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jha standing by. how soon this all starts for millions and why that no vote for some. >>> there is also that developing headline in the search for brian laundrie tonight. a person of interesting in the gabby petito case. the news coming in, that arrest warrant from the fbi. >>> new york city and much of the northeast bracing for possible flash flooding tonight. alerts in several states. delaware, up through new jersey, new york to massachusetts. damaging winds possible and rob marciano timing this out. >>> tonight, the change at the border. after those images of border patrol agents on horseback confronting migrants, tonight, the department of homeland security temporarily suspending the use of horses in del rio, texas. thousands remain under that bridge. tonight, the u.s. special envoy to haiti resigning in protest to the biden administration's handling of this crisis. >>> the capitol hill showdown over president biden's agenda. rachel scott in the halls of congress, pressing moderates and progressiv

jha why.ut first here, the findings and here's abc's whit johnson. >> reporter: tonight, the fda releasing data from pfizer's booster trials as the company makes the case that americans will need a third shot. pfizer recommending that extra dose for those 16 and older, about six months after receiving their second dose. >> big picture, boosting is important, boosting is necess necessary. >> reporter: pfizer also suggesting the reduction in vaccine protection is likely not due to the delta variant, but instead vaccine effectiveness decreases with increasing time since being fully vaccinated. the data showing vaccine efficacy against symptomatic disease was 96% a week after the second dose, but then dropped to nearly 84% after four months. >> there's no medical downside, because the safety profiles of these vaccines are incredibly good. at the same time, we want to wait for the fda and then cdc to really learn the best timing and dosage that they recommend. >> reporter: an fda panel is expected

jha with us here on a monday night. dr. jha, thank you. our coverage of the pandemic right here for tonight. >>> but we do move on now and to major new developments in the search for gabby petito, who disappeared on that cross-country trip with her boyfriend. in wyoming, a remote campground shut down tonight after the discovery of a body. authorities believe it is petito. and the fbi at the boyfriend's family home, rushing his parents out of the home for a time today, executing a search warrant inside. abc's trevor ault from florida. >> reporter: tonight, law enforcement raiding the florida family home of brian laundrie, one day after a body believed to be his girlfriend gabby petito was found in wyoming. >> i'm going to need you guys behind the tape. you're in a crime scene. please, behind the tape. >> reporter: video from the daily mail shows armed fbi agents and police with a shield and battering ram. temporarily moving laundrie's parents into an fbi van. and towing away the car officials said brian's family told them he left at a natur

jha, always great to have you with us. first, we heard dr. fauci reiterate there that the delta variant is still the vast majority of the cases we're seeing in the u.s., but on this new variant, the mu variant and questions if it could possibly resaid vaccines, give us a reality check here tonight. what do we know so far about this variant and how concerned are you? >> yeah, david, thank you for having me back. you know, we're still learning a lot about this new mu variant. so far, i don't see any evidence that this variant is going to be able to displace delta, the very contagious delta variant. still the concerning one. and also, i really do believe our vaccines are going to hold up well even against this new variant. so, more to learn, but right now, i'm not excessively concerned. >> in the meantime, dr. jha, we know president biden is expected to address the nation tomorrow on this next chapter in the fight against the virus. we're now seeing 1 in 4 cases in this country involving children. but we also know that the administration has als

ashish jha, dr. jha, always great to have you with us. you have been saying on the air with me for some time that older americans and those at higher risk should receive the booster first, which is what the fda panel recommended today. that still makes sense to you base on the science revealed? >> good evening, thanks for having me back. it does. the science is very clear. high risk people, older people, yes. younger healthy people, we don't have to data and i'm glad that's how the fda voted. >> on the larger question of if all americans 16 and older should receive phaser boosters, you said circumstantial evidence needed, further evidence. the fda panel saying the same thing. we saw israel starting with 60 and older. this was back this july. then they moved to 50 and older. is that what we could see here, an incremental roll out as we move forward? >> absolutely. i think we're going get more data on the younger, healthier population. when we do, if it shows they need boosters, that's where we'll go, but right now we need to focus on the h

