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Parents nationwide are waiting to get their kids vaccinated for covid, and this morning were one step closer to that happening, after pfizer anoupsed that its vaccine is safe and effective for kids ages 5 to 11. now its up to the fda to weigh in. were here to say thanks to 200 kids who participated in vaccine trials. thats how we got this data, including 250 who participated at the childrens hospital in colorado. joining me now one of those kids, 9-year-old pfizer trial participant, diamo gregor...

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 ...

Medicine. >> the fda, the cdc, theyre both looking at these shots. now pfizer is submitting a request to authorize it for vaccines. can you just tell us whats happening and where were going? because with all these different meetings, all these different agencies, people are just more confused. >> yeah, whats going on, stephanie, is that theres not consensus in the scientific community on the need for boosters and what age cutoff you consider this and for what populations, then its confused by th...

Who got vaccinated in january had a two-fold increase risk of breakthrough infection compared to those who were vaccinated in april. however, this is based on research conducted in israel. some critics have said that this study just wasnt big enough, that there are lots of questions about this. in fact, fda staff has not yet taken a position on whether booster shots should be required, saying that there isnt enough evidence thats been verified. other top public health officials have said the foc...

Data that came in late yesterday for their presentation tomorrow to the fda advisory committee that shows that people who received boosters, particularly, hallie, those 60 and older, actually had a ten-fold reduction of risk relative to people who did not get boosters of severe disease. so, the reason im saying that, in plain english, it does look like that third shot has really done this -- countrywide now, third shot really does protect against severe disease. outstanding questions, though? we...

Theyre on a pressured timeline but not going to overlook their process. then we do need these advisory committees to meet. theyll meet quickly. we talked about dr. gottlieb saying before hall wean. i would put it hall wean to thanksgiving, and 5 to 11. under 5, you would expect to follow two to three months. that could be somewhere between december and february, based on the enrollment and the data. thats for pfizer. moderna is still behind that. and johnson & johnson is in trial, but it could b...

Not because of any waning protection, hallie. this is still highly controversial among public health officials. again, tomorrow, pfizer is expected to discuss its data with that panel of outside experts. the fda will make its recommendation, hallie. >> gabe, thank you. let me turn to you, doctor. pull out your doctor to plain english translation sheet here. i know you read through that briefing document. talk to us about what the data shows. is it possible they land somewhere in the middle tomor...

Prioritized? from a process standpoint, hallie, well have an advisory committee meeting tomorrow. the fda needs to take action. and then the cdc still has to meet at their advisory committee and put out recommendation. i just dont think well see booster shots at 8:00 a.m. on monday morning is the bottom line. >> okay. talk about -- you mentioned kids. talk about kids ages 5 to 11. pfizers ceo says that data could be ready to submit by the end of the month and really little kids 6 months to 5 yea...

Ready to launch next week. gabe gutierrez is outside headquarters in washed and weve got medical contributor dr. kavita patel with us, adviser in the obama administration. it is perhaps in the realm of possibility that the fda does not recommend boosters for the general public yet after tomorrows meeting. you have the biden administration still previewing the launch of this booster campaign starting next week. whats the deal? >> reporter: hey there, hallie. yes, its highly controversial. yes, as...

Este lunes la Administración de Medicamentos y Alimentos (FDA) aprobó de forma total la vacuna contra Covid-19 de la farmacéutica Pfizer, cuyo nombre comercial es Comirnaty. Pero, ¿qué signifi