Way Too Early 8/12/21

Way Too Early with Ali Vitali

MS NOW, Ali Vitali

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4.5 • 538 Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

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The Food and Drug Administration is poised to amend the emergency use authorizations for the Pfizer and the Moderna Covid-19 vaccines Thursday to allow people with compromised immune systems to get a third dose, according to two sources familiar with the plans.

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0:00.0	With COVID cases surging, the CDC is changing its guidance to recommend that pregnant women get vaccinated.
0:06.2	The FDA is also poised to authorize booster shots for people with certain health conditions.
0:11.1	The question is, will third doses get approved for everyone else?
0:15.0	Plus, Senator Joe Manchin says he has serious concerns about his party's massive spending.
0:20.8	The question is, could he derail President Biden's reconciliation plan?
0:25.3	And Jeopardy is set to replace Alex Trebek with not one, but two hosts.
0:30.2	The question is, can anyone possibly fill his shoes?
0:34.2	It's way too early for this.
0:43.5	Thank you. It's way too early for this. Good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that always gives its answers in the form of a question.
0:49.4	I'm Jonathan Lemire on this Thursday, August 12th.
0:52.0	We'll start with the news.
0:53.7	Today, the FDA is expected to approve
0:55.9	COVID-19 booster shots for people with weakening immune systems. It comes as COVID cases surge
1:01.3	across the country, including a growing number of pediatric patients. NBC News correspondent Morgan
1:06.8	Chesky has the latest. As COVID cases surge yet again, the FDA looks to speed up its timeline for booster shots.
1:15.1	The agency will authorize a third dose of both Pfizer and Moderna vaccines for the immunocompromise,
1:20.2	according to two sources familiar with the plans.
1:22.6	The urgency fueled by the Delta variant as a two-fold COVID fight continues nationwide. Unvaccinated patients
1:29.5	filling up hospitals as schools face pushback over mask mandates. I'm not willing to pay Russian
1:35.8	roulette with somebody's life like that. I'm not going to do that. The Delta-driven surge
1:40.9	setting new records. In Pennsylvania, infections up 186 percent. Tennessee,
1:47.0	170 percent. Nationwide, children make up a fraction of COVID cases, but in hotspots like
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