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Can you talk about paxlovid rebound, something that we know that dr. fauci had, for example, how common is that and the benefit of paxlovid, i guess, outweighs any risk of a rebound, right? >> absolutely. the benefit of paxlovid, a combination of three medicines, some of which were hiv antiviral medicines far outweighs the use of it. the rebound is only 2% to 7%. so therefore 93% to 98 times out of 100 youre going to do better and have less chance of getting hospitalized or have an emergency sit...

Sicknick, members of his family are going to join us live with their reaction. and, meanwhile, president biden is now isolating at the white house with mild symptoms after he tested positive for covid-19. we have an update from the white house coronavirus response coordinator, dr. ashish jha.

Happen with president biden. i think he might still have a lingering cough or even some hoarseness for a bit. i hope that that is the extent of it. of course there needs to be a lot more research into what exactly is long covid and also how we can treat the many people who are living with long-term consequences from covid. >> yeah. and nih has launched like a huge study into long covid. they said its going to be a while before nthey can get data on whos most at risk and what the spectrum is. its...

It is 5% to 10% in the average population, but what is it in people over 70 and do they need a longer seven or ten-day course. >> youre right. they have been very transparent at the white house about this and announcing this, bringing out officials to talk about this. i do want to ask you more about paxlovid. i do think even as officials are pushing it now and theyre saying, we want every american who does qualify to take this to take it, rebounding is something that people are hearing about. an...

Mandatory masking in public places. we see very few of our public figures coming out into public wearing a mask. and it has put in place this sort of sense of complacency that were done with this, were moving on. i hear people talking about sort of -- using the pandemic in past sense. but its still very much present. >> yeah. >> and the fact -- and the fact that the president of the united states tested positive is a stark reminder of that. >> and lets remind our viewers also for example, congre...

Early on. since he just tested positive this morning, his doctor says it should work well for him. so well be watching to see if any of that changes with his condition. and we are waiting on more answers from the white house on this. theyve been very transparent so far, announcing he tested positive and releasing this letter from his doctor. we will hear from the covid-19 response coordinator later on at the white house. >> i was going to mention that. the white house has been really forth comin...

Of that. but also, the president working quh behind the scenes. he is at the white house right now. this comes after he last tested negative on tuesday. not clear that he was tested yesterday. and then tested again today before a busy schedule, going to pennsylvania. and he tested positive. >> dr. reiner, this comes when the fda is deciding whether or not it will recommend a second booster for everyone under 50 years old. obviously, the president at 79 has that second booster and is in a good sp...

Protective against long covid-19 and know paxlovid per early anecdotal data and ive seen it along with others as well the antiviral paxlovid actually helps folks with long covid. theres a lot of balls in the air but its to say that the risk the president develops, severe pneumonia or long covid are lower, far lower because of that protection. >> certainly good news for the president for the country as well. dr. gupta, if you would continue to stand by for me. want to bring in peter baker standin...

Paxlovid. for everybody out there a quick psa, if you might think that you need paxlovid because you test positive for covid, one of the big things you have to really consider, your physician needs to consider is or your pharmacist is does paxlovid interact with any of the drugs that youre currently taking. in the presidents case, they do not which is a good thing of the thats why hes on it. having said all the president at 79 with those conditions, robust health, yasmin. i think thats key piece...

The white house protocols dont always match the cdc guidelines. they sometimes are more stringent because they want to protect the president. that has been their calculus. so they have been watching and track thing rise in cases, and they have become concerned about it. and dr. jha has been warning about what the cases could look like this fall. so this is obviously still very much a forefront concern for them. it changes the calculus compared to the last time i was covering a president who test...