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I think its incredibly important for people who are immunocompromised, older, and even young kids who cant get a vaccine, to try to understand what would happen if they were to get positive and do as much as they can to prevent that snarp owe because it can lead to serious consequences. for the queen, for example, im sure shes at least been offered antiviral treatments, treatments which we look forward to having more of in the united states as well, but we dont have enough for the 7 million to 1...

For those reasons. >> so ... you just mentioned that at least 7 million americans are on medication. that makes them immunocompromised. so ... even larger portion have medical commit conditions that are compromising their immune systems. in the atlantic, quote, people are still dying. immunocompromised people, dipper disproportionately, so ignoring that implicit message. your lives dont matter. how are we gonna better factor immunocompromised americans into some of these long term covid plans th...

Year. >> one, two, three. >> reporter: the fdas vaccine chief dr. peter marks telling "the new york times" is best strategy may be to pair the next booster "with the influenza vaccine next fall, and get as many people as possible boosted then." but he and other health officials stress theres still not enough data to recommend a fourth dose. and a recent cdc study found the first pfizer and moderna boosters are highly effective, offering 91% protection from hospitalizations, though it falls to 78...

For the fall. although, the third dose is still optional. do you expect there will be the need for that fourth dose in the fall, and then the third dose, which is now the booster, will be part of the original definition of vaccination? >> i think we have to define what we want from the vaccine. if we want protection against serious illness, that causes you to seek a doctors care or go to the hospital, this is a three-dose vaccine for certain groups, people over 65, people who are immunocompromis...

Global summit to all be prepared to handle not just covid, but any pandemic and know how to respond. >> finally, just to wrap this up, you brought up the immunocompromised. i brought up the folks under 5. is it folks should prepare that until we get -- until everybody can get vaccinated were likely to have some national areas where we value to wear masks, airplanes, trains, or is that still not a decision thats going to be made yet? >> again, thats the part of being thoughtful of how we do it. i...

Around us if there are high transmission levels. we need to think about a collective response. that is what is needed to make sure people who are elderly, people who are immunocompromised, unvaccinated children ... are not negatively impacted by lifting these policies. >> you know, dr. blackstock, always so many moving parts. we thank you for being here to help make sense of all of it. >> thank you. >> up ahead, ukraine on edge tonight after a tense day in eastern europe. and president biden, ca...

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Hospitalizations and bed capacity in addition to covid case loads to determine if areas of the country are high, medium, or low risk. nadia romero is live with more on the cdc guidance. do people have a clear handle on this? >> reporter: the guidelines came out yesterday. you mentioned it, three levels -- high, medium, and low. if youre still in the high-risk category, the cdc said its about 28% of americans should still wear masks indoors. that medium level, its something you might want to thin...

If they one day do. we are already, we are also ready with anti viral treatments. if you get covid-19, the pfizer pill reduces your chances of ending up in the hospital by 90%. ive ordered more pills than anyone in the world house. pfizer is working overtime to get us 1 million pills of this month, and more than double that next month. and now we are launching the test to treat initiative. so people can get tested at a pharmacy, and if they prove positive, received anti viral pills on the spot a...

Get vaccinated? is it fair to say the mask mandate on planes, in sort of the -- on federal public transportation, trains, were going to keep it until everybody from infant forward can get vaccinated? >> chuck, its more -- this is not a light switch. you cant go on and off. its a matter of doing this, knowing the science, being thoughtful about how we do this. there will be people who continue to wear masks. some have to. those who are immunocompromised. under 5 years of age, children, still aren...