serious disease. >> my next question is how concerned should people be at the did not get the moderna vaccine she would look for approval for booster shots so people are better protected? >> not at all. i'm pretty happy. i got myself a pfizer originally. i am extremely happy with that vaccine series. i'm not going to run out and get moderna. again, when you look at the difference between the two in terms of percentage, the absolute difference rather than the percentage difference, it actually isn't that clinically significant and again, the clinical, clinically significant outcomes that i most care about is really how does it affect people with disease, particularly serious disease in the hospital and this study doesn't really convince me to change my mind in that regard. >> so estimates are 20 to 30% of san francisco's population still unvaccinated and all of our kids younger than 12 who cannot be vaccinated. are we even considering getting to herd immunity pe because of the delta variant? >> i think some people have dispensed with the term herd immunity which is a good concept of how much t

and you will get a booster. >> president biden told americans who either have the pfizer or moderna vaccines, it is time for a boost. these booster shots are free. >> reporter: doctor says the recent study shows the vaccine's protection weakens six to eight months after the second shot is given, paving the way for breakthrough infections of the delta virus. >> relax, the booster will add to that. >> reporter: san francisco and santa clara and other parts of the bay area are already offering a third dose of the pfizer or moderna vaccine to immune c immunocompromised patients. >> if you are immunocompromised then you need a booster shot now. >> reporter: what about the more than 12 million american who is have the johnson & johnson vaccine? >> reporter: doctor says there is not enough data yet but we should hear the cdc's recommendations on a booster for them soon. it is unclear how long of the protection of a booster shot will last. a third shot is the next necessary step we all need to take to put this pandemic behind us. >> it is possible with a third jab that we'll have coverage for a lot

well, the 2 doses of pfizer and moderna vaccines show about 95% efficacy doctor chin-hong says all 3 vaccines are above 90% effective in preventing serious disease hospitalizations and deaths at the end of the day, the regiment of the vaccines as what the. >> absolute recommendation is. but if people feel nervous about just getting one shot of j j talking to the health care professional is probably the advice that i would give public health departments in santa clara marin san mateo and contra costa counties responded to our requests on tuesday and say they currently do not provide supplemental shots and will not do so unless the cdc or fda updates its recommendations. sackey kron 4 news. and as the delta variant continues to spread across the country. cov-d testing is also. >> seeing a surge right here in the bay area. kron four's hasn't doing explains. >> if you are thinking that the need for covid-19 testing sites was a thing of the past. uess again. >> is county experiencing an increase in the demand for tests. >> yes, you know, the county has noticed in a large increase in the de

this study suggests that the moderna vaccine is superior to the pfizer vaccine. at this is not pew reviewed. we are waiting pew reviews here. what can you tell us about the study? >> first caveat that moderna is not involved, independent research, i think you summarized it well. there's emerging evidence from the study and other sources that there's a difference in the durability of protection particularly in the face of the delta variant at about 6 months between the two different vaccines that are otherwise very similar. i think this is consistent with the public comment by both of the companies about their phase 3 trials recently as well as some other publications internationally including from the governments and canada showing a slight difference in protection over time. i think the one last thing that i'd want to say about it, while there isn't many scientific consensus around this and really that's not the pursue of any company, the general scientific community, even if there's a difference here and the moderna vaccine is showing better protection against t

vaccines to get the shot. that one shot is j&j or two shots of the moderna or pfizer vaccine. those are the current guidelines, and the health department has not changed its policy with regard to that. now there's a lot of data -- there's actually some data just out today of moderna. there's a lot of discussion around pfizer with booster shots, which would be additional shots based on evidence that people may need them. there are some countries that are exploring or planning to start booster shots in certain populations. that is not happening in the united states right now. we don't know yet. it's entirely possible that booster shots would be recommended, but again, in the united states, that's not the case. now there has been some publicity about a comment that the health department made, which is giving -- if people who receive the johnson & johnson vaccine, which is a good vaccine, request an additional shot with a pfizer or moderna vaccine, that we will accommodate that, but it hasn't been a change in our policy. but if people have talked to their health care provider and s

