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After the last shot. the bottom line here unless we get clear wording from the fda, not necessary right now. peter doocy on the developments and where we stand. peter? >> neil, something important to point out is that the two dozen or so doctors advising the fda on a zoom call right now are all very supportive of the protection granted by the two-dose regimen. so they want people to know that if you get shots one and two, as of today, you still have adequate protection against covid-19 based on ...

Different for, lets say, me. i am not a front line physician, the danger and risk for me is much less. and i guess this is one of the debates. nobody really disputes the idea that at-risk groups, which includes front line healthcare workers should get the booster. the debate is whether everyone should get the booster. >> i think eventually everyone will get the booster. the fda has already approved boosters for people who have been vaccinated but where the vaccine really hasnt produced enough an...

5—.5 million people need to be. lets think about those people who are going to get the booster. were told that something like half a million people who are immunocompromised, who may not have reacted well to the first two jabs, they will also be in the scientists site. as for me and digby, im not sure when well get our call. will it be six months after our second jab, orwill it be six months after our second jab, or will be the nixon max? —— mix and match. lets wait and see, but this story...

Population, what groups of people got the shots. what did they see in terms of side effects. i expect that at some point there will be recommendations for at least some part of the population to have boosters, but its premature to say who that is and what the timing would be. >> there is recommendations for the immunocompromised and the very elderly to get those right away. children between the ages of 5 and 11 might be able to get a coronavirus shot by halloween, at the end of october. youre a ...

Happens with other medical treatment. just one dose they will get at this stage, children get such a good immune response, most of the benefit comes from that first dose, and the likelihood of heart inflammation is high after the second. 50 inflammation is high after the second. . , second. so that is the 12-to-15-year-olds. l second. so that is the - 12-to-15-year-olds. what can second. so that is the _ 12-to-15-year-olds. what can the 12—to—15—year—olds. what can the over 50s expected ...

This vaccination programme, starting with the older cohort, over—50s, and towards the younger. its going to be slightly different to the separate programme which is offering a third jab for people who are immuno consular nice —— immunocompromised. borisjohnson is immunocompromised. boris johnson is going immunocompromised. borisjohnson is going to put this programme at the heart of his plan of how things are going to work as we expect the infection rates to spike later on in the autumn. he...

Theyre still approaching zero but they are higher than they used to be. i do think if you are immunocompromised, if you are over the age of, i dont know, 70 or 80, looking at the statistics, delta seems to have changed it in a meaningful way, taking it from extremely, extremely low to maybe just very low. but if you are in one of those categories, the odds are still so, so, so small that youre going to get very sick, but theyre a little higher than they used to be. and getting that balance right...

Those first booster shots at least will go to the immunocompromised and the elderly. >> what about the w.h.o.s concern in terms of vaccinating people around the world? there is a gigantic dispayty around the world, partly because wealthier countries like the u.s. and uk could just afford to buy a bunch of vaccine doses before they were ever made. we mentioned about -- a significant portion of the u.s. population is vaccinated, at least partly. only about 3% of africa is vaccinated. meanwhile, we...

Even if you dont do it for yourselves, do it for the people you love, do it for your grandkids, do it for the immunocompromised down the street that you love or that you take care of. we have to protect each other. that means getting vaccinated, making sure were wearing our masks, so we can get past this. people are tired of it. i know the president is tired of it. im tired of it. i know youre tired of it. everybodys tired of it. so lets go and do the things that we know are necessary in order t...

Acceptance? >> i believe looking at the numbers that look, not every single employees going to get vaccinated no matter what. there are some people out there that are just not going to get vaccinated -- >> some cant. some are immunocompromised, some have other exceptions, but the majority is resistance as a function of political insistence. >> thats right, its resistance as a function of politics for most of them. and what the numbers say is a good chunk of them will in fact go out there and get...