so, please, look out if you re not going to look out for others, at least look out for yourself and your loved ones and make sure you do everything you can to help yourself and others, and the best way is with vaccination that helps not just with covid immensely but the other conditions as well because you need a bed and you need staff. comparably it probably feels like a mini vacation to you to be somewhere working where it is not completely overwhelmed by covid. i m sure you get questions all the time. i don t know how many of them are about boosters. i wonder what you think of the new reporting from the new york times that health officials are now advising the white house to kind of dial back on the plans to roll out boosters later this month, maybe only folks who have had the pfizer shots. where do you come down on boosters right now? yeah, that s a great question. actually, it is debated amongst doctors and scientists as well. it is not one of those very clear-cut, like ge
johnson vaccine. it still provides protection against covid. it s strong and stable after eight months offism munization. now it reports an added booster shot increased antibody protection by nine times. this is a fabulous vaccine, it really is. the data out this morning suggests a second j&j shot six monthings later gives you a huge increase in your antibody levels. reporter: good news, but worried they may not have the same level of protection offered by the two-dose moderna or pfizer vaccines. keith says he s concerned. i feel a whole lot better. this is what i ve been waiting for. i ve been waiting to hear this. there s nothing been mentioned about a booster for johnson. it was all pfizer and moderna. reporter: the biden administration is eager to offer boosters six to eight months after americans are full ya
its emergency use authorization now to allow for certain americans to now be able to get a third additional vaccine dose. important to point out this is only for those who have not been able to build up that antibody protection after the second either moderna or pfizer shot. we heard from cvs health care who says their facilities are already prepared to begin administering that third vaccine. it s important again to point out that s only for those who are immunocompromised. there are various protocols in place at various locations to make sure that those who don t need that shot right now don t get it. polo sandoval there in new york for us. polo, thank you so much. cnn s adrienne broadus is in jackson, mississippi, where a record number of people are hospitalized because of covid-19 and hospitals are on the brink of running out of beds there. adrienne, talk to us about what you re seeing there and what you re being told. is there a plan? reporter: the plan is already
antibody protection in 10 to 14 days and that s why we clearly saw a split in studies of those people who continue to be infected and those who did not. and so every day that we continue to vaccinate, every day that we continue to appeal to parents with good data on how safe this vaccine is for teenage kids, we get closer and closer to the start of the school year and starting the school year safely. our message today is mask because we have a mask mandate in the state and help slow down the surge and to vaccinate at the same time to decrease those diagnoses and admissions to the children s hospital that we re seeing today. dr. blackstock, for those who are watching, who might be vaccine hesitant or saying that they re still taking a wait and see attitude or those vaccinated but are still desperately trying to convince friends and loved ones to get vaccinated, what would you say to those people, the ones who are still hesitant? to convince them to get the vaccine? i would say that
protect you against severe illness and publications. sue other people right now watching the nonvaccinated, what would you tell them predict can be a government paying the worry about the safety of the vaccine. there are those who are legitimate and medical reasons not to what if generally you can have it but would you tell them directly about taking one. guest: i was a first of all the vaccine has been found to be incredibly safe and protective and we have over 340 million americans who have already been successfully vaccinated and i can understand if you have concerns and fears but the best think that you can do is talk to your trusted provider talk to doctor and get your question answered and get concerns addressed. and protect yourself and that i think because it really will protect you in the long run overall pretty that of course if you present but just had covid-19 then you don t need to get vaccinated right away, because you probably have what we call an antibody protection. bu