potential vaccine is different from previous ones because the technology using mrna strands is same used in moderna's covid vaccine, technology been in the making more than a decade. national institute of health said study is in phase one, measuring the safety on humans. set to end in 2023, then on to phase two, collect more data on the effectiveness. >>> collection day for the gubernatorial recall on the way. how many returned so far, san francisco has the most back, more than 35,000. san mateo county, nearly 440,000 sent out, hasn't said about returns. we're set to career from contra costa county and we reached out to marin and alameda for ballot numbers but haven't heard back yet. what if you didn't get the ballot or want to vote in person? we put together a voting guide, nbcbayarea.com/recall or click on newsomrecall on the trending bar top of the page. >>> bay area reed hill view airport closing. looking to close in ten years but board of supervisors voted to close it as early as this coming january. would require approval of the faa. study showing leaded gas used at airport caused high lead lev

they say 80% of all eligible residents have gotten at least one dose of the pfizer or moderna vaccinested and as for those that are fully vaccinated. that number now is up at 72%, which is pretty close to what we're seeing out in oakland where 70% of residents of the city. there are fully vaccinated and that was the good news that mayor libby shaft tweeted about in this announcement you see on the screen and she took the opportunity to thank healthcare workers and community leaders for helping with that vaccination campaign. >> in the east bay, the mayors of antioch and walnut creek are calling on other mayors to follow their lead an issue vaccine mandates for all city workers as of monday, all city workers in walnut creek are now required to show proof of vaccination or be tested weekly. andy ox mayor announced a similar mandate. mayor lamar thorpe says only 62% of antioch residents are fully vaccinated. and just the last 2 weeks they've seen more than 800 new coronavirus cases. >> antioch is the epicenter of the spread of the covid-19 pandemic right here right now. in my opinion, 62%

obviously, we are not quite there yet with the moderna vaccine or the j&j vaccine either. i want to bring in a viewer comment, asking why the other vaccines haven't been approved so far. the moderna vaccine was a few weeks behind pfizer and getting the original emergency use authorization -- in getting the original emergency use authorization. >> the manufacturers have applied for them. the j&j is about two or three months behind. maternal will get fairly -- fully licensed -- moderna will get fully licensed in the next few weeks. pfizer is only approved down to 16 years. they have some work to do to get it down to 12. for extended to five-year-olds to 11-year-olds at some point. julian: i know parents are eagerly awaiting that. i want to talk about hospitalizations. record number of hospitalizations from covid-19. the common theme, and so many doctors have been preaching this, the large majority of folks are unvaccinated. at some point, is natural immunity going to help? the situation is pretty bad right now. what else can be done at this point? nurses and doctors have to

vaccinated adults 18 years and older. they would be eligible for their booster shot eight months after receiving their second dose of the pfizer or moderna mrna vaccines. we plan to start this program the week of september 20, 2021. i want to be clear, this plan is pending the fda conducting an independent evaluation of the safety and effectiveness of the third dose of pfizer and moderna's -- pfizer and moderna vaccines based on a through a review of the evidence. the plan ensures people who were fully vaccinated earlier in the vaccination rollout will be eligible for a booster shot, this includes our most vulnerable population alike our health care providers, nursing home residents, and other seniors. we will begin delivering booster shots directly to residents of long-term care facilities. for people who receive the johnson & johnson vaccine, we anticipate vaccine boosters will likely be needed. the vaccine was not administered in the u.s. until march 2021 and we expect more data on johnson & johnson in the coming weeks. with that data, we will keep the public informed with a timely plan for j&j with the shots. this decision was not ma

the cdc says the pfizer and moderna vaccines lose protection over time as the delta variant fuels the latest surge in new cases. currently more than 169 million americans are fully vaccinated. the rollout for the booster shots begins next month. bradley blackburn is in new york. good morning to you. >> reporter: hey, good morning. officials say they're trying to stay ahead of the virus with this third round of shots. they say it is the best protection we have against delta and any new variants that could be coming. americans will soon be able to get coronavirus booster shots. >> the best way to protect ourselves from new variants that could arise. >> reporter: starting september 20th, pending approval from the fda, the shots will be offered to people who received the moderna or pfizer vaccines as long as eight months have passed since their second dose. a booster plan is still being developed for recipients of the johnson & johnson vaccine. >> you don't want to find yourself behind playing catchup. better stay ahead of it than chasing after it. >> reporter: federal health officials ci

the fda and now the cdc say they recommend a third shot either of the pfizer or the moderna vaccine. it is standard procedure for the cdc to meet and follow-up on fda recommendations and update the agencies on those recommendations. health officials in israel have already approved vaccine booster shots. this is video of israel's health minister receiving his third covid-19 vaccine shot. israel was the first country using western vaccines to go to three shots. >>> researchers with the national institutes of health tested blood samples from people who have received two doses of the moderna vaccine and found patients were well protected from all the variants we know about. but the scientists samples taken just after the first dose show much more vulnerability to infection. it shows how important that second dose is. you need to be super careful if you only had the one shot and you're waiting for your second. >> okay. let's go back to that. >> the cdc. >> yeah. the recommendation for those who have gotten the pfizer and moderna shot to get a third shot. what about the people who got the j

