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Sitdown with nbc's lester holt. >> are you afraid, though, that some states and cities are moving too quickly to loosen indoor mask mandates? >> well, you know, it's -- i committed that i would follow the science. the science as put forward by the cdc and the federal people. and i think it's probably premature, but, you know, it's a tough call. >> the president's comments follow a new study that found covid could leave patients at risk for heart problems one year after an infection. joining me now, nbc health and medical reporter erica edwards and dr. kavita patel, nbc news medical contributor...

Are unvaccinated. from a doctor's perspective, what would you tell your patients who were covid positive and particularly had not yet been vaccinated? >> this data just reinforces what we're telling people every day, number one, that you don't know about the long-term risks, and it's not just limited to a certain group of people. i think people want to paint this, it's immunocompromised or people above the age of 50. that's not true. the study reinforces what we're seeing clinically. i would emphasize that and add in the safety of vaccines. when you break it down, i think there's been so much ...

Out is that the patients who were infected in the study were all sickened before vaccines were available. and doctors i have talked with who screened a lot of these patients for heart problems after covid-19 said the majority are, indeed, unvaccinated. so their message is one of the best things you can do is get vaccinated. also get back into normal health care routine with your doctor. and also, you know, listen to your body. if your recovery from covid-19 is stalling, perhaps, or you're developing new symptoms, chest pain, shortness of breath, that's a sign of emergency and it's time to call...

So for the millions of people in the united states that got the johnson&johnson, a boost dose might soon be available. those people unvaccinated, those numbers don't lie. we have the latest news from los angeles. >> we have 19 out of 19 unanimous yes votes. fda advisors just agreed with johnson&johnson, a second dose of their vaccine is a good idea. >> it will increase efficacy against severe disease, and the breadth of the immune response against the variant. >> and they say they should get that at least two months after the first. a va study found in march, a

Vaccine's protection against severe disease and death remains robust. but the va study found that back in march vaccine protection was high against all vaccines. by august, erosion. and look at johnson & johnson. fell from 88% to just 3%. >> frankly this was always a two-dose vaccine. it's better as a two-dose vaccine. >> reporter: more than 9 million americans have already had a booster. great. but this isn't. more people are getting a booster every day than getting their first shot. and unvaccinated adults are 19 times more likely to be hospitalized and 11 times more likely to die. >> i urge...