On June 9th I received an email from an Irish Nurse who wanted to tell her story. Her name is Eleanor McGee. I responded saying I would be only too happy to help. What you are about to read is a warts and all account of the coercion and pressure.
om won the recall and about the future. we will be here every weekday at 3:00 on air and on livestream, answering your questions. tonight, several developing stories as we come on. the olympic gymnasts and their very difficult andwh tnfheai pyo happen. and the major news tonight oern e shots. tonight, the fda now releasing the numbers on pfizer. and news on moderna, toogut-wre testimony from some of america s top olympic gymnasts simone biles and aly raisman testifying before congress, saying they were betrayed by fbi agents. they say they buried their sexual abuse allegations against former team doctor larry nasser, allowing for 100 additional victims. tonight, fbi director c now
efficacy against symptomatic disease was 96% a week after the second dose, but then dropped to nearly 84% after four months. there s no medical downside, because the safety profiles of these vaccines are incredibly good. at the same time, we want to wait for the fda and then cdc to really learn the best timing and dosage that they recommend. reporter: an fda panel is expected to decide friday whether to recommend pfizer booster shots followed by a review of moderna boosters a week or two later. and taetd, moderna pointing to new data showing people who received its vaccine will also need a third dose after six months. it s not the kind of thing that you want to miss by six months. you d rather be a little too early than a little too late, because ultimately, lives are at stake. reporter: the company says protection from the first two moderna shots appeared to be the strongest among the three vaccines. and unlike pfizer, moderna s booster shot will be a half dose, which the comp
pandemic and some ieagerly awaited results on the pfizer and moderna booster shots. pfizer is now recommending that booster for people 16 years and older, about six months after the second shot. moderna releasing its findings on booster shots, making a very similar recommendation tonight. but pfizer would be a full shot, moderna, a half shot. and we asked dr. jha why. but first here, the findings and here s abc s whit johnson. reporter: tonight, the fda releasing data from pfizer s booster trials as the company makes the case that americans will need a third shot. pfizer recommending that extra dose for those 16 and older, about six months after receiving their second dose. big picture, boosting is important, boosting is necess necessary. reporter: pfizer also suggesting the reduction in vaccine protection is likely not due to the delta variant, but instead vaccine effectiveness decreases with increasing time since being fully vaccinated. the data showing vaccine
defending his calls with china. and jon karl reporting that general milley might not have been the first to reach out to china. california s lee call rejected. rnor gavin newsom s major victory. tonight, the developing news involving north korea, launching two short range ballistic missiles. how far did they go and how is u.s. is responding. and minutes away tonight, spacex set to launch to space with only civilians onboard. and we ll take you to the launch site live. good evening and it s great to have you with us here on a wednesday night. there is major news on those booster shots, those third shots. the fda releasing pfizer s findings. moderna releasing new result us, too. and dr. jha is here in a moment. but we begin tonight with that searing testimony from four of the best-known gymnasts here in the u.s.