it found the moderna vaccine is about 76% effective in preventing infection. pfizer is about 42% effective but of course it is worth noting that all of these vaccines are extremely effective at preventing serious complications. >>> paul heggen standing by with a look at our weather. we can almost see the weekend from where we are standing. >> reporter: thursday evening, baby friday, one day to go. the weekend is going to be hot across the bay area but not as hot as conditions that will shape up over the pacific northwest over the next couple hothere today and they will set records in seattle and portland tomorrow. the heat dome stays to the north, portions of remnants of tropical storm kevin to the south. the heat dome is going to build further inland and we will see hotter weather for inland parts of the bay area over the weekend. as the heat dome slides by it will turn the winds back on shore which means air quality will improve. hazy skies tomorrow and saturday but ground-level air quality deteriorates to the moderate category across the board tomorrow and

the recommendation, which could come as soon as tomorrow, involves the pfizer and moderna vaccines and it's based on new data about how the vaccines hold up over time. here's abc's eva pilgrim tonight. >> reporter: tonight, federal health officials are expected to announce, as early as tomorrow, that they will now recommend all americans get a covid booster shot. a third vaccine dose eight months after you were fully vaccinated. an announcement from the biden administration could come tomorrow and would affect those who got the pfizer or moderna vaccines. this as israeli scientists release new data finding pfizer's vaccine was less effective at preventing severe covid symptoms among those 65 and older who were fully vaccinated back in january. the nih director today. >> vaccine protection does gradually wane over time. the israeli data, the people who got immunized in january, are the ones that are now having more breakthrough cases. that's the same thing we're starting to see in the u.s. data. >> reporter: david pressing dr. fauci last week on what the israelis are seeing in their dat

it would recommend a third shot for everyone who got the pfizer or moderna vaccine. eight months after your full vaccination dates. >> it's going to be very similar , nursing home residents, healthcare workers, those over 65, people with comorbidities. >> reporter: then once again on to everyone else. >> definitely will get one. got my last shot in february, so i understand -- i have moderna. >> reporter: no details yet on what type of logistics would support this nationwide booster campaign, but some health experts worry about the optics of that, while much of the world is still struggling to obtain vaccine. >> now all of a sudden you think, forget the two dose, which was hard enough for you to get. three doses is kind of the new normal and get with the program. >> what about the johnson and johnson vaccine? >> obviously an outstanding question for everyone who got that shot, including yours truly. there is going to be some kind of recommendation for a booster for the j and j folks, but it's not exactly sure what that's going to look like. they're still waiting on st

meanwhile, britain's medical regulator, the mhra, has said that it is safe to give the moderna vaccinettee to decide on the next step. our health editor hugh pym joins me. before we look at the vaccine, i would like to go back to those figures, what do you make of them? that figure of 170 daily reported deaths is the highest since the middle of march. we should remember, it is a very sad figure for families involved. it does reflect cases which were first reported in mid to latejuly, four weeks or so ago. back then the number of daily reported cases was above 40,000. it has come down between 20 and 30000 and seems to have settled there. so the big surge, new wave of infections some were predicting, just hasn't happened. the cases still remain higher than this time last year and a reminder that the virus is still out there and daily reported cases on a tuesday can be higher because of delays of reporting over the weekend. ok, let's no reporting over the weekend. ok, let's go back _ reporting over the weekend. ok, let's go back now to the moderna vaccine and its clearance for use on youn

they have been granted for the moderna vaccine, pfizer biontech, and the johnson and johnson vaccine in the u.s.. pfizer as you said has submitted the paperwork and that is going through the process. fda has said the deadline for making a decision of january 4 and fda officials have said publicly in the past few weeks they expect to make a decision on the pfizer vaccine well before january and that deadline. it's a fair question as far as the moderna data. if you look at the timeline they trail pfizer by a couple of weeks. we see mentored up publicly stating that they have finished -- we see my dharna publicly state -- my dharna -- moderna publicly state that dude -- there is a small fraction of the vaccine -- of the population that will see full approval as a full endorsement of the agency. there are some bioethicists who have tied for approval to vaccine mandates, which has been interesting to see. a lot of movement around vaccine mandates. if there is a bla they can give some employers more comfort in issuing a mandate or saying if you are going to work in our offices you need to

