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But you want to do that according to what the data tells you, including the risk benefit ratio particularly for the younger people who do not generally get as much severe disease as the elderly and others. >> and lets bring in dr. blackstock. good to have you. so what is your take on the fda decision, do you agree with dr. fauci that it is inevitable we will all need boosters at some point? >> absolutely. thank you for having me. i think that the fda advisory committees recommendation was based ...

Through infections were lower by a factor of 11.3 and the rate of severe illness was lower by a factor of 19.5 among those who received a booster. and pfizer has released data showing waning immunity as it tracked those who received its vaccine and we anticipate this study will be discussed as well tomorrow. among the pfizer data is though shaz about a week to two months after receiving a vaccine, efficacy was 96.2% among those fully vaccinated. and you see here on this chart, it waned and by fo...

Even though this is not what the cdc specifically said today, i would recommend for individuals who fall into this category. if you are severely immunosuppressed and you got the j&j vaccine, you should talk to your doctor about the best option for you. we have to take sba account each patients individual circumstance. >> dr. fauci says sooner or later, we will all need boosters. when do you expect the rest of us will need to start lining up for these booster doses? it is a tricky question becaus...

She did not mount a robust immune response to the vaccine. so she might be someone who benefits from a booster now. >> john: this brings me to another question, do we need a booster shot or do we simply need more people to get vaccinated? >> thats a great question. we may all need boosters, right now absolutely i agree, focus on percentage of americans who are not yet vaccinated, especially with the delta variant that circulating and accounting for over 99% right now. there are some states like ...

When exactly people are going to need them, lets say, two shots and youre fully vaccinated, when do you think we might need a booster down the road? >> whats good about these vaccines is it looks like, although immunity might fade for protection against mild disease or asymptomatic or moderate disease, i think protection against critical disease will probably be relatively long lasting, meaning for a few v years. well know as we go and well see whether or not people are no longer protected again...

Not vaccinated. >> it is a problem with an easy solution. get vaccinated. it works. but, while the country still tries to get more shots in arms, there is a new question over when the people who have already been vaccinated need boosters. there is the possibility of a covid booster shot. there is waning immunity among people got their vaccine but dr. fauci said the data shows that a third shot is not yet necessary. elizabeth cohen following all of this. and i know this is confusing for folks at ...