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Covid-19. this is phase two and three clinical study data that shows the pill is like earlier studies show, its 89% effective at keeping high risk people who catch covid-19 alive and out of the hospital. more than 2,000 unvaccinated study participants, no one that received the anti-viral pill died. and you do need people to get this pill pretty soon after they start having symptoms. if you take the pill within five days instead of three days, the pills effectiveness starts to drop. but it is sti...

Public. joining me now is dr. uché blackstock. shes the founder and ceo of advancing health equity and an msnbc contributor. i read that about director rochelle wolensky about the omicron variant. can you explain what she means when she says the booster helps boost the efficacy against omicron? >> right. thanks so much for having me on this evening, zerlina. we dont have tons of data. this is all based on preliminary data, and most of it is based on lab studies. and essentially what we see is w...

Well those vaccines work in the fight against the virus. today pfizer announced that their own preliminary lab studies show their booster shot provides strong protection against the new omicron variant. we should be clear, this data has not yet been peer reviewed and theyre announcing it, so its by no means a complete picture, its going to require further scrutiny by health agencies. even so, this announcement has left a lot of people feeling optimistic about the new variant, including dr. antho...

Covid-19 deaths by 90%. so that reinforces what pfizer reported from their preliminary lab studies, which showed three doses of their vaccine can neutralized omicron variant. joining us now is dr. william schaffner, professor in the division of infectious diseases at vanderbilt university medical center. doctor the latest numbers show a quarter of vaks nccinated adult have gotten a booster shot. why do you think that number is so low right now. these are people already fully vaccinated. >> there...

Many mutations. but pfizer has done a study in their labs that finds that the vaccine does work to a great extent. now, it did take a hit. the variant is tough and it did manage to outsmart the vaccine to some extent, but still, two doses are effective in many ways, and three doses are even better. and pfizers news, well, this actually seems to jive with what researchers in south africa found when they did their own lab studies. so lets take a look at what these studies show. these studies, whic...

Coronavirus even as were getting hospitals strain under the surge across the country. here i am in massachusetts. from massachusetts to hawaii, omicron has been detected in 21 states. it may spread more swiftly but thus cautious optimism that the illness is not as severe. newly released data from pfizer shows three doses is the trick needed. pfizer noting that lab studies showing that third dose increases anti-bodies by 25 fold. the report coming from pfizer comes after a south african study sho...

Span bath? the vaccines are working. if you were around everybody who has been vaccinated, man, theyre working. >> willie has breaking news on that. >> on that topic, pfizer announced lab studies show a third dose, the booster of their covid-19 vaccine, neutralizes the omicron variant. that is incredible news. >> wow. >> great news. >> amazing. >> we havent heard from moderna on this question. if you have the pfizer biontech vaccine, the third dose, getting the booster neutralizes the omicron va...

Good news this morning. especially after we got data from south africa last night that showed after two doses you saw a 40-fold reduction in neutralizing affecting cells against omicron. this morning pfizer-biontech saying a full reconstruction in antibodies. with a third, up by 25 fold. looks you can restore antibodies to level that protect against infection. two doses may stilling protection against severe disease because of other parts of the immune system like t cells. still continuing to wo...

Promising news this morning on how well vaccines may work to fight the omicron variant of covid-19. pfizer ceo says preliminary lab studies show three doses of this vaccine are able to neutralize this new strain. >> three doses against omicron are almost equivalent to the two doses effectiveness of the original variant. we are waiting to see. you may need to go to get the third booster faster, and thats something that the health authorities should consider very carefully and make their recommend...

Two boys. but do you have any friends who have been reunited or -- >> youre cleaning that up right there. >> my children better not be watching. >> im sure you love them both equally. >> obviously. >> obviously. >> cnns coverage continues right now. >> im so in trouble. good wednesday morning. im erica hill. >> im jim sciutto. were following two developing stories this hour including the first real evidence that existing vaccines may protect against the new omicron variant. this morning, the c...