...

Lose some effectiveness over time. you still believe that at some point the general public will need booster shots, just the fda advisory committee is not there yet? >> jake, what i believe -- and, again, this is my opinion as a scientist and a public health person -- that it is entirely conceivable, and maybe likely, that ultimately when we look back on this, the proper regimen for protection, optimal protection and durability of protection, would be more than just the prime and the boost follo...

The white house confirmed it offered to set up a call between the pop star to answer calls she had about the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine. and that offer came days after minaj made headlines for a tweet about her cousins vaccine concerns. back with us, once again, helen, dean, michael. all to join the big conversation about this. i know it was something dean wanted to spend a little time on. so i will start with you, dean. and -- and listen. there is a little bit of a seriousness to b...

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...