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Psst! psst! all good 20 minutes past the hour now. a small part of the u.s. population is eligible for additional doses of the coronavirus vaccine. yesterday the u.s.cdc voted to recommend a third dose for some people, people who suffer from compromised immune systems, such as organ transplant patients or people taking immune suppressing medications. keep in mind the additional doses aren't yet recommended for the general public. we should point out the authorization refers to the moderna and biontech vaccines.

Next couple years we may be at the point where we can start that others are saying too soon. there is still the issue of immune rejection. the same thing we face if you were giving me your kidney, i would have to take immune suppressing drugs even if we're a match so my body doesn't reject it. that's still a concern. even if the pig was the donor. even if they have overcome this one barrier of the virus concern. abby: still a way to go but we could see that as we were talking about in the commercial break, some controversy. you have the animal rights groups and others not so happy about this. ...

Growing and that's when we stop growing. but they have every reason to believe that the donor tissue was viable and took, so to speak and that his hands will grow with him. >> but it's a long road, it's a tough thing he's going through. >> they basically say the nerves regenerate at two millimeters a day. so it will take some time for him to get all the feeling back, and for him to be able to execute function, to be able to use the hands. >> and "the new york times" is reporting, he has immune suppressing drugs he'll have to take to ensure the body -- >> doesn't reject it. which he's already o...