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If you then boost on top of it you get a bigger cushion effect which is why i think now the boosters are being recommended for all adults because even if those antibodies aren't as effective with omicron as alpha, beta, delta, the more antibodies hopefully the more protection. can't say for sure. nothing is a hundred percent certain but that is the sort of thinking here. also things like masks. the nonpharmaceutical interventions like masks, like some physical distancing again not shutting down can go a long way regardless of the variant. i think we'll probably hear more about that in the days...

Concern, not a cause for panic. we have the best vaccine in the world, the best medicines, the best scientists and we're learning more every single day. >> so that's what the president is saying and the cdc is also strengthening booster recommendations. they are now saying everyone 18 and older should get a booster shot. >> the unvaccinated need to get vaccinated and those who are eligible to get boosted should get boosted. if you get the level of antibody high enough, the protection spills over to those other variants. >> now our very own dr. sanjay gupta explained to chris, and this was just...

If you then boost on top of it you get a bigger cushion effect which is why i think now the boosters are being recommended for all adults because even if those antibodies aren't as effective with omicron as alpha, beta, delta, the more antibodies hopefully the more protection. can't say for sure. nothing is a hundred percent certain but that is the sort of thinking here. also things like masks. the nonpharmaceutical interventions like masks, like some physical distancing again not shutting down can go a long way regardless of the variant. i think we'll probably hear more about that in the days...

Laura: the, cron variant conveniently aligns with the left's desperate push for boosters. >> reporter: it provides a cushion effect. the mutated virus may start to drop off. it does make a stronger case for boosters. you want to get more of that cushion effect so no matter the variant it can provide that protection. >> is the cushion effect a medical term? i wasn't aware of that. >> i can understand how there's a desire, a need, a passion to create some sort of magic bullet against the virus especially in all of its new variants that will literally come over time. having a cushion is a lay wor...

The "financial times" in an interview that current vaccines are going to struggle with omicron. he said there's no world i think are where the effectiveness is the same level we had with the delta variant. he went on to say, "i think it's going to be a material drop. i just don't know how much because we need to wait for the data. but all the scientists i've talked to are, like, this is not going to be good." a lot of people are reacting to that, sanjay. what do you think? >> first of all, again, we don't know that this will necessarily become the dominant strain because of what we're seeing i...