94%, 95% protected against getting sick from covid-19 but soon after the johnson & johnson vaccine it was 72%. 72% is still a god vaccine, but it s not as good as moderna and pfizer s, so i think there s more of a feeling of urgency that a second shot is especially important for those who got johnson & johnson. now, ana, you mentioned mixing and matching. these vaccine experts will hear about a study where some people got pfizer and then as a booster got moderna and then as a booster got johnson & johnson and all of the possible combinations. what they found was that it worked and that it was safe and that actually folks who got johnson & johnson, they were actually better off getting a booster from pfizer or moderna rather than getting another johnson & johnson shot of the right now this is a relatively small study. just under discussion. there will be no recommendations today about mixing and matching. ana? elizabeth cohen, thank you. we ll eel stay on top of that
is a high wire act that has not happened in iowa before. in the past they didn t have a debate before the straw poll voting. there is a lot of danges. susan is right about the undecided nature it is the most fluid republicans have seen . the ballot on the straw poll will contain the write in blind. they put it in well because they didn t know what was going to happen. the stakes are enormous and tim pawlenty who spent the most time and money here has the most to lose. if he doesn t do well in the debate, that will bode badly and ople will be asking him if heel stay in. you give us a sense of the feeling on the ground out there. they are interested but they are in the shopping phase. some of them have had committed to a candidate. but they can be convinced by
goals, having a vision of where we re trying to get. but then, trying to translate that into what we do today and what we do tomorrow. we ve made a lot of progress. we face incredibly difficult problems you think you eel stay for the whole first term? i think so, i think so. ask me next month and the month after that. that certainly is my intention. yet, you don t care to be on the supreme court? never. you re a lawyer with all that background. i do not and have never wanted to be a judge, ever. that has never been anything that i even let cross my mind because it s just not my personality.
but then, trying to translate that into what we do today and what we do tomorrow. we ve made a lot of progress. we face incredibly difficult problems you think you eel stay for the whole first term? i think so, i think so. ask me next month and the month after that. that certainly is my intention. yet, you don t care to be on the supreme court? never. you re a lawyer with all that background. i do not and have never wanted to be a judge, ever. that has never been anything that i even let cross my mind because it s just not my personality. do you think the president would pick a woman this time? i think he should pick a well
because it s the united states doing it. it s not just the united states government. it s the people of the united states. before you go, a question about whether you think it s realistic that you will stay on as secretary of state for the balance of the first term. well, i intend to, yeah. i intend to. people have been asking me this. and in the interest of full disclosure, it is an exhausting job. but i enjoy it. i have a great time doing it. i feel like we re making a difference around the world. i m a big believer in setting goals, having a vision of where we re trying to get. but then, trying to translate that into what we do today and what we do tomorrow. we ve made a lot of progress. we face incredibly difficult problems you think you eel stay for the whole first term? i think so, i think so. ask me next month and the month after that. that certainly is my intention. yet, you don t care to be on the supreme court? never. you re a lawyer with all that background.