hospitalizations and even deaths, and what we have a plan to address, and i would note, i have it with me, because we really like covid props this week, right here, we have copies for anyone who would like a copy, and this is 100-page preparedness plan we put out that is meant to protect against and treat covid, prepare for new variants, shutdowns, vaccinate the world. we expected there to be ups and downs, and increases, and with a transmissible, a variant as transmissible as ba2, that s what we are seeing at this point in time. in the white house, in among the press corps, among the general public, and the most important message we are sending to the public is that we have steps in place that we can take to continue to address it and even as we are continuing to fight covid we can, for the most part, return to our normal routine. another topic, congress voted to remove most favored nations
today doctors without borders called only the u.s. to stop hoarding excess doses and share the vaccines with the rest of the world. they need to keep americans as safe as possible, vaccinate the world. dr. collins the direct of the national institutes of health joins me now. doctor, there is been an interesting debate about the booster. it named the subtext of that debate. the data shows there is some effect for folks particularly those at high risk of a booster, not enormous, but a real effect. the argument against it seems to be entirely about this sort of equity question. how do you think about this? well, i m glad we are talking about it, chris. i m somebody who has dedicated a lot of my efforts and medical research to the global problems, not just the domestic ones. i care a lot about this, too. this is turning out to be a
About six weeks ago, I wrote a piece urging that the United States take the lead in vaccinating the world. The case for doing so is even more compelling now.
good morning to you. this morning we can get that wonderful view from where you are from cornwall, looking out over the ocean. bring us up to date. it pledges around the vaccines. that is something tangible that has kicked off the start of g7 effectively. some people say not enough but that is possibly a different issue. what else can we expect on the agenda? that different issue. what else can we expect on the agenda? different issue. what else can we expect on the agenda? that is the first thing we expect on the agenda? that is the first thing we can expect on the agenda? that is the first thing we can point expect on the agenda? that is the first thing we can point to - expect on the agenda? that is the first thing we can point to and - expect on the agenda? that is the first thing we can point to and say| first thing we can point to and say it is a commitment with a number attached which you are right, for the people campaigning for richer countries to help poorer countries,