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2,000 lives lost a day. hasnt been that high in more than six months. >> we are going to be living because of some peoples hesitancy to take vaccines at a plateau, hundreds of people, maybe even a thousand dying on a daily basis for the foreseeable future. and by that i mean a year or two. >> reporter: and late wednesday the fda in the united states has granted emergency use authorization for a third booster dose of the pfizer vaccine for people 65 and up. also people at risk for severe disease ...

People who are at occupationally high risk and may also include somebody who is high risk becauser in taking care of somebody who is my risk at home. it might balloon the number. i think the challenge will be to clarify the people who got clarify. and what was also made clear today was people who got moderna and johnson & johnson would not qualify because of the way the fda currently authorized the emergency use authorization extension. >> the third group that you are talking about, people that ...

Rationing care. in tennessee, officials have given one of the most effective covid treatments only to unvaccinated patients and those who are immunocompromised. were talking about monoclonal antibodies. theyve chosen to give it to only unvaccinated patients because theyre at higher risk. vaccines have been free and widely available since the spring and yet the unvaccinated get priority access to the best treatment when they get sick, jumping over vaccinated patients who develop breakthrough case...

Immunocompromised, obviously in a different category because this is part of what we heard from the fda advisers from that meeting on friday, we have to focus on getting the unvaccinated vaccinated first. part of what were hearing in terms of global vaccinations. is this enough to start to address the unvaccinated globally which could ultimately impact others obviously? >> it isnt enough. its wonderful we have promised 1.1 billion doses to the rest of the world. but again, we are not the only pe...

Usaa is made for all whove honorably served and their families. are we still exclusive? absolutely. and thats exactly why you should join. to score a rare night out after the birth of their child says it was cut short when the restaurant asked them to leave because they had on face masks. the couple says they wore them to protect their baby boy, who is immunocompromised. that couple is with us now from dallas. natalie and jose, good morning. and little one with us as well. >> good morning. >> te...

Trials at yale school of medicine, working on trials with children on boosters and immunocompromised, plus he has trained physicians and experts in rwanda and liberia as well. >> i want to talk about the covid summit thats set to kick off at any second now. talk us through exactly what the president plans to lay out here, and his ambitious goals ahead. >> well, the u.s. has been taking a lot of criticism, particularly this week, for planning to give out boosters to americans when so many of the ...

To affect the immunocompromised. thats going to affect the vaccinated as well. i hope everyone recognizes were in this together, that vaccines work best when were all protected. >> we did the math and right now there are still over 71 million americans who are eligible to get vaccinated but still have not received even a single dose. and yet the current pace of vaccinations right now is down 5% from last week, its down 30% from last month. why do you think that is? what do you attribute it to? >...

Everyone over the age of 16. instead recommending a third booster shot for those over the age of 65 and for those regardless of age at high risk of developing severe covid-19 symptoms like the immunocompromised. >> i think what the u.s. regulators want to do is make the boosters available for an older population that can derive more benefit from the shot because theyre at higher risk from covid. >> the cdcs panel of experts discussed data from israel where third doses of pfizer have been adminis...

Reactions were lower after dose three than after dose one or two. >> yet the u.s. is facing criticism for planning to offer additional shots as other parts of the globe are waiting for their first shots. president biden said they will donate 1.5 shots for the rest of the world. this is the same process for moderna and j&j vaccine. neil? >> neil: thank you. to so my friend, bob that helps me out. doctor, do we need a booster shot? >> i dont know, neil, whether the general public needs a booster s...

For older americans, many are still living under threat from the unvaccinated. in kentucky, almost two-thirds of hospitals are reporting critical staffing shortages. three employees of a small school district in lee county have died of the virus in less than a month. kentucky republicans recently scrapped a mask mandate in public schools, but more than 90% of districts in the state are keeping them in place anyway. in pennsylvania 30% of coronavirus patients are in the i.c.u., double the numbe...