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The efficacy data, and the safety data. our fda particularly when it comes to children, are very very scrupulous in figuring out whether or not we have a benefit risk ratio that is favorable for the benefit. and it clearly came out with that. and that is the reason why they authorized it, and that is the reason why we had 14 to 0 recommendation from the advisory committee on immunization practices whose job is to look out for both the safety of the children, as well as the protection from the va...

Resistant who may feel a little more concerned, anxious about kids. parents tend to be a little more worried, anxious about kids, what goes in their kids bodies. how do you think about the messaging there and the patience and what level of uptick youre anticipating? >> well, first of all, we absolutely have to respect the concerns of parents, because parents are going to have valid questions. its up to us in our communication to answer those questions and to make that information available widel...

Have a plan to set things up in advance to be able to give these families access to this vaccine. its one of the major gaps we have in our coverage right now. this pediatric population, and thats 22% of the u.s. population. thats showing up in our infection rates. right now 25% of our cases are in people under the age of 18 in the pediatric population. so getting this group vaccinated is so key, and right now exactly what was just said, theres been an increased rate of infection among kids. were...

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Adult dose. number two, really important, is it safe? from their release it appears to be very safe with none of the heart inflammation reported in the 2,200 kids. final lesion is it effective? this is their announcement, the efficacy is equal to what the adult shot brings. this is very important data and i think a very historic day. >> can you tell me what happens next, as one of the parents who is eagerly awaiting the day i can call and make an appointment for my son. do you think vaccination ...

This is not the efficacy data, as it were. this isnt 95% against preventing infection. do they need that before they apply for emergency use authorization? whats next here? >> yeah. thats a great point. so i think a couple things. one, as you know, the vaccine itself has been already approved. just as you said, in order to expedite this process, they will likely approve for emergency use authorization with the data that shows that it is safe and seems to generate these antibodantibo. they are co...

Joining us now, dr. zeke emmanuel and president of the american federation of teachers. i wanted to start with the question millions of parents are asking. the vaccine. here is what dr. walensky said to savannah guthrie this morning on the "today" show. >> were waiting for the companies to submit the data to the fda. were anticipating that will happen in the fall. we will look at the data from the fda, the cdc, with the urgency we all feel for getting our kids vaccinated and were hoping by the e...

Has never been done before. so a lot of credit there. >> yeah. what about children under the age of 12 and now we have full approval for adults, but not even emergency use authorization for the kids. any update on the time line? now you have millions of kids across the country back in schools now that we are speaking to one another? >> again, this a reminder that the fda, geoff, they are being careful, and they dont want to be reckless on the younger kids and the bar is the highest there, and th...

Commissioner scott gottleib. the efficacy data is there to authorize the vaccines. military would mandate the vaccines when we have f full full full licensing. >> what is your opinion about the mandates? >> we do it for other vaccins. we know from the public health st standpoint it is a valuable tool to protect the public. i understand peoples hesitation until the vaccine is fully licensed. health care workers? i work at a hospital. we have a different responsibility to patients. you need to get...