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Friday is starting earlier than ever this year . this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. good evening, everyone further acknowledging covid vaccines while incredibly effective lose some of their punch over time, an fda safety panel has just given its endorsement to booster shots for many americans who were fully vaccinated with a two-dose moderna vaccine. it is not the final word but the panels recommendation for a third moderna shot mirrors what the cdc recently decided for pfizer boos...

Or 18 and older whose job may put them at greater risk for exposure to the virus. if the full fda and cdc sign off next week, moderna booster shots would roll out to the same groups now eligible for the pfizer boosters. >> given that pfizer blazed a trail with its booster, it made sense that moderna would follow suit. there were no safety signals involved. and what were trying to do is bring your immunity up to the point when you were first vaccinated and essentially these boosters will do that ...

Boosters. 65 and older first, along with 18 and older if you have a health condition or a job that puts you at higher risk. one thing i thought was interesting, modernas booster will be given as a half dose, 50 micrograma, that a will be given as a half dose, 50 micrograma, tha micrograms. so, why a half shot when we were getting a full shot of pfizer for a booster, was me der that a more powerful shot to begin with? >> yeah, so, david, thank you for having me back. first of all, they absolutely...

Can your internet do that? on to our health lead this hour. a green light for the moderna booster shot. the fda advisory panel voting unanimously this afternoon to recommend authorization of a third moderna vaccine shot. its a crucial step for people with an increased risk of catching covid, including the elderly. cnn senior medical correspondent with us. when will happen next? >> jake, as you said, a unanimous vote by advisors to the fda. these are outside external

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And today, some panel members arguing the main focus should be on getting the 66 million eligible unvaccinated americans their first shot. >> the people who are in the icu arent there because they havent gotten the third dose, theyre there because they havent gotten any dose. >> reporter: tomorrow, the panel will review the johnson & johnson booster along with data on the effectiveness of mixing vaccines. an nih study also finding there could be an extra benefit for people who got the j&j vaccin...

At higher risk. it would be a third moderna shot six months after the first two. and this moderna booster would be half the dose of the first two. that same panel set to discuss that johnson & johnson booster tomorrow, as well as the notion of mixing and matching different vaccines. and the decision on the pfizer vaccine for children 5 to 11 years old likely coming in weeks and president biden just today saying the government is ready with doses for the 28 million american who would be eligible....

The united states. >> and so lets get right to whit johnson tonight. whit, this key panel unanimous on moderna boosters today. now the same panel tomorrow examines the johnson & johnson booster and also looks at this notion of mixing and matching vaccines, whether that might be effective? >> reporter: david, that panel will then vote on whether the data is strong enough to authorize the johnson & johnson booster shots, but this discussion of mixing and matches vaccines and whether its effective ...

I think our true delta wave is going to start to build in the northeast in the northern part of the country. this is going to be a highly regionalized epidemic. i do think labor day and the return to school are going to be incubators. i dont think were done with this. i hope we are, but i dont think we can conclude that just because the cases are coming down from the mini surge we saw over the summer. >> that was fda commissioner dr. scott gottlieb warning the northeast will see another jump in ...

Peoples backs, and he has not made friends on his way out, and people are very happy to see him on his way down. i dont see him moving forward in any meaningful way, he also has other investigations that mario cuomo bridges is one of them, its a serious investigation as far as construction and other issues. he has his hands full, i dont think he will be coming back. >> and finally doctor irwin redlener, the last word goats to you, i cant ask you to endorse a third shot for people on a broadcast ...