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People be getting the pfizer booster lot. >> no. they should not. theres absolutely no data supporting that moderna or j&j recipients would do well or theres safety behind getting a pfizer shot at this point. we know we have data around the corner coming on moderna boosters which will likely be a lower dose than the original moderna series. we also have a press release about j&j boosters that was really promising, but the even better news from moderna and j&j recipients theres less evidence that...

>> reporter: yeah. reporters are walking no the room to watch the president get this booster shot on cameras, of course. the reason thats happening on camera is the white house wants to use this moment to send a message to the rest country for those eligible based on what the cdc and the fda have authorized so far that they should be getting their booster shot. obviously the president is over 65 years of age so he qualifies for this, and so this will be his third dose of the pfizer vaccine after...

Boosters for now. youre eligible for a booster if its been six months since your second pfizer shot and if you fall into one of these categories, people over 65, which is hard to acknowledge. adults -- im only joke, folks. adults with certain underlying health conditions like diabetes and obesity and those are at increased risk of covid-19 because of where you work or where you live like health care workers, teachers, first responders, grocery store clerks. if you fall in any of these categories...

Members of the nypd in the hospital, all unvaccinated. >> there is a connection between vaccination and hospitalization rates. take west virginia. lowest vaccination rate and the highest vaccination rate. >> we are going through the peak and it looks like were starting to turn down. >> reporter: the delta driven surge is still rolling around the country, but -- >> i think by thanksgiving it will have run the course across the whole country. it should decline on the back end of the delta wave and...

Gotten pfizer, not moderna or j&j and more than six months from the second shot. now lets take a look at other people who are eligible for their third shot. so again if youre six months out from the second shot, over age 65, if youre a front line worker like a doctor or a teacher, if youre an adult who lives in a high rick setting like say a prison setting and this is a big one, adults with underlying conditions such as obesity, high blood pressure and diabetes and there is a long list. that is ...

Chosen not -- eligible americans, i should say, has chosen not to even get a first shot. doing this on camera, its to help people get boosters, yes, but its to really encourage people to get the first shot. thats even more important. lets go back to the boosters for a minute and lets talk about who is eligible. president biden talked about it a bit. if youre more than six month out from your second pfizer shot youre eligible if youre 56 or older, if youre a frontline worker, a doctor, a teacher,...

Hello, everyone, im alisyn camerota. victor is off today. it is a consequential week for prooish and it is starting off with a boost. moments ago the president rolled up his sleeve for his covid booster shot. and he talked about what this means for the country. >> were going to have well over a billion, 100 million shots and well continue to go and were going to do our part and weve given funding to covax, which is the vehicle that does this. so vef plenty, plenty of opportunity to make sure we ...

Maybe dont need to do it right now. and so the people who are recommended to get their booster now are people who got the pfizer two doses and are at least six months out of their second dose of that pfizer vaccine and over the age of 65 or over the age of 50 with underlying medical conditions. that is who the people the fda and the cdc said should get that booster. president biden is in the category of people who should get the booster. and there are people who the fda and cdc are saying they a...

Because we need immunity from you, but were in such better space than we were a year ago. >> what if youve had a breakthrough case? should you get up now or should you wait another six months post-breakthrough infection? >> thats a great question and its one of those questions we dont have a way for. in many ways that infection likely served as your own natural booster and we fell people not to get a shot while they are feeling sick. if youve made it through a brewing, a couple weeks out, no lon...

Explaining all of that. now it could be a matter of weeks before children under 12 are eligible to be vaccinated against covid-19. pfizers ceo said the company is ready to ask the fda for emergency use authorization for children aged 5 through 11 and they will apply within days. cnns nick watt joins us now. nick, what do we know? >> reporter: well, biden just got his booster as you said. another huge chunk of the american population is eligible pretty soon. as weve seen throughout this vaccine...