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This is abc 7 news. >> zero nos the motion passes. the interim recommendation is another recommendation by the acip. dan: a u.s. advisory panel give the recommendation for the pfizer vaccine for kids ages five to 11 now it is. . up to the cdc. thank you for joining us. i am larry beil. kristen: and i am kristen sze. you are watching abc 7 news at 4:00 here, on hulu live, and wherever you stream the first shots could be administered as quickly as tomorrow morning. but there will not be a wide wil...

Well, let me answer your question directly. let me speak as a pediatrician. fda and acip recommend the vaccine, you should vaccinate your kids. the benefits of the vaccine clearly outweigh the risks for school-aged children. >> in terms of parental worries around this, the question about what the uptake rate is going to be and how comfortable parents are going to feel, i think obviously in our real lives, those of us who arent doctors who are just considering this as human beings and families, w...

Thanking for making time. >> thanks for having me, rachel. >> so for parents of younger kids who are now confronting the reality that theyre soon going to be able to get their kids vaccinated. it is not so much of a hypothetical. basically, here it comes. what should parents know about the strength of the data on how safe this is for kids? >> let me just start off by saying that pediatricians and parents have been looking forward to this day for a year and a half. the fda advisory committee is v...

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Trying to get at the source of that infection. when you talk about somebody in their 70s that has coronary artery disease, the stakes are larger because theres less reserve to fight off that infection. this needed to be taken care of promptly and it was a serious hospitalization and a threat to the health for the former president. >> we are glad to hear that it sounds like hell be okay. lets move on to covid here. that fda advisory panel voting unanimously to recommend that second johnson & john...

Vaccination card, the one that is given to you after you get your first and second vaccines so the pharmacist or whoever is giving the vaccine can check to see what vaccine you received. but you do not necessarily have to go back to the original site where you received your primary immunizations. >> and then on this issue of mixing and matching, jackie asks, can i get the pfizer booster if i had the moderna vaccine? can she? >> yeah, another excellent question that the fda and both the acip are ...

Getting the illness than treating it once you have it. the fact its given by mouth, about 50% effective this preventing hospitalization and on the small numbers, 100% effective preventing deaths, it is an advance, but youd rather prevent getting infected than treating yourself once youre already infected. >> and fda vaccine advisers meet this week to discuss authorizing boosters for people who got the moderna and j&j vaccine, and for the sake of transparency, youre one of those alleged visors. y...

That same council that we watched just a couple of weeks ago for booster recommendations. at that point, once acip makes recommendations, then the cdc director, dr. walensky, gets to make her decisions. theres a bunch of steps still to come. most of us in the public health community are expecting well see approvals of vaccines for this younger age group some time in early november in a best case scenario. >> parents are anxious for that. the new antiviral pill from merck is showing lots of promi...

Hospitals are seeing an alarming number of pregnant women seriously sick from COVID-19.

>> good afternoon, very happy to be here. no, i dont think she led to further confusion. i think she demonstrated sound and accountable leadership. what we dont usually see is the scientific process unfold right before our eyes, and were seeing that, and i have heard some of my peers describe it as sausage making. i was surprised by acip, that they did not recommend boosters for those who work in occupations where they have an increased risk. so the director got it right. i think where the confu...