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But it also finds a fourth dose may not provide enough of those antibodies to protect against the omicron variant. lets bring in cnn senior medical continue eliza-- correspondent elizabeth cohen. >> in israel, several weeks ago they started giving fourth doses to people who were immune compromised, to people who were 60 years of age or older, and also to health care workers. so they decided to see, when we give it to health care workers, what happens, lets take a look at what shiba did, they gav...

Authorized booster shots for tens of millions of recipients who got moderna and johnson & johnson vaccines, something cdc advisers will also vote on this afternoon. more authorizations which also mean more questions. joining me right now is cnns chief medical correspondent, dr. sanjay gupta, for more on this. >> good morning. >> sanjay, can you explain this all to us, who qualifies and who can get which vaccine at this point? >> yeah, sure. so this is going to sound familiar because this is basi...

Johnson vaccine a two-dose regimen now? >> i think you possibly could think of it that way. its interesting, even if you go back and look at the original pfizer and moderna, what you hear from people like peter hotez, is theres always likely to be some boost at an interval. the first two shots together were just together to prime the immune system. you needed two together to prime the immune system. so the idea that you would need a boost later on was not that surprising to people who work on th...

Moderna and pfizer and their kind of vaccine regimen here. you know, the guidance is the booster can come at least six months later. >> six months. >> if the maudeoderna booster i half the dose of the initial shot, is that significant? >> i think thats really interesting that you picked up on that and i think it is significant, but maybe for the exact opposite reason people think. i think what they do in these situations, they basically try and figure out what is the lowest dose we can use to ge...

94%, 95% protected against getting sick from covid-19 but soon after the johnson & johnson vaccine it was 72%. 72% is still a god vaccine, but its not as good as moderna and pfizers, so i think theres more of a feeling of urgency that a second shot is especially important for those who got johnson & johnson. now, ana, you mentioned mixing and matching. these vaccine experts will hear about a study where some people got pfizer and then as a booster got moderna and then as a booster got johnson & ...

>> reporter: the white house is pleased to see this development, hallie. it fits into their broader message and strategy. one of the main tools out of this pandemic is through increased vaccinations. theyre very encouraged by what theyve seen so far in terms of people showing up for appointments for the pfizer doses that have already been approved additionally. very hopeful that will continue for those who got moderna and century the j&j show. comes in a week president bidens message wa dont get...

Set to give an update on the administrations covid-19 response. the white house is touting, quote, tremendous progress in its vaccine campaign. though cases are down in large part they seyay due to mandates. and another question whether to authorize booster doses of the moderna vaccine. a new nih study says mixing and matching boosters is safe and creates a strong immune response. some options there. here to discuss primary care physician and public health specialist saju matthew. gud good to ...

Of course. we want to get it done past both bills and get them to the presidents desk. >> democrats are working with a sense of urgency but also not trying to rush critical decisions about how and where to cut. >> they know this is a circular firing squad. politically, is there panic within the party about the delay? >> absolutely, especially along the frontline democrats who are vulnerable next election. they want that bipartisan infrastructure bill to pass, which is sort of being held in limbo...

Fill out some of these forms and communications, which is another serious charge in this case. prosecutors say they may rest by the end of next week. >> moving quickly. kara scannell, thank you. thanks for joining us today. tomorrow we promise its friday. im jim sciutto. >> im erica hill. "at this hour" with kate bolduan starts right now. im kate bolduan. here is what were watching at this hour. booster recommendations. fda advisers meeting now to consider booster shots for million who is go...

>> right. so up -- up until this point, the 15 million americans who got the one-dose johnson & johnson vaccine really have not gotten any guidance at all. what this study found is that the people who got a second dose of johnson & johnson had a fourfold increase in the neutralizing antibody response. thats very good. but people who got a second dose thats a pfizer vaccine had 35 times the level of neutralizing antibody increase and who got moderna, had a 76fold increase. and so, i think there a...