jha, thanks as always. >>> we do move on now to september 11th. i know for many of you at home, it's hard to believe 20 years have passed since the attacks. we know the pain is still raw for those who lost loved ones and for survivor who is told me all these years they carried weight when they survived, their friends, colleagues did not. we have turned to survivors we have for decades here, lives forever linked by that day. >> the morning of 9/11, it was warm. it was clear skies. it was a beautiful fall. >> reporter: it was a clear, beautiful morning. >> yeah, it was. i would walk past the fire department, and so i could say hi to the firemen that i would see all the time. >> reporter: you were making breakfast for the girls in the kitchen. >> i was. we had gotten up early. it was anna claire's first day of preschool. >> i'm diane sawyer, and it's tuesday september 11, 2001. >> i turned on the television to watch the news. >> reporter: this was your second day on the job? >> my second day on the job, yes. reporting to the pentagon for work. starte

jha thank you so much for joining us this morning. first, you've said that you agree with this recommendation, but help us why. what's the downside of giving everyone a booster and make sure -- given that they are safe, what's the harm in getting any minimal benefit to a variety of individuals? >> yes, good morning. thanks for having us here. i think the panel got it trying and let me explain it right and let me see why i don't see it as a rebuke to the biden administration. first and foremost the panel said that the evidence is clear for people who are at higher risk. people who are older, people who have chronic diseases. the evidence suggests that the benefits clearly outweigh any risk whatsoever. now, what about younger people? i do think we're going to get more data. just the data is not in yet, so in general we don't like to give out vaccines or anything else when the evidence isn't clear. i suspect over the next month or two we're going to get more data on younger healthy people and that data, i don't want to pre-judge the data

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jha about that tonight. we're also going to speak tonight with an expert on things falling apart democracy wise. as you know, tomorrow is the day that supporters of former president donald trump are coming back to the u.s. capitol to effectively celebrate the attack that they mounted on the capitol on january 6th when they tried to use force and mob violence to stop the certification of the presidential election, to try to keep biden from being installed as president, to try to keep former president trump in power. tomorrow's rally is explicitly designed to celebrate the people who took part in that attack. yesterday former president himself put out a message saying he stands with the people who attacked the capitol on january 6th in his name. today trying to kick things up yet another notch, he wrote to the secretary of state in georgia demanding that georgia decertify its presidential election results from 2020 and declare him to be the true winner. it is ten months since that election, but he is still try

jha is here answering your questions. >>> also tonight, the stunning admission from the pentagon. a deadly drone strike in afghanistan was a tragic mistake instead of taking out isis fighters, the strike killing ten civilians, including seven children what went wrong? >>> the u.s. capitol on high alert hours ahead of a rally supporting the january 6 rioters. the national guard called in. police bracing for possible violence. >>> france abruptly recalling its ambassadors to the u.s. and australia what it has to do with nuclear submarines >>> chaos at the border the number of migrants packed under a texas bridge growing to more than 12,000. >>> the family of a missing woman pleading with her fiance to speak to police after he was named a person of interest. >>> and the view from orbit. the inspiration4's all civilian crew giving us a tour on their historic mission >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >> good evening. we begin with late-breaking news on covid-19 booster shots. two highly critical votes by an fda advisory committee late today the first recommendin

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jha.information on stories that break, and i have seen what you have written about the boosters. i wonder if you can share it with our viewers. i think people are confused. >> thank you for having me back, nicolle. it is confusing and the messaging has not been as clear as it should be. i would say a few things. first of all, our vaccines are holding up against severe illness for most people, but the data emerging from israel, the data emerging from the united states suggests that efficacy of the vaccine begins to wane probably six months after the second shot. for young, healthy people it may not be a big deal because they are still protected against severe hospitalizations and deaths. but for chronically ill people, people who are frail, i think there the evidence suggests they probably do benefit from a booster. so in my mind the fda should authorize boosters for vulnerable people, and for young, healthy people, people can disagree whether it is necessary or not. >> i understand from yo

jha, dr. veda makes an excellent point, as we would expect she would, it seemed like you're being docked for being vaccinated if you're in the hospital because of a breakthrough infection because maybe you're a diabetic, maybe you're over 65 years of age or whatever it is that's contributing to you getting a more severe disease. many people could see it this way. >> absolutely. and this is a part of a broader conversation we've been having, people have been talking about if we start running out of beds, should you prioritize one group over another. i don't think this is where we should be as a country, i don't think it leaves us in a good space. we should be using clinical risk. and we do that as physicians all the time in the hospital, we go for the people who are sickest first and take care of them first. that's what we should be doing and not using vaccination status as any part of the decision. >> dr. patel, let's talk about next steps. we're awaiting this decision from the cdc. at what po

