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Adult dose. number two, really important, is it safe? from their release it appears to be very safe with none of the heart inflammation reported in the 2,200 kids. final lesion is it effective? this is their announcement, the efficacy is equal to what the adult shot brings. this is very important data and i think a very historic day. >> can you tell me what happens next, as one of the parents who is eagerly awaiting the day i can call and make an appointment for my son. do you think vaccination sites will start to book child appointments? do you think we should check in with your ped -- what s...

This is not the efficacy data, as it were. this isn't 95% against preventing infection. do they need that before they apply for emergency use authorization? what's next here? >> yeah. that's a great point. so i think a couple things. one, as you know, the vaccine itself has been already approved. just as you said, in order to expedite this process, they will likely approve for emergency use authorization with the data that shows that it is safe and seems to generate these antibodantibo. they are continue to go collect the efficacy data, comparing these groups saying, look, how many people are ...

Joining us now, dr. zeke emmanuel and president of the american federation of teachers. i wanted to start with the question millions of parents are asking. the vaccine. here is what dr. walensky said to savannah guthrie this morning on the "today" show. >> we're waiting for the companies to submit the data to the fda. we're anticipating that will happen in the fall. we will look at the data from the fda, the cdc, with the urgency we all feel for getting our kids vaccinated and we're hoping by the end of the year. we want to move quickly, but we also want to have the efficacy data and the safet...

Has never been done before. so a lot of credit there. >> yeah. what about children under the age of 12 and now we have full approval for adults, but not even emergency use authorization for the kids. any update on the time line? now you have millions of kids across the country back in schools now that we are speaking to one another? >> again, this a reminder that the fda, geoff, they are being careful, and they don't want to be reckless on the younger kids and the bar is the highest there, and they don't want to rush it. they want to make sure they have all of the safety data and the efficacy ...

Commissioner scott gottleib. the efficacy data is there to authorize the vaccines. military would mandate the vaccines when we have f full full full licensing. >> what is your opinion about the mandates? >> we do it for other vaccins. we know from the public health st standpoint it is a valuable tool to protect the public. i understand people's hesitation until the vaccine is fully licensed. health care workers? i work at a hospital. we have a different responsibility to patients. you need to get vaccinated. you shouldn't put your patients at risk. everyone else out there, these