hospitalizations and deaths in half in unvaccinated individuals. the news comes as the fda is set to consider authorizing booster shots of moderna and j&j vaccines later this week. pfizer s vaccine for children could get an fda approval before halloween. this means the u.s. may well be heading into winter with a new arsenal of tools to help keep the worst of the pandemic behind us. joining us now is our medical contributor and founding director of boston sen for for emerging diseases and infectious diseases. i won t ask you to say the name of the pill, but how much of the game changer could a pill treatment be for ending the pandemic or cutting down the deaths? garrett, you know, the whole part of dealing with this virus at this point now that we know that we are not going to be able