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There is a practical middle ground. we do not need lockdowns because you cant make people who have actually low risk be locked down but also just letting it rip and letting everyone get covid is not the right path because well overwhelm the hospitals land have no infrastructure. in public indoor sets everyone should be wearing high-quality masks. were requiring for people -- i believe we should require vaccination and boosters for places like restaurants and concert venues to further reduce risk...

The agency also took two related actions in the revised emergency use authorization for the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine.

We can do serial testing of someone who is positive, the quicker they are negative and can be back to their normal life. all of that i think will make testing something that becomes part of our life once we get enough supply. its the supply constraint that hampers the way we have used these tests. theyve been been valued for what they can be able to do in the face of this pandemic. >> i do want to ask you this, the fda may soon allow pfizer boosters for kids between the age of 12 and 15. you hav...

>> great question, lawrence. depends who youre talking about, high-risk groups, obese, diabetes, kids with underlying conditions, immunocompromised, i would say yes. i spoke to paul offet education center in childrens hospital of philadelphia, head of are not being called, to analyze this here is what he said. i think it would have been valuable for the american public to heard a discussion about the pros and cons of that recommendation. i see it as a lot of opportunity , he said. that is just w...

Places for this to go at this point we are still moving in this direction. right now people were immunocompromised can get a shot and thats going to be helpful to keep people out of the hospital. what we have to think about going forward how are we going to keep people out of the hospital and keep his infections mild. we have to think about what we expect from vaccinations. we expected to make these infections mild in hospitals from being overwhelmed and keep people from dying those are the thin...

Im concerned about the psychological well-being of the kids but also the physical well-being. if you separate kids out not all kids are the same, right? kids are healthy, the majority of kids. there are kids that need special services. some of them are sick and immunocompromised. weve learned about remote learning and how to do things virtually. some of those kids who are high risk for having covid complications maybe for them they can be kept at home because the risk of being in school would be...

The 71-year-old woman has had a compromised immune system since receiving a heart transplant in 2019.

To something that does look more like flu. flu is still dangerous, kills tens of thousands of americans a year, but we dont orient our lives around the flu. thats closer to the level of risk that 200 million americans are now dealing with. add in the exhaustion people feel, i dont have to tell you this im sure, youre feeling this yourself, many of you. the lengths of this disruption in our lives, obviously the politics of the pandemic are completely different than they were earlier in the pandem...

Keep the country going. and this omicron variant is such a game changer in terms of its high, high transmissibility. its like this big virus lizard. thats why youre seeing so many kids getting infected now. we saw this in south africa and the uk. its not that its selectively infecting kids. theyre just getting swept up. i call it a virus storm. i think it was this very thoughtful balance, and hopefully this will have some positive effect. >> you have also been supportive of a fourth covid vaccin...

Come by a test. they may think, i wont test as long as i feel better, ill go ahead into work and not do the ten-day quarantine. whats your advice to people who are symptomatic and cant get on a test? >> if youre symptomatic, its best to assume that you have covid at this point, unless you have a test to tell you otherwise. and, you know, i think that its really important that people observe the quarantine and -- well, excuse me, the isolation, as best as they possibly can. i think its very impor...