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Away from the date you got your vaccine, unfortunately the oldest individuals in our society are going to be likely the quickest to have their protection start to wane, which is why the boosters are starting to be recommended. and also why its become controversial are recommended and it is controversial whether everyone needs it or just the older individuals and immunocompromised, recognizing that the vaccines may not be sufficient to prevent transmission is important. we have to recognize that ...

Talking about how only people are immunocompromised should be getting a boost fuchsia. if they got the moderna of pfizer. versions of the vaccine. but today i was on a briefing call with the white house earlier, and now we are moving to a different agenda which has to do with this race between the virus and the vaccine. with delta, what we are going to see is increasingly diminishing of the immune response from the original to shocks of multiple people of. done and what the government is trying ...

Have changed and broadened. if you have a loved one thats immunocompromised, if youre immunocompromised, if you know somebody thats not vaccinate at all and theyre exposed to the virus, you can now get treatment with monoclonal antibodies. go to combat covid.hhs.gov. its post-exposure prophylaxis. if youre not fully vaccinated or immunocompromised, you could potentially be eligible. go to that website. so thats the big change here. the reason why its important is for the reasons you highlighted....

Locations nationwide. it will be easy. just show your vaccination card and youll get a booster. >> but its all going to depend on the fda giving the green light. dr. david rubin is director of policy lab at the childrens hospital of philadelphia. thank you, doctor, for joining us. so cases are up 36% in just the last week. today we got new data from the cdc showing immunity from the vaccine is dropping as the months go by. but experts are split on this third dose. what do you think, is this the ...

Country where these treatments are going to be used at scale finally to try to change the course of disease? >> rachel, i hope. part -- relative to the last time we had this conversation a few months ago, the indications have changed and broadened. if you have a loved one thats immunocompromised, if youre immunocompromised, if you know somebody thats not vaccinate at all and theyre exposed to the virus, you can now get treatment with monoclonal antibodies. go zomm go to combatcovid.hhs.gov. its ...

-- you dont actually need a confirmed diagnosis anymore. if youre not fully vaccinated, or year immunocompromised, even if you get two shots, you could potentially be eligible to go to that website. thats the big change here. and the reason why its important for the reasons you highlighted. to get vaccinated, it will take time for that to take effect. so, folks are at risk of dying in realtime, this is part of the solution. >> doctor gupta, i feel like the part that there hasnt been more uptake ...

Hospital of philadelphia. thank you, doctor, for joining us. so cases are up 36% in just the last week. today we got new data from the cdc showing immunity from the vaccine is dropping as the months go by. but experts are split on this third dose. what do you think, is this the way to keep folks safe? >> you know, i think its a little bit premature to think that everyone in the country needs a booster dose yet. certainly there are elderly folks and folks who are immunocompromised, people who hav...

Doses, the first doses and second dose, will call it a booster. theyre waiting to see the readout, johnson & johnson has the submitted data package to the fda. if i had to bet, lawrence, i would bet you a lot of americans are going to sneak out one dose of an mrna vaccine some way, we know people have already. so i would love to see some guidance so that theyre not left high and dry it. we are waiting for johnson & johnson to kind of give some official read out on that two dose regiment that the...

0 variant. so you get a dramatic increase in antibody titers when you do a third immunization doze. >> that is tonights last word, the 11th hour with brian williams starts now. >>s now. >> well good evening once again, day 211 of the biden administration which is racing to put out the firestorm ignited by the debacle of the withdrawal from afghanistan. tonight, the president told abc news that the military mission to get americans out of the country, taliban permitting, could extend past august ...

This is not a mandatory shot, but highly recommended for those who are immunocompromised.