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Experienced a dramatic increase as a result of the delta surge and then a steep decline. we will say, too, the availability of the antibody treatment is a very effective treatment in reducing hospitalizations. governor desantis has set up 21 sites around the state, over 40,000 individuals have received treatment over the last several weeks. that is absolutely contributing. we still need to emphasize the importance of people getting vaccinated. the vast majority of those who are hospitalized are unvaccinated. we all want to avoid this ongoing repeat of surges of this virus continuing to mutate....

What about mutations, people are going to naturally worry about mutations, cutting away at the efficacy of now a third shot. >> it's all tied together, let me link that to the booster story. let's say now every industrialized countries, or many, start doing the six month booster, and we reduce the amount of vaccines left for the world, to get vaccinated, in that excellent article that i encourage everybody to, read what it discusses is what we've been talking about from the science perspective, which is the more this virus transmits, the vaccine seemed to protect it least cut down infections b...

Six-month booster. we reduce the amount of vaccines, and less of the world is vaccinated. and that article discusses what we've been talking about, the more many virus transmits, and vaccines seem to at least cut down on the infections by two-thirds overall, even with the decline. so the more this virus transmits, the more people it infects, the more likely it is to mutate. even with the boosters, while this virus is transmitting more greatly, you're more likely to see this mutation. but most people in my field feel if you get the new variants, it's unlikely we will be back to square one in ef...

Towers and other attacks. so, in that context, jake, they are trying to mutate. and i think it's very interesting indeed that the g7 have said that they are going to have a unified response in looking for actions, not words from the taliban in the future. jake? >> all right, sam kiley at the kabul airport in afghanistan. let's bring in our panel. i want to start with nic robertson because you heard the president there talk about the meeting that he had with allies with the g7, with nato, with the european union talking about how they felt and they agreed on some issues he emphasized obviously ...

Week in september. >> dr. hotez, can i go back to something that you said because you talked about, you know, the third shot might be the last, right, and that we may not have to get boosters every year. is that because the virus keeps mutating? the more people who don't get their shots, who are no, t vaccinates, it allows the virus to continue to mutate. we get a flu shot, and the flu shot is updated every single year. many people thought it would be the same with the covid shot. but why are you saying that? >> with influenza, there are many dramatic changes to the structure of the virus, and...