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Down to 37% effective in kids 2 through 5. now, moderna says these efficacy numbers are basically the same as adults, if they're fighting up against omicron, but if children were less likely to get sick in the first place what do you tell a parent who might be skeptical about getting their kid vaccinated saying what's the point, 37%? >> i think it's important to really look at what that vaccine efficacy means. kids are just as likely to get this as adults are. kids are less likely to get very sick from it. what we have seen time and time again with these vaccines is that while they may only pr...

Floating around. and it's still very much there. and the most blunt tools we have to contain it. like non-pharmaceutical interventions. like lockdowns shutting things down. that all leads us to this kind of strange period where we are now. the modeling through phase. modeling through the omicron phase. we know is going to be disruptive. that transmits it is so high. you heard doctor fauci acknowledge that. and what i thought was striking language. saying it factored in the cdc's decision to shorten the recommended length of quarantine. there are going to be so many people testing positive for ...

Done, the governor in colorado has started to dismantle the rules. new york, connecticut, they're looking at similar rules, dismantle ing the rules coming . this means that governors believe that the end of the pandemic, at least the pandemic phase of the pandemic is here. and now, we are moving on to some other phase. pandemic or whatever you want to call it. the hope is this won't ban mask mandates as some have done, but it will allow parents to make their own decisions if kids can wear masks in school. who would know that the mask would be such a rallying cry for so many and become so contr...

Frontline staff are caring for patients who need intensive care after falling critically ill with Covid-19, according the latest HSE report. Disease monitoring ...

It is peak apple harvest time across the country - and Omicron is not showing any signs of slowing down in the two busiest apple harvest regions - Hawke's Bay and Nelson-Tasman.