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Outdoors. definitely recommend masking indoors. >> reporter: even though kids are less likely to have severe complications from covid-19 compared to adults. >> right now, about 25% of viral transmission is occurring in children, particularly grade-school children. the exact same children that are not vaccinated or have the option of being vaccinated. >> reporter: but that could soon change. friday the fda issued emergency use authorization of pfizer's covid-19 vaccine for children 5 to 11. welcome news to dr. william gruber who heads pfizer's vaccine clinical research and development. >> this ...

Response. about 91% protection against infection. parents will no doubt want to look closely at the evidence. talk to their pediatrician, but i think it's a big step forward. >> the only way this works is if these kids get vaccinated and a new poll finds only one in four parents plan to get their kids vaccinated as soon as this is authorized. so parents are being very cautious about this. i suppose as a parent, i would say that is understandable despite the science being there. those that have concerns say they're worried about long-term side effects, serious side effects, fertility problems. ...

A place where they get meals. so this is a profound effect beyond the important prevention of covid-19. >> but here is the big question. how many parents actually plan to get their young children vaccinated. not many according to a new poll out this week by the kaiser family foundation. as you'll see here, only 27% parents say they are eager to get their children vaccinated. 33% say they would wait and see. while 30% say they would definitely not get the vaccine for their kids. let's look at the top reasons why. here are some of the concerns. parents say they're very or somewhat concerned abou...

Good or safe bet. let's look at the number. from you vaccinate your 5 to 11-year-old when the shot available? 27% say right away and 33% say they want to wait and see, 5% say only if required and 30, 3 in 10 parents ages 5 to 11-year-olds say definitely no. only 27% will be link up right away. why is there hesitancy? >> 76% of parents in this poll are worried about long-term side effects and 71% said they are worried about serious side effects and some are worried about fertility problems if the young children now get the vaccine. let's bring in professor of medicine and surgery at george wash...

Problems? >> no? there's nothing in the data to suggest that and nothing to suggest that that happens with adults are either. this is facebook medicine. what parents need to focus on is evidence based medicine. there's no biologically plausible medicine and if you were constructing a disinformation campaign, boy, that's exactly what you would tell parents of a young child we don't know what this will do to your child's fertility, basis on noest. it's zero. >> people should talk to medical profession als they trumpet i'm a parent of a 10-year-old. i've been reading for the last week or so about...