saphier now. heard the vice president of the united states say that we are just one and a half weeks away from approval movements of the vaccine. what does that mean in terms of the american public? >> well, that's right. vice president pence said that we could get the pfizer vaccine. the external review committee is scheduled to meet december 10. within 24 hours of the approval, they are ready to ship out millions of doses of the pfizer vaccine. we don't exactly know if they are going to be getting the approval on the tenth, on the 11th, when it will actually be, but it would likely be really quick, rendering a decision, so that means within a week and a half to two weeks, the vaccines may be able to be given to americans. >> harris: you know, one quick follow, and then i would love if we could go around the horn with a question for the doctor. i thought that is the headline, and then there were some subtitle headlines. for instance, you are director at field talking about the black and multicult

nicole saphier. dr. saphier, your smile, so bright. our hearts uplifted today, and we know he we have lost so many people. now what we want to do is stop the loss. stop the spread. the vaccine is not a cure, but how much closer are we to getting to a point where we can at least start to exhale? >> harris, today really is a critical milestone in our fight against covid-19. listening to some of the fact-checking. "it will require a miracle to get a vaccine by the end of 2020." we have done if you're not only with one vaccine, pfizer being administered today in the united states, but moderna is up next on thursday. they are hopefully going to have it by the end of the week as well. about 20 million americans potentially starting their vaccines by the hand of 2020. it really is incredible, but here is, as we have noted, you require two doses of this vaccine before you get immunity, and it will really take a while until we reach that level of herd immunity that is required for us to get back to a level of normalcy. and truthfully, the goal

nicole saphier says there will be breathing room once nursing home residents get their doses.d: take a listen. the milestone for the most loved and played song of all time coming up next. ♪ all i want for christmas is you ♪ jillian: the beginning of the end. the covid-19 vaccine mixer to hospitals across the country, the surgeon general says there's work to be done. todd: dr. nicole saphier joins us, we love that optimism but what do you need to see to officially say the pandemic is under control? >> we are certainly not under control but this has been an incredible critical moment, the vaccination is not the latest repeated but actually given to healthcare workers across the country. my best friend, a physician working in icu in a west texas hospital just got word last night that she will be receiving the dose this week. i couldn't tell you what a relief this is to healthcare workers everywhere. our icu doctors, emergency room doctors and respiratory therapists need first in line for this but in terms of getting the pandemic under control it will take more than the vaccine at

nicole saphier -- dr. nicole saphier joins us next.nge we have already authorized two vaccines with tens of millions of doses and hundreds of millions more on their way. this is the talked of as a great medical miracle. jillian: donald trump and his administration delivering 100 million additional vaccines by summer. todd: the ceo the mayo clinic says americans should take the first vaccine they can get their hands on, not wait for a specific one. here to react, dr. nicole saphier. let's start with the pfizer deal. should we be confidence this just moved up all our timetables to get the vaccine sooner than we would have previously? >> reporter: the hhs and pfizer have been in better negotiation for weeks because pfizer has not lived up to their manufacturing promises, they promised 100 million doses worldwide and it was cut in half a couple months ago, the us is in negotiations with pfizer trying to get an additional, to the americans. pfizer saying if we pen this deal it won't be until the third 1:45 thousand 21. hhs is pushing to get

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nicole saphier react next.tected in california, the second stated in from a case after colorado. todd: how concerned should we be? dr. nicole saphier, great to have you. doctor anthony fauci said this was bound to happen, how worried are you about this strain? >> we had many variants over the course of the pandemic and this new one, b 117, has been circulating in the united states and we are looking at it, confirmed cases in colorado, california. they looked at 1700 cases and showed this very and is 70% more transmissible meaning it will spread faster but it didn't show an increase in hospitalization or death and didn't see an increased risk of reinfection so that is all good news but ultimately it means it may be harder to contain this virus that we are ready heaven contained spread. we have to consider and mask wearing, encouraging people to get vaccine. jillian: there have been tight restrictions in new york and governor cuomo gives the blessing to let 7000 fans inside buffalo bill stadium for the playoffs.

