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Moderna's, you can get a pfizer booster. who is this good news for, doctor? >> so in particular, people who got johnson & johnson. we've known for some time now for at least a few months that this was going to be a two-dose vaccine, a two-dose regimen would be needed. it's not to say that johnson & johnson vaccine is inferior. after all, we give two doses of the pfizer and moderna and are now for certain groups giving a third dose. but i think in particular for people who got the johnson & johnson vaccine, getting some guidance as to what second dose should be given, it does appear that they m...

Than a 50% chance of adequately responding to the vaccines. that's because your immune system is suppressed and simply just doesn't react to the vaccine. with respect to parkinson's disease, some of the drugs used to treat parkinson's can be immunosuppressive, i'm not sure what medications he was on, but in addition to, that when people have parkinson's disease they have a weaker muscle control. and that can include the muscles of the throat, the your swallowing muscles, so that can also lead to complications with respect to your ability to breathe. >> doctor, i read in the new york times toni...

Perhaps more importantly, if you got the johnson & johnson vac vaccine, you could get a moderna or pfizer booster. why is that significant? >> good morning, john. you're spot on. this is really good news for those who got johnson & johnson vaccine. their booster can now be with one of the mrna vaccines. that's good news because these people have been waiting for months to get official confirmation on getting vacc vaccinated. we know the m mrna vaccine will give them a better immune response. physicians are recommending this. nice to have policy line up the practice. >> one of the things people...

Then you go with that type of guidance. also, the timing of johnson & johnson. we've heard recommendations from two to six months, so where to you really land on that if you're someone who had a j&j initial vaccine? >> yeah, given that, you know, we're talking about kind of the delta surge declining, but yasmin, you're talking about seven-day case rates that are still way too high for my liking, so i would say that anybody who got johnson & johnson should absolutely get a booster two months later with johnson & johnson or, to your point, i think it is worth talking to your health professional ...