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High-level decision-making on booster shots. we're going to talk to one of the fda panel experts who was in the room where it happened. i recommended the second j&j shot. so, what are the next steps? and would you be eligible? d you ebeligible? at t-mobile for business, unconventional thinking means we see things differently, so you can focus on what matters most. whether it's ensuring food arrives as fresh as when it departs... being first on the scene when every second counts... or teaching biology without a lab. we are the leader in 5g and a partner who delivers exceptional customer support...

You may pay as little as $10 per prescription. ask your healthcare provider about rybelsus® today. >> we're expecting a decision from the fda any day now on the emergency use of the johnson & johnson booster, after an advisory panel voted to recommend the second shot. the same panel, by the way,

Possibility of mixing and matching those doses of the booster vaccines. something we're expecting to hear more about in the coming days. >> steven, welcome, by the way. >> brand-new correspondent. thank you, appreciate. that >> the to heavy on the team. >> happy to have you, stephen. all right, we're going to have much more on booster shots. right now with me is doctor eric reuben. a voting member on the fda panel. and editor and chief of the new england journal of medicine. doctor, is that on a tap you on our show here. you contributed to the unanimous votes for both boosters. but the timing ...

Officials are still pushing to ramp up those numbers. >> well now the fda is set to authorize a second dose of the johnson & johnson covid vaccine but the director of the national institutes of health says don't rush out the door for your booster just yet. >> you know, if the mrna vaccines from pfizer and moderna had not been so utterly amazingly effective, 95%, then johnson & johnson would look like a hero with their one dose, but i guess our standards are being set awfully high here by the other vaccines. there was data that suggested that if you are going to get a booster for j&j, maybe get...

More complicated because the j&j data was mostly about people who got a second dose just two months after their initial one, and it was very sketchy data about what happens if you wait longer. like six months which is what the other boosters have been. they still liked what they saw about the two month and so voted in favor. what's going on right now, the meeting is still kind of going to its conclusion, is talking about mix and match, hallie. that's been a big question. could you switch to a differenter booster than you started with? >> let's get into it. the fda panel briefed and results of ...