offit, you're the perfect person to speak to. we're obviously in a race against these variants that are cropping up. so how soon could this j&j vaccine be available to the general public? >> well, if past is prologue, when we recommended the fda vaccine advisory committee recommended pfizer's vaccine on december the 10th, that vaccine then was available, was shipped out five days later. the same thing really happened when we recommended the moderna vaccine on september 17th. that vaccine then rolled out five days later. so assuming that this vaccine is recommended by the advisory committee and the fda and then it goes to the cdc, which will be reviewed by the advisory committee for immunization practices, one would assume roughly the middle of march. >> that's not that long from now. you're talking about 6 or 7 million doses of a single-dose vaccine that may be able to shipped in four weeks. what impact will that have, doctor? >> it will help. right now we have a production problem. initially, it started out as an administration

offit? >> i agree. those are the next two. i would think by april, may, we'll start to hear about data generated from those two vaccines. >> and i just want to thank you, dr. offit, for what you and your colleagues have done. this is so, so important, life saving, these vaccines that are being administered right now. i hope people just go out and get them, especially those who need them the most and don't have any doubts about their safety. dr. sanjay gupta, thanks to you as well. >>> there's more news we're following. former president trump, undisputed star of the conservative political action conference now underway in florida where they're rehashing lies about a stolen election. >> we're standing by to hear directly from president biden as the house prepares to vote on his $1.9 trillion covid relief plan. new smartphone deal. well i'm an existing customer and i'd like your best new smartphone deal. oh do ya? actually it's for both new and existing customers. i feel silly. but i do want the fastest 5g network. oh i want the

it showed up in the united states in minnesota but i want to talk about several years from now dr offit if the u.s. and the global population if they actually return immunity from these mass inoculations is it possible will continue interation of the corona virus emerge around the world will versions of the virus and the pandemic just be with us forever and that's something we have to get used to. but me this. is just not a state even if you're in the in the in the. create variance as it continues to adapt to growing you know the question the critical question whether these variants . today there is no evidence for that we really when you should start to worry is when you see people for example in united states we've already gotten 2 doses of. the pfizer backseat in our hospital with. 90 because what i want to be very traits that hasn't happened yet that's when you know that truly scared community. right now we're just trying to make our best guess based on lies and you know by responses that we see from people who are vaccinated to see whether it's actually. laboratory and to the south

paul offit.vaccine education center at the children's hospital in philadelphia. also a member of the fda's vaccine advisory committee. and dr. offit, this is important if it bears out, because one of the big open questions about vaccines in general, we have seen them preventing serious illness, maybe even hospitalizations and death. they help people from getting seriously sick. but we haven't known whether the vaccines keep you from spreading the virus to other people. and this study on astrazeneca has found that it's a 67% transmission reduction. how important is this? what's your take on this finding? >> it's good news. i would like to point out, they looked to see whether or not they were preventing asymptomatic viral shedding. that may be true with the vaccines with pfizer and moderna who didn't look that hard when they did those studies. i think if we look at those two vaccines in the same manner, they may also reduce shedding. and there are a number of vaccines out there that we currently h

offit, appreciate it. dr.e your time. >>> governor andrew cuomo conceded he wasn't transparent enough when the pandemic crisis was at its height after withering criticism at the failure to release the accurate number of nursing home deaths from the state. political opponents said he was h hiding the information. still, governor cuomo said nothing was deliberate and he should have done better with what he calls misinformation. brynn gingras. >> we made a mistake. >> reporter: finally speaking out days after his top aide admitted their office when would data for months about deaths of nursing home residents. acknowledging on monday the data was not provided soon enough. >> in retro expect, we should have prioritized, providing more information. >> reporter: but arguing that the state's death counts were accurate, and that information was not hidden. >> to be clear, all the deaths in the nursing homes and in the hospitals were always fully, publicly and accurately reported. >> until late last month, new york only

paul offit, with he so appreciate your time. we always love having you on the show.ee you next week. >>> remember our interactive and internal liesed state by state guide has everything that you need to help you figure out when and where to get your covid vaccine. we've got a qr code up on the screen, we just put it away, we will bring it back up, you will see it throughout the day on msnbc. all you have to do is go, put your phone up there, take a picture t takes you right to the site. get customizable alerts to let you know when you're eligible to get the shot in your state. it's a really great resource, a lot of us here at msnbc are using it ourselves personally. take a peek. >>> a quick update from the white house here in washington. president biden has just arrived at georgetown university where he will be receiving his ashes for ash wednesday today. the president will meet with labor leaders later this afternoon on the american rescue plan. we will keep you posted on his movements throughout the day. >>> when we come back, what former president trump is now thr

offit, good morning to you. good to have you. you, along with your colleagues, voted to recommend authorizing the johnson & johnson vaccine for emergency use, and while it does offer strong protection, it didn't perform as well as the pfizer and moderna vaccines in some areas. what is your message to people as they consider whether to get this vaccine?ep you out of the hospital. it's going to keep you out of the intensive care unit, and it's going to keep you from dying. it's a single dose. it's refrigerator stable, and i think most importantly actually this sort of gets lost is that when this vaccine was tested in south africa where the south african variant is common and when it was tested in brazil where the brazilian variant is common, it worked to keep you out of the hospital and to keep you out of the morgue. i think that's really important because that also predicts the messenger mrna vaccines, the pfizer vaccine, the moderna vaccines will likely do the same thing. you know, we're worried about these so-called variants of