a new study found that the moderna vaccine is more effective against the delta variant than pfizer. >> you have the option to get any shot available to you. it is possible that in this specific study that maternal might be doing better. >> the moderna vaccine with 76% effective against the variant. the pfizer vaccine was only 42% effective. the study has yet to be peer-reviewed. if you want to visit a hospital in the state of california, you will have to show proof of vaccination. if you are not fully vaccinated, you will have to show a negative covid test. los angeles is moving toward requiring people to have at least one vaccine dose before going into many indoor locations, including bars, stores, and restaurants. >> if we can get the numbers now is the time to do it and it can help us not have any need to show vaccines. dan: there are signs tonight that the delta variant is dampening demand for air travel. cancellations are rising while passenger loads and airfares are on the decline. >> activists in the north bay are protesting the growing number of vaccine mandates in the bay are

vaccinated americans get a third shot. that is for the americans who got the pfizer and the moderna doses. let me read you a part of this statement which says, quote, we conclude a booster shot will be needed to maximize vaccine-induced protection and prolong its durability. they say we're prepared to offer booster shots for all americans beginning the week of september 20th and starting eight months after an individual's second dose. these health officials are saying this is needed because, first of all, they said they've already seen evidence that there is a decrease in protection from these vaccines, especially in light of the delta variant and that they believe that the current protection against severe disease and hospitalization which is really the hallmark of these vaccines, that that could also diminish in the months ahead. that appears to be what is driving this decision. we will hear from president biden himself on this following this coronavirus briefing by these health experts. one of the things that president biden is going to have to do is make the case for why americans who a

of course the pfizer and moderna vaccines require twowo ptosis. need to do that to protect themselves but also to protect their children. as we've been discussing we do not have vaccine for children under 12. so to protect their children, their families and their communities we need people to step up, roll up their sleeves and get the vaccinations. >> again i would love for you to talk as a pediatrician. you know parents are worried about their own children. how do you address those concerns, the parents who are looking to cindy that gets back to school this coming fall? >> sure. if we really do want children to be back in the classroom this fall, we feel it is very important in terms of education but also the physical and mental health of children to be back in school. that use getting children safely and effectively back to school as a vaccination program. so the more teams that are vaccinated that are 12 to 17, the more that their parents are vaccinated. the more their community is vaccinated, the safer it will be forr those children as they en

of course, the pfizer and moderna vaccine do require two doses. people need to do that to protect themselves. but also to protect their children. as we have been discussing, we do not have a vaccine for children under 12. so to protect their children, their families, and their communities, we need people to step up, roll up their leaves and get their vaccinations. frances: i'd love for you to talk as a pediatrician. you know parents worry about their own children. how do you address those concerns for parents looking to sending their kids back to school this coming fall? asst. sec. levine: sure. we really do want children to be back in the classroom this fall. we feel it is very important in terms of their education, but also the physical and mental health of children to be back in school. the key to getting children safely and successfully back to school is our vaccination program. the more teenagers vaccinated that are 12-17, the more there parents and community of vaccinated, the safer it is for children who are entering school. we do want child

well, the 2 doses of pfizer and moderna vaccines show about 95% efficacy. the doctor chin-hong says all 3 vaccines are above 90% effective in preventing serious disease hospitalizations and deaths at the end of the day, the regiment of the vaccines as what the. >> absolute recommendation is. but if people feel nervous about just getting one shot of j j talking to the health care professional is probably the advice that i would give public health departments in santa clara marin san mateo and contra costa counties responded to our requests on tuesday and say they currently do not provide supplemental shots and will not do so unless the cdc or fda updates its recommendations. sackey kron 4 news. >> 7.12. is the time. coming up on the kron 4 morning news schools are course getting ready to come back to in-person learning. we're going to show you what they're doing to try and keep students and staff it. this uptick in covid cases. we'll be right back. usaa is made for the safe pilots. for mac. who can come to a stop with barely a bobble. lucia. who announces her