jha, what do you think about this? two years into the pandemic, we know that the max work, and 1 in 4 covid-19 cases are in children, and still, as pointed out by cal's reporting, you have a back and forth between the politics and the public health. >> yeah, geoff, thank you for having me back. masks have to stop being the topic. they have to be something that we do to keep the kids safe. liberals and conservatives and democrats and republicans want to keep the children safe, and masks are an important part of it, and they are not the only tool, and along with vaccinating the adults and other things. that is what we have to do. we want to keep the kids safe, and masks are part of this. it is not debated among the public health experts and other nonpublic health experts. >> and now, we need to stop talking about the boosters according to the w.h.o., and what do you hear about this? >> i know that most of the world is learning, but this is a three-shot regimen, and we need to provide that third shot to the elderly americ

ashish jha. >>> it was a tragic mistake, that remarkable admission from the pentagon tonight about a drone strike in afghanistan that did not take out an isis target as they had claimed but instead killed ten civilians, including seven children courtney kube has that story. >> reporter: tonight a stunning and embarrassing reversal by the u.s. military, acknowledging this drone strike intended to target a potential isis bomber actually killed ten innocent afghan civilians, including seven children >> i'm here today to set the record straight and acknowledge our mistakes. >> reporter: the pentagon announcing results of its investigation into the august 29th strike, which was launched while american forces were on edge, days after the isis terror attack at the kabul airport. >> i offer my sincere apology. as a combatant commander, i am fully responsible for this strike and this tragic outcome. >> reporter: u.s. military leaders initially defended the strike joint chiefs chairman mark milley claiming it stopped another imminent attack on americans at that airport. >> at this point we thi

jha, why do you think the biden administration did what they did? eight months after the second shot, get a booster shot? he saiding advised by his medical experts. he didn't go out on a limb because he felt like it. there is a lot of fighting going on between the fda, the cdc, the white house. how concerning is that to you? >> yeah, so what is interesting about this is when president biden came out with that, you know, he had both dr. woodcock and dr. walensky, part of that decision making. there was a little puzzling why there is a bit of a disconnect. the advisory committee is an independent outside advisory committee. it possible the fda could still rule that they're going to authorize vaccines or boosters for everybody. that's still on the table. because they don't have to listen to their advisory committee. i think the issue is it's squishing whether they really need a booster or not. >> really interesting point, too. it's crucial that you say an advisory committee. you know, usually the fda has been a rubber stamp but to your point, we don't

ashish jha and robert gibbs. a lot as your team has been reporting with your speech and what the president hopes to accomplish. >> andrea, this is an opportunity for the president to amplify and magnify some of the issues we've been hearing him talk about throughout his time in office and he's got what they are framing as a six-point plan. some things will be very familiar and some will seem a bit new in terms of how they're expanding their approach. the president is going to try to emphasize that vaccinations were the key. so how to reach out to the unvaccinated and how to protect those who have already been vaccinated when we've seen concerns about breakthrough cases and concerns about the spread of variants and those kinds of things. a big piece that will be new is taking some of the options away from, for example, federal workers. there was already a plan for federal workers to be vaccinated. we've seen that with the military and key agency, but now expanding that across the government and removing the option

ashish jha. dr. jha, great to see you. which finds a booster dose showed a real world reduction in infection and additional studies by pfizer finds immunity wanes over time the booster restores the immunity. does this make the case that boosters should be approved in the u.s.? >> yeah, jim, thanks for having me back. i think the data are pretty clear as you look at this that boosters are helpful for high risk individuals, older people, people with chronic diseases. that's who's really suffering the severe hospitalizations and severe complications. it's not clear to me from these day that the boosters are necessary for young and healthy people. but for older people, people at high risk, absolutely this for me is pretty convincing that those people need boosters. >> and yet we're hearing the fda meeting this friday, is expected to be bumpy. what's the argument against rolling out these booster doses now? >> yeah, so, i think there are two sets of argument. there is a broader argument of there is so much of the world left unv

