green light to distribute boosters. a study showing actual immunity is stronger in fighting the delta variant than the vaccines. dr. siegel, this seems groundbreaking and it seems like we haven t been told this. absolutely, harris. let me walk you through quickly. he is taking a victory lap on the vaccines but the story is the number of people that haven t been vaccinated with the approach. my way or the highway, making feel uncomfortable with unvaccinated pandemic. it all didn t work. 70 some odd percent of adults isn t enough. countries where 90% of the vaccination is fewer deaths and hospitalizations and the most important point. if you get over covid that s something that gives you a substantial immunity and is not being factored in. i spoke to cdc director walensky yesterday and still not being factored in.
shot of covid for older people. oi m skeptical about these things that pfizer came out with, saying the third dose would be good, if i were the company i would say it s good as well. what do you make of it? i m looking at the data, we are still learning. it does appear that for some people, not everybody, maybe older people, people who are frail, nursing home residents, a third shot may end up being helpful because, we are really trying to ward off infections against this very, very contagious delta variant. i don t think it is a slam dunk. i want to see more data. that is what israel is relying on. i would not be surprised if we go down that road in a few weeks or a couple of months ahead. we were talking to doctor walensky yesterday, the director of the cdc. she said it s more of an update than a change. i get that. after watching the cdc all of