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paul offit last week. the country has been exposed than those numbers indicate there. 27 million people. therefore, more of the country, perhaps three or four times, has some immunity. i wonder if you agree with that. >> yeah, no, i do. and i talked to paul offit about this. some 27 million confirmed infections. but as you point out, the model suggests that because we were so -- we were undertesting for so long, the actual numbers of exposures are probably closer to 90 to 100 million. and they probably have some degree of immunity. we've seen that same sort of -- that same population immunity account for decreasing rates in other countries around the world, for example, like india. so it's quite possible. add to that that they seem to have more adherence to the basic public health strategies we've been talking about for a year and probably coming off some of the surge from the holidays. and the numbers are, thankfully, coming down. the hospitalizations are still right now higher than the previous peaks. so

offit, thank you so much. dan? >> thank you. >> i like a little optimism on a sunday morning. >> yes. >> absolutely. >> as we mentioned at the top of the show, there's a lot cooking in the weather department. so let's go back to rob. rob, i don't know this for sure but by looking at your backdrop, i'm guessing you are in your front yard? >> yes. it's been awhile since you've been here and we've done a shot here. >> close to the barbecue. >> look, it's still a snowy -- exactly. we're going to fire it up during the snowstorm. that's what all weather people do. by the way, some of the vaccination sites across the northeast are shut down again today because of the snows that are incoming, although it won't be as bad as the last storm that came in. the cold though for the midwest is bad. it's brutal, and it's going to be a long duration event, some of the coldest air in years that has already dropped down into the upper midwest. look at the windchills that some people are enduring in chicago. minus 27, and feels like 42

right dr offit it's been really interesting talking to you thanks a lot for this think it's for your class as i see you've been reading a lot. you've really done your homework here so it's a pleasure talking to you to your bank you so much good luck with everything have a great day ok but i'd like. that i would have that happen other than i am not out of luck though that that got me out of the mouth of the money there was a magnetic field. this was a good time to. try to move there i. know not that i wanted to know how to model enough why not act and arrogant ass out why it generated the all people we believe just a little bit here. bottom of i can say what the bible says johnny boy are you of the moment i thought of mother having a lot of concerns a little i'm a little white came out of the world and i thought the pimp i don't want to put out they are the most hardy without all the mother brother to. the ruling classes rarely agree on much but when it comes to china it is agreed the us means do so go get tough with beijing which isn't really me engaging china while trying to contain

. >>> now to texas where cars s collided on sheets offite. at least 100 vehicles were involved, six people killed, and dozense started just before sunrise, the morning commute spinning and sliding out of control. >> it's really icy out there skidded for about 100 feet or so and hit the wall. >> reporter: more than 130 vehicles piled up along 135 in ft. worth. >> the scene we saw today is one really unlike one any of us has ever seen and one we pray to god we never see again. >> reporter: the view from overhead overwhelming. broken glass and twisted metal stretching for nearly a mile. >> seeing all those cars over there. yeah, no some are pancakes. >> reporter: some with drivers pinned inside, crews spending the entire day pulling apart the wreckage covered in a thin sheet of ice forecasters and police warning the conditions will get even worse over the next several days. >> the weather is still very aggressive so keep your distance. slow down. also wear your seatbelt. >> buckling up for what's already been a very rough ride jay gray, nbc news

he we had paul offit saying that more americans have some immunity to covid than the numbers may indicate million who have been infected so far, but they theorize perhaps six as many times have been exposed. combined with vaccinations that that explains the drop in new infections, and that we might be further along to herd immunity than we thought. do you think that's credible? >> jim, i certainly think it is. i'm singing in chorus with paul and others who think this virus has said so rapidly over time over these many months. remember, many people are without symptoms or only mild symptoms so they never get tested. so i think this diminution in cases and hospitalizations and now many parts of the country, diminution in deaths is largely due to so-called community immunity, so-called herd immunity and you add the vaccine to that and, yes, i think the right at the end of the tunnel is pretty writbright, but we hao keep vaccinating. >> you are the first person i've heard say that, i think, in a year. you still say there are two real wild cards here with covid. what are they? >> well, the wil

paul offit he believes the drop could mean that perhaps three or four times as many americans were actuallycted with the virus as the numbers of confirmed cases show 27 million, he thinks it could be as high as 100 million and giving a larger portion of the population some immunity and i wonder if you agree with that. >> it is a possibility, jim. i can't say i agree with it. i would -- what paul is saying is that there have been many more people that have been infected and if that being the case, then if you add the vaccine component of herd immunity together with the infection protection that you get from infection, the only way to know that is to do surveys to get a feel for what percentage actually anybody, which would indicate that they had previously infected. so it is certainly a possibility. but i don't think we've proven it yet. >> there has been some whiplash in the public, because they're hearing conflicted messaging about, for instance, when large portions of the population, most of it, will have access for instance to the vaccine. you have said that perhaps we're going to begin

