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The data for high-risk people, for people over 65 is clear. we expected the fda advisory committee to say as much. the data for younger people is just much less clear. it is not that they don't need a booster, we just don't know right now. i expect that issue will be revisited in a couple of months when we have more data, but i think most of us thought we're just not there yet, we can't make that call yet. that's where the fda advisory committee came down as well. >> does the age 65 cut off seem clearly indicated to you by the data? is that in terms of how clinical trials are structured on thi...

65 in the united states. the best data right now from israel, and israel actually used 60. if i were sitting here last night predicting, i would have said the fda panel is going to come down on 60 as the cut point because the israeli data is clearest. they picked 65. obviously there's no single magical number, and if you are 63 and want a booster you may be feeling frustrated. let's see what the fda and cdc does in the final recommendations, but somewhere around 60, 65 is a pretty reasonable cut point. >> for people watching this tonight who were vaccinated with the moderna vaccine or vaukted ...

The cdc does in the final recommendations. but we 65 is a reasonable cut point. >> for people who are watching this tonight who were vaccinated with the moderna vaccine, or vaccinated with johnson & johnson, which they take away from this decision which, after, all was specific to pfizer? >> specific to pfizer because pfizer is the one who's collected the data and submitted to the fda, and that is what was review today. my expectation is that in the next four, maybe six weeks, we will have a determination on moderna. it could be sooner than that. the problem here is the j&j. 14 million america...

>> does the age 65 cut off seem clearly indicated to you by the data? is that, in terms of how clinical trials are structured in these matters, is 65 the relevant cut off point? is it possible that the data also recommends with a similar sort of risk benefit profile for people aged 60, or aged 55? >> this is a good question. a lot of the trials in the u.s. tend to look at 65 as a cut point for thinking about older people. why 65? 65 is also the cut point for medicare, there's a whole history of using 65 in the united states. the best data right now from israel, and israel actually used 60. so ...

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