eric topol. first here in america we are doing a much better job of getting people vaccinated but we screwed up big time when we made it voluntary millions around the world, they've died of covid, millions have been saved by the vaccines. yet now we have a new strain of the virus spreading like wildfire in parts of the country where people seem to be afraid of needles or politically against the process. i want you to compare that with one of the great presidents, president eisenhower who mandated everyone get vaccinated against polio as soon as we had a working vaccine. i was. it wasn't a voluntary thing where your government recognized your right to choose to get sick wiping out polio was something he refused to bulges on. we did the exact same thing with smallpox 120 years ago but today, today we got no rules we don't know if companies can force their workers to get vaccinated we don't even have the fda on board. neither pfizer's vaccine or moderna's have been approved they're just being admini

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eric topol, thank you so much for talking with us.e do appreciate it. >> thank you, rosemary. >>> we turn to australia now and sydney's coronavirus lockdown is being extended for another week as the city tries to contain the delta variant. the new south wales premier says the goal is to make sure this is the only lockdown they'll need until more people get vaccinated. 27 new local cases were detected in the state on tuesday. sydney's schools will move to remote learning next week after their winter break. >>> south korea is entering its fourth wave of coronavirus infections. the health ministry says the capital, seoul, reported its highest ever single-day increase in new cases on tuesday. officials say the country is in a dire situation as the virus is spreading at a very fast rate, particularly the delta variant. and the majority of new cases are being found in younger people in their 20s and 30s. >>> meantime, parts of europe are easing restrictions. fully vaccinated travelers from the uk and india can now visit germany without havi

pave the doctors like eric topol says it paves the way for more employers and schools to feel comfortable mandating the vaccine. i asked about this at a recent covid white house briefing and the response was it's in the hands of the fda which is working on an expedited timeframe. dr. fauci added there's so much strong data supporting the vaccines hundreds of millions of doses administered, he says he hopes people don't wait because of this shep >> and meg, you also have news on the possibility of booster shots? >> yeah, so remember that back and forth last week when pfizer suggested a booster would be needed and the fda and the cdc came out just hours later saying no, not at this time well, now we're seeing the cdc's advisory committee on vaccines planning to meet to discuss that very topic next week, specifically additional doses for people who are immune compromised. these are folks who make up almost 3% of u.s. adults who have are had organ transplants or cancer or other >> meg, thanks let's turn to dr. scott gottlieb, former fd ark commissioner and author of the book "uncontroll im im

i have eric topol on tonight, another man like dr. gottlieb, who has been dead right.k, will deliver. we are going to warm a colder period, people drink up soup s their quarter not up to snuff. >> no, shares suffered as a result. >> this is one to watch. the other one that i think matters in terms of the variant is disney. i felt that disney down here kind of interesting, but we have to worry about the variant we don't really. >> the question is how much -- >> it's in people's minds. >> we are, obviously, vaccinated it doesn't appear if you are, you are susceptible. even the best vaccines are 95% effective. >> that's the problem. last night at ford, okay, they said i tested positive for covid-19 even though i have been vaccinated this is someone who tweeted. >> somebody tweeted that >> yes a combination of people who get it. >> right when you get it and you have an vaccinated you typically don't get sick. >> i don't want to scare people. >> making sure people don't get scared. >> that's why i have poshmark on tonight and goodrx they have been good at spreading news abo