nicole saphier, thank you so much for your insights. we really prio appreciate it. >> thank you.eric. eric: molly, we have a correction. a moment ago our reporter charles watson in georgia reported that democratic senate candidates john ossoff and raphael warnock will appear at a get out the vote event with, quote, supporters of minister louis farrakhan. a fox news dot-com report says a panelist at the event offered on harry membership to far kahn to an african-american fraternity last year, that is one panelist at the event that's being held later on today, reportedly. scientists say a new strain of covid-19 has emerged in england. early research indicates it's likely to be more contagious than the current virus is and that the current vaccines they say should still be effective against it. that's the good news. trey yingst is live in tel aviv, israel with more on this new strain. trey. >> reporter: eric, good afternoon. a number of countries are banning flights from the united kingdom after a mutated strain of covid-19 was discovered. the netherlands, belgium and austria among

nicole saphier.he mask mandates across the us as of this morning, 35 states requiring masks, nine do not require masks, six sometimes require masks. when you hear what joe biden has to say on this what is your reaction? some people are wondering how is this different than what officials are asking us to do since this started? change i hope people are considering wearing masks long before joe biden or long before january 20th when joe biden takes office because not only does it decrease the severity of illness but listens the spread of the virus. the pre-abca24 era the literature was lacking in terms of generalized mask wearing especially at population levels but because our researchers have been doing these studies in haste to see if mask mandates are going to work it does appear population levels, it lowers the spread, look at the states, minnesota 14 days after they instituted the mask mandate, 14 day average decreased by 15% but when people talk about look at california, the worst cases in the cou

nicole saphier. thanks for being here.w you're not a huge fan of a timeline but as we get closer and getting new information, tell me how optimistic you are about this. >> we are closer to pinpointing a timeline than we were a week ago. they are scheduled to convene and vote on december 10th and you can see those being roles out, pfizer's guaranteed 50 million doses by 2020. and moderna, scheduled to convene for a vote on december 17th, also guarantee 10 to 20 million doses by 2020. quite possible we could have 25 to 35 million americans getting the first injection by the end of this year. it blows anyone's expectations and who is going to get this vaccine? looks like it will be front-line healthcare workers and long-term care residents. only one% of the population living in long-term care facilities like nursing homes but they had substantial amount of debt, 30% of deaths occur in those residents. when you have that, you need to get those vaccinations first. >> moderna requested emergency use authorization and more vaccin

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nicole saphier. a pleasure to see you, doctor.et me ask you first, who will get the vaccine first but who might not take the vaccine. we have 40% on one poll that i saw, americans reluctant to the take the vaccine, if that holds, 40% of the americans will not take it, is 60% of the americans taking the vaccine enough to stop the pandemic? >> that is the best polling i've seen, about 58% of the people would consider taking the vaccine. when you look at prevalence data anywhere between 20 to 30% of americans have been exposed to sars-cov-2 at this point. to reach herd immunity we need 70% exposed to the through the virus or to the vaccine. i guess we're getting close to 58% willing to get the vaccine add to that the people already who are infected. as time goes on there will be more confidence in the vaccines. it is incredible, safety and efficacy data exceeding all expectations. it willing messaging and education about vaccine safety. making sure everyone has access to the vaccines in the months to come. david: 70% is herd immunity

nicole saphier joins us fox news medical contributor. what is the level of concern when you hear, dr. nicole, about the new strain? is it possible we're making too much of it at this point? is it something we should be you know, quite concerned about. >> connell it makes for a good headline when you see a variant strain in the middle of a pan pap. let's break this down. since march we had many variants popped up we've seen. for instance the strains very prominent in europe was different than what was in china. we saw the european strain came more to the northeast. that is what we saw circulating in the new york city area. whereas the china variant we saw more in the northwest. we've seen other variants. we saw one linked to mink in denmark. this is subpoenaing we see happens every single year with the influenza virus. the big question is, what does it mean for treatments? what does it mean for our vaccine? does it mean that it is not going to work? the answer is we don't really know. the good news, when you look at viruses they tend to m

nicole saphier right now the fox news medical contributor. let's talk about all of this. first on that, you know, we talk about restrictions all the time, dr. nicole. what do you tell your patients, friends, family about their own personal responsibility, how they should be handling themselves because what we learn from the data is that most of the transmission now is when people get together right? if it's their homes or some sort of a social gathering. are you simply telling people to avoid each other or what kind of advice are you giving out? >> well, connell, the truth is, everyone has covid fatigue at this point. we are going on close to a year of dealing with this pandemic and unfortunately, a lot of people are starting to let their guards down, as we get into the winter months and we have such a drastic rise in cases and hospitalizations and even deaths it is even more crucial now than ever that we do what we can to lessen the transmission and as you said, it is a small social indoor gathering where we're seeing a lot of the viral transmission occurring, but not ju

