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Moderna, pfizer and biontech have been granted emergency use authorization for this. the cdc will vote later today on whether to recommend the use of the two vaccine boosters. joining us to discuss is the chief medical officer at moderna, dr. paul burton. dr. burton, thank you for being with us. i do want to talk about something in particular because i think it's really important that we confront some concerns people may have about this booster because in particular this -- there are no human trials needed, they are not required for these boosters that target ba.4 and 5, before the shots can g...

Authorized based on animal data tested in mice rather than full trials with people. any concerns there? what do you say to someone who might be worried about their safety? >> yeah, thanks for having me, ana. when you think about vaccine safety, it's important that you have a deep belief and understanding that no corners were cut. and here when we're looking at these new boosters that are coming from both moderna and pfizer the fda took a different approach than they took with previous vaccine approvals. and what they said was these companies are making a very small change in these vaccines, th...

That we've talked about, and we have these drugs that can be used. fortunately cdc has done a lot of work to make it more available for individuals who need it, and now we're getting more data that shows that it does work. there was lots of animal data. there was some human data that shows that this works, and now we're collecting additional data. good news is that this is available and we have a lot of it. >> but, doctor, what should the general public be doing right now to avoid getting monkeypox. >> the general public, what they need to be doing is making sure if they have suspicious rash a...

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