data is persuasive to give boosters to everybody. >> reporter: if the fda gives pfizer boosters the green light tomorrow, a cdc panel will address the matter next wednesday, meaning those third doses could be available by late next week at the earliest. moderna is expected to seek thunderstorms for its boosters within the next few weeks. >> we have to vaccinate the 80 million americans who are still unvaccinated. giving more vaccine to the 180 million americans who have already been fully vaccinated is not going to change that. >> reporter: and the pandemic still raging in the u.s. 2,000 deaths reported on wednesday, the highest single day total in seven months. officials in idaho calling the situation dire, all hospitals can now ration care if needed. nine states hitting record hospitalizations including tennessee with the highest infection rate in the country. doctors losing younger patients. >> it's another thing to talk to the wife of somebody who's younger than me and tell her that she's going to be a widow. >> reporter: hospitals filled with the unvaccinated like