more americans to get their shots? check out this recent poll by the kaiser family foundation. 3 in 10 unvaccinated adults said they would be more likely to get a vaccine if it was fda approved. joining us now is dr. irwin redliner, the founding director for the national center for disaster preparedness at columbia university and an msnbc public health analyst. dr. redlener, can you start explaining what the difference is between approval and emergency use authorization? is it basically the same project but one just takes more time, or is there more to it than that? there s a little more to it than that, joshua. but the deal is that emergency use authorization is really designed to to respond in a serious public health crisis, so without waiting for the full approval. on the other hend it s a thorough vetting of safety and efficacy issues which go onto
that s right, joshua. i mean this has been the most challenging week of his presidency. you ve seen the harrowing images of people stuck in afghanistan trying to get americans, afghan allies out of there. obviously the explosions, the attacks on thursday and the retaliation, this has been a very difficult moment for the president. and they re continuing. as you say even as they try and pack up troops and equipment for the deadline, they ll continue to try to get people out of there in the final hours. think about the broader context here. this crisis in afghanistan unfolded as the president was already dealing with rising covid cases, increased anxiety about hospitalizations, those cases rising, the return to school for students amid the pandemic. and now you now have this hurricane bearing down. you mentioned at the top of the show we should try and take our breath and think about the week. the president certainly is not catching his breath. i think we know he s at the
so will full approval convince more americans to get their shots? check out this recent poll by the kaiser family foundation. 3 in 10 unvaccinated adults said they would be more likely to get a vaccine if it was fda approved. joining us now is dr. irwin redlener, the founding director for the national center for disaster preparedness at columbia university and an msnbc public health analyst. dr. redlener, can you start explaining what the difference is between approval and emergency use authorization? is it basically the same project but one just takes more time, or is there more to it than that? there s a little more to it than that, joshua. but the deal is that emergency use authorization is really designed to to respond in a serious public health crisis, so without waiting for the full approval. on the other hand it s a thorough vetting of safety and efficacy issues which go onto
losing troops very personal for the president because he s a military father. and part of the reason they wanted to get out of there they feel it s to protect the troops by exiting this conflict. as you see the situation unfold within new orleans you re seeing the president already engaging, got the briefing today you mentioned earlier. and certainly i think we ve seen it before and we ll see it again offer comfort and support as this unfolds as presidents do in these tough moments. catherine lucey of the wall street journal, i appreciate you helping us start off tonight. anthony allonzo stick around. we ll talk to you later in the hour. but coming up, the pfizer vaccine now has full fda approval. what impact will that have on americans who are still hesitant to get their shots? plus teen popster olivia rodrigo has a point, god it s brutal out here especially for teenagers themselves. so why do nearly all of them express optimism about adulthood? our panel will be back to
military veterans and military veterans families that it s a difficult emotional week as you might eimagine. nearly 20 years after the 9/11 attack that sparked the quote-unquote war on terror that afghanistan was the primary venue, to see 20 years coming to full circle in this way where americans are now being told to leave the airport that they probably risked life and limb to get to get out of the country, it s disheartening. i wouldn t want to say that, you know, i ve heard from veterans or veterans families any one particular political complaint. there are people who are, you know, sympathetic to president biden, that there s no other way that this could have been done, that, you know, any way we pull out of afghanistan was going to be ugly and messy and potentially deadly. and there are others who think that, hey, president biden is in charge.