dr. fauci gave was relevant for the mrna vaccine. if you got the pfizer or moderna vaccine, there s no particular reason to switch to a different vaccine unless there s something very specific, for example, you had a severe allergic reaction or you had myocarditis with the mrna vaccine, then you might consider switching to the johnson & johnson for your boosters do. on the other hand, if you got the j&j for your first dose, first of all, it s rally important you get the booster now if it s been at least two months. this is different from the mrna vaccines, which are the boosters recommended only for individuals in higher risk categories. now we know that j&j recipients, they probably did not get as much protection as the two doses of the mrna vaccine. so they really should be getting a booster dose, but the cdc very specifically yesterday in the recommendation did not say that people who got the j&j should then get the j&j second dose, that that s preferred. in fact, for women under th
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against symptomatic covid infection for kids in that age group. it comes as the cdc expands its booster program for adults to include now all three vaccines in the u.s. joining me now is cnn medical analyst dr. leana wen, the former health commissioner for the city of baltimore. 90.7% effective against symptomatic covid, dr. wen. what do you think of this data, and how does it compare to the vaccine s effectiveness in other age groups? this is good, kate. so i am reassured that there will at least be some real life effectiveness of this data ahead of the meeting next week. priestly pfizer said the vaccine was safe for younger children, which is great, and it appears to be effective based on antibody response, that there is a strong response. however, we didn t know how well it protected against symptomatic disease. so this new study in more than
supporting changing the senate s filibuster rules to reduce that threshold from 60 votes to a simple majority. but joe biden does not have a vote in the united states senate. he noolds the support of joe manchin, who is steadfast against any changes to the filibuster rules, worry that would change the tradition of the senate, trample on minority rights, could harm the democrats if they fall back in the my joe torre. and kyrsten sinema and other moderates are opposed to changing the filibuster rules. there is positive discussion for folk who is want those changes but does not mean it will actually happen here. he indicated he didn t want to push on that because he didn t want to alienate some key votes such as manchin and sinema as he s trying to court them for the larger economic agenda. perhaps there will be more discussion about this in the weeks ahead. but as it mounts to legislative achievement, highly uncertain, especially on those two issues at this moment. fascinating. great t