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And he was saying hes getting a lot of data from the united kingdom and that is informing the authorities here in germany. that is one of the reasons why they are taking these proactive measures, to limit public gatherings, especially around new years eve, essentially making larger new years eve celebrations impossible. they also, by the way, put a ban on fireworks for new years eve to make sure that theres not too many people getting together and tell brating there. they are also saying they do...

More transmissible, but less virulent that delta, would there be any public health benefit by lifting travel restrictions to outcome pete the delta variant? >> youre talking about something really dangerous. let a lot of people get infected to see if in fact you could product. thats something i think almost all infectious disease people with any knowledge would not say thats a good idea. >> we are firmly in the holiday season and a lot of americans are wondering whether its safe, even if vaccina...

Mod di a vaccine that would combat it. for those who have received their boost, how long would it be for them before they could have a new, modified booster that would more directly target this and is there any reason those individuals should wait given the white house said it would be a couple of months perhaps before we have a more modified vaccine. >> great question. we get asked that a lot. right now, i would not be waiting. people say well, if were going to have a booster specific vaccine, ...

Alarmist? >> well, i think, i know, that we dont have enough information right now. as you know, and weve said this, that the profile of the kinds of mutations that you see would suggest, a, that it might be more transmissible and that it might allude some of the protection of vaccines. but we dont know that now. we dont know what the constellation of mutations are actually going to be. we have to be prepared that theres going to be a diminution in protection, which is the reason why i keep gett...

Make is to say, let me wait and see if we get one. if youre eligible for boosting, get boostered right now. >> follow up. there is screening in place for international travel, but weve seen how quickly variants can spread once they reach our shores. does the science not suggest there should at a minimum be a testing requirement for domestic air travel? and if not, why not? >> again, these kinds of things we always talk about and consider, but right now, im not so sure we need testing for air tra...

But theoretically, they should have protection. even if the vaccine were not originally designed for this variant, its likely there w got it. >> reporter: johnson & johnson and pfizer are already testing whether their vaccines work on omicron. and manufacturers say they have plans to adapt their vaccines if necessary. for now, dr. lapook says to keep doing what medical experts say already works. >> get vaccinated. get boostered, if youre eligible, and do all the other mitigation things like soci...

Jessica. since the vaccines have been rolling outside, more americans have died unvaccinated and i think ultimately, you know, i dont want to sound like the typical, boring medical analyst on tv, get vaccinated, get boostered, but i think one thing we really need to consider is to throw a philosophical angle into this. as we celebrate thanksgiving, where do you want to be in five years? do you want to be alive? do you want to suffer from long covid or do you want to feel like you can dodge covid...

Listen, the good news first. thank god for vaccines. a lot of families are able to reunite this year. i wasnt able to get together with my extended family last year, but i plan on doing it this afternoon and for christmas thankfully because were boosted and vaccinated, but unfortunately, the cases are climbing back up again. were almost at hundred thousand daily covid cases and just as you mentioned, just because people are tired of the pandemic doesnt mean that the pandemic is done with us. unf...

We have a very powerful tool at our disposal. lets use it and not get any lack of clarity in the way of doing it properly. >> you said hospitalizations for people who have -- had only two doses are ticking up. so does the definition of what constitutes fully vaccinated need to change now to include a booster shot? >> well, were going to follow that very carefully, dana. thats what we mean when we say we let the science and data follow. so well take a look right now at what the durability is of t...

About the protection, that we might modify the guidelines. thats what weve been saying all along by "follow the science." things change and you have to follow the data. >> which i understand. but given the fact that you are saying please go get boosters to people who are vaccinated, if before we get boosters, at this point, given what you know, is it accurate to say that two shots just doesnt mean fully vaccinated any more? >> well, two shots for a time frame means you are fully vaccinated. but ...