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2,000 lives lost a day. hasnt been that high in more than six months. >> we are going to be living because of some peoples hesitancy to take vaccines at a plateau, hundreds of people, maybe even a thousand dying on a daily basis for the foreseeable future. and by that i mean a year or two. >> reporter: and late wednesday the fda in the united states has granted emergency use authorization for a third booster dose of the pfizer vaccine for people 65 and up. also people at risk for severe disease ...

Were following breaking news on the covid-19 booster shot. cdc vaccine advisers issuing their recommendation just a little while ago after a long and sometimes heated debate. they endorsed third doses of the pfizer vaccine for people ages 65 and older, and for those with underlying conditions as young as 18, but the panel voted against recommending boosters for people whose jobs put them at risk potentially for infection. lets discuss this with dr. scott gottlieb, who is the author of a timely n...

Its a bit unfair. >> part of the givings is the cdc panel is the fda is not in a position to recommend you can mix and we have some foreign data that suggests the vaccines can be used interchangeably but not american data. that was part of the cdc, perhaps if both vaccines would have come out in a different place. pfizer got the vaccine in front of the fda sooner. their vaccine got authorized more quickly. im on the board of pfizer. moderna is a bit further behind. that could change the recommen...

"uncontrolled spread, why covid-19 crushed us and how we can defeat the next pandemic." doctor, thank you for being with us. >> thanks a lot. >> so i want to ask you, because you see the numbers, two numbers going in the wrong direction. vaccines trending down after an uptick. deaths at 2,000 people every day. and there is a vaccine that can largely prevent those deaths. how do you feel watching that as a doctor? >> well, look, its tragic. this is now an avoidable death certainly. and if we can ...

Public health, will readers of the book find out what it was like for you personally in realtime to watch the president of the united states saying it will go away, fade away, its just like the flu, suggesting lung cleaning through antiseptics. what was that like in realtime? >> i wasnt just watching it. i was having discussions with the white house over this time period. i continued to have dialogue with people i worked with in the administration including the president. i had a number of conve...

In his new book, dr. scott gottlieb talks about how our country crumbled under the virus and why we are still under the virus today. he writes in part -- for more we welcome the aforementioned dr. scott gottlieb, a member of the board of directors at pfizer and the author of the new book "uncontrolled spread." it is due out tomorrow. we are happy to have him tonight. doctor, i am looking at the subtitle of your book, which is why covid-19 crushed us. you realize a number of the audience have a s...

Federal government started off in a weak position, with plans that were ill suited to counter new coronavirus. this mismatch between the scenarios we drilled for and the reality that we face left us unprepared. poor execution turned it into a public health tragedy. for more, we earned a place to welcome the broadcasting aforementioned scott godly, that board of democrat pfizer. also the author of the important new book, uncontrolled spread, why covid-19 crushed us and how we can defeat the next ...

Covid-19. >> reporter: pfizer now saying its vaccine is a safe and powerful tool to turn those numbers around. the fda says it hasnt gotten the data yet from pfizer, it should get it soon and then that decision will come in a matter of weeks. moderna says it is also studying the effects of its vaccine on 5 to 11 year olds and they will be submitting that data within the next few months. steph? >> stephanie, thank you. i want to dig deeper and bring in dr. scott gottlieb, a former fda commissio...

A bunch of opinions, some twisted metal and broken glass, there always is, but at the end of the day were going to get it done. >> congressman sean patrick maloney, you can have your phone back. now to where things stand with the pandemic. lets bring in former fda commissioner dr. scott gottlieb. his new book "uncontrolled spread: why covid-19 crushed us and how we can defeat the next pandemic" is out next week. >> dr. gottlieb, lot of people trying to figure out whether to take that that thir...

Challenge. the doses used in the u.s. for boosters have been bought and stockpiled by and large, so the united states is not going to part with those as a national security matter. >> in the meantime, still a lot of people in this country who need to get vaccinated. >>s a absolutely. >> dr. scott gottlieb, thanks so much. his book "uncontrolled spread" is out in just two weeks. coming up on "morning joe," how new york city is recovering this morning after yesterdays historic flooding. mayor bi...