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Antibody tends to give you some cross-protection to variants. and i hope the israeli minister is correct, and further research reinforces this because we certainly need to boost people's notions that getting a booster is very important as well as getting that first dose into a lot of our friends and neighbors who somehow haven't rolled up their sleeve yet. >> the fda advisers voting tonight to recommend emergency use authorization for merck's antiviral drug to treat covid-19. how big a deal is it? >> it is a kind of big deal because it was a split vote. they're a little cautious because the ef...

Tends to give you some cross protection to variants and i hope the israeli minister is correct and further research reinforces this because we certainly need to boost people's notions that getting a booster is very important as well as getting that first dose into a lot of our friends and neighbors who somehow haven't rolled up their sleeve yet. >> right. the fda advisors voting tonight to recommend emergency use authorization for merck's anti viral drug to treat covid-19. how big a deal is it? >> well, it is a kind of big deal because it was a split vote. they're a little cautious because the...

Interval again. the advisory came that people over the age of 65 should receive a booster. cdc came out in a similar place. you can make an argument the data suggests people 65 and above, and possibly 50 and above. they defined that as the age criteria upon which people should be received boosters. the broadened eligibility for people who are occupational exposures or people at high risk with underlying conditions, that's consistent. it largely conformed to the fda decision. the cdc director intervened to break what was largely a tie. a close vote on whether or not the cdc supported boosters f...

Committee on immunization the liberties and advises me who they believe the booster should be recommended for. that was the panel that met on wednesday and thursday. they're about four votes, and some of them were unanimous, and the one that i believe you're referring to was a split vote. >> okay. i don't want to get to processy, but i think it's part of the confusion because it's, like, what is their task? are they looking at the data? are they making a policy judgment based on costs and benefits? what's going into the thinking of that advisory board and then into your judgments? >> they pore...

Bread. >> it is notable republican senators seema aware of that. bill cassidy, they're still on board for the plan. thanks. >> thanks, jim. the battle set to begin on the supreme court, let's bring in cnn analyst joan piscoupik. what are you seeing? >> usually this summer there is an adage that says the justices need their summer recess because they want to have tempers cool before they come back in october. no temperatures went down this summer especially after we saw what happened with the texas abortion, even before that when the supreme court by a 6-3 ideological split vote rejected the ...