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Ways to recognize the virus. >> so i guess the issue is given that were dealing with some vaccine hesitancy, i mean, i assume the population were talking about, if theyre offered a booster vaccine will probably take it. but does it now cause people to pause for a second? if i got one johnson & johnson and now theyre going to approve a second one as a booster, do i do that or do i try and wait until we figure out that i should just take the pfizer or moderna shot? >> i think big picture, youre st...

Was discussed today by an fda advisory panel. it debates whether people would be well served by say pairing a j&j shot with a moderna booster or a pfizer one. the panel heard some ground breaking data from the nih on that exact question. the studies show people who got an initial shot of johnson & johnson saw the biggest immune response when they got a moderna booster shot. a pfizer booster shot was second best providing a big jump in abe levels but a second shot in johnson & johnson vaccines re...

Low compared to moderna and pfizer. one panel member echoed the feelings of several of his colleagues when he said quote i think this frankly was always a two dose vaccine. that was a big factor in the groups decision to recommend the johnson & johnson booster for everyone over 18 who initially received the johnson & johnson shot. how do we make sense of this? >> well, i know just who to ask. joining us is dr. celine gounder, epidemiologist at nyu grossman school of medicine and bellevue hospita...