during the pandemic including eight house members since early august. according to a statement posted to twitter thompson again experiencing cold-like symptoms and was tested for covid immediately. he s vaccinated and is being treated at walter reed hospital. we re told that s out of an overabundance of caution. promising developments on the covid front. regulators are saying the benefits of the pfizer vaccine outweigh the risks it poses for kids age 5 to 11. data shows it was # 1% effective for children in a clinical trial. the advisory committee will meet tuesday to review the data followed by the cdc november 2nd and 3rd. if authorized, kids could be getting shots ahead of the holiday rush and that would be in line with the white house s vaccine plan. joining we more is fda vaccine advisory panel member and dean of chicago medical school dr.
dr. marty makary. doctor, great to see you. there are a couple things that will be different here, the dose of the formulation of the vaccine for children 5-11 will be different and then the white house is rolling this out in a different way than the agile vaccine. what can you tell us about dosage and formulation and rollout? i have been pretty impressed by pfizer, they have seen a rate of mild problems with children and went back and revise the dose in the clinical trial. they took it down to 20 micrograms from ten. i m still concerned that space in this together will want to consider a single dose. john: and so it does call for a double dose? it is a two dose vaccine strategy at 10 micrograms, yes. pediatricians are very good at custom tailoring a treatment or a vaccine plan for an individual.
fox news. shannon: governor greg abbott issuing the most direct challenge to the biden administration vaccine plan. an executive order prohibiting any lone star state businesses from enforcing a directive to get the shot. senior correspondent alicia acuna is tracking the latest developments for tonight on that front. good evening. good evening. get to see appeared the battle over president biden s september executive order forcing employers to require proof of vaccination or regular covid testing is ramping up. texas governor greg abbott issuing an executive order that bans any entity from enforcing a covid-19 vaccine mandate. american airlines at southwest airlines both based in texas says they will continue to abide by the federal mandate. today, florida governor ron desantis administration requested leon county played $3.57 million for violating florida s so