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The fda has just authorized a booster dose of the pfizer vaccine for the following groups. listen in. people 65 and older, people at high risk for severe disease, and frontline workers, but thats not the final word on this. >> not so fast, victor. in the next hour, the cdcs vaccine advisors will vote on whether to recommend the use of those boosters and if the cdc director signs off, those eligible groups that victor just outlined could start getting the booster shots right away. the u.s. is fin...

Can be administered. cynthia whitner is chief of infectious disease at hershey medical center. good to have you on this morning. >> thank you. >> i wonder if the fda is getting it right on boosters, not for everybody now, older folks, folks with pre-existing conditions that make them more vulnerable, plus health care workers. is that where we should be? >> i think based on the available data, and that is what they need to go by when making these decisions, i think they did get it right. and its ...

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Better shape than we are now. >> reporter: 68% of l.a. countys eligible population is fully vaccinated. nationwide, its 63%. friday, an f.d.a. panel backed pfizer booster shots for people over 65, frontline workers, and nose at high risk of severe covid. >> its just a matter of differences in opinion of what the trigger point is for if recommending third immunization. >> reporter: some are waiting for the f.d.a.s next move. would you get the booster shot? >> i would get it if i qualify it. and i...

Risks. >> really compelling data about 65, maybe 50, but if what you care about is keeping schools open and reducing the spread, what you care about is keeping businesses open, you can really justify dropping that down to a lower age. >> reporter: mad yo romero, cnn, atlanta. >> this doctor is an emergency medicine physician and assistant professor of emergency medicine at st. josephs medical center in paterson, new jersey. much of the debate over the booster shots. thank you so much, doctor, fo...

Risks. >> in terms of the risks-- >> reporter: after a day of intense debate an f.d.a. advisory committee voted 16-2 against recommending approval to begin administering pfizers booster shot to those 16 and older. >> i dont think a booster dose is going to significantly contribute to controlling the pandemic. >> reporter: but the panel did unanimously recommend boosters for people 65 and older, frontline workers, and those at risk of severe covid. >> the science on this is pretty clear to me tha...

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>> reporter: the south has been a leader during this pandemic for all the wrong reasons, jim and erica. right now, today, the situation in alabama is particularly bad with the health care system on the verge of collapse. thats what frontline workers are telling us here with covid-19 patients filling up hospitals, filling up icu beds. in fact, right now as it stands, 50% of those on investigates are covid-19 patients. 50% of those in icu beds, also covid-19 patients. were hearing these terrible s...

Your sense of whether or not there are those kind of votes to move this forward. >> i have to believe there is a possibility of moving forward. every single decision in my life is based on this. i have to hope that this parliamentarian not only because of her background but because of how important this is. people continuously tell us how much money we contribute. to me, obviously, this is my life, so i never think about the numbers. but we just contribute so much to the economy. over 79% of ame...

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