Dr. Paul Offit

Many won't, though. Oh, really?

Many won't, though. Oh, really?

If you apply this to COVID... The current recommendation is that everybody over six months of age should get a COVID vaccine. But the goal of the vaccine is to keep you out of the hospital, keep you out of the morgue, keep you from dying. So that's the question. Who's getting hospitalized? Who's dying? And if you look, it's really high-risk groups.

If you apply this to COVID... The current recommendation is that everybody over six months of age should get a COVID vaccine. But the goal of the vaccine is to keep you out of the hospital, keep you out of the morgue, keep you from dying. So that's the question. Who's getting hospitalized? Who's dying? And if you look, it's really high-risk groups.

If you apply this to COVID... The current recommendation is that everybody over six months of age should get a COVID vaccine. But the goal of the vaccine is to keep you out of the hospital, keep you out of the morgue, keep you from dying. So that's the question. Who's getting hospitalized? Who's dying? And if you look, it's really high-risk groups.

So people who are over 75, people who have high-risk medical conditions, people who are pregnant, people who are immune compromised, and anybody who's not vaccinated is at risk. And so we should, I think, target those groups.

So people who are over 75, people who have high-risk medical conditions, people who are pregnant, people who are immune compromised, and anybody who's not vaccinated is at risk. And so we should, I think, target those groups.

So people who are over 75, people who have high-risk medical conditions, people who are pregnant, people who are immune compromised, and anybody who's not vaccinated is at risk. And so we should, I think, target those groups.

But what you really want to know, and what I'd love to see sort of both the CDC in collaboration with academic immunologists answer this question, which is who's getting, I mean, why are some people getting hospitalized? So for over 75, you're at greater risk. You are. So I'd like sort of immunologists to look at the question of, How long do these memory T cells and B cells last?

But what you really want to know, and what I'd love to see sort of both the CDC in collaboration with academic immunologists answer this question, which is who's getting, I mean, why are some people getting hospitalized? So for over 75, you're at greater risk. You are. So I'd like sort of immunologists to look at the question of, How long do these memory T cells and B cells last?

But what you really want to know, and what I'd love to see sort of both the CDC in collaboration with academic immunologists answer this question, which is who's getting, I mean, why are some people getting hospitalized? So for over 75, you're at greater risk. You are. So I'd like sort of immunologists to look at the question of, How long do these memory T cells and B cells last?

I mean, do you get to a certain age where they really do start to fade? Because as you get older, your immune system is less capable than when you're younger. And are there certain medical conditions where you don't have long-lived memory response? Because it's really all about memory. I mean, think about it. We have... The incidence of hospitalization and deaths is way down from where it was.

I mean, do you get to a certain age where they really do start to fade? Because as you get older, your immune system is less capable than when you're younger. And are there certain medical conditions where you don't have long-lived memory response? Because it's really all about memory. I mean, think about it. We have... The incidence of hospitalization and deaths is way down from where it was.

I mean, do you get to a certain age where they really do start to fade? Because as you get older, your immune system is less capable than when you're younger. And are there certain medical conditions where you don't have long-lived memory response? Because it's really all about memory. I mean, think about it. We have... The incidence of hospitalization and deaths is way down from where it was.

Yet the virus continues to evolve, right? And so that's always evolving. Yet those numbers are way down. Why? Because of T cells. I mean, T cells really are the main reason why. And we never talk about T cells, including at our FDA Vaccine Advisory Committee. We never talk about T cells. We should talk about them more.

Yet the virus continues to evolve, right? And so that's always evolving. Yet those numbers are way down. Why? Because of T cells. I mean, T cells really are the main reason why. And we never talk about T cells, including at our FDA Vaccine Advisory Committee. We never talk about T cells. We should talk about them more.

Yet the virus continues to evolve, right? And so that's always evolving. Yet those numbers are way down. Why? Because of T cells. I mean, T cells really are the main reason why. And we never talk about T cells, including at our FDA Vaccine Advisory Committee. We never talk about T cells. We should talk about them more.

Yeah, and that is a longer incubation period disease. I can only imagine that the immunity is incomplete, that when you get it, it's not, you don't, Epstein-Barr virus is the cause of mono, that you don't get a complete immunity. Which can happen sometimes. So mono, Epstein-Barr virus is a herpes virus, in the herpes virus group. And mono can, you know, those kinds of viruses can sort of,

Yeah, and that is a longer incubation period disease. I can only imagine that the immunity is incomplete, that when you get it, it's not, you don't, Epstein-Barr virus is the cause of mono, that you don't get a complete immunity. Which can happen sometimes. So mono, Epstein-Barr virus is a herpes virus, in the herpes virus group. And mono can, you know, those kinds of viruses can sort of,

Yeah, and that is a longer incubation period disease. I can only imagine that the immunity is incomplete, that when you get it, it's not, you don't, Epstein-Barr virus is the cause of mono, that you don't get a complete immunity. Which can happen sometimes. So mono, Epstein-Barr virus is a herpes virus, in the herpes virus group. And mono can, you know, those kinds of viruses can sort of,