that keeps you from being infected. we re seeing waning in antibodies as we always do in every vaccine over a period of time. what we re not seeing, and this is encouraging, the t responses that are providing prevention from serious illness and death, that s holding. that third shot of moderna or pfizer and second shot of j&j is doing a lot to keep us away from severe illness or death. there are some people who are immune compromised, who are elderly and vulnerable, who don t respond well to regular vaccination. additional doses will be really helpful in that population. i m not convinced yet that an additional dose of the same vaccine will offer much to the general population. i would be more in favor of
our midst, and tonight dr. fauci warned it s increasingly clear booster shots are critical for our protection. although the vaccine is highly, highly effective, that effectiveness wanes over several month s, which is the reason why we are strongly encouraging anyone 18 and older who has been vaccinated with the original regimen that they get a booster shot because the data that we re getting is extremely encouraging that the protection that you begin to lose as the months go by is dramatically enhanced by boosters. the definition of fully vaccinated is still two doses of the moderna or pfizer and one dose of j&j. that s the requirement when people talk about what is required for this or for that. but that does not actually contradict the fact that we re saying as vaccine efficacy wanes, you need to get that
getting is extremely encouraging that the protection that you begin to lose as the months go by is dramatically enhanced by boosters. the definition of fully vaccinated is still two doses of the moderna or pfizer and one dose of the j&j. that s what people are talking about when they say this is required off of that. that contradicts what they were saying. by the way, the latest cdc numbers show over 37 million of us have received booster shots already. with that let s bring in our starting line on this wednesday night thanksgiving eve, ashley parker, pulitzer prize-winning chief and jonathan karl. his book betrayal is making a