ashish jha, thank you so much. appreciate it. >>> coming up next, hours left in the california recall race and now president biden is hoping to boost democratic governor gavin newsom and some of the president's own agenda items at the same time. >>> and the massive effort now underway to resettle some 60,000 afghan refugees inside the united states and it is predictably not easy to do. we'll take you inside this delicate process. stay with us. ear something not o crazy, remember it's a business dinner not a costume party. on a spotty network this is what she heard... just wear something crazy, remember it's a costume party. a costume party!? yes! anybody want to split a turkey leg? i have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. now, there's skyrizi. 3 out of 4 people achieved 90% clearer skin at 4 months, after just 2 doses. skyrizi may increase your risk of infections and lower your ability to fight them. before treatment, your doctor should check you for infections and tuberculosis. tell your doctor if you have an i

jha, let's sort through some of this. the fourth wave but dealing with two different americas, the america where people are vaccinated, the america where peope aren't. >> yeah, good morning, george. thanks for having me here. that's exactly right. for people vaccinated, they may get the infection, they may get a breakthrough but it'll be mild and won't end up in the hospital but for people not vaccinated this is a very, very dangerous moment. people are ending up in hospitals in unprecedented numbers and kids who are not vaccinated are getting infected largely from the adults in their lives so we have a lot of work to do to protect kids as well. >> what do you make of the mu variant we've been hearing about? >> look, there are going to be more variants, as long as it is a global pandemic and the virus rages around the world we will see new variants. mu comes from colombia. lambda comes from peru. we'll see things like this. i'm not worried right now about the mu variant. i don't see it displacing delta i don't think mu wi

jha, you're a father. i'm a father.arent knows it's very difficult to find masks that actually fit a small child. what types of masks do you think are most effective for kids as they head back to class? >> that's a really good question. i think what we're learning is surgical masks are better, and there are pediatric surgical masks, and they do exist. you can get them from major retailers. if you want a high quality mask, there are kf-94s that are comfortable. come in pediatric sizes. regular cloth masks are not going to be enough during a delta variant. i've been telling people they need to get slightly higher quality masks. i've been telling other people to get higher quality masks for their kids. they come in pediatric sizes. >> dr. jha, thank you for your time this morning. really appreciate it. >> thank you. >> eva, over to you. >>> now to the impact of ida, a full week after it made landfall as a hurricane. hundreds of thousands of customers in louisiana still without power. they are also dealing with a gas shorta

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jha, thank you so much.el. >>> we turn to the latest on the rampage at a kroger supermarket in tennessee leaving at least one person dead, 14 wounded and five critically injured. the gunman opening fire sending people running to hide wherever they could. some in freezers. alex perez is there in collierville this morning for us. good morning, alex. >> reporter: hey. good morning, michael. still so many unanswered questions here. you can see behind me me authorities are still here collecting evidence. it was a regular old day at this grocery store when suddenly bullets were flying and people were running for their lives. this morning, a community in shock and searching for answers after an armed man walked into this kroger grocery store and unleashed a hail of bullets on unsuspecting customers and employees. authorities calling it a possible incident of workplace violence. >> it is a shooting with injuries, no further information at this time. on the scene now. >> as bad as this scene is and it's horrific, i'v

ashish jha, dean of the brown university school of public health. dr., thanks for joining us again. let's talk about the science behind the boosters. clearly needed for the most vulnerable americans. >> yeah, good morning, george. thanks for having me here. absolutely. i think the data has become clear that vulnerable americans need it. elderly people are immunocompromised, people with chronic diseases. whether healthy young people need it, i'm more skeptical. i haven't seen the data yet. the vulnerable people, absolutely. >> what should we expect from the fda today? >> i do expect them to come out and authorize boosters, third shots for individuals. now, the question is who will they authorize it for? i expect those groups i mentioned, elderly, vulnerable people to be authorized. there may be some who push for a broader authorization for everybody over 16. i don't know what the fda will do on that. >> that means we'll see the shots for vulnerable americans in two or three weeks? >> no, should be much sooner. the cdc needs to meet an i expect that to ha

jha is here answering your questions. >>> also tonight, the stunning admission from the pentagon.tragic mistake instead of taking out isis fighters, the strike killing ten civilians, including

