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Transcripts for MSNBC Katy Tur Reports 20210817 18:53:00

Afterwards. so all of this was sort of predicted and predictable and based on the urgency at the time. a lot of us were expecting a booster. when you look at the data and coming out of israel and mayo clinic study, there is a sharp decline in effectiveness against infection going from over 90% to 40% to 50%. the unknown that i haven t seen a lot of data in is the hospitalizations. so we know we re seeing breakthrough cases. but whether we re seeing breakthrough hospitalizations, there s a little bit of data coming out of israel. and i m guessing that the white house saw a signal around breakthrough hospital zactions that a lot of us haven t seen. maybe that was the reason why they pulled the trigger on the booster. so shaq, we can set aside talk about the third shot. in some topics, don t have a majority of people getting the first shot. what is the situation now in detroit where you are? great point that you bring up there, especially here in ....

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Transcripts for CNN Don Lemon Tonight 20210817 07:04:00

After six, seven, eight months. for a while, we didn t know if it was true, waning immunity or whether there was a specific issue around the delta variant or maybe a combination of the two. it looks like there is indeed waning immunity, especially in older populations. now i think the game-changer is not only is it waning immunity against infection, it had gone down to as low as 40%, 45%, 50% protection against infection, but it was still holding up against hospitalizations. now we re starting to see more breakthrough hospitalizations, and i think that was the trigger to say now we have to boost americans. in some ways, it was actually both predicted and predictable because, you know, when these vaccines were released through emergency use, it was imperative to vaccinate as many americans as we could quickly. and it was only a three-week interval, for instance, for the pfizer vaccine between the first and second dose. that s not usually enough to give longer lasting immunity, so you of ....

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Transcripts for CNN Don Lemon Tonight 20210817 03:04:00

News. people have been wondering. people have been asking me. will we get a third shot? when will we know about a third shot? some americans are already coming on, up to their eight-month shot period, right? what does this mean for them now? so this really follows a trend that we ve been following out of israel and there was also a recent mayo clinic study that has been showing what looks like waning immunity after six, seven, eight months. for a while we didn t know if it was true waning immunity or whether there was a specific issue around the delta variant or a combination of the two. it looks like there is indeed waning immunity. specially in older populations. now i think the game changer is not only is it waning immunity against infection. it had gone down to as low as 40, 45, 50% against infection but still holding up against hospitalizations. now we re seeing breakthrough hospitalizations. ....

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Transcripts for CNN CNN Newsroom Live 20210817 08:03:00

Population does not need them, but it does appear that is about to change. one health expert told cnn a potential third booster shot for americans makes sense if you follow the data. this really follows a trend that we ve been following out of israel and there was also a recent mayo clinic study that has been showing what looks like waning immunity after 6, 7, 8 months. for a while we didn t know if it was true waning immunity or specific around the delta variant. but it looks like there is indeed waning immunity especially in older populations and i think the game changer is not only is it waning immunity against infection, it had gone down to as low, a 40%, 50% against protection but still holding up against hospitalizations. now we re starting to see more breakthrough hospitalizations and i think that was the trigger to say now we have to boost ....

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