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Viruses. cnn's medical correspondent dr. tara narula joins us now. so frustrating for parents, do you everything you're supposed to to keep your kids safe and now this comes. >> you have probably never heard the term immunity gap, right? >> first time. >> this is something that scientists had predicted. the pediatric disease group published a paper last august with mathematical modeling saying we should be expecting an increase this things like rsv and influenza because of what we've done. this is coming as a bit of a surprise but what happened is what you said, all of these mitigation strateg...

This time she says it has the potential to circulate beyond next spring when it might normally subside and extend into next summer or possibly beyond. brian todd, cnn, washington. i want to bring in dr. remy, a critical care physician at uh rainbow babies and children's hospital in cleveland. doctor, good to see you. so we just heard there that more children are filling hospital beds than they have in the last two years. so why do you think this disease seems to be spreading so much right now? >> well, thank you for having me today. i think first and foremost we are seeing a lot of children ...

Early days of covid, we were all social distancing. we were masking for the past two to three years. that not only prevented the spread of covid-19 but also erie choices like flu and rsv. because of that, we haven't seen much circulation of the viruses until now. we haven't really had a robust immunity. now there's an immunity gap where we're seeing a resurgent, but it's very low especially among children and babies born in the past two to three years. that's why we're seeing so many cases and some hospitals over overwhelmed. most of the children do have infections with rsv. what we know about...

And yoolsand above to get covid vaccines shots. the strategy is designed to try and close the immunity gap for a vulnerable part of the population, and it follows on what's happened in other parts of southern europe like in italy where it's obligatory for those 50 years and above to get their covid shots too. >> our thanks to all of our correspondents. meanwhile, a tale of two rallies, some of martin luther king jr.'s children marked his birthday in arizona, while donald trump's supporters gathered to see the former president. we'll tell you how people in one state have two very different vi...

Just not get to the program. >> this whole conversation is about the delta variant. it's about the existing illness of your country. the next i am going to read is from omicron. when asked about the extraordinary numbers of children being admitted in the hospital, she suspected there may be a quote, immunity gap and that the lack of vaccination of children may account for the numbers. i am assuming in your line of work you find such a thing possible, plausible, understandable? >> for sure, we are looking at africa which unfortunately their rate of vaccinations are on the of 10% as supposed to ...