if you re immune compromised, your system says, huh, what is this? i don t get it. i can t act on this. it just shovels antibodies into you. and that s not the first choice. the vaccine is better. but if yo you body can t read the instruction manual, mono colognal antibodies are your only alternative. elizabeth, appreciate it. thank you. joining us now to discuss dr. carlos del rio, executive associate of emery school of medicine. good to have you back. good morning, jim. you look at the travel numbers, people decided to live with the virus, have their vacations with omicron. by the way, that s what health officials like dr. fauci and the president are saying, pgs as long as you re vaccinated. do you have any concern of this many people traveling, seeing friends and family, and are
updated? and how are governments going to react? how will health policies change? we know that will vary in different places, but tougher restrictions could deal a blow to the recovery. if governments don t change, consumer behavior could. the other big question is what does this all mean for the feld s policy? the fed has been planning to unwind emergency programs, and you wonder if this could change the fed s plans. i think big picture, it peoples like there is a lot more unknown than known at this point, and i want s going to take some time to get the answers to those questions. until then, i think we can expect more market turbulence ahead. markets would love the continuation of easy money from the fed. matt egan, thanks very much. joining now, dr. carlos del rio from emery school of medicine in atlanta. great to have you with us. there are a lot of questions this morning that we simply will not have answers to for the next two, maybe three weeks.
sad covid stories. a tough one. happy thanksgiving. happy thanksgiving. coronavirus cases as well as hospitalizations are on the rise. americans are hoping to have a more normal thanksgiving tonight. joining me now to talk about this is dr. carlos del rio, the associate dean of emery school of medicine. doctor, thank you for joining me. happy thanksgiving, alex. this year, it s extremely different from last year, when essentially no one was vaccinated. how are you celebrating personally. what are you telling your patients to do today? well, alex, we re celebrating by getting together with and we re doing it with everybody
staffing levels. the rule of thumb is get here earlier than you think you need to and make sure you re patient and bring a mask because they re required in all airports and inside all airplanes. dianne gallagher with the latest, and happy thanksgiving. americans seem to be a little less concerned about the risk of holiday gatherings this year. 31% of americans believe gatherings carry a large or moderate risk. a year ago that number was 64%. we also know about half of those who plan to attend a gathering expect they ll be around unvaccinated people or don t know if unvaccinated people will be there or not. joining me to discuss, dr. carlos del rio, the executive associate dean of emery school of medicine in atlanta. unfortunately, vaccines have been made political. for some reason it s become a crazy question to ask people. i m wondering if people are unsure about the status of folks, or is it like politics
need to get pfizer as a booster, can i get something else and what if i got moderna first? this study, not huge, just over 450 people. it found that mixing and matching worked just fine and was safe and folks who got johnson & johnson first, they were actually better off if they got a booster from pfizer or moderna. they were actually better off if their booster was not johnson & johnson this. group today, the fda advisers will be talking about this study today but they won t be doing anything about it. we won t see mixing and matching come out of this meeting, but it s more of a start of a conversation, and in the future maybe there will be some provisions for mixing and matching. john? elizabeth cohen, thanks for kicking us off and especially great for the important context. let s continue the conversation with dr. carlos del rio of emery school of medicine. doctor, grateful for your help. the big booster question today is do you authorize the booster for johnson & johnson, but as