that this particular variant might evade the immune system and allow infections, the idea that it would completely trash the vaccines is very unlikely. and vaccines should give the best protection, especially against severe illness. but, clive, it is going to be a couple of weeks before the lab experiments and real world data starts emerging, before we will have a really strong idea of where we stand. before we will have a really strong idea of where we stand. many thanks, fer us idea of where we stand. many thanks, fergus walsh. idea of where we stand. many thanks, fergus walsh, there. our political correspondent nick eardley is in glasgow. the first minister s virtual snp conference slightly derailed by having to deal with omicron? yes. conference slightly derailed by having to deal with omicron? yes, a lot of the politics having to deal with omicron? yes, a lot of the politics today having to deal with omicron? yes, a lot of the politics today clive - having to deal with om
part of where it was first discovered but also in other provinces in south africa. let s be clear, provinces in south africa. let s be clear. there provinces in south africa. let s be clear, there are provinces in south africa. let s be clear, there are mutations - provinces in south africa. let s be clear, there are mutations and . clear, there are mutations and variants of the time but this stands out, this is a little bit different? yes, it stands out, it s got 30 distinct mutations which is almost double what is on delta. some mutations are predicted from lab experiments over the last year and a half to be highly difficult to respond to the vaccines that we have right now. some of them have never been seen in a combination like this before and many of them we have seen in various variants of concern so far but it s a complexity of the mutations that we are seeing today and the effect that it may have on both the immune response and transmissibility that a reviewed concern. we r
split. roughly a third saying they definitely will get their children vaccinated. a third saying they will wait and see. and the final third say they will definitely not get their children vaccinated. that s according to polling from the kaiser family foundation. why is there still so much hesitation surrounding the vaccine in children? our friend dr. patel says the agreeing swell of disinformation surrounding the vaccine in children is only growing with the approval by the fda, dr. patel writing for msnbc.com lays out five myths about the covid vaccine in children. let s bring her in. a former obama white house health policy director. always good to see you. let s talk through the five myths. this vaccine was rushed therefore millions of young children are about to become lab experiments. the vaccine is more dangerous than covid-19 itself.
know what you are talking about, quite frankly. and i want to say that officially. you do not know what you are talking about. if anybody is lying here, senator, it is you. i want to take a sec to explain to our viewers what this was about. for those exploring whether covid originated at the wuhan institute of virology or it was a natural origin, there s questions whether or not nih helped to fund gain of function research. one definition is when scientists make a virus more deadly and contagious in a lab in order to identify potential pathogens and prevent pandemics. nih says very clearly that the research the u.s. funded in that lab did not meet that definition. either way, dr. fauci, critics say the wuhan lab experiments were, nonetheless, risky whether or not they fit that category and obviously the chinese government is not a good faith partner. they re not allowing transparency or a real investigation. so as a matter of policy going
say the wuhan lab experiments were, nonetheless, risky whether or not they fit that category, and obviously the chinese government is not a good faith partner. they re not allowing transparency or a real investigation. so as a matter of policy going forward, given that the chinese government won t allow any real investigation, do you still think the u.s. government should collaborate with labs like wuhan, especially on research that experts consider risky? well, you know, jake, if you go back to when this research really started and look at the scientific rationale for it, it was a peer-reviewed proposal that was peer reviewed and given a very high rating for the importance of why it should be done, to be able to go and do a survey of what was going on among the bat population. everyone in the world was trying to figure out what the original source of the original sars-cov-1 was.