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The bottom line now is, if you havent gotten your first dose, get vaccinated. if you havent gotten boosted, get boosted. >> so you bring up something very confusing for many people. the time frame in which you should get the booster shot. youre saying just get it. you know a lot of the recommendations prior to know have been wait 90 days if youve had covid or you have to wait a certain amount of time depending on which vaccination you had, two months, six months, whatever it is. are you saying g...

Fourth booster dose to really get them there to a nice level of immune protection, and some people will not even be protected by all of that. in our trial, one of the things that were hoping to explore is, for example, if somebody is on immuno suppression can we change their immuno suppression to give them a better chance of having a vaccine response. >> so is there a risk even for the people who are immunocompromised in this third shot itself? is there a danger in getting the third shot? >> so ...

Vaccinated. of course the numbers are very low for people who get the vaccinate who end up in the hospital or end up dying of covid. so is it mainly to stop the spread to other people? >> yeah, its both, joe, but its mainly to really protect the people who are vulnerable that you might inadvertently, and innocently come into contact with. i mean, you dont want anyone to get infected. if youre not infected, youre not going to transmit it to someone else. point number one to protect you from getti...

Hes already on immuno suppression and hes trained and the body is already taking medications and headaches it very unique. if you listen to this kid and his attitude which is a huge part of this thing. hes very positive and optimistic and wants to fight. now comes the actual operation and this is where it gets very tricky because in order to do this operation you need to have at least, in this particular case, a child. 40 members of the team, 11 surgeons, a lot of assistants and residents are in...

Where it all happens. >> high blood pressure is a major risk for kidney failure and diabetes and cardio vascular disease. one of my favorite things that will come and change the face of medicine. and going back to what mark was talking about, if you have gone to a dialysis unit, its depressing. patients are dependent on this machine. theyre bleeding, the needle sticks, the potassium shoots up and down. its really difficult, but its necessary. a transplant, on the other land, also involves surger...

Fit, sometimes they have to be trimmed, involves removing portions of the lung, rendering them not useful, or taking is certain lobes of the lung. also the blood vessels, you connect blood vessel to blood vessel, there will be size differences. it is a technical issue for the surgeons more than anything else. the lung tissue themselves after that should work about the same. shes still going to have the same challenges with both, immuno suppression, still dealing with cystic fibrosis, potential i...

For lungs. its the first time we have had hope in a month. >> sharon bullock, thank you very much for joining me. please send our best to the family and obviously sarah in particular. >> thank you. >> were all rooting for her. thank you for joining me. i knew want to bring in the head of biotechs of new york university and lan gotten medical center. this is a real dilemma, isnt it, for the medical profession which is why secretary sebelius took the position she did, didnt want to set a precede...

Particular. >> thank you. >> were all rooting for her. thank you for joining me. i now want to bring in the head of biotechs of new york university and langone medical center. this is a real dilemma, isnt it, for the medical profession which is why secretary sebelius took the position she did, didnt want to set a precedent. explain to me why the law says there can be no under the age of 12 in receipt of an adult lung. >> so the argument has been the outcomes are worse for kids under 12 who get...

>> sharon bullock, thank you very much for joining me. please send our best to the family and obviously sarah in particular. >> thank you. >> were all rooting for her. thank you for joining me. i now want to bring in the head of biotechs of new york university and langone medical center. this is a real dilemma, isnt it, for the medical profession which is why secretary sebelius took the position she did, didnt want to set a precedent. explain to me why the law says there can be no under the ag...

, that all of his other organs are working hard and that hes continuing to progress to get well. >> right. you know, hes had quite a heart history. i think he had his first heart attack in his mid to late 30s. they did the pacemaker. they did that gizmo that he showed us here on this program last year. so what does that say about dick cheney? >> well, first of all, hes tough. and i hope he gets well and i hope he does well. and congratulations to all the doctors and nurses and everybody else tha...