HAVE OFFICIALLY ENTERED INTO THE MORNING RUSH. YOU DO REMAIN ACCIDENT AND DELAY FREE, AS YOU
KEEP YOUR SON TOYOTA TIME
SAVER TRAFFIC. THANK YOU SO
MUCH LENA WITH AN UPTICK IN
COVID-19 CASES AND
HOSPITALIZATIONS THERE IS WORD
THAT SOON MORE CHILDREN COULD
BE VACCINATED.
>>LAUREN VERNO: A FOOD AND DRUG
ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL SAYS
EMERGENCY AUTHORIZATION FOR
COVID VACCINES AND KIDS UNDER
12 COULD COME IN EARLY TO
MID WINTER WILL THAT HELP BRING
DOWN THE TRANSMISSION RATE AND
HOW LIKELY ARE PARENTS TO GET
CHILDREN IN THAT AGE GROUP
VACCINATED WE TURN TO OUR
EXPERT THIS MORNING CHAD
NIELSEN HE IS A DIRECTOR OF
INFECTION PREVENTION AT US
HEALTH JACKSONVILLE, GOOD
MORNING TO YOU CHAD THANKS FOR
JOINING US. GOOD MORNING, THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON SO WE KNOW CHILDREN, 12 AND OVER HAVE
BEEN GETTING THE VACCINE FOR
SOME TIME NOW WHAT TYPE OF AGE
PARAMETER ARE WE TALKING ABOUT
HERE FOR A VACCINE SHOULD WE
GET THE EMERGENCY APPROVAL COME
MIDWINTER.
>> YES, SO THERE’S ACTUALLY 2
AGE CATEGORIES THAT ARE
CURRENTLY UNDER TRIAL FOR
PFIZER AND MODERNA THE FIRST
DISEASE 5 TO 11 AGE GROUP AND
THEN THE SECOND ARE THOSE
UNDER 5 AS YOUNG AS
6 MONTHS. SO RIGHT PFIZER
MODERNA ARE BOTH EXPECTING
TRIAL RESULTS.
FOR 5 TO 11 IS TO HIT SOMETIME
IN MID SEPTEMBER.
AND THEN SHORTLY AFTER THAT THE
YOUNGEST AGE GROUP THE 6 TO 4
TO 6 MONTHS TO 4 YEAR OLD
SHOULD GET SOME TIME AFTER
THAT. NOW ONCE THOSE TRIALS
ARE COMPLETE. THE DATA DOES
HAVE TO BE GIVEN OVER TO THE
FDA WILL AUTHORIZE THE USAGE
AND THEY’LL TAKE THAT LONG TO
THEN GO OVER THE DATA AND
ANALYZE IT MAKE SURE IT’S SAFE.
>> FOR CHILDREN.
>> YEAH THAT’S RIGHT ONCE THE
FDA RECEIVED THE TRIAL RESULTS
THEY’RE TRYING TO ACTUALLY TURN
IT AROUND FAIRLY QUICKLYO
THAT’S WHY THERE’S
A MID-WINTER. ESTIMATE HERE
BECAUSE ONCE THE TRIALS ARE
OVER AT YOU OR SUE THE DATA AND
THEN WE’LL GET THAT
EUA USAGE.
>>LAUREN VERNO: SO WE KNOW
CHILDREN THIS YOUNG TYPICALLY
ONLY HAVE MINOR SYMPTOMS OF
COURSE THERE HAVE BEEN
SOME REPORTED DEATHS IN
CHILDREN FROM COVID I KNOW
THERE WAS ONE CHILD HERE
LOCALLY THAT WE KNOW OF WHO
DIED FROM THE INFLAMMATORY
SYNDROME THAT SOME CHILDREN
CAN GET HOW IMPORTANT DO YOU
THINK IT IS FOR CHILDREN IN
THIS AGE BRACKET TO
GET VACCINATED AND DO YOU THINK
THAT’LL HELP LEAD TO HERD
IMMUNITY AND BRING DOWN
TRANSMISSION RATES.
