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with new concern about that omicron subvariant, there is renewed push under way for another round of booster shots. the fda is expected to authorize this week a second booster for people age 50 and older of both the pfizer and moderna vaccine putting in the former request last week for the second booster but also in doing so, asked to include everyone 18 and older in the authorization. where is this headed? how many shots do you need? joining me is paul burton, the chief medical officer for moderna. thank you for being here. really appreciate it. let s start on this booster news. what do you think of a second booster for people 50 and older really means for wanting further spread? do you think it s necessary? kate, i do. look, we ve seen all along the natural history of this virus, it s able to make these very large changes that brings with
last night that suggests the pfizer two-dose regimen is less effective against the new variant. but the booster news is good. if you get the third shot, it ll offer protection, good motivation for people to do so. have you had the booster? moderna booster. let s hope for the best. moderna held strong against the virus. the two doses held strong against the doses. higher than pfizer s. i had the pfizer booster. first shots were fine. the pfizer booster, it was like joe frazier s left hook. it took me down. i think you had moderna. no, we had the pfizer booster. on top of moderna. i see. the first two shots weren t bad, but the booster. the doctor said, you build up a lot of antibodies. take a deep breath. it really does though. again, this is a madness, when you hear the false information. people are like, oh, the shots. now, they re trying to do the boosters. it s this and that. science is now showing us, after
brand new hour, glad you re here with us, i m victor blackwell. and i m alisyn camerota. we begin with what president biden is calling good news in the pandemic. pfizer says its early lab data showed a booster shot of its vaccine can neutralize the omicron variant which has now been detected in 21 states. the president s chief medical adviser says he s encouraged by this booster news. when you re entering into an arena of a new variant with very many unknown aspects about it, you always have a degree of anxiety about how it s going to turn out. so the news we got last night and this morning about the effective boosters does make me breathe a little bit better. pfizer also says its lab results found two shots did not provide specific protection against omicron. efficacy matches the findings of