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An update on picking a jury for the men accused of killing ahmaud ashery in georgia. only 47 potential jurors are qualified some two weeks into jury selection. defense attorneys worrying of a, quote, revolt within the jury pool. martin savidge is in atlanta. why is it taking so long? >> i think the short answer is because you have a very high-profile case taking place in a relatively small community. brunswick, georgia, is no mayberry, but it is a pretty small city here. one thing that is clear ...

Of whom are eager to get their kids protected and would be first in line if and when it becomes available to them. i also with parents who are not sure yet. and i get that. as a parent myself, whenever you make a health decision for your kid, its multi-layers and really complicated, particularly in the context of the pandemic where all sorts of new information is coming at you seemingly every day. my encouragement is that people are not sure and hesitant to not stay in the hesitancy but to make ...

That show some hesitancy among parents at least now about vaccinating young children. plus, a promising study about a new potential coronavirus treatment. well have the details ahead. (sfx: video game vehicle noises, horns beeping,) (engines revving, cars hitting one another.) (sfx: continued vehicle calamity.) just think, hell be driving for real soon. every new chevy equinox comes standard with chevy safety assist, including automatic emergency braking. find new peace of mind. find new roads...

Good or safe bet. lets look at the number. from you vaccinate your 5 to 11-year-old when the shot available? 27% say right away and 33% say they want to wait and see, 5% say only if required and 30, 3 in 10 parents ages 5 to 11-year-olds say definitely no. only 27% will be link up right away. why is there hesitancy? >> 76% of parents in this poll are worried about long-term side effects and 71% said they are worried about serious side effects and some are worried about fertility problems if the ...

Advisory committee, and youre among the exports in the world. >> yes, it is always a little nerve racking. there is 1600 that got the vaccine. 16 of them in the placebo group, and the other thing is that you have a lot of data in adults, you know, hundreds of millions of adults, and now you have millions of children 10 to 15 years of age that gox vaccinated. so i do understand the parents hesitancy. you know that it is the first time we have used mrna containing vaccines. there is a choice not t...

Reflecting that smaller dose for kids. so, if anything, im worried here that were going to have a higher hill to climb when it comes to parent hesitancy for their kids. this is going to be a demand constraint not a supply constraint. the question i get from parents is, hey, doc, my kid had covid, mild symptoms. is he okay or is she okay? what we learned, andrea, in the last two to three weeks if you have natural recovery and you recovered from it those antibodies dont end up in the lungs and air...

Weve seen recently about 130 to 150,000 infections per week and pediatric hospitals have been filled. and this now is an opportunity to protect this huge block of kids. think of it this way. if we can successfully get about 80% of these kids vaccinated, thatll save about -- thatll prevent about a million infections and about 5,000 hospitalizations. plus, its going to keep kids in school. its going to keep parents from having to stay home with the kids. and sadly, several-hundred children have di...

The -- the folks at the fda are really accustomed to analyzing these data secretary, and over the next two days they will go through this really with a fine tooth comb. look for any deficiencies in the data, and if they find that this vaccine is both safe and effective, the american public should be assured that it is safe and effective and parents should give this vaccine to kids. >> so, you know, ive talked to parents. my friend groups who are vaccinated themselves, but still they have had a l...

Know daily and are they scared of a little shot? whats the deal? >> many have taken the vaccine and many have not. >> 5 inches to 15% in come cases. so many more are taking it but they are not. >> we recruit from the human race and the folks that are here, across the country there are several moeks that are not taking the vaccine and so we are finding that for policing as well. we are doing as much as we can as far as education. some people are still resistance and have hesitancy of taking the v...

The vaccine mandate. the police have suffered so much when it comes to coronavirus. it is the leading cause of death for them, despite the fact that they were eligible early for the vaccine. what is going on here? >> yeah, were experiencing what everyone across the nation is experiencing in some ways, rell h hesitancy among some to get the vaccination. it is surprising and disappointing in many ways that people are refusing to be vaccinated. officers put on a bulletproof vest and put on a lot of...