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https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/17/covid-fauci-says-a-redefinition-of-fully-vaccinated-is-certainly-on-the-table.html

A redefinition of what it means to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 is certainly on the table, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Friday. Speaking to CNBCs Squawk Box, President Joe Bidens top medical advisor said that there was no doubt that optimum vaccination was with a booster dose. Currently, individuals are considered to be fully vaccinated either two weeks after their second dose of a two-dose series, such as the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine, or two weeks after a single-dose vaccine, such as the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. But Fauci said on Friday that the regulators were open to reconsidering those definitions. Theres no doubt that optimum vaccination is with a booster, he said. Whether or not the CDC is going to change that, it certainly is on the table and open for discussion. Im not sure exactly when that will happen. But I think people should not lose sight of the message that theres no doubt if you want to be optimally protected, you should get your booster.

Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former FDA commissioner and CNBC contributor, told Squawk Box on Friday that a surge in cases meant it may soon become difficult to get a booster shot. We know omicron moves very quickly this variant is going to move much more quickly through the country than delta did, so people who are waiting to get a booster to afford themselves a measure of protection against this variant time is running out to do that, he said. Appointments are going to fill up, demands going to surge. The best way to protect yourself is a booster shot.