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Chosen not -- eligible americans, i should say, has chosen not to even get a first shot. doing this on camera, it's to help people get boosters, yes, but it's to really encourage people to get the first shot. that's even more important. let's go back to the boosters for a minute and let's talk about who is eligible. president biden talked about it a bit. if you're more than six month out from your second pfizer shot you're eligible if you're 56 or older, if you're a frontline worker, a doctor, a teacher, a grocery store clerk, an acut it living in high-risk settings such as prisons or adults w...

Hello, everyone, i'm alisyn camerota. victor is off today. it is a consequential week for prooish and it is starting off with a boost. moments ago the president rolled up his sleeve for his covid booster shot. and he talked about what this means for the country. >> we're going to have well over a billion, 100 million shots and we'll continue to go and we're going to do our part and we've given funding to covax, which is the vehicle that does this. so vef plenty, plenty of opportunity to make sure we get everyone in the world to play our part and our part in the world to get everybody vaccinate...

Maybe don't need to do it right now. and so the people who are recommended to get their booster now are people who got the pfizer two doses and are at least six months out of their second dose of that pfizer vaccine and over the age of 65 or over the age of 50 with underlying medical conditions. that is who the people the fda and the cdc said should get that booster. president biden is in the category of people who should get the booster. and there are people who the fda and cdc are saying they are allowing to choose to get the booster if wish. that is people over the age of 18. so all adults ...

Because we need immunity from you, but we're in such better space than we were a year ago. >> what if you've had a breakthrough case? should you get up now or should you wait another six months post-breakthrough infection? >> that's a great question and it's one of those questions we don't have a way for. in many ways that infection likely served as your own natural booster and we fell people not to get a shot while they are feeling sick. if you've made it through a brewing, a couple weeks out, no longer on isolation, sure you can go get a booster. is it likely to help you? we don't know. >> o...

Explaining all of that. now it could be a matter of weeks before children under 12 are eligible to be vaccinated against covid-19. pfizer's ceo said the company is ready to ask the fda for emergency use authorization for children aged 5 through 11 and they will apply within days. cnn's nick watt joins us now. nick, what do we know? >> reporter: well, biden just got his booster as you said. another huge chunk of the american population is eligible pretty soon. as we've seen throughout this vaccine rollout, it is never perfectly sailing. covid-19 vaccine for kids could be coming very, very soo...