>> WE CERTAINLY KNOW THAT
CHILDREN ARE PASSING AROUND
COVID-19 AT A FASTER RATE THAN
THEY DID BEFORE PRIMARILY
BECAUSE THE
DELTA VARIANT IS LARGELY THE
NUMBER ONE STRAIN CIRCULATING
RIGHT
NOW SO AS KIDS RETURN TO SCHOOL
IN THE FALL OR THEIR PRESCHOOLS
OR THEIR DAYCARES IT BECOMES
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET
THAT POPULATION VACCINATED
ALTHOUGH THE DELTA VARIANT
RIGHT NOW IT’S NOT BEING SEEM
TO BE
MORE SEVERE BECAUSE A LARGER
PROPORTION OF THE ADULT
POPULATION HAS BEEN VACCINATED
THAT’S LEAVING THESE KIDS
REALLY VULNERABLE. UNTIL THEY
GET A VACCINE ON BOARD FOR THEM
SO I DO BELIEVE THAT ONCE WE
START GETTING US INTO OUR
CHILDREN INTO THE CHILD
POPULATION WE’RE GOING TO START
II NUMBERS COME DOWN
PRECIPITOUSLY NOW I KNOW YOU
HEAR A LOT OF SURE FROM YOUR
FRIENDS AND FAMILY WHEN YOU
START TALKING ABOUT VACCINATING
CHILDREN THIS AGE OR
ANY AGE.
>> I MEAN YOU HEAR THE
ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE THERE IS
DOCKING THERE ARE DOCUMENTED
CASES OF HEART INFLAMMATION
AND CHILDREN. I KNOW A COUPLE
OF WEEKS AGO A 13 YEAR-OLD BOY
DIED IN HIS SLEEP 3 DAYS AFTER
RECEIVING THE SECOND
COVID VACCINE. WHAT ARE CDC SEE
OFFICIALS SAYING ABOUT THESE
FINDINGS
AND WATER ARE YOU DOING TO
ENCOURAGE PARENTS TO GET THEIR
CHILDREN VACCINATED.
>> YES SO A LOT OF THESE
ADVERSE EVENTS AFTER VACCINES
ARE.
TO BE HONEST WITH YOU ALL
VACCINES HAVE VERY SMALL.
RISK OF SIDE EFFECTS AND WHAT
I’D LIKE TO SAY IS THEY’RE VERY
SMALL RISKS THESE EVENTS ARE
VERY RARE. HEART INFLAMMATION
CASES IN TEENAGE BOYS AND IN
SOME CASES, THE
SYNDROME. THE JOHNSON AND
JOHNSON HAS RECENTLY NEED TO BE
ADDED TO THE WARNING LABEL ARE
EXTREMELY RARE EVENTS LESS THEM
0.1%
OF EVERYONE WHO GETS THE SHOTS
AS IS COMING DOWN WITH SOME OF
THE SCENARIOS SO
IT’S VERY IMPORTANT. WE
UNDERSTAND THAT ADVERSE EVENTS
ARE RARE. BUT THE EVENTS OF GETTING INFECTED WITH COVID AND POTENTIALLY ENDING UP
HOSPITALIZED IS
MUCH HIGHER AND THAT’S WHAT
WE’RE FOCUSING ON TO ENCOURAGE
PEOPLE TO GET VACCINES NOT ONLY
AS ADULTS BUT HIS KIDS AS WELL
IS THAT THE RARE EVENTS
ARE RARE. BUT COVID-19
INFECTION IS ACTUALLY VERY
COMMON RIGHT NOW DUE TO DO TO
DEVELOP A SEARCH AND CHAD I SEE
A LITTLE RAINBOW ON YOUR DESK
BEHIND YOU I TAKE IT THAT YOU
HAVE SMALL CHILDREN ARE YOU
GOING TO GET YOUR CHILDREN
VACCINATED.
>> YEAH, I HAVE A
4 YEAR-OLD WHO YOU CAME IN THE
FALL SAYS THE VACCINE IS
AVAILABLE AND WILL HAVE HER
VACCINATED FOR IT WE’VE MY WIFE
AND I HAVE STUCK TO A VACCINE
SCHEDULE.
VERY RELIABLY AND I BELIEVE
THAT ONCE THIS IS AVAILABLE I
BELIEVE IN THE EVIDENCE I
BELIEVE THE SCIENCE BEHIND IT I
MYSELF UNVACCINATED SOFTBALL
VERY COMFORTABLE ONCE THE WAS
GIVEN FOR CHILDREN TO RECEIVE
IT TO GIVE IT TO
MY DAUGHTER.