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Were in crisis. we were losing nursing home residents, health care providers needed protection. we needed to quickly vaccinate those groups and that was a very important endeavor that saved a lot of lives and i totally support doing that approach. the problem with it is when you give two immunizations with only three or four weeks apart, thats not great for producing long lasting and durable protection. and thats why for so many pediatric vaccines we give so many immunizations in a row and thats...

Top federal health officials have told White House officials that the plan to offer COVID-19 booster shots later this month may need to be limited at first.

>> the white house should never have set a specific date for when boosters were coming. we all expected boosters would be needed at some point. thats how vaccines work. if you think back to your children getting immunizations or your own getting a tetanus booster, you know this is part of vaccines. there has to be boosters occasionally. and there was evidence that boosters would be needed. but for the white house to put a date on it before fda saw the data, that was not appropriate and it put da...

Merazzo, from the university of alabama birmingham. do you understand what the disconnect is? >> i wish i understood all of the details, but my take is this. we heard two and a half weeks ago from the white house in a very staged announcement, right? it was almost very theatrical that booster shots were going to be rolled out starting september 20th. and many people were rather surprised by that, including myself. first of all, because we really havent seen all the data either from the pfizer va...

Logically about it. >> do you think eight months should be a hard and fast marker? what about people planning to travel six months after their second shot? is that not a good enough reason to get a booster, that third shot? >> well, i think we have to look at the data showing when immunity actually wanes. and we actually havent seen certainly very little published data. its mostly information on the israel ministry of health website, a little bit of data coming from the mayo clinic and other sou...

What is a COVID-19 vaccine passport, and do I need one? “Vaccine passports” are digital or paper documents that show you were vaccinated against COVID-19, and could help you get into a growing number of places.

As kids head back into the classrooms, state health officials are urging parents to get their kids routine vaccines.

If youre with somebody you dont know even if youre both vaccinated. >> im curious on that note. there is a lot of talk how this is now a pandemic among the unvaccinated. is it still true in your view given what youve just laid out? >> well, certainly in terms of hospitalizations and serious illness, it looks that way but this is why the white house made that recommendation last week about a third immunization, which would have the added benefit of bucking up against that waning immunity were sta...

They want to know what to do. i think you will see a lot of physicians write uses for that. i think were also going to see a lot of physician approvals for third immunizations, not waiting for september. and i think you will see some pediatricians write prescriptions, especially for the 11 year olds who are a year away from being eligible for vaccines. and i think its going to be really important that the fda and cdc not ignore this, that they come up with a system in place, maybe create a regis...

Who feel abandoned. they want to know what to do. i think you will see a lot of physicians write uses for that. i think were also going to see a lot of physician approvals for third immunizations, not waiting for september. and i think you will see some pediatricians write prescriptions, especially for the 11 year olds who are a year away from being eligible for vaccines. and i think its going to be really important that the fda and cdc not ignore this, that they come up with a system in place, ...