saphier, always great to see you.itals on strike during contract negotiations over coronavirus protections. they are saying staff and patients are not being adequately shielded from covid calling working conditions there quote abyss mall. >> we would prefer to be inside with our patients today rather than out here facing this dilemma that we're facing. but we can't do that. we have to fight for our community. we have to fight for our patients. that's what we're here for. >> sandra: hospital administrators are denying those claims saying hospitals are well equipped with protective equipment and accusing the nurses union of using the virus as a power grab. >> trace: authorities find a prominent social media influencer dead. now investigators are talking about the case and saying why their work may have just begun and newly-released recordings of cnn conference calls showing what appears to be a coordinated effort against president trump. is this evidence of media bias? joe concha joins us on that next. ♪ attention veter

nicole saphier.ere watching the president at the white house yesterday at that particular vaccine summit. what struck you as the headline? >> well, you know, i think it is, again, it's a great message to remind everybody what an incredible feat this is to have multiple vaccines that have blown us out of the water in terms of efficacy and safety data and the fact that we will have millions of americans vaccinated by the end of 2020. this is something that no one expected to be honest not even myself. it's really crucial going forward that we are fully transparent regarding the information about the vaccines as we have a good amount of americans saying they are unwilling to take it when it's available. steve: sure. yesterday the story was that apparently the government has bought 100 million doses and pfizer is having a little trouble getting them all to us before the end of the year because of production delays and things like that. it also sounds as if the government is negotiating to get more doses

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nicole saphier does, a message for the american people. >> the first day i am inaugurated, i will ask 100 days to mask. >> joe biden asking lawmakers to get behind the bipartisan covid-19 relief. 100,000 this week. bush, clinton and obama will take vaccine publicly on live tv to encourage the public to get the vaccine. >> when anthony fauci says we have a vaccine that is safe that is the moment i will stand before the public and receive it. people have lost faith in the ability of the vaccines work. already the numbers are staggeringly low. it matters what the president and vice president do. >> donald trump healed the vaccine as a christmas miracle. >> we give thanks for all of the scientists, researchers, manufacturers, workers and service members who worked tirelessly to make this breakthrough possible. it is truly a christmas miracle, one of the great achievements medically. >> reporter: mike pence is expected to meet with the center for disease control and prevention personnel around noon today. they will ship have to vaccine, a pfizer spokesperson sells fox news, quote, the modi

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nicole saphier. good morning, dr. saphier. >> good morning, ainsley.rprising that healthcare workers and long term care facilities should get the or residents in long-term care facilities should get the vaccines first. these are just recommendations, right? isn't it up to just each state. >> no prizes came out of yesterday. it's funny that was a little bit sensationalized we knew healthcare workers and long-term care facilities residents and their staff at this point it goes to cdc director redfield and dr. redfield will say whether he agree agrees with thr not. >> ultimately it doesn't matter it's recommendations it's up to the individual states to decide where they distribute the vaccines. ainsley: in colorado they are rolling out their plan. this was the initial plan it could change. phase one healthcare workers will get it first. phase 2 first responders, public health personnel. correctional workers, phase 3 would be long-term care facility residents. the next phase would be congregate housing residents, shelters, college students living in dorms.

nicole saphier. hey, dr. saphier. >> good morning. >> good morning. so how will this work?is expected to sign an executive order today which really just falls in line with his america first initiative that he has been pushing all along there san international collaboration going on right now kovach. trying to make sure that the low and middle income countries will have access to the vaccine. the president is saying that he wants to make sure that of all the vaccines that the united states has purchased, that americans will be offered the vaccine first before they start distributing it internationally. the good nudz news is under operation warp speed the president has already purchased over 200 percent the supply needed for americans. so there will be excess. so he wants to make sure that any american who wants the vaccine can have it before they start working with the international bodies to make sure tha low and middle income countries have access to the vaccines. ainsley: regarding the fda meeting on thursday. every single day more and more people are dying. do you feel l

nicole saphier. nicole, welcome. and also some people are concerned that the speed might be impacting the safety. how do you feel about that? >> well, rachel, i don't think most people understand what a incredible scientific feat this has been. so multilayer vaccine for technology for a disease than present less than a year and has a 95% efficacy but thanks to operation warp speed it's ready to be distributed and administered within 24 to 48 hours of receiving that fda eua. that is unprecedented. and i understand why people feel that, you know, they don't like the term warp speed. they feel like maybe safety corners are being cut. that is not the case. the big thing here, the scientific discovery process has he not been tainted whatsoever. what happened was through operation warp speed they were manufacturing the vaccine in parallel while they were still studying it. that usually doesn't happen because there is a chance that the vaccine won't be successful. but because operation warp speed put money into the manufact