ashish jha dean of university school of public health. doctor, this is interesting at a time when we are looking at vaccine booster timetables for everyone. what is your reaction to this? >> yeah, good morning. thanks for having me here. i'm a little perplexed by that piece. there's some terrific scientists on there, so i want to be thoughtful about how we talk about it. but the bottom line is that as i look at the data, data out of israel, data out of the united states as well, is you clearly do see waning immunity in high-risk people. as i think about who needs boosters, elderly, frail, people with chronic diseases, the evidence is leaning towards that. both of the companies, moderna and pfizer have submitted more data to the fda. that will become available in the next week or so. i think the high risk individuals we almost surely need a booster. >> i want to ask you about an argument, you're hearing from republican politicians, jim jordan yesterday, and other people in surprising locations. say, look, if you're vaccinated, you're prote

jha is here answering your questions. >>> also tonight, the stunning admission from the pentagon. deadly drone strike in afghanistan was a tragic mistake instead of taking out isis fighters, the strike killing ten civilians, including seven children what went wrong? >>> the u.s. capitol on high alert hours ahead of a rally supporting the january 6 rioters. the national guard called in. police bracing for possible violence. >>> france abruptly recalling its ambassadors to the u.s. and australia what it has to do with nuclear submarines >>> chaos at the border the number of migrants packed under a texas bridge growing to more than 12,000. >>> the family of a missing woman pleading with her fiance to speak to police after he was named a person of interest. >>> and the view from orbit. the inspiration4's all civilian crew giving us a tour on their historic mission >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >> good evening. we begin with late-breaking news on covid-19 booster shots. two highly critical votes by an fda advisory committee late today the first recommending

jha standing by. also, that major news expected this week on boosters for adults in this country.rting with 65 and older and americans who are at high risk fr severe disease. we'll ask what to expect on that front, as well. >>> also tonight, new developments in the disappearance of gabby petito. authorities believe they have found their body. tonight, the fbi raiding boyfriend brian laundry's family hope. he vanishe

jha standing by tonight. what likely happens from here, and where to get that booster.o.

ashish jha, shaq brewster, monica alba, gabe gutierrez, thank you. we expect updates imminently. next hour dr. fauci is joining craig live to answer all of your pandemic questions, a special edition of "craig melvin reports" today at 11:00. >>> we have other news developing this morning, joint chiefs chair general mark milley talking now for the first time after he was put into a firestorm over revelations in this new book "peril" that's out, his new comments have come out this morning, he's saying his calls to a chinese general were "perfectly within the dut ease and responsibilities" of his job adding those calls are "routine" and meant "to reassure both allies and adversaries." republicans are calling on president biden to fire mark milley. nbc's courtney kube is at the pentagon. he might be saving any of the zingers or fireworks as much as those exist for a senate hearing later this month, right? >> definitely saving some of the specific details about both of those two scenarios that were described in the woodward and costa book, the phone call with the chinese counterpart an

ashish jha, thank you so much for being with us., dan. >> eva, thank you. >>> let's talk about the politics now of these vaccine mandates. let's bring in abc deputy political director, averi harper. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> so we've seen president biden take a tougher tone, tougher actions now to the unvaccinated. there is republican pushback though. how do you see this playing out? >> right. so the president's directive includes companies that have more than 100 employees, calling for those companies to mandate the vaccine. it utilizes a regulation -- an emergency power through the occupational safety and health administration, but it's never been used d d this way before mandate vaccines, and so you have republican pushback. 19 republican governors are pushing back speaking out against the president on this. many vowing to file suit. we'll see a long, drawn out legal battle as it relates to this. >> let me ask you about another political issue this morning while i have you. right now the biden administration, the d

jha? >> open transparent data and analysis.d of the day we value the fda and in the middle of a pandemic and in the middle of a horrible crisis, process has to accommodate the realities on the ground. the science on this, forget the process, forget the politics. the science on this is really becoming increasingly clear to me that vulnerable americans, immuno compromised they need a third shot. six months after their second one. if that's where the science is heading and we largely all agree on that, then let's figure out a process that meets the science and get that done for the american people. >> so, what you're saying, you wouldn't be delaying anything. it's time. we started the 60 plus with shots back in february, it's now september. i mean, it sounds like you think, hey, it's fall. we better do this sooner rather than later. >> i do. i do. i think six months after the second month would be a reasonable way to do it. seven, five, i don't think we need to worry about that. there's a window here. but we're in that window now.

