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Severe heart disease, for example. and it does work. and it does make it milder. but, no, that vaccine is yet to come. >> why are we seeing such a spike in, you know, some new children kind of flooding into the emergency rooms with rsv. and here in atlanta, you know, ive been speaking with the childrens health care of atlanta, theyre saying that the shift this week has been now a majority of flu cases. last week, it was rsv. but i know theres a lot of talk about the immunity gap, covid forcing a...

Years, you know, peak week. some scientists are believing there may be a so-called immunity gap because of health measures during the covid pandemic. what do you see as a real impetus for this? >> i heard a lot of talk about the immunity debt. personally, i think that is more of a societal term than a truly scientific one because it almost gives a false premonition that once this so-called debt is paid, that well somehow be released from the shackles of respiratory viruses, and thats not the cas...

Saying the early surge in rsv infections in children is probably because of the immunity gap that came from more than two years of isolating during the pandemic. doctors and pediatric hospitals are saying theyre starting to reach capacity. were joined by three physicians experiencing this early rise at their respective hospitals. the pediatric infectious disease expert at bostons children hospital, the doctor from the childrens hospital in illinois, and the director of pediatric medicine at john...

Fantastic, they dont provide durable immunity so basically he said we owe it to the american people, he used the word we owe it, to the american people to try to look at other types of vaccines, not just pfizer and moderna. ana. >> kind of disappointing news, elizabeth cohen, thank you for your reporting. i want to bring in dr. tara narula now. it comes in the uptick in rsv cases among our children, 75% of pediatric hospital beds are full, 99% of pediatric beds full in rhode island, for exampl...

Style rifle and more than 600 rounds of ammunition when he opened fire inside of the school yesterday. he shot and killed a teacher and tenth grade student before police killed him. he left a letter in his car calling himself an isolated loner who had no friends. police say harris mother is cooperating and that she had been seeking mental health support for her son before the attack. scientists now say the moves that helped keep us safe during the covid pandemic may be the reason behind the un...

Viruses. cnns medical correspondent dr. tara narula joins us now. so frustrating for parents, do you everything youre supposed to to keep your kids safe and now this comes. >> you have probably never heard the term immunity gap, right? >> first time. >> this is something that scientists had predicted. the pediatric disease group published a paper last august with mathematical modeling saying we should be expecting an increase this things like rsv and influenza because of what weve done. this is ...

This time she says it has the potential to circulate beyond next spring when it might normally subside and extend into next summer or possibly beyond. brian todd, cnn, washington. i want to bring in dr. remy, a critical care physician at uh rainbow babies and childrens hospital in cleveland. doctor, good to see you. so we just heard there that more children are filling hospital beds than they have in the last two years. so why do you think this disease seems to be spreading so much right now? ...

Early days of covid, we were all social distancing. we were masking for the past two to three years. that not only prevented the spread of covid-19 but also erie choices like flu and rsv. because of that, we havent seen much circulation of the viruses until now. we havent really had a robust immunity. now theres an immunity gap where were seeing a resurgent, but its very low especially among children and babies born in the past two to three years. thats why were seeing so many cases and some hos...

And yoolsand above to get covid vaccines shots. the strategy is designed to try and close the immunity gap for a vulnerable part of the population, and it follows on whats happened in other parts of southern europe like in italy where its obligatory for those 50 years and above to get their covid shots too. >> our thanks to all of our correspondents. meanwhile, a tale of two rallies, some of martin luther king jr.s children marked his birthday in arizona, while donald trumps supporters gathere...

Just not get to the program. >> this whole conversation is about the delta variant. its about the existing illness of your country. the next i am going to read is from omicron. when asked about the extraordinary numbers of children being admitted in the hospital, she suspected there may be a quote, immunity gap and that the lack of vaccination of children may account for the numbers. i am assuming in your line of work you find such a thing possible, plausible, understandable? >> for sure, we are...