Winter Pathogen News Today

Most cases, except where were seeing outbreaks in the school setting. vaccinating kids is going to be important. im going to vaccinate my kids when theyre eligible. a lot of parents are thinking about vaccinating their kids. a third of parents said they made the decision to do it once its available. and i think every parent should consult their pediatrician and gets questions they have about vaccinating their kids answered. >> what is christmas looking like? >> i think well probably be through t...

Pit. >> i am just hoping that they will start masking and take some responsibility to keep our kids safe at school. >> reporter: and at a school board meeting in virginia -- >> i was sitting next to my healthy daughters death bed. she died five days after showing symptoms. >> reporter: her daughter teresa was 10 years old. >> covid is not over. no matter what people who have been standing up here have said. >> reporter: later this month, fda advisers will discuss vaccines for kids 5 to 12. today...

This is a winter pathogen. it will continue to circulate. >> in colder weather for at least a few more months. >> the numbers are going down, but theyre still abysmal. while were going in the right direction, were still not where we need to be in order to curb this pandemic. >> now, today, the white house press secretary accused governor abbott down in texas of putting politics ahead of public health by banning vaccine mandates. interesting to note that he is facing a couple of primary challenge...

She died five days after showing symptoms. >> reporter: her daughter, teresa, was ten years old. >> covid is not over. no matter what people who have been standing up here have said. >> reporter: the average daily covid-19 case count hasnt been this low since early august. the delta tide on the ebb. >> i think we still need to be careful through the winter. this is a winter pathogen. it will continue to circulate. >> reporter: in colder weather, for at least a few more months. >> the numbers are...

Made the decision to do it once its available. and i think every parent should consult their pediatrician and gets questions they have about vaccinating their kids answered. >> what is christmas looking like? >> i think well probably be through this delta wave all around the country sometime around thanksgiving or shortly thereafter. prevalence declines around the nation. i think we need to be careful through the winter. this is a winter pathogen. it will continue to circulate but not at the lev...

Day. new cases diagnosed. that is exceptionally high. new york city in the summertime, when they had their mini delta wave, they had 20 cases per 100,000 per day. that is the level we will see on the back end of this wave. i dont think we will get down to levels where its two to four cases per day which is what we had in june and july. i think were still going to have a lot of cases this winter just because its the wintertime. this is a winter pathogen. it likes to spread in the cold weather. wh...