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But theoretically, they should have protection. even if the vaccine were not originally designed for this variant, it's likely there w got it. >> reporter: johnson & johnson and pfizer are already testing whether their vaccines work on omicron. and manufacturers say they have plans to adapt their vaccines if necessary. for now, dr. lapook says to keep doing what medical experts say already works. >> get vaccinated. get boostered, if you're eligible, and do all the other mitigation things like social distancing, wearing a mask, testing. >> reporter: and this all comes as the nation is still str...

Jessica. since the vaccines have been rolling outside, more americans have died unvaccinated and i think ultimately, you know, i don't want to sound like the typical, boring medical analyst on tv, get vaccinated, get boostered, but i think one thing we really need to consider is to throw a philosophical angle into this. as we celebrate thanksgiving, where do you want to be in five years? do you want to be alive? do you want to suffer from long covid or do you want to feel like you can dodge covid-19 without getting vaccinated? this virus is here to stay. the only way we can convert it to an en...

Listen, the good news first. thank god for vaccines. a lot of families are able to reunite this year. i wasn't able to get together with my extended family last year, but i plan on doing it this afternoon and for christmas thankfully because we're boosted and vaccinated, but unfortunately, the cases are climbing back up again. we're almost at hundred thousand daily covid cases and just as you mentioned, just because people are tired of the pandemic doesn't mean that the pandemic is done with us. unfortunately, as people travel and get together, more people will fall sick and more people will d...

We have a very powerful tool at our disposal. let's use it and not get any lack of clarity in the way of doing it properly. >> you said hospitalizations for people who have -- had only two doses are ticking up. so does the definition of what constitutes fully vaccinated need to change now to include a booster shot? >> well, we're going to follow that very carefully, dana. that's what we mean when we say we let the science and data follow. so we'll take a look right now at what the durability is of the booster, and we're going to follow people who get boostered. we don't know right now. we have...

About the protection, that we might modify the guidelines. that's what we've been saying all along by "follow the science." things change and you have to follow the data. >> which i understand. but given the fact that you are saying please go get boosters to people who are vaccinated, if before we get boosters, at this point, given what you know, is it accurate to say that two shots just doesn't mean fully vaccinated any more? >> well, two shots for a time frame means you are fully vaccinated. but the thing that you want to get the people and the viewers to understand, it isn't the effectivene...