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General of the united states dr. vivek murthy. it's great to have you with us this morning. let's go back a step and talk about the booster shots and why you think they're necessary. >> good morning, willie. yesterday we made an announcement that we plan to start offering booster shots on september 20th to people at their eighth month anniversary from their last shot. the reason this is so important is because what we've seen in the data. we've seen number one that your protection against the worst outcome, hospitalizations and deaths, if you get vaccinated still remain high but there's a prot...

Vaccinated american, adult american. you know, this will boost your immune response, increase your protection from covid-19 and it's the best way to protect ourselves from new variants that could arise. the plan is for every adult to get a booster shot eight months after you get your second shot. pending a prove value from the fda, the cdc's committee of outside experts will start the booster program during the week of september 20. if you were vaccinated on or before january 20 will be eligible for a booster shot. if you get your second shot february 15, you're eligible to get your booster sh...

This will boost your immune response, increase protection from covid-19. it's the best way to protect ourselves from new variants that could arise. the plan for every adult to get a booster shot eight months after you got the second shot. pending approval from the food and drug administration the cdc committee of outside experts will be ready to start the booster program during the week of september 20. anyone vaccinated on or before january 20 will be eligible to get a booster shot. so that means that if you got your second shot february 15th, you're eligible to get the booster shot october 1...

Earlier today our medical experts announced a plan for booster shots to every fully vaccinated american, adult american. you know, this will boost your immune response. it will increase your protection from covid-19. and it's the best way to protect ourselves from new variants that could arise. the plan is for every adult to get a booster shot eight months after you got your second shot. pending approval from the food and drug administration, the cdc's committee of outside experts will be ready to start this booster program during the week of september 20. in which time anyone vaccinated on or...

Individuals. but one thing people need to understand, we're following this extremely carefully. we will immediately be prepared, and we are prepared right now to implement the booster program very quickly >> i'm going to ask you to put into perspective what we're seeing right now, this explosion of new cases around the country doctor, if we don't get this under control in some way, do we risk the possibility of the vaccines becoming ineffective in other words, taking us back to square one? >> that is a real possibility, lester. we don't want to frighten the public, but we want to make sure the...