you, including the risk/benefit ratio particularly for the younger people who do not generally get as much severe disease as the elderly and others. so i believe that there s a good chance that, as we get into the coming months, into the next year, that you will see the data pointing to the benefit of having a much broader blanket of people. we don t know that for sure now, and that s the reason why data are going to continue to come to the fda and they re going to continue to evaluate it. if we didn t have the supply, a more limited supply of the vaccine, would we even be discussing the booster? if we had a more limited supply, would we even be discussing boosters? would we only be about prioritizing getting first shots in the unvaccinated? right now is a booster a luxury? no, i don t think a booster is a luxury. i ll explain why in a moment. i do want to correct one thing, chuck. our highest priority still is getting the unvaccinated vaccinated. there should be no confusion about
and she alive in the? memory all you. i talk about all the. time we all do. as for doug stewart the game, his decision to finally confess and give it, up changes nothing in his sentence. he and his new ex will be imprisoned for the remainder of this sunday, the battle over boosters. we made the decision. just get a third dose. an fda panel says no to covid booster shots to everyone. it s not clear to me the data we re seeing right now is applicable to the general population. yes, to those 65 and up or at risk. the split vote undercuts president biden s plan announced last month. eight months after your second shot get a booster shot. and leaves many confused. my guest this morning dr. anthony fauci.
everyone 16 years of age and older. that was a plan that was always contingent, and every one of ups said that, contingent upon the fda s normal regulatory process, together with their advisers, to make a decision as to exactly what that rollout would look like. that s exactly what happened. a very competent group of people who advise the fda deliberated and came to the conclusion that rather than have essentially everyone who has been boosted everyone who has gotten the regular immunization of two shots should be able to get boosted. they made it on the restrictions that you said, 65 years of age or older or those 18 to 64 with underlying conditions that might make their response to infection be severe, and those who have institutional or occupational
debt ceiling agreement here to me this is how you ended up with a donald trump, because of stupid political fights like this. and the people like anthony gonzalez are leaving, right? you don t have anybody who is this moderate, business centric republican who might be more of the person who says, okay, we need to have cooler heads prevail in these big crises. where are the major donors on this? why aren t they influencing this? it differs from donor to donor, but a lot of them are where the rest of the party is as well on that question. maybe this gets into the information ecosystem. terrific panel. thank you guys. that s all we have for today. thank you all for watching. appreciate it. we ll be back next week. if it s sunday, it s meet the press.
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