Simparica trio, we dont know a lot about the we dont know a lot about the variant, except that it is of grave concern. It seems to have spread rapidly. I spent a half hour this morning with my covid team, led by Dr Fauci, and so that was the decision. We made President Biden speaking yesterday about his decision to impose travel restrictions from South Africa and seven other countries starting Monday over the new covid omicron variant. What do we need to know in fact Fox NEWS, medical contributor, Dr Marty, Makary, always great to talk to you happy thanksgiving and good morning to you. You too good morning will how much certainty people speak with not just speak with you about impose policy based upon. At the same time we know very little. I would love to go with you. What little we do know

do travel restrictions, work, we already learned it escaped Rafer from Canned and in Netherlands. Does travel restrictions, help to keep a new variant out of the United States. It may work when there is not a period of active testing like last year. Now we have such rigorous testing. Some of these people going back and forth are doing medical surveillance and research its already, not just in Belgium and South Africaened, a several other countries in Africa, its in Hong Kong, its in Israel, so it may well have already been seeded. You wouldnt set a travel restriction in the future that violates the very principle of doing a ban will, in fact, we saw Australia and New Zealand basically lock down their societies from outsiders and that didnt keep Covid or the day or night out of Delta variant as well. Here is something else, im curious about Joe Biden and others have said. This is a call to get your booster ages five and up absolutely now, with this new variant get your booster. What do we know about the vaccines effectiveness on this

new variant? Well, that is exactly the sort of dishonesty right now that is resulting in a massive loss of credibility of public health officials. This new variant has absolutely nothing to do with boosters that we know of. There is no data whatsoever to suggest that a booster would somehow be protective against this particular vasht. We dont even know in the immune system, works or doesnt work against the new variant. It probably works because of the thousands of variants we have. This to date, all are encompassed by vaccine nateed and natural immunity, but this the sort of making conclusions without data rationale right now, thats alienating people will. In fact, when you combine that with the horrible track world of their certainty, then you lose a lot of credibility. Can I ask you one more out of personal curiosity, we hear about mutations and do they happen in the unvaccinated in countries, low vaccination rates or unvaccinated individuals? Is that true? Do we know Dr Makary, where

mutations come from? We know from the influenza model that comes from crowded places and people immunosuppressed can have a more chronic long term infection and maybe thats where some of these mutations come from thats been postulated with the millions that have HIV in Africa. The problem is, we dont know we have a rapidly spreading virus in an area with see low vaccination rates, that is South Africa. Has thirty five percent of their population vaccinated may not be representative of the United States, where we have eighty three percent of adults vaccinated, remember therapeutics again are massively under stated here. The new drugs that we have coming out, Merck and Pfizers, would be effective against the new omicron variant. They work on the mutation, not the spike protein and other flu, which has been on the shelf for years and under stated therapeutic with good randomized Control data published in Lancet, reducing death by ninety one percent

by he reducing your inflammatory response. These drugs would work against the new variant will I want to just just highlight that for just a moment you are talking about the new therapeutic drug Merck has one coming out. I believe Firsdz has one they are looking and seeking FDA approval on correct me. If I am wrong, Dr Makary, they actually they work to do the same thing that others have pointed out. Ivermectin has done, which is stop. Virus replicate, stop it from replicating in your system. There needs to be study on the Merck and Pfizer pills, as well as the Ivermectin, as opposed to the vaccine, not stopping you from acquiring it, but stopping the vaccine from replicating inside your body and thats been highly effective. Thats right and flu VOX mean blocks that to the virus. We have effective treatments, reduce deaths to zero formal trials, not controversies, and the FDA is going to decide

on Mercks drug this Tuesday, and we could it as soon as two weeks from now that would draw into question why we would have vaccine mandates or why all the attention and focus on vaccines with such a highly effective therapeutic out there. We need a balanced approach. When you look at New York state of emergency, look, we need to do elective surgery, we need to aneurysm repairs. Can.