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Conditions. you know, this study around omicron, it's a test tube study. it's not a real life one. we're still waiting for more data. for you the preliminary data from south africa suggests the first vaccine doses protect you from what we care most about, which is severe disease. so real easy message which is get the vaccine if you haven't. booster, great idea if you're six months-plus out. >> so the midwest united states has become a hot spot for covid. that's right now primarily the delta variant. in michigan there are more people hospitalized with covid now that at any other point during th...

Regardless of vaccination status. at least a half dozen counties in california are requesting residents to mask up, but are stopping short of mandate. a new study suggests the johnson & johnson vaccine may be less effective against the delta variant which now makes up more than 80% of new cases in the u.s. the study which hasn't been peer reviewed raises questions whether johnson & johnson recipients need a second shot. a top j&j official down played that study in an interview this morning. >> i think we've got to be very guarded in terms of a test tube study that makes conclusions of one aspe...

It's great to hear mitch mcconnell do this, congressman scalise. it's mixed. i have been on news max once a week the last several months extolling the vir dhu of the vaccines. so there are places within the conservative media that have been good on this and we seem to have more on it. we need to encourage it. when they do it, we need to praise it, because it will save lives. >> i want to ask you about a new study that is out. we've seen some reporting on the john johnson&johnson vaccine. they say it's not as effective as against the original virus. we should say the study is not peer reviewed ...

Not be as high, we'll see a lot of devastating illness, icus are filling up across the south. it is heartbreaking because none of the hospitalizations have to happen. almost all of these hospitalizations are preventable. >> let's talk about the study suggesting johnson & johnson vaccine may not be as effective against the delta variant. we mentioned where it is on timeline of the science, not peer reviewed or published in a medical journal. how seriously should we take it, how concerned should j&j recipients be about their level of protection from the delta variant? >> i think it is important ...

And the delta variant will help drive us to getting to that answer sooner than later. >> what you make of what we're hearing about the johnson & johnson vaccine? >> there's a couple other points. one is the reason test tube study we have to take with caution here. immunity is made up of different components. we focus on antibodies. they're maybe other components of immunity. we have to follow data carefully here. if people get severely ill. that would be important data. something i'm learning in tokyo and will be a lesson for other places. testing. you know vaccinated people in the united stat...