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New polling shows 34% says yes, theyll vaccinate their kids. 42%, however, say theyre unlikely to do so. lets bring in our experts. dr. leana wen is a former physician and also the author of "lifelines: the doctors journey of public health." also the doctor in philadelphia. hes also a member of the vaccine committee and is a co-decider in immunizations. we know the data was just submitted by pfizer yesterday, and youre on this committee of fda advisors. can you give us any insight to what that d...

How immunizations and calls into question whether or not we had the right institutions and processes from the outset. we relied on a process that was invented for largely determining the childhood immunization schedule where they have the safety of vaccines and the cdc makes recommendations on exactly how vaccines should be distributed largely to children. in the setting of a public health crisis when you want to send a coherent message between the two agencies you dont want to have confusion th...

Would say there is not enough data here to justify that full recommendation of going to high risk individuals. but i think dr. walensky and the fda understands how upset the public is, especially those who are willing to get those first two immunizations, and theyre terrified of getting breakthrough covid. and breakthrough long covid, especially with the data showing brain matter brain degeneration. she had to make a tough judgment call and ultimately i support what she did. >> how unusual is it...

His new book "uncontrolled spread. why covid-19 crushed us and how we can defeat the next pandemic" is exactly why we can avoid this confusion. >> messaging matter in an atmosphere, doc, where you have to worry about your messaging being attacked. >> gottlieb is a member of pfizers board of directors. what do you make of this? ive seen situations where the fda and cdc disagreed on how immunizations disagreed and it calls into question whether or not we had the right institutions and processes fr...

Biden won. plus, the january 6th committee makes a big opening salvo sending subpoenas to four of trumps closest advisers including his white house chief of staff, and millions of americans can get covid vaccine boosters starting today. this top white house priority got a green light after the cdc chief overruled advisers who wanted a more focused booster plan. >> i think dr. walensky and the fda is -- understands how upset the public is, especially,000 those who are willing to get the first two...

Homeless shelters, prisons, among others. is this third shot if and when its authorized -- to me you could almost make the case for any person who works with other people could go out and say i feel particularly vulnerable in this environment. would this approval on that level functionally be if you are worried about covid and transmission in your workplace you can go get a third shot? >> yeah, i mean, youre right, the way those fda recommendations came out last night, its almost like a back doo...

Those at risk to the fda, would you have expected a decision from the fda before cdc takes it up? >> absolutely. im a little confused on what the acip is actually meeting about because its not clear whether the fda is going to accept the committee recommendation or not. typically they do, but these of course are extraordinary times and there is a rationale for extending that vaccine protection for third immunizations down the 40 and 50-year-olds. so the risk i guess is that if fda does not accep...

Forward with their recommendation for a third immunization of the pfizer biontech vaccine for those over the age of 65. one of the problems is there was an important article that came out in the mmwr from the cdc on that day showing that theres a decline in effectiveness of hospitals from over 90% to 70%. still a good vaccine, but there is that impact. and then there was very little consideration on long covid and data coming out of oxford university in their neurology institute showing gray bra...

Ver pack has already said. thats probably a likely scenario. i think were going to have to go to lower age groups and may even need universal third boosters. >> so drug companies with very little consideration with some of these recommendations, exactly what we dont need during a pandemic in a time of so much misinformation. if the pfizer vaccine does get approved, did thauz mean that the people who originally got pfizer are the only ones eligible, or can anyone get it? >> the recommendation, i ...

Less common side effects appear. you know, as a pediatrician im going to want to listen and really address peoples questions and concerns with respect. you know, when you look at the impact in children, weve seen the same disparate impact in children in terms of black and brown children being hit harder than white children, and it is really important that you treat parents with respect, you let people make an informed decision, you recognize that people will be on a different timeline around tha...