Gupta. Good morning to you. That there is going to be a lot of people, myself included, fully vaccinated and questioning why do we need a third booster shot. You could explain it to everyone . Well i think youre asking a very fair question. Especially given that just a couple of weeks ago the message seemed to be youre not going to need Booster Shots this will probably just be for people with weakened Immune Systems that couldnt generate the proper immune response initially. It is a very fair question. And i will preface this by saying the mass majority of severe disease is still occurring among half of the country that is not vaccinated. So people that are vaccinated, they have really good protection. Let me show you what is driving this data that were seeing here. This was basically looking at Vaccine Effectiveness against any kind of infection. Breakthrough infections and just getting surveillance screening, they did see waning of the vic effectiveness overall. But that is not refle
And a scramble to find survivors after the earthquake in haiti. A live report ahead. We do begin with Breaking News on two big stories, the pandemic and the response to the crisis in afghanistan. Lets start with coronavirus. Top Health Officials in the biden administration are expected to recommend that most americans get a Coronavirus Booster shot eight months after being fully vaccinated. For those who got The One Dose Johnson Johnson Vaccine Experts are still gathering data but it is expected that you will also need a booster. An official announcement could come this week and boosters could be started next month. Health care and elderly are first in line. This is coming as new cases and hospitalizations and deaths are surging in the united states because of the delta variant. Especially among the unvaccinated. Lets get to this news and get some context around it. Joining me now cnn chief medical correspondent sanjay gupta. How should people be thinking about these boosters. They are
Your smarts. and your homework by my side. no one works harder than this woman sitting next to me. that is very kind. and i m excited for you. thank you. who is going to give you context? i won t get poppy context. i ll leave some in your desk for you. but i know i ll see you again. thank you. i learn from you every day. enjoy it. thank you for joining us. we ll see you back here tomorrow morning. at this hour with kate bolduan is next. congratulations, poppy. more to come on that. that is great news. let s get to it. i m kate bolduan. here is what we re watching at this hour. big boost, the biden administration plans to recommend booster shots for most americans to get additional protection against the delta variant. under taliban rule, new details about who will run afghanistan going forward an how the u.s. plans to prevent terror groups from making a resurgence there