Missouri, and nevada. The people most at risk, obviously, are the unvaccinated. According to the cdc, Unvaccinated Americans made up more than 99 of u. S. Covid deaths in june. So, later today, Drug Maker Pfizer will brief Government Officials on why they think its time for a vaccine Booster Shot. Now, last week, pfizer said it was already seeing waning immunity in people who received its vaccine more than six months ago, but the fda and the cdc disagree. They say theres no evidence that boosters are needed yet. Cnns senior medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen is here with more now. Elizabeth, this big debate now about whether we will need boosters and when well need them. Lets start with the Pfizer Perspective. The Pfizer Perspective is that they say that they see immunity waning to two shots of their vaccine for some of the folks who have been vaccinated. That after about six months, they see it wane. Now, i think in the meeting that pfizer is going to have with Anthony Fauci and Ro
Vaccinated population. It is real more than 80 of adults are vaccinated, the vast majority of kids are still waiting on their shots, guess what . Delta has been fueling outbreaks in schools. Here at home, this familiar yet very unwelcome headline, hospitals in missouri are once again low on ventilators, in areas in the state with a low Vaccination Rate. Doctor Anthony Fauci joined me on this program Last Night and delivered a blunt message about vaccines. This is not complicated. Were not asking anybody to make any political statement, one way or another. Were saying try and save your life, and that of your family, and that of the community. We have so many things, as you said, so many diseases that i deal with that dont have solutions. Its very frustrating. You dont have a treatment, or you dont have a vaccine. Here we have a vaccine thats highly, highly effective in preventing disease and certainly in preventing severe disease and hospitalization. Its easy to get. Its free, and it is
And what can be done . Those questions as officials from pfizer are at the white House Today talking about the potential need for Booster Shots. The company raised concern about waning immunity last week. Lets begin with elizabeth cohen. Whats the significance of Todays Meeting . What happened last week, it was that pfizer surprised everyone, even dr. Anthony fauci by coming out and saying guess what. Vaccine efficacy is going down. We can see it. We think that people need a third shot. That third shot being a booster. And that surprised everybody because theres been all sorts of data saying that Vaccine Efficacy is doing great. So it was unclear why pfizer came out and said this. So first, i think theyre going to clarify that. Hopefully they will point today a that shows that because they havent really done that yet. And i sort of wonder whether the administration officials in the room, dr. Anthony fauci, the surgeon general, if those folks will say hey, come on, guys, read the room.
And fda said no booster is needed. Lets go outfront. Good evening. Im erin burnett. So much for defunding the police. President biden wants to takckl the spike in crime with more Police Officers and more funding for Police Departments. Our strategy provides including funding for Law Enforcement through the american Rescue Plan for states, cities and to be able to hire police and pay them over time in order to advance community policing. Funding Law Enforcement, hiring more officers. Biden believes in that and thinks its the winning message. Look who he invited to the White House for his meeting in crime and police reform. A former Nypd Captain that won a crowded primary for new York City mayor by saying more officers are part of the solution, not the problem. We have some amazing officers. Were going to say i have your back. When i heard her hesitate on the answer will you take guns away from Police Officers while were experiencing an uptick in Gun Violence, 10yearold children are shot
Canal submerged and it had actually been reported stolen in mid may. Now, all of this is after police released a Surveillance Video earlier today in which they showed what happened before the shooting took place. You see a Nissan Path finder arrive about three or three individuals come out armed and run right back over to the car. Now, what you dont see is how young the crowd was at that concert venue. A lot of the victims in their 20s. Those who had been hurt. One person as young as 17. Police saying today that they believe that this was all stemming from an on going rival between two groups, even said there was some sort of back and forth on Social Media playing a role in this. Now, a lot of city Leaders Today spoke out saying that this is despicable, that this is something that was senseless and even at that Press Conference, we heard from the father of Clayton Dillard. He actually interrupted the Press Conference clearly very distraught, a lot of Anger And Pain he was showing there