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Booster are 45 times less likely to be hospitalized and that effect only grows for people who are age 50 plus or who are immunocompromised. so the success of these vaccines is tremendous, but because of the misinformation campaigns, people are saying, oh, well maybe the vaccines dont work, maybe they dont actually protect me and the knock-on effect of this is going to be, "a," our surges are going to last longer, "b," our health care systems are going to continue to be overwhelmed and "c," most ...

Right direction, and we need to give people hope. we need to have an off ramp with these same restrictions were putting in. there are definitely people who arent happy with this point of view. theyre saying, look, we may have new variants come up in the future, so lets guard against that. i agree we should have better treatments, we should have more testing, make sure we have high quality masks, we should do everything to protect the most vulnerable, including those immunocompromised. but at the...

In a household with somebody that is a chronic condition, immunocompromised, so, no, i do think they should continue to use masks, but again these governors were in a tough position, because theyre trying to get the economies opened back up, but i think the better part of valor is to continue to wear masks, particularly in high-risk situation, and/or if youre high risk. the states lifting restrictions have also announced plans to lift mask mandates for schools, even now or in the near future. a ...

Now for the entire u.s. there are many parts of the country that are still being overwhelmed with patients, that hospitals are still really full. so, we certainly should not be lifting restrictions there. but there are other places that are clearly trending in the right direction, and we need to give people hope. we need to have an off ramp with these same restrictions were putting in. there are definitely people who arent happy with this point of view. theyre saying, look, we may have new varia...

Boosters still protect well against severe illness. in many parts of the country, our hospitalizations and icu numbers are falling rapidly. so i hope that theyll lay out these metrics and at the same time also say that it is not either/or as in some people have said what about the most vulnerable or those immunocompromised. we have to do so much more when it comes to ramping up testing and treatment so everyone could enjoy the benefits of normalcy. but lets not wait. lets do both at the same tim...

Prediction. we dont want to get ahead of the fda. >> as we talk about the shots that kids need, what about the shots adults need. some are recommending fourth shots for the immunocompromised. do you anticipate a fourth shot becoming the norm for all of us, for the general population? >> that is possible. but the data, as they show right now indicate that about four or five months out when you look at the parameter that were focusing on more now, thats prevention and efficacy against hospitalizat...

New york in a place thats highly vaccinated, little kids cant be vaccinated. and people like immunocompromised, like wajahats kids and other kids, they cant be vaccinated. they dont have it. why not continue to mask to protect children and the continued vulnerable? >> first of all, wajahat is making me out to be some kind of general opponent of measures to contain this pandemic. i was actually one of the first people to write an article in the atlantic on the 6th of march 2020, saying that we ar...

Immunocompromised. those are black communities, latinx communities. we need to think about the downward effects of these policy changes. yes, i do agree. who wants to wear a mask for the rest of their lives? i think a lot of these policies, one, need to be data driven. we need to think about metrics, not just hospitalizations or hospital capacity. what are the local community vaccination rates? whats are the local transmission levels? we know that substantial high transmission levels, which mean...

Mandates. >> well, first, we should be clear about what the messaging needs to be, which is that lifting a government-imposed mask mandate doesnt mean that it is suddenly safe. it doesnt mean that people should go out and rip off their masks because covid is gone. it just means the decision is no longer a mandate but its now something that one can and probably should still be doing, but people should be choosing to do that especially if they are immunocompromised, if they are living with somebod...

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