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Ages 6 to 11 are safe and effective. while saying they'll seek emergency authorization from the fda soon. >> it shows that that smaller dose is still sufficient for younger kids. that it creates just as strong, if not stronger of an antibody response with potentially fewer side effects because your body is being exposed to less of the immunogenic material. >> reporter: the fda prepares to refew pfizer's smaller dose vaccines for kids as young as 5 tomorrow. shots in arms could come in the next two weeks. >> it's entirely possible, if not very likely that vaccines will be available for children...

Is better for kids because it's 50 versus 30 of pfizer? >> the pfizer dose for young kids is 10. it's 10 micrograms. so it's one-third of the adult dose. the adult pfizer dose is 30. >> so even more so. so if the moderna one is 50 and pfizer is 10, doesn't that mean -- would that mean the moderna shot for kids is stronger? >> it might be stronger. we'll have to see the data. we'll have to see what neutralizing antibody titers it produces. >> lastly, we've talked about this over the life of the pandemic, communications issues. the biden administration does not have an fda commissioner. they cle...

>> let's talk about the moderna announcement. they just released their own data on kids 6 to 11 saying it produced a robust immune response. that has not been peer reviewed yet, we should note that, but it seems like promising initial information. >> we know that pfizer has a vaccine that's very likely to be signed off this week by the fda committee. next week by the cdc committee. and maybe the week after that, in your pediatrician's office. and the moderna vaccine is very similar technology to the pfizer vaccine. so it's interesting. that vaccine has -- using basically half the dose. and hal...