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Emergency use for the vaccine for kids under 12 has been so long delayed? >> well, you know, chuck, i think it comes down to the importance of having really good information. the younger you are, thankfully, the less likely you are to have severe disease, to be hospitalized and to die. and if you want the fda to approve the authorization of these vaccines for kids, if you want the advisory committee and the cdc to recommend them, youre really going to have to show that theyre incredibly safe and...

To get under the veil of protection of a vaccine. right now, we, at the nih, the companies are all doing studies to do what we call age deescalation. looking at 11 to 9, 9 to 6, 6 to 2. and then, six months to two years, were collecting safety data and were collecting immunogenicity data. were going to have enough data where the companies will be able to present the data to the cdc by the mid-fall or so. somewhere around september or octob october for pfizer. a little bit later for moderna. the ...

Appropriately is what about 11 down to 5 and even lower, namely the elementary school kids who everyone really wants to get under the veil of protection of a vaccine. right now we at the nih, the companies are all doing studies to do what we all age de-escalation, looking at 11 to 9, 9 to 6, 6 to 2, and then 6 months to 2 years. were collecting safety data and were collecting immunogenicity data. well have enough data to present to the cdc by mid-fall or so, september, october, for pfizer. a lit...