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Helpful during the entire crisis. we know people who are older or immunocompromised are most at risk, not children. these unions have kept children from schools and keps them masked. things not done in other countries. she has been all over the place. the biden administration listens carefully to her. part of the reason why they havent been opening schools and didnt open schools was because of pressure from this teacher union. teachers were moved to the front of the line to get the vaccine and a...

Are an elderly grandparent and you were one of the first to get the vaccine here in the u.s. right now theyre scheduled to have a discussion on this on friday, not a vote to recommend anything out of the cdc, but it remains to be seen if that changes throughout the week because we know that dr. fauci and others have said a decision, especially those who are immunocompromised should do about booster shots is likely to come soon, sooner than the one for the rest of the population. that is somethin...

Multiple reports say the FDA is planning to review CDC data in the next week or so.

And if it turns out which -- you know, it likely will at some time, fareed, that we dont need boosters right now for otherwise healthy people who have been vaccinated, but it is entirely conceivable, if not likely, that were going to, at some time, what we do is you follow it in realtime, and when you get below a certain threshold, that triggers a recommendation to get a booster. i might add, fareed, its a little bit different for people who are immunocompromised. people who transplant, people o...

Know, it know, it likely will at some time, fareed, that we dont need boosters right now for otherwise healthy people who have been vaccinated, but it is entirely conceivable, if not likely, that were going to at some time. what we do is you follow it in realtime and you get below a certain threshold, that triggers a recommendation to get a booster. i might add, its a little bit different for people who are immunocompromised. people on cancer therapy. we know for sure that they never did get an ...

Shots could come too late. do you share that concern? do we need to get those booster shots out there for the immunocompromised? >> thats under intense discussion by the food and drug administration and the cdc. i hope well see some action on that pretty soon so that those immunocompromised people who never responded initially would get an additional dose. its like a three-dose series to help them get up to, we hope, where the rest of us are with our vaccinations. >> and we just learned the nba ...

The u.s. now hitting a major milestone. the cdc says over 50% of the population is now fully vaccinated. this is important. vaccinations in states hardest hit by the delta variant have been rising in recent days. but that has not been able to slow the deluge of patients pushing hospitals to capacity. there is new word that booster shots for the immunocompromised may be recommended, an administration official tells cnn. the fda could come to that decision in just the next few weeks. we want to be...

The immunocompromised are being affected. i want to ask you about booster shots because the fda said yesterday its going to fast track boosters or immunocompromised americans and moderna said this week americans will likely need a boost before winter. right now maybe you can give us the different kinds of people who will be affected. at some point are we all going to need a booster? >> i want to be clear, the vaccines we have right now are very effective and effective against the delta variant. ...

You think thats on point, n >> no shut downs. we know that doesnt work. w what is on point, i have been sayingve universal indoor maski for a while which is essentially what we have because almost every county in the country is at that high rate of transmission. no shutdowns. >> you showed an article by laurie arguing about now is the time. i was on the air and was interviewing someone and she argued in fact not everybody needs booster shots, just the immunocompromised and the elderly. where do ...

Trying to get first doses into people. if we could get first doses into people and get the majority of our population to that immune state, we could certainly begin to stem the tide. i think boosters, when you talk about boosters, we have to think about the immunocompromised, people who have cancer, chemotherapeutic agents, transplant patients, organ transplant patients. ha we dont know even though these patients may receive the full dose of the vaccine, we really dont know if they reach full im...