people who are eight months away from their initial immunization will be eligible for a third shot. isn t the problem, dr. collins, you mentioned data. we don t have all the data when it comes to breakthrough infections in particular with vaccinated individuals because the cdc for some bizarre reason back in may stopped collecting or stopped publishing, data on the number of breakthrough cases which don t result in hospitalization or death. they re only publishing hospitalizations and deaths among fully vaccinated people. many scientists, including dr. peter hotez, say that was a mistake. we need to see the data and understand fully what is going on. would you urge the cdc tonight to really publish a collect counting count of all of that data so we know the full picture? well, i think they have been hearing that. there are three papers published today by the cdc, one from new york state, one from nursing