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2,000 lives lost a day. hasn't been that high in more than six months. >> we are going to be living because of some people's hesitancy to take vaccines at a plateau, hundreds of people, maybe even a thousand dying on a daily basis for the foreseeable future. and by that i mean a year or two. >> reporter: and late wednesday the fda in the united states has granted emergency use authorization for a third booster dose of the pfizer vaccine for people 65 and up. also people at risk for severe disease and people who have jobs that put them at risk of infection. nick watt, cnn, los angeles. >> and t...

We're following breaking news on the covid-19 booster shot. cdc vaccine advisers issuing their recommendation just a little while ago after a long and sometimes heated debate. they endorsed third doses of the pfizer vaccine for people ages 65 and older, and for those with underlying conditions as young as 18, but the panel voted against recommending boosters for people whose jobs put them at risk potentially for infection. let's discuss this with dr. scott gottlieb, who is the author of a timely new book entitled "uncontrolled spread." >> thanks so much for writing this book. first, what's you...

It's a bit unfair. >> part of the givings is the cdc panel is the fda is not in a position to recommend you can mix and we have some foreign data that suggests the vaccines can be used interchangeably but not american data. that was part of the cdc, perhaps if both vaccines would have come out in a different place. pfizer got the vaccine in front of the fda sooner. their vaccine got authorized more quickly. i'm on the board of pfizer. moderna is a bit further behind. that could change the recommendation. >> a lot of people are hoping that happens. thanks so much for joining us an thanks for wr...

"uncontrolled spread, why covid-19 crushed us and how we can defeat the next pandemic." doctor, thank you for being with us. >> thanks a lot. >> so i want to ask you, because you see the numbers, two numbers going in the wrong direction. vaccines trending down after an uptick. deaths at 2,000 people every day. and there is a vaccine that can largely prevent those deaths. how do you feel watching that as a doctor? >> well, look, it's tragic. this is now an avoidable death certainly. and if we can get more people vaccinated we can start to bring down the numbers. i wouldn't take too much solace ...

Public health, will readers of the book find out what it was like for you personally in realtime to watch the president of the united states saying it will go away, fade away, it's just like the flu, suggesting lung cleaning through antiseptics. what was that like in realtime? >> i wasn't just watching it. i was having discussions with the white house over this time period. i continued to have dialogue with people i worked with in the administration including the president. i had a number of conversations with the president and recount those about not having him pull out of the world health or...