immunity. they are all measuring antibodies. it is very important. we also know that immunity is very complicated. there are memory cells that we don t do a good job of measuring with our standard blood kept tests. that kicks in. think about, oh hey, i ve got a cold before. this time around, it wasn t so bad. similar concept. that s what s helpful when we have a vaccine. even better if you ve been infected. just being infected and getting a vaccine. it gives you even more protection. i love this, okay, hope, i like ascending on hope. thank you, dr. patel. we have more questions. you will have to come back. folks, send your questions, tweet us, we ll get doctor patel to answer more. thank you, very much. all right, next up, did you see the tee that michelle obama spilled on instagram about marriage? it s blowing up in the group chats. we re going to get into it with our culture critics in the regroup right after this break. and fireplaces & heating up to 50% off.
to the enforced vaccinate these kids, i think is a colossal error, and frankly it s medical malpractice, so it s unconscionable for administrators to be imposing these and kids. the other category is kids that have been vaccinated and have high levels of antibodies. one of the big failures in our public health paradigm here has been the fact they get past yea the fda has wasted time and not really determined what the optimal level of antibody is in vaccinated individuals. this is something we know with most viruses. the fda has actually colossally failed in figuring this out. to the contrary, on may 19th of 21, the fda discouraged americans from measuring antibodies. this is the time to screen for antibodies not the virus. you ve pointed that out before about the fda advocating against testing. whether you been vaccinated or had natural immunity that s an
is greater. we re not settled on this discussion yet, but there are a lot of people waiting to get their booster saying, i want to wait to find out exactly what i should get as my booster. exactly. this data was discussed on friday with the fda s advisory committee, nih data. we ran that study doing a mix and match. we ve got three vaccines, let s try every possible combination of what you start with, what you get boosted with and see what happens. the big news there was the mrna vaccines seemed to work really well boosting everything. they actually boost johnson & johnson better than another johnson & johnson dose. if you re measuring antibodies, a little caveat there, it doesn t prove you get higher protection but it s a pretty good predictor of that. wait and see. the cdc is going to chew on this data this week. maybe a week from now we ll have a clear recommendation. if you re someone who got j&j like my two grandkids, wait a