well, the 2 doses of pfizer and moderna vaccines show about 95% efficacy doctor chin-hong says all 3 vaccines are above 90% effective in preventing serious disease hospitalizations and deaths at the end of the day, the regiment of the vaccines as what the. >> absolute recommendation is. but if people feel nervous about just getting one shot of j j talking to the health care professional is probably the advice that i would give public health departments in santa clara marin san mateo and contra costa counties responded to our requests on tuesday and say they currently do not provide supplemental shots and will not do so unless the cdc or fda updates its recommendations. now, we also reached out to the remaining a bay area health departments about whether or not they're offering supplemental shots to the johnson and johnson vaccine. >> but have not heard back yet. meanwhile, san mateo county's health department says it is aware of vaccinating providers who are giving or considering suppl mental shots on a case by case basis live in the newsroom until second reporting kron 4 news. all ri

well, the 2 doses of pfizer and moderna vaccines show about 95% efficacy doctor chin-hong says all 3 vaccines are above 90% effective in preventing serious disease hospitalizations and deaths at the end of the day, the regiment of the vaccines as what the. >> absolute recommendation is. but if people feel nervous about just getting one shot of j j talking to the health care professional is probably the advice that i would give public health departments in santa clara marin san mateo and contra costa counties responded to our requests on tuesday and say they currently do not provide supplemental shots and will not do so unless the cdc or fda updates its recommendations. now, we also reached out to the remaining bay area health departments about whether or not they're offering supplemental shots to the. >> johnson and johnson vaccine but have not heard back yet. meanwhile, san mateo county's health department says it is aware of vaccinating providers who are giving or considering supplemental shots on a case by case basis. back to you. >> taylor. thank you. right now at kron 4 dot com w

with weakened immune systems are rolling up their sleeves to get the third dose of pfizer or moderna vaccines. less than 3% of americans are eligible for the third shot. people battling cancer or who have received an organ transplant are among those that qualify. we spoke with one woman had who headed to the fairgrounds to get her third dose. >> i take medications that suppress my immune system, and i didn't know how well protected i am so when it became available for a booster shot, i opted to get it. >> walgreens and cvs tell us customers can book an appointment online or walk in. customers will have to attest to their condition and are told to bring their vaccination cards. >>> as the u.s. returns troops into kabul to protect its embassy helicopters could be seen taking off and landing near the diplomatic outpost in the afghan capital this morning. destroy sensitive documents according to two american military officials who spoke on anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the situation. the taliban today seized the last major city outside of kabul. cutting off the capital to

there is giving what it's calling a supplemental shot of either the pfizer or the moderna vaccine to people who've already received the single-dose johnson and johnson vaccine. so it's not necessarily a booster. it's a supplemental shot. proffers taylor sackey takes a closer look. >> getting a supplemental shot of pfizer and moderna vaccines into the arms of people who already received the johnson and johnson vaccine. he's now a possibility in san francisco and has been for soms time. that's according to the city's public health department on tuesday. however, offering supplemental vaccine shots isn't currently recommended by the cdc or fda the city's public health department says they're not recommending it either, but instead providing accommodations for those who received the one-time johnson johnson shot. this was because we were getting some questions a supplemental dose and are conditions did look at the literature. >> and there is no recommendation around. this is an accommodation that if people have a discussion with their physicians and decide that they need a second dose. an

the clinic analysis looked at vaccine analysis for the pfizer and moderna vaccines. it is with data through july 16th. like we saw in the new york data, vaccine effectiveness against infection declined overtime. in this case from 76% to 42% for those that received the pfizer vaccine, and 86% to 76% for those that received the moderna vaccine. these are currently available on a server. today the cdc will also publish data from our national health care safety network. a nursing home cohort. weekly covid-19 case counts were used to evaluate vaccine effectiveness overtime. these data demonstrate that vaccine effectiveness declined overtime from 75% in march to 53% as recently as august 1st, 2021. this is a substantial decline in vaccine effectiveness against infection among those most vulnerable including during months where delta was the predominant circulating variant. taken together, you can see that while the exact percentage of vaccine effectiveness overtime differs on the cohort and the study, data consistently demonstrate a reduction of vaccine effectiveness agains

host: the booster shots we have been talking about for the pfizer and moderna vaccine's, what happens with johnson & johnson vaccinated individuals? guest: the administration is saying we need to wait on that. we need to see data on two doses of the j&j vaccine. once they have that data, the fda will look at that data and likely recommend a booster shot for people who received the j&j vaccine. the timeframe of eight months after the final dose, or for the j&j vaccine it would be one dose, that would mean there would not need to be any conversation or decision around the j&j vaccine until november. that vaccine was not introduced until march. host: in other news, another announcement yesterday on the mandate front, president biden announcing vaccine mandates for those who work in nursing home facilities. here is the president from yesterday. [video clip] pres. biden: if you work in a nursing home and serve people on medicare or medicaid, you will also be required to get vaccinated. more than 130,000 residents in nursing homes have sadly over the period of this virus passed away. at the