paul offit had to say about this. he's a member of the fad advisory committee that recommended the vaccine yesterday. have a listen. >> we'll see in the second half of the year whether there will be a second dose recommendation for this vaccine. certainly one dose will keep you out of the hospital, keep you out of the intensive care unit, and keep you out of the morgue. >> reporter: you see he said there one dose does show to be effective. but johnson & johnson is starting to look at what two doses could result in. those trials are under way right now. so we could see down the line johnson & johnson becoming a two-dose shot. but as of now, this one dose does show to be effective and we could see it rolling out in the next few days, fred. >> all encouraging signs, thank you, jacqueline howard. joining us, an internal medicine physician in new york city, good to see you. >> thanks so much for having me. >> in your view, is this likely to be a game changer? >> it will absolutely be a game changer. you have to remember th

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paul offit the director of vaccine education center of the children's hospital of philadelphia and memberttee. it's a pleasure to get to ask you this question this morning, and that question is, why are the numbers going down? because you look at it and you see this as a possible breakthrough moment. >> i mean, it's mid february. this virus is at its heart a winter respiratory virus. we're in the heart of winter. it should be raging. we're largely inside. it's spread by small droplets. the weather is not humid. nonetheless, we have a drop in cases, hospitalizations and deaths. why? i mean, one possibility is you're starting to see some evidence for herd immunity or population immunity. here is why i say that. if you look on your screen usually you have 28 -- roughly 28 million people who have been infected in the united states. but that's just people who have been tested and found to be infected. there are a lot of people out there who are either asymptomatically affected or mild disease that never get tested. so the only way to know how many people in this country have really been infect

paul offit, thank you so much, these new tests of vaccine effectiveness versus the new variants, they were done in test tubes, do you expect that the outcome will be the same in people or not? >> we finally see some evidence in south africa, johnson & johnson, for example, did part of their trial in south africa with their vaccine, and as did nox did rt of their trial of their vaccine that's where the rubber meets the road will these vaccines which are designed to prevent the first variant, the variant that left china and swept across the world, that's the virus that most people have been infected with that's the virus we made vaccines to prevent. the question is, as dr. fauci points out, do these vaccines prevent severe disease, critical disease, hospitalization, icu admission death. those studies suggested it would do that. you're right, when you test something in the lab, you're testing whether or not antibodies neutralize the virus. there are other parts of your immune system. that's where the rubber meets the road the rubber meets the road in the real world we do not see people w

paul offit.hysician and the director of the vaccine education center at the children's hospital in philadelphia. let me start with the news that, i think the pfizer, more we're learning about the pfizer vaccine, the idea of one dose and how effective it is. what does this mean and what could this mean for vaccine coverage? >> it was a period of time three weeks between when you got the first dose and the second dose that some people got sick. were now more likely to have gotten sick. you were more likely to have gotten sick if you got the placebo. you know after you got the second dose you hat a dramatic boost in neutralizing antibodies. you also know that you had the kind of immune cells that suggest that you would have immunological memory. this is a two dose vaccine. you'll get better, longer lasting immunity. i worry some people are sitting that analysis of the data and thinking one dose good enough. it's not good enough. >> is the better way to use this discovery spacing out when you get the

offit, thank you so much. >>> the new york governor andrew cuomo hammered by allegations that his team underreported nursing home deaths at the height of the pandemic, and now the pressure is growing. >>> the latest on what the fbi and the u.s. attorney may be looking into as criticism mounts from his own party >>> roaring kitty speaks >> i'm not a cat i'm not an institutional investor. >> the reddit short squeeze lands before congress. >>> plus, getting the vaccine described as a life-changing feeling. >> i got the shot at the same hospital that i was born at and i liken it to being reborn. >> what can you safely do now that you couldn't do before? the guidance coming up >>> the facts. the truth. "the news withherdmi" ckn secondsth ♪ ♪ ♪ sarah shopped for the lowest mortgage rate and chose amerisave, the one choice she'll never regret... ...unlike buying a do-it-yourself orthodontics kit... or marrying eddie... visit amerisave.com now. lower mortgage rates mean higher savings. wondering what actually goes into your multivitamin? visi at new chapter,now. its' innovation, organic ingred

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in pennsylvania so i guess just in terms of the threats posed by china, i guess by way of kind offitization or prioritization how do you rank them, technology, economic, military? how would you assess the basic threats that china poses? >> well, senator casey, it's good to see you again. i think as many of the members of this committee have argued eloquently in public, i think technology and competition and technology cuts right to the core of china's capacity to compete in military terms and economic terms as well so if i had to underscore the core area that's going to matter most in terms of competition with an adversarial china i think it cuts right to that issue of technology as we look out over the next decade or more. >> that's helpful, and i wanted to speak more broadly now about national security threats. again, if you could just itemize if that's possible in a shortens a. i know we don't have a lot of time, but the major national security threats that we face and then in particular, and i think that this is an important point that the staff made in the materials, how should the cia