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It's a bit unfair. >> part of the givings is the cdc panel is the fda is not in a position to recommend you can mix and we have some foreign data that suggests the vaccines can be used interchangeably but not american data. that was part of the cdc, perhaps if both vaccines would have come out in a different place. pfizer got the vaccine in front of the fda sooner. their vaccine got authorized more quickly. i'm on the board of pfizer. moderna is a bit further behind. that could change the recommendation. >> a lot of people are hoping that happens. thanks so much for joining us an thanks for wr...

Where are you? >> i am honestly on the side of these scientists that wrote in the lancet. listen, are we going to need boosters or a third dose for those of us that got pfizer or moderna at some point? yes, almost certainly. that's the way the vaccines work. are there certain populations that might need boosters now? yes! we've already approved a third dose for people who are immunosuppressed and it does support that folks that are elderly may need a third shot sooner, but for the rest of us, we don't need to rush out and get a booster. the full course of the two moderna or pfizer shots or eve...

This point. several weeks ago when the biden administration said there would be a booster rollout starting september 20th, that left many people scratching their heads. you can't have a booster rollout until the fda and the cdc review the data and weigh in. that has not been done. so here's the issue. it is possible that pfizer could have a booster rollout starting the week of september 20th and here's why. they've submitted their data, they have a date, september 17th to speak to the fda's advisers so they could have a rollout on september 20th, but not everybody got pfizer. let's take eigh...

Fda's advisers. so they could have a rollout on september 20th. but not everybody got pfizer. let's look at these numbers. as you can see, among vaccinated people in the u.s., 54% got pfizer, 38% got moderna, and 8% god johnson & johnson. here's the bottom line for people who are vaccinated, there's an excellent chance no matter what vaccine you got that you will be told to get a booster sometime in the coming months. we don't know exactly when, but it is very, very likely that you will be getting a booster sometime in the coming months. the concern here is really for the folks who are unvaite...

September 20th. now a white house source tells cnn the initial rollout might be limited to pfizer since there isn't enough data yet on moderna or johnson & johnson. however, on wednesday, moderna said it has begun submitting booster data to the fda. cnn's senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen explains what this means and why. >> reporter: several weeks ago when the biden administration announced that there would be a booster rollout starting september 20th for the covid-19 vaccines, that left many people scratching their head. you can't have a booster rollout until the fda and the cdc...