watson is near the headquarters in atlanta, mark meredith standing by at the white house and nicole saphierre to break it down but we begin with mike tobin at the pfizer plant in michigan with more on the vaccine shipments. reporter: the trucks have rolled from the docks at the pfizer plant in michigan shipping business has wrapped up for the day and the most ambitious immunization and history is underway. trucks from fedex and ups left at the same time from the facility fedex irving west and ups irving the east, today shipment 189 boxes of the vaccine each hold 975 vials each vial five doses, what we saw was a little more than 920,000 for the first doses, a few hours they left the pfizer plant the first ups pla plane landed at te world distribution facility in kentucky, it was sorted and shipped all over the eastern states. one of the ups pilots spoke about carrying the first shipments to the public. >> this vaccine is a hope and things will get better and what a great time to have a message about things getting better than the holiday season. we are very honored to be part of this moment.

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nicole saphier is the author of "make america healthy again" and she joins us now to react.rachel, good morning. the cdc came out because people have a lot of questions about these new vaccines and specifically if you can take a vaccine when you have chronic illness. well we know with covid-19 the elderly and those with preexisting medical conditions are at a higher risk for severe illness so it's a really good question whether or not those with existing medical conditions can take the vaccine, and when you look at the safety data from pfizer and moderna and some of the other vaccines that are going to be coming to market they do include people with chronic medical conditions, which is a good thing because about 40% of americans have some form of chronic illness, but they are usually including the more common ones, high blood pressure, cholesterol, some form of lung disease, and in that they show it's completely safe and those people absolutely should be getting the vaccine. what was not included in the clinical trials were those with autoimmune disease and some form of immu

i'm griff jenkins sitting in with nicole saphier and jason chaffetz. very merry christmas. good morning, nicole and jason. you know i'm reminded in c.s. lewis' land of narnia a curse christmas can never come. guess what? we made it. it is merry christmas to both of you, nicole? many. nicole: merry christmas, i'm so happy to be here. second year spending christmas together and spending christmas with justin as well. fox square is incredibly if he has been. it's been a difficult year. we can still look around and notice there are miracles happening everywhere. being jason. jason: merry christmas to you all. i thought as i was driving hereo the studios, i saw police officers, i saw people in convenience stores. i know there are people working in hospitals and people in hospitals. there are a lot of people working erlgly on christmas morning. it's one of my favorite times of the year and a united states day. i'm glad to be joining with the two of you on this christmas morning. griff: glad to be joined by all of our viewers weighing up. find santa did indee

nicole saphier joins us now. the as we hear the news coming out which one should i get?ke that. i don't know how this rollout is going to happen. what are your expectations as to what we can see in the next coming weeks with respect to the rollout? >> well, i think, you know, as we all know there is a lot of media attention on the vaccine effort right now. we will see the hiccups and complexity getting hundreds of thousands if not millions of doses across the country in rapid speed. when it comes to the choice between moderna and pfizer vaccine the truth is you probably won't get a choice and likely doesn't matter because they both have proven to have a very high efficacy as well as proven safe in their clinical trials. what the big issue right now is and we are going to have an advisory committee meeting tomorrow on is after this first rollout of vaccines that are going to predominantly healthcare workers and long-term care facility residents who gets it next. and so that's going to be a little bit of a discord because they are going between should it be more to the hig

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saphier on "fox & friends first" a little while ago, she was talking about much to the same point youre making, ainsley, about how we are finally on the road to the end. this is the beginning of the end, perhaps. fingers crossed. here is dr. saphier. >> this has just been an incredible critical moment in our fight against covid-19 to see the vaccinations not only be distributed but they were actually given to healthcare workers across the country yesterday. i couldn't tell you what a relief this is to healthcare workers everywhere. you know, it's certainly our icu doctors, emergency room doctors and nurses and the respiratory therapist that all need to be first in line for this. in terms of getting the pandemic under control, guys, it's going to take a little bit than the vaccine at least for the next few months. it's going to be lessening that viral transmission. steve: to which point they remind people that you still have to wash your hands. you still have to wear masks for -- we don't know when you are supposed to stop wearing the masks. here in new york city mayor de blasio says t