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Of their protection against other spikes that they havent even seen before. so one of the big messages tonight is, if youve been vaccinated, if its been six months or more since you got pfizer or moderna or two months into got j&j and youre 18 years older. get your booster. get it tomorrow. get your system revved up because omicron is probably coming here. and the best hope we have for being able to fight it off is to have as many of our citizens fully immunized and ready to take it on. so those...

Probably, you do. >> it is pretty remarkable, and i guess when you see it laid out that way, the fact that, first of all, all the folk who is got j&j, as you point out, are now eligible, but also the large number of other pre-existing conditions. appreciate it. thank you. >> thanks. just ahead, more from rome. well take you back live. president biden of course in europe. stay with us for the latest. its true jen. this prerebiotic oat formula moisturizes to help prevent dry skin. impressive. av...

Prior, any booster from another vaccine is going to help you, right? is that the way we should look at it as a bottom line? >> absolutely, jim. basically what the fda is saying is that a vaccine is a vaccine. they will all produce an antibody response so if you cannot get a booster of whatever vaccine you got initially, that should not preclude you from trying to go get yourself protected. please go get vaccinated. >> can we -- just specifically on johnson & johnson, because so many people had t...

How significant is significant? >> i want to wait and see what they say because the sigcience limited. a study from the national ins stults of health demonstrated moderna or pfizer, regardless of what they got for the first one got the best boost. those who got j & j, giving them the pfizer got a better boost than from the j & j. we have stock in the country but the data are saying mrna boosters do a better job. there is limited data and its very confusing right now for people who want to get bo...

Shots, maybe youll get a better boost. there are studies to show that it will, but theres no guarantee. thats why its so important that people around him were vaccinated as well. >> yeah. "the new york times" is reporting tonight that the fda is planning to allow americans to receive a different covid vaccine booster than the one they initially received. according to "the times," the fda might suggest that using the same vaccine as a booster is preferable but wont recommend one shot over another...

Cdcs decision of potential moderna and j.j. boosters in the coming days, we are working with our partners to prepare. we have the vaccine supply and will be ready to hit the ground running as soon as any additional boosters are authorized. we are on the right track in our fight against the virus. two out of three eligible individuals, 188 million americans, are now fully vaccinated. with more americans getting vaccinated each day. >> 15 million americans got the johnson & johnson vaccine. they c...

That is accurate to your thinking at all? i think >> thats right. the j&j is a little less effective than the mrna vaccines and the moderna or pfizer vaccines. so, it probably helps to have a second dose and the data we saw this week suggested thats likely to be true. >> during the panels meeting, there was discussion about mixing and matching vaccines and this has been a huge talking point this weekend. i know it is too early to tell exactly where this is going to go on this. theres some critic...

Different vaccine, in the case of if you got j&j, boosting with either murder or pfizer, maybe better. so, i think stay tuned. >> lets talk about these vaccine mandates because theres a lot of fear that it would drive labor shortages here. but there is evidence that a lot of hospitals and factory saying theyre actually working, theyre not seem dramatic percentages of their employee population who are noncompliant. how important are these mandates to flattening these hospitalization and case numb...

Johnson & johnson would look like a hero with their one dose, but i guess our standards are being set awful high here by the other vaccines. there was data that suggested if you are going to get a booster for j&j, maybe getting a moderna or pfizer booster would actually have some advantages in terms of giving you a stronger immune response. dont run out, anybody, who got j&j. i would wait another week right now and see what cdcs advisory committee does with this next week. by maybe a week from t...

Also endorsed modernas half dose booster. >> and the cdc will also meet later this week to discuss more specifics like who should be getting their shots. if they follow the fda panels recommendation, 100 million americans could be eligible for boosters soon. >> nbc news correspondent steven romo is in new york city with the very latest on all of. this steven, good morning. >> good morning, kendis. yes, sites like this here at the american museum of natural history are already seeing more people ...