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All costs because we dont know exactly how bad it could be. its very confusing. >> it is. so here is -- im going to try to make it simpler, because i have to do this in 15 minutes with patients all the time. i dont want people to get this for three reasons. number one, i have too many people, including people that look like me, that have chronic conditions, and were at high risk for hospitalization. and katy, i lack the treatment. well get more. oral pills, antivirals, monoclonal antibodies, wer...

Going to be when we finally do that? we have been following the israelis since this pandemic began. thats where almost all of our data has been generated. so what the israelis are seeing is that while the boosters do restore a great amount of efficacy for our existing vaccines, that efficacy -- the boosted efficacy -- wanes, you know, after about 90 days. so, what the israelis are going to do is they are going to protect the people who are really in harms way. they are going to protect their hea...

Keep scrolling please. despite being fully vaccinated, his longtime assistant revealed the 84-year-old had been successfully treated for blood cancer several years ago leaving him immunocompromised. powell was also suffering from parkinsons disease and was scheduled to get his coronavirus booster shot when he fell ill and was hospitalized. as some try to use powells death to show the vaccine is not effective, theres no proof. they do not eliminate hospitalization and death. meanwhile newly rel...

But the white house ultimately believes that progress on the pandemic and most importantly passing the infrastructure bill, the reconciliation bill by the end of this month. that those steps ultimately will cure the presidents low approval ratings at the moment. >> all right. we will see. jeremy, thank you very much. and i want to go now to mike nguyen. he is owner of the noodle tree restaurant in san antonio, texas. regular viewers, you know him because, mike, we have been following you through...

Approach that was, actually, negated by many scientists right now is the wrong one. we need to learn to live with the virus but this can be done with many actions, not just with vaccinations. >> but i -- i do want to ask you a bit more about the vaccinations because israel has become the -- the first country in the world, i understand, to give third doses. booster shots to adults with impaired-immune systems. so based on the evidence that youve seen there, do you think a booster for everyone is ...

Im immunocompromised, that means their immune systems dont work as well as normally, that means they cant respond to the vaccine as robustly and they may get partial protection and protection thats not as strong as people with normal immune systems. so, many of these people who are getting quote unquote breakthrough infections fall into that category. and we urge those folks, of course, well, to take the belt and suspenders approach. get vaccinated and continue to take care. >> and i want to ask...