hello again, everyone, thank you so much for joining me. i m fredericka whitfield. major breaking news, moments ago the cdc s vaccine advisory panel voted if favor of authorizing the pfizer and moderna covid vaccines for children between the ages of 6 months and 5 years. the white house says those vaccines will now be available in states as soon as next week. cnn s miguel marquez has been following this key vote. miguel, this is a welcome moment for many parents across the u.s. and a lot of pediatricians who had been hoping for this. reporter: a lot of people across the country hoping for this. look, it is not clear how significant uptake will be, given where we are in this pandemic. but certainly this was the last big tranche of americans who weren t able to be vaccinated, almost 20 million of our youngest, most vulnerable americans who will now soon be able to get two different vaccines. they had a long meeting today, they took a lot of questions. they had questions and s
able to get two different vaccines. they had a long meeting today, they took a lot of questions. they had questions and statements for an hour and a half. some things they focused on, they came to conclusion on with these two vaccines, is that vaccination is certainly effective against severe illness. they don t have a ton of information but that was one of the broad themes they had. also vaccination is much better protection than previous illness. they said the side effects are there, just like they were for me or you or whoever got vaccinated, but they are mana manageable. they talked about the practicality of distributing and administering the vaccine over the country. pfizer is three shots over several weeks, moderna is two shots over several weeks.