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But we're preparing as if it will be imminent. so we're going to be ready to do it whenever the data shows that the protection is gone below a certain level because of a combination of the durability of protection and the special effect you're seeing with the delta variant. >> joining us now is andy slavitt, the president's former senior adviser for covid response and author of "preventable: the inside story of how leadership failures, politics and selfishness doomed the u.s. coronavirus response." also cnn chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta. we just talked to fauci. he talked about ...

International. the domestic cohorts are being followed on a daily and weekly basis by the cdc. we're going to have to give boosters, so what we're doing, right now the decision is we don't need to do it right now. it's not imminent. but we're preparing as if it will be imminent. so we're going to be ready to do it whenever the data shows that the protection is gone below a certain level because of a combination of the durability of protection and the special effect you're seeing with the delta variant. >> joining us now is andy slavitt, former senior adviser for covid response and author. also...

The protection is gone below a certain level because of a combination of the durability of protection and the special effect you're seeing with the delta variant. >> so, as we're waiting to find out, sanjay, when that might be, i think it's also important -- and i'm not the medical professional. i think it's important, too, there seems to be a sense if i have to get a booster shot, that means the vaccine isn't working. it's actually a good thing, right, we're following how well the vaccines are working and acknowledging at some point you may need a little extra help. it's not that different th...

Researchers. what they found is that vaccinated immunocompromised people are 485 times -- can you believe that, more likely that many times to end up in the hospital or to die from covid-19 compared to the general population that has gotten the shot. and the cdc's vaccine panel is scheduled to meet today to discuss booster doses. so the amount here. dr. fauci says it is inevitable that even healthy people will require booster shots soon. >> right now the decision is we don't need to do it right now. it's not imminent. but we're preparing as if it will be imminent. so we're going to be ready to...

The protection is gone below a certain level because a combination of the durability of protection and the special effect you're seeing with the delta variant. that is very -- who never really ever got as a group an adequate response to protect them. so it isn't as if they have a durability problem. it's if they never really had an adequate response and that's the reason the decision was made to give it to them and we'll be hearing more details about it as you just said, when the advisory committee talks about this tomorrow at their meeting. >> so how would it work if there is going to be a th...