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Vaccinated got j&j. that's 15 million people out there, so if the fda comes out today and you're a j&j recipient and the fda later today says you can get another j&j boost. if you were another of the 15 million would you go today or tomorrow and get it or would you wait thinking in a week or two you can get a pfizer or moderna, now or wait? >> well, i think that's a very good question. depends when i was and what the situation was. a lot of people that got j&j are actually young people so their chances of developing severe disease are lower than if they were older individuals, and if they are ...

Falling sick as well, which is what's happening right now. >> i also want to ask you because we continue to have this conversation about boosters in light of the news this week about those who are immunocompromised being advised to get a third booster. do you think that's a signal in where we are headed with booster shots? . >> i think that, you know, there was very clear evidence that those who were immunocompromised who never had high enough antibodies that this would be a third in the series, 28 days out of the first two doses because currently of the people getting breakthrough infections ...

Patient the vaccines are safe, but that we need the approval. they have a process, they need to do it. and then absolutely, chris, every academic and clinical physician i know is clambering for the ability to do these third doses. but then i also want to turn and remind people that we cannot lose our sight on getting everyone first and second doses, and we still have 13 million people who got j&j, we need guidance on what to do for them. they need boosters? what kind? what order? that's still up. but we are past the point where we need to move forward. >> really quickly, and breakthrough infec...