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High-level decision-making on booster shots. were going to talk to one of the fda panel experts who was in the room where it happened. i recommended the second j&j shot. so, what are the next steps? and would you be eligible? d you ebeligible? at t-mobile for business, unconventional thinking means we see things differently, so you can focus on what matters most. whether its ensuring food arrives as fresh as when it departs... being first on the scene when every second counts... or teaching biol...

You may pay as little as $10 per prescription. ask your healthcare provider about rybelsus® today. >> were expecting a decision from the fda any day now on the emergency use of the johnson & johnson booster, after an advisory panel voted to recommend the second shot. the same panel, by the way,

Possibility of mixing and matching those doses of the booster vaccines. something were expecting to hear more about in the coming days. >> steven, welcome, by the way. >> brand-new correspondent. thank you, appreciate. that >> the to heavy on the team. >> happy to have you, stephen. all right, were going to have much more on booster shots. right now with me is doctor eric reuben. a voting member on the fda panel. and editor and chief of the new england journal of medicine. doctor, is that on a t...

Officials are still pushing to ramp up those numbers. >> well now the fda is set to authorize a second dose of the johnson & johnson covid vaccine but the director of the national institutes of health says dont rush out the door for your booster just yet. >> you know, if the mrna vaccines from pfizer and moderna had not been so utterly amazingly effective, 95%, then johnson & johnson would look like a hero with their one dose, but i guess our standards are being set awfully high here by the othe...

More complicated because the j&j data was mostly about people who got a second dose just two months after their initial one, and it was very sketchy data about what happens if you wait longer. like six months which is what the other boosters have been. they still liked what they saw about the two month and so voted in favor. whats going on right now, the meeting is still kind of going to its conclusion, is talking about mix and match, hallie. thats been a big question. could you switch to a diff...

Vaccinated got j&j. thats 15 million people out there, so if the fda comes out today and youre a j&j recipient and the fda later today says you can get another j&j boost. if you were another of the 15 million would you go today or tomorrow and get it or would you wait thinking in a week or two you can get a pfizer or moderna, now or wait? >> well, i think thats a very good question. depends when i was and what the situation was. a lot of people that got j&j are actually young people so their cha...

Falling sick as well, which is whats happening right now. >> i also want to ask you because we continue to have this conversation about boosters in light of the news this week about those who are immunocompromised being advised to get a third booster. do you think thats a signal in where we are headed with booster shots? . >> i think that, you know, there was very clear evidence that those who were immunocompromised who never had high enough antibodies that this would be a third in the series, 2...

Patient the vaccines are safe, but that we need the approval. they have a process, they need to do it. and then absolutely, chris, every academic and clinical physician i know is clambering for the ability to do these third doses. but then i also want to turn and remind people that we cannot lose our sight on getting everyone first and second doses, and we still have 13 million people who got j&j, we need guidance on what to do for them. they need boosters? what kind? what order? thats still up....