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Was benefit in people who were over 60 years old, for example. but theyre not recommending this for the general population. thats the bottom line. >> you make a good point here, sanjay, is that that was one specific question. it wasnt are boosters good or bad. it was for a specific question. that question could be amended to a specific group. could that happen today? >> yeah. i think that can happen today. in fact, the conversations happening now. they may say, okay, were going to change the que...

Future of boosters, members of the agency are voicing both support and opposition over a third dose of pfizers vaccine with the stage set for a controversial decision, pfizer says their data shows booster shots are needed six months after the second dose as protection from infection begins to wane but its vaccine continues to be highly effective in preventing hospitalization and serious illness, its most critical function this debate over boosters, does that erode public the public confidence in...

By yesterday, minaj was claiming she had been invited to the white house. the press secretary said, did the white house extend an invitation to nicki minaj to come here? >> we offered a call, with nicki minaj and one of our doctors, to answer questions she had about the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine. >> reporter: underlying all of this is a serious problem: the persistent online rumors that the covid vaccine somehow causes impotence, despite the fact that studies have shown there is no...

At the fda. theyre rephrasing the question, remember. the key vote is whether they would accept this as something for all americans to try. on that, they said no. you dont need to do that. the effectiveness is that you dont need to pump it up or take an insurance shot to boost it up. in other words, to get the boost you would get to increase your immunity to the virus. separately theyre taking up the issue presumably -- thats what they mean by requesting -- whether this might apply to the vulner...

Immune compromised when before they were saying boosters for everyone. thats what the white house seemed to want. >> yeah, joy, youre right to be confused and many of us in the public health community are confoozed. to ground what you saw today and the committee was really trying to follow the science. i watched and read the data reports. what we know over time all people have decreasing immunity after they receive their shot and thats something we see with other shots as well. and then combined...

Rap star Nicki Minaj has expressed more doubts about the COVID-19 vaccine.

All clear on that yet. >> so, last month president biden made this announcement that there is going to be a booster, and then youre seeing this kind of staggered ability to even do it when it comes to pfizer or moderna, and certainly johnson & johnson. what sort of data are we getting from pfizer and moderna? >> yeah, well, let me show you the pfizer data and preface by saying it is pfizer data. it is from pfizer. basically what they are showing is roughly every six weeks youre getting a drop of...

Three new reports were released in the new england journal of medicine. all support a third shot to maintain covid immunity. dr. sanjay gupta has a new book coming out called world war c and how to prepare for the next. sanjay, one of the reports focuses on what happened in israel after they actually started booster shots. weve seen a lot of data coming out of israel making the case for boosters. whats been your main take-aways am. >> well, i think this data is a little confusing still, and it s...

Members of congress dont trust each other. if some of these people show up at this rally, i think the repercussions for how our government works and for those tensions inside the building itself are really going to ratchet up. i mean, its already a problem and this would make it so, so much worse. >> mel is reporting that two congressional candidates are going to be at this event. imagine if they win, and then youre a member of congress sitting next to someone in the house chamber who was at a r...

Israel after they actually started booster shots. we have seen a lot of data coming out of israel making the case for boosters. whats been your main takeaways? >> well, i think this data is -- is -- is a little confusing, still. and, you know, it -- it sort of makes the case. but let me -- let me show you here, anderson. i think maybe i can talk through this. they -- they first looked at just how much does the effectiveness of the vaccine sort of wear off over time? so, this bar graph here. they...