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Israeli Health Ministry data on Wednesday showed that per 100,000 people, there are 172 serious cases from unvaccinated people over 60 compared to 21 serious cases from the vaccinated.

♪ call one eight hundred,est resul eight million ♪ so developing news from the biden administration overnight. health officials confirming to cnn that there are plans to call for a third shot, a third pfizer or moderna shot for americans who have already received two booster shots beginning as soon as next month. obviously third shots for the immunocompromised have been authorized already. this news will allow health care workers and older americans to begin receiving a third shot next mon...

Whom the two doses have not been adequate. im thrilled to see this. >> do you expect that the fda will recommend they get the same brand, whether pfizer or moderna, or can they get a booster of whatever is available? >> so far, the data has largely been done with the same vaccines. if you got two shots of pfizer, getting a third pfizer. there is potentially an advantage of getting a different dose. but the fda could make a broader recommendation. >> if you got the johnson & johnson vaccine, like...

Whether or not theyre going into doctors offices or pharmacies. do you endorse the notion of them? do you have any problem with people getting that third pfizer or third moderna? >> yeah, you know, brian, this whole issue with covid in the pandemic, its really getting increasingly dangerous to make predictions. but i do predict this, i do predict that were going to come down on the side of allowing or permitting or even encouraging people with certain very high-risk conditions, immunocompromised...

Vaccine booster strategy, whether a third booster shot should be made available and when, were learning new decisions emerging right now for those who are immunocompromised, that that will likely come first. how important is it for those who are at high risk to have access to a booster shot, a third pfizer or moderna shot? >> well, up to 12 million americans right now suffer from some forms of immunosuppression or immunocompromise. and we have clearly shown that they do not respond nearly as wel...