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And they are about a month ahead of us in vaccinations and boosters, et cetera, the data from the israeli studies is that there is a substantial diminish against infection and diminution into the protection against hospitalizations. >> reporter: the scientists are going to have to figure this out, hopefully before friday's meeting. there is a big meeting of fda advisers about whether or not to give a green light to the u.s. booster program. and i want to add another note which i know makes it confusing there is an argument that said, goodness, one out of four americans haven't even taken a fir...

Fine in that regard. there's no data showing otherwise. the data showing the other side of this argument that boosters are needed, that boosters do help keep you out of the hospital, really that mainly comes from israel and the israel six weeks ago started a booster program. they have given boosters to about a third of their population, and they say data shows it really does work, and they have moved ahead of the united states in requiring boosters. let's take a listen to a conversation that i had with dr. ron ballas there. he's an israeli health official. >> israel waited for the fda and cdc ...

Shots are very effective at keeping you out of the hospital. so, this was written by a very esteemed group of scientists, including two fda officials who have recently resigned. there's been a will the of talk that one of the reasons they resigned is they disagreed with this booster program. i'm going to read to you a quote from the primary author, from the first author of this study, and she says taken as a whole, the currently available studies do not provide credible evidence of substantially declining protection against severe disease, which is the primary goal of vaccination. so, essentia...

Waiting to see what the advisory committee to the fda comes down with. you know, this is a body whose role is to be independent of government, so free of politics. their role is to look at the evidence and come up with a recommendation whether these vaccines should be approved for a booster dose. then that information, assuming they do approve it, goes to an independent advisory committee to the cdc to recommend who should get those booster shots. as a pediatrician and public health person, i rely on that process. i think the administration got ahead of themselves by announcing a start date fo...

Undermines, you know, the credibility of it. >> when in your best guest, not just governors but folks watching right now know exactly when and what boosters they will get and should get. >> well, we're still aiming for the week of september the 20th. it would have been optimal to get at least with the mrna's to get both pfizer and moderna to roll out the booster program at the same time simultaneously. it looks now, it is possible, and i think likely, that you will see pfizer get ruled out, get rolled out first because the data that they submitted to the fda. remember, you've got to get approv...