ashish jha, dean of brown university school of public health. good morning, dr. jha.ays good to see you. >> good morning. thanks for having me back. >> okay. let's start with the vaccine hesitancy among the if he had cal workers because if i was a nonvaccinated person and i see health care workers are not getting vaccinated, i would think do they know something that i don't? how do you explain the vaccine hesitancy among that group of people? >> yeah, so, gayle, the way i remind people is that 97, maybe 98% of all doctors are vaccinated, 80%, 90% of nurses are vaccinated. so there really isn't a lot of hesitancy, it's a very small group. they're very noisy, they're very loud and they make it look like lots of health care work err are hesitant but they really aren't. most health care workers have gotten the shot already. >> that's really good to know because you're right they are very loud and noisy and get a lot of attention. now here in new york there is a plan possibly to call in the national guard health workers to fill in for some of the shortages. what do you thi

jha is here to answer your questions on it all. >>> also tonight heergs in the northeast, still recovering from those deadly floods and tornado, tonight, the new ser

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jha standing by. also, that major news expected this week on boosters for adults in this country.ing with 65 and older and americans who are at high risk fo severe disease. we'll ask what to expect on that front, as well. >>> also tonight, new developments in the disappearance of gabby petito. authorities believe they have found her body. where they made the discovery. tonight, the fbi raiding boyfriend brian laundrie's family home. he vanished after being labeled a person ote

ashish jha. >> boosters are an important component of keeping people who are already vaccinated safe,he biggest strategy has to be getting the unvaccinated their first shot. >> reporter: earlier today, president biden, who is 78, said he would be getting his own booster soon. >> it's hard to acknowledge i'm over 65, but i'll be getting my booster shot. >> reporter: a short time later on abc's "the view"... >> i need the two of you to step off. >> reporter: ...cohosts sunny hostin and ana navarro abruptly left the set shortly before interviewing vice president kamala harris. they had just tested positive. >> they'll be okay, i'm sure, because they're both vaccinated. >> reporter: scientists say one of the keys to ending the pandemic is protecting children. today, the c.d.c. pointed to new data that showed schools without mask requirements were 3.5 times more likely to have outbreaks. today, at the annual texas state fair, edward bennett, 77, was among the first to receive his booster. >> as soon as i heard about the boosters, the only thing i want to know is where can i get it? >> repo

ashish jha and monica alba on the president's new pandemic strategy this is the president's clearly most aggressive plan yet. >> reporter: and the most aggressive yet it's one where the president is very clear about how frustrated he is with the more than 80 million americans who still refuse to get vaccinated the white house is already bracing for some legal fights here and battles with private companies who may not want to require with these even though he is concerned and expressed that anger tonight. >> you've been patient and our patience is wearing thin and the refusal has cost all of us so, please, do the right thing. >> beyond these new mandates not just for the federal work force, contractors, health care workers and those in the private sector, companies with 100 people or more, we're also getting information about what the president would like to see happen inside of schools and classrooms, particularly with kids heading back for that current semester the president announcing he would like to see a surge in testing and he's going to be using the defense production act to boost

jha standing by tonight. what likely happens from here, and where to get that booster.

ashish jha in just a moment but stephanie gosk joins us with the latest good morning >> reporter: goodng. first of all, this only applies to peo vaccine. they then have to fit that criteria, older than 65 or at high risk. that includes people who work at hospitals but also grocery store workers, teachers, they all qualify. but they can't come down to vaccination centers just yet the cdc has to release the additional guidance. but the fda with their decision has paved the way for millions of americans to get that third shot >> reporter: breaking overnight, the fda authorizing pfizer's covid-19 booster, making millions of americans eligible for a third shot people 65 and older, those at high risk for severe illness, and people who are frequently exposed to covid at their jobs, like health care workers, school teachers, and grocery store employees. the third pfizer dose must come at least six months after the second shot. the fda's move does not apply to those who received the moderna or johnson & johnson vaccines. president biden initially announced last month that boosters would be avai