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We're not working together on stopping this spread of the delta variant as our kids go back to school and are put in dangerous situations in indoor classrooms, if they're not required to bear masks. >> what's the logic of it? just work it out for me. texas is a place with a lot of sort of republican and conservative history who believe that governments shouldn't be, you know, telling localities what to do. you have a lot of independent counties. who gets -- who wins from this? i'm trying to figure out why this is good, because all that happens is your icus get filled, kids with covid, lots of ...

Is really kpexemplified with what's going on now. we see lots of young people including adolescents and kids going into hospitals, even pediatric icus. and unfortunately one of the reasons for that is the low up take among young people. so having that option to vaccinate younger school age kids between 5 and 11 would be really great for a lot of parents who really want that comfort level. you know, the truth is if we'd done in the south what's going on in vermont right now where all the adults are vaccinated, all the adolescents are vaccinated 12 to 17 we would not feel this urgency, but we've...

Provide tomorrow, though, in terms of when -- when we think we might need this for the general population. >> and let's talk about -- um -- children under 12. the surgeon general says that a vaccine for kids under 12 could be ready before the end of 2021. how does that change the dynamic of this pandemic? and how fast can we get kids -- get enough kids vaccinated? >> well, the reason we need it is really exemplified by what's going on, now. we have got this firestorm raging across the south where seeing lots and lots of young people, including adolescents and kids, going into hospitals includi...

Frustrated, they are tired, but they know there is still a lot of work to be done. the weather is not cooperating. the entire week we're expecting temperatures approaching 100 degrees. the high temperatures and the low humidity all contributing to what will likely be a fire that continues to grow over the next couple of days. camila bernal, cnn, greenville, california. the covid-19 pandemic is worsening among america's children. pediatric icus are filling up with kids and teens infected with the delta variant. ahead, why experts and hospitals are warning it is going to get worse.

Health department or any doctor in my community. they're hearing it on fox news, on facebook, from folks with something nefarious in mind to try to keep people from getting vaccinated, keep them getting sick. when we talked about the last governors, everyone said, well, it is old people dying, they lived out their life expectancy, we can sacrifice them for the sake of the economy, for the bizarre freedom to not wear a simple face covering. we have to ask now are we willing to sacrifice these kids. you know, the pediatric icus are filling up in texas and in florida. it hasn't started by me yet,...