The FDA is poised to approve a third vaccine dose of the Pfizer and the Moderna Covid-19 vaccines for immunocompromised people. Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb joins Morning Joe to discuss the announcement and why he believes non-immunocompromised people may also need a third dose.
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Dr. Gottlieb: I Predict Boosters For Individuals Who Aren't Immunocompromised
Thanks for discussing the potential definition of Immunocompromised. I’m going to see my oncologist next week and I’d expect him to let me know what’s happening with boosters.
US medical opinion is way behind unfortunately. You would do well to push for a booster shot as soon as possible, if you have been vaccinated more than three months ago especially.
Definitely check with your doctor. It would depend on when you were vaccinated, the medication you’re on, etc. Only your doctor can make that call.
2 of my kids are special needs. One was born at 5 months . They allowed my family to get vaccinated because of them. I really felt bad I was able to get the vaccine before others but the doctor made it clear we had to get it for the sake of my kids. I wonder if they will also advice all of us to get the boosters.
You get those shots for those kids and don’t feel bad!!
@Keeping Masked thank you
That’s what parents do!
I wonder if I’ll need the booster I have COPD.. not sure🤷🏽♀️
@Phyllinda I Am Likely, yes.
This will only continue until the spread can be broken.
Right but it will resurgence at various times annually like influenza. Medical journals have already stated it’s endemic & has an animal reservoir like influenza strains do. One example: Covid has been found in multiple deer 🦌 populations in America.
Hahaha .. it will never be contain …sorry to brake the news to you
Put me in the list.
We need a vaccine for this toxic cloud we have created
well said!
I feel like a little kid being tucked in with a “blanket of lies”.
I am waiting for a booster shot- I am seriously immunocompromised (cancer survivor, kidney transplant recipient, multiple autoimmune diseases, Type 1 brittle form IDDM).
And I am increasingly frustrated by seeing vaccine clinics being set up and having unused doses needing to be thrown out at the end of the day, instead of those of us who want or need a third shot not being able to get one of those wasted doses, because the FDA has not authorized boosters yet.
@My Perspective are you daft? He said he’s super immunocompromised! Sheesh!!!
@BathoryAriaaa My PCP and none of my specialists have them to give. In my area, it is hospital systems and pharmacies that have them, or vaccine clinics. Since they need to be stored frozen, many doctor’s offices here do not have a freezer in-office to store them, while larger facilities do.
@Someoneelse right Just ignore them. 4 day old account, likely made just to troll and bully others in the comment sections. Just go to their account and block them, rather than feeding them.
The FDA will probably approve them tomorrow. Hang in there!
Is that for delta,
Or booster for lambda,
Or booster for the next?
Maybe better food that dont cause HD and diabetes to half of americans? NO not that!
Gottlieb is the same guy who was saying just a few days ago that this was just a minor surge and would be over quickly.
He’s a toad
@Jeri Lynn Hey, at least he’s smarter than that walrus Michael Osterholm.
A NEW SUPER MUTATION COMING OUT OF KERALA INDIA.
I’m not all questions the need or effectiveness or a booster shot, but having a guy who sits on the BOARD of PFIZER (a major manufacturer and thus profiteer of the COVID-19 vaccine) isn’t the most reassuring voice to hear on this subject. Bring in experts who don’t stand to gain one way or another to discuss this topic. People have little trust in institutions because of stuff like this. Even if it all his advice is above board the optics are pretty terrible…
MSNBC is too stupid to figure that out
@Lp78Ch they just know most people are stupid and will listen to what the tv tells them do
Fauci said today likely most people will need a booster in the future.
This is how Amerika works. It’s how drug companies sell. So, why do people fall for it? Because they don’t know how to think for themselves.
Optics? Reassuring? Girl! What are you talking about? The optics of dying loved one not convincing enough for you?
This Should Be A No-Brainer..Protecting Our Children…
there has been zero deaths of healthy children
@Paul Wilson Well, actually, the CDC admits to exactly ONE healthy child who died of COVID and not from another comorbidity. But your point is well taken.
Pelosi and the purging of the Hi security detail of the political hack hack hacks.
Woah. That’s a lot of info. This dude doesn’t breathe in between sentences. I wonder what’s his zodiac sign, especially his Mercury… 🤔 Info, data, analysis, communication… I appreciate his experience though.
He just got his BIG morning cup of joe! He is so cerebral, I love him!
I WANT a booster. I had the J&J shot. I am 64, have diabetes, HBP, & asthma. We need to have a booster. We can’t take steroids & those are one of the main treatments for diabetes.
Why is the guy on the pfizer board recommending i take more pfizer products?
Because it’s profit over health. That’s how this country works. Period.
Natural immunity still going strong after 18 months. Who would have known.
Don’t forget that the vaccine-hesitant and the anti-vaccination communities typically delay visits to the ER, resulting in treatment starting when symptoms have already advanced too far for the first line treatment to be fully effective. That way the Delta variant seems more aggressive than it actually is.
You guys know that Gottlieb doesn’t work for the government anymore, right?
Where is the current fda commissioner? I am done with this fraud.