some doctors, already, recommending patients who got the j&j vaccine receive a dose of pfizer or moderna vaccinean francisco's health department is allowing people who got the j&j vaccine to do that. what do you say about that? >> i think we need to see more data. you are not surprised to hear me say that, are you? and there is more data coming. i think j&j mentioned that in a press release this evening. and i know we, at nih, are running a number of trials to see what happens when you mix and match if you start with j&j and then you boost with moderna or pfizer. we are going to have a lot more information about that, in the coming weeks. and i would say don't rush into a plan, until we have some really good evidence to know what's going to make the most sense. >> and just briefly, is there any -- i mean, someone watching this says well i -- if it's good at eight months, why not -- maybe i will just do it now even though it's only been five months since i got the other. what do you say to that person? >> well, we know that there are people who have already been doing that, before today. i would

vaccines to get the shot. that one shot is j&j or two shots of the moderna or pfizer vaccine. those are the current guidelines, and the health department has not changed its policy with regard to that. now there's a lot of data -- there's actually some data just out today of moderna. there's a lot of discussion around pfizer with booster shots, which would be additional shots based on evidence that people may need them. there are some countries that are exploring or planning to start booster shots in certain populations. that is not happening in the united states right now. we don't know yet. it's entirely possible that booster shots would be recommended, but again, in the united states, that's not the case. now there has been some publicity about a comment that the health department made, which is giving -- if people who receive the johnson & johnson vaccine, which is a good vaccine, request an additional shot with a pfizer or moderna vaccine, that we will accommodate that, but it hasn't been a change in our policy. but if people have talked to their health care provider and s

a large study of 50,000 patients by the mayo clinic found the effectiveness of moderna's vaccine fellthis year to 76% last month when delta was prevalent, but pfizer's vaccine drive. up to 42% effective, moderna says it's testing three booster shot candidates right now, and that all are showing a promising immune response against the delta variant covid cases are still on the rise across the country, according to new numbers from johns hopkins university. the u. s saw more than 184,000 new cases in the past 24 hours. the daily average is now over 108,000, the highest since early february, when the us was easing off the winter, sir. the seven day average for deaths rose from about 270 deaths per day two weeks ago to nearly 500 a day as of august. 6th fox news jonathan serrie tells us hospitals are now starting to feel the strain. the numbers are all going in the wrong direction. covid cases, hospitalizations and deaths, all increasing significantly as this new surge accelerates and health care systems are quickly becoming overwhelmed once again, almost 50,000 americans are hospitalized

-- pfizer and moderna vaccines?done months ago. people will act the proper way if they know the proper information. jackie: steve forbes, great to see you. >> thank you, jackie. jackie: all right. speaking of wall street, new highs. the dow and s&p 500 ending in record territory for the fourth day in a row, the nasdaq finishing up slightly. for the week, the dow and s&p 500 up for the second week in a row, the nasdaq down 12 points. >>> all right, leaked audio of our homeland security secretary revealing a startling assessment of the border crisis. ♪ ♪ well, geico's 85 years isn't just about time, you know. it means experience. i mean, put it this way. if i told you i'd been jarring raspberry preserves for 85 years, what would you think? (humming) well, at first you'd be like, "that has gotta be some scrumptious jam!" (humming) and then you'd think, "he looks fantastic! i must know his skin care routine." geico. saving people money for 85 years. beg your pardon. geico. saving people money for 85 years. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ h

vaccines to get the shot. that one shot is j&j or two shots of the moderna or pfizer vaccine. those are the current guidelines, and the health department has not changed its policy with regard to that. now there's a lot of data -- there's actually some data just out today of moderna. there's a lot of discussion around pfizer with booster shots, which would be additional shots based on evidence that people may need them. there are some countries that are exploring or planning to start booster shots in certain populations. that is not happening in the united states right now. we don't know yet. it's entirely possible that booster shots would be recommended, but again, in the united states, that's not the case. now there has been some publicity about a comment that the health department made, which is giving -- if people who receive the johnson & johnson vaccine, which is a good vaccine, request an additional shot with a pfizer or moderna vaccine, that we will accommodate that, but it hasn't been a change in our policy. but if people have talked to their health care provider and s