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ByCheyenne Haslett December 17, 2021, 12:59 PM • 6 min read 1:46 White House delivers strong warning to those who are unvaccinated The White House's chief coordinator for the U.S. coronavirus response has a strong warning for unvaccinated Americans ahead of a projected surge in cases over the next few weeks. If you're vaccinated, "we've done the right thing, and we will get through this," White House COVID coordinator Jeff Zients said. >>>>>> OR BARRON'S Biden Says Unvaccinated Face ‘a Winter of Severe Illness and Death’ By Joe Woelfel Updated Dec. 17, 2021 8:39 am ET / Original Dec. 17, 2021 5:29 am ET Order Reprints Print Article BARRON'S NEWSLETTERS The Barron's Daily A morning briefing on what you need to know in the day ahead, including exclusive commentary from Barron's and MarketWatch writers. "For the unvaccinated, you're looking at a winter of severe illness and death for yourselves, your families and the hospitals you may soon overwhelm." In a briefing with reporters on Friday, Zients and the White House COVID-19 task force, which includes Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky and chief medical advisor Anthony Fauci, highlighted the importance of initial vaccines, which offer strong protection against severe illness, but strongly emphasized the need for fully vaccinated Americans to go out and get their booster shots, which offer the best protection against the new omicron variant. "The optimum protection is fully vaccinated plus a boost," Fauci said. "So the bottom line of what we've been telling you all along: It is critical to get vaccinated. If you are vaccinated, it is critical for optimal protection to get boosted," he said. Asked if the task force is considering recommending people get boosters earlier than six months after their final shot, the current standard, Fauci said it's "on the table." "You still get protection that's reasonably good against hospitalization [with two shots]. We want to make that better with the booster," he said. "Whether or not we're going to change what the time interval between your last vaccination and your boost, we always have these on the table for discussion, but right now there has not been a decision on that," Fauci said. Only 30% of fully vaccinated Americans have been boosted so far, and about half of fully vaccinated seniors over the age of 65 have been boosted.