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Group will look at those data and the fda will approve it. i'm optimistic about that. down the road, perhaps by late fall, we can start vaccinating children 5 to 11 years of age. this is terribly important, because this delta variant is reaching down into our pediatric population, making children sufficiently sick so that children's hospitals all across the country, paul's, mine, and others, are seeing children with real serious covid infections being admitted. mind you, now, i'd also like to get in a plug for the fact that children age 12 and over are currently available to be vaccinated. and...

Met that criteria, the bridging studies. they have a high enough antibody response to be able to say we think this not only is likely to be protective. i think that's what he's saying. the fda and cdc need to look closely at the data to see what they can. >> and doctor, looking back on friday's vote, the booster shot vote here, you voiced concern over the lack of data for folks younger than 65. specifically that the data that was presented didn't clearly show the benefits outweighed the risks for people older than 16. what are your concerns about risks around a booster shot and what additional...

Now it's closer to 27 % of the cases. this is a disease and we need a vaccine for children. on one other point that is so important. having the vaccine isn't good enough. you have to give it. we have a vaccine for 12 to 15-year-olds and we continue to see children over 12 who aren't vaccinated and because of that they're being hospitalized. >> my colleague spoke to dr. gruber from pfizer. listen to some of this conversation. >> we're hoping and expectant the fda will approve the vaccine based on the data we have. it makes sense because the level of antibody the vaccine is generating in childre...

Answer reporters' questions in del rio, texas moments from now amid the scramble to to handle the people. welcome to meet the press daily. i'm garrett haake in for chuck todd on a busy monday. we expect to hear from homeland security secretary on the influx of haitian migrants on the southern border. we'll wring it live it happens. this morning the first step in the news so many people have been waiting for. pfizer says the covid-19 is safe and isketive for children ages 5 to 11 and says it will submit the data of the fda by tend of the month. this is welcome, welcome news for parents. and...

First dose of the vaccine. >> shots for everybody. doctor, are you equally optimistic as you look at this data? >> sure. i share the optimism. it is as you said, a press release. i mean, so we're in an era of press releases. this is topline data. you want to make sure they look carefully at all the data and every child that got the vaccine to make sure it's safe and look at the data and see how well it was able to induce the response among all the participants and then after the fda looks at the data, then it duos to the committee at the cdc, the advisory committee for immunization. right now ...