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Vaccine booster shots. a recent n.i.h. study finds those vaccinated with johnson & johnson had a stronger antibody response from pfizer or moderna's booster. the fda adviser expected to consider a j&j booster today after giving moderna the nod on its booster yesterday. advisers recommended a half dose for people who got their second moderna shot at least six months ago and like pfizer for now, this is just for older patients or people in high-risk jobs. the cdc still needs to give final authorization. shots could begin at the end of next week. time for a three questions in maybe three minute...

This, the second moderna shot made me very ill for two and a half days. it makes me hesitant to get the booster. are my chances of a severe reaction to the booster same or different than those of the average person who did not experience bad side effects? >> yes, i can see the viewer's apprehension. so, without knowing specifically what those symptoms were, i can't offer a comment about whether she will have the same or worse symptoms. but what we do know is that unless you have had an anaphylactic reaction, severe allergic reaction to the second be dose, she should go ahead and get that vacci...

>> the original vaccines that were derived were designed to broadly react against the covid-19 virus, and overtime these viruses have evolved, have mutated, led to these voirarian. there may be a difference in the immune response to it. we know, for example, both the pfizer and moderna vaccine work against the current strain of virus that is out there, the delta strain. and what has happened is that your tides have fallen below the level, so the vaccine is effective against that particular variant, the variant here in this country delta, and that's why we're giving you the booster. get that va...

Why has the pfizer booster already been approved while the moderna and j&j ones are still awaiting their approvals, doctor? >> yeah, so from my experience having served on the advisory committee and been the chairman of the advisory committee, big pharma doesn't play into this. this is a decision made solely by the fda. and i can only guess or surmise that data was missing from the moderna -- from one of the submissions and needed to be bolstered or needed to have more information given to the fda so that they get effectively and efficiently a review that the application. so, again, you know, ...