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Poised to approve mix and match booster shots as soon as this week. that is according to "the new york times". and a new study shows recipients of the j&j single-dose shot who later received a moderna booster saw their antibody levels rise 76-fold in 15 days. where as it only rose four fold with a second j&j dose. lets bring in dr. chris pur pernell, fellow at the american college of medicine to dig through it all. >> good morning, doctor. >> good morning. >> mixing and matching these vaccine bo...

Headed here now, that there will be a recommendation for the most vulnerable to get a booster? >> i think so, you know, we have had this discussion before, jim, we said that the two mrna vaccines will be three dose vaccines and joinhnson & johnso will be a two-dose vaccine. i said that early on where it showed that individuals who got two doses of the j&j vaccine had much higher levels of virus neutralizing antibody and more robust t-cell responses. and i think thats whats panning out. there was...

Administration and the cdc are hoping there will be more data coming very, very shortly for both moderna and j&j. j&j had a data release last week showing information around people who got a second j&j dose. so every day were learning more and more about these vaccines, and while its hard to be patient, patience is key here, but for those that are at highest risk, those over 65, those with immuno compromised systems and those that are on the front lines, they have to really kind of go forward wi...