authorization for this. usually you say i m not going pre-judge what the fda will do, but the administration just jumped right in this week. obviously, when you re dealing with regulatory issues particularly in the arena of safety, we always yield to the fda and that will be clearly a very important part of the rollout of this process and in addition, the cdc has been working with the sect with the acip and we don t expect anything different than what we are saying and we felt we needed to plan now rather than waiting because we wanted to make sure again, andrea that we stayed ahead of things and not in reaction to things. we are hearing, of course, that some people are getting a booster before the recommended eight-month period and i want to put aside moral questions about jumping in line and ethical problems with the rest of the world still unvaccinated, but is there any medical reason why
compromised or doing so in advance of our recommendations. the one thing i want to highlight in the context of this is that it does undermine our ability to monitor safety. we re asking people to follow our guidance, to follow what acip will say and the fda will say in the coming days, several days and to follow recommendations so we can follow safety here, as well. next question. last question, let s go to michael irman at routers. dr. fauci in an interview said he believes boosters in general are an inevidencebility. i m just wondering how soon you expect that you might make a decision on that and what sort of data are you looking for to make that decision?
nya approved and there are a lot of fakes out there. 60% appear to be counterfeit and a lot of them not made to the high standards of 95% protection, but i totally agree with you, andrea, that we do need to up our game. it s not just masking. it s proper masking including the nose and it s masking with a good mask like an n95. and finally, the cdc, dr. emanuel is meeting friday to talk about boosters or third shots for immune compromised people, some cancer patient, transplant patients. what is your advice for people wanting third shots? first, we have to see what the acip, the advisory committee on immunization practices that is meeting on friday comes out with, but we do know that from israel where they have given the
have suppressed immune systems, those who are transplant patients, cancer chemotherapy, autoimmune diseases that are on immuno-suppressive regimens, those people, if there will be a third boost will be among first the vulnerable and a acip, which met july 22nd, they looked that the detail that might push us in that direction. let s talk about the origins of the virus. you and senator rand paul exchanged tough words a few days ago where each of you accused the other of not telling the truth. take listen to some excerpts of that. dr. fauci, knowing it is a crime to lie to congress, do you wish to contract your statement of may 11th where you claimed that the nih never funded research in wuhan? senator paul, you did not