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Cdc is following. so the story is not over yet. i think people need to understand that. this is not the end of the story. >> on wednesday you said in an interview, quote, if they say we dont think theres enough data to do a booster, then so be it, i think that would be a mistake to be honest with you, so on wednesday you said, it would be a mistake. so -- but now youre saying you dont think it was a mistake. >> no, i mean, i -- you know, what i was saying that mistake, my own personal looking at...

>> were going to see what happens in the coming weeks. it would surprise me if it does not become clear over the next few weeks that that administration of boosters may need to be enlarged. based upon the data weve seen 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. arthel: joining us now is doctor ashish jha, dean of brown university school of public health. dr. jha, i wanted to ask you something pertaining to al...

Morbidity mortality weekly reports, put out information showing that the -- the decline and effectiveness of the vaccine had gone f-- and the reason thats important is because with all the breakthrough cases, we are seeing, presumably, a lot of long covid and we have learned so much about long covid in the last year and a half, including an important study from the uk looking at people 40 and up showing gray matter brain degeneration and cognitive declines that resemble those who are much older....

Of the hospital, as well as protecting them from severe disease. >> its allowing them to go out of the house, which is a good thing, right? >> yes. thank you. >> let me ask you this, because this is, i think what every like rational person out there who has had the vaccine and is so eager to get the booster shot, because theyre so worried about the unvaccinated and so on. this is what theyre thinking. what is the main issue for everybody else who isnt immuno-compromised or over the age of 65? ar...

Possible yesterday basically recommend they dont believe these booster shots should be rolled out for everyone. instead, theyre recommending it for people who are going to be 65 or older, theyre also remming it for people at severe -- recommending it for people at severe risk of getting sick. the cdc and the fda are still going to make the final call within the next few days. the white house said this was an important step forward in providing better protection to americans from covid-19. we sta...

Effectiveness, efficacy, whatever, to 71% if i am using the right terms. so -- um -- there is new data that -- that was released and i just want to put out what you said. that shows modernas vaccine is slightly more effective than pfizers in keeping people out of hospital. moderna provides 93% protection. pfizer provides 88%. johnson & johnson, 71%. they are all good at keeping people out of the hospital but how should people interpret these differences? you said its in the 70s. i mean, that sti...

This was a recent piece in "lancet" echoing things that w.h.o. had said, calling for moratorium on boosting until the benefits of primary vaccination have been made available to more people around the world. this is a compelling issue, particularly as currently available evidence does not show the need for widespread use of booster vaccination in populations that have received an effective primary vaccination regimen. that consideration is outside of the fdas portfolio, correct? like theyre maki...

By border patrol. theyre not processed by border patrol until theyre taken to a processing center and all the people are free to go, you see them back and forth between mexico and the united states. well go ahead and send it back to you and the images are pretty stunning here from the border. charles: bill, they certainly are. thank you very much. now, well switch gears because, well, here we go again. new york congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez calling to extend the expired covid unemployme...

>> the president promised to follow the signs, not get in front of it was yesterday at the advisory panel disputing the effectiveness of the third pfizer shot, rejected boosters for the general population between age 16 to 64. >> this vote did not pass, the majority voted no. >> only two fda advises voted in favor of it and scientists were clear why they voted strongly against it. >> we have no data on the safety of this population at all presented so far and that concerns me significantly. >> a...

The least effective. is that information likely to have any impact on how vaccines are distributed? >> no, unfortunately not. and, actually, let me just say this because ive had patients and colleagues with all three vaccines, and of course watching the studies since youre alluding to cdc and others that say moderna is better. the good news, all three, even those that are least effective such as johnson & johnson still provide protection against severe hospitalization and death. the critical iss...