AND
AND CITIES ARE PLANNING WHEN IT COMES TO VACCINATING CHILDREN.
SN+@IA PARENTS, WE KNO+@W YOU HE
A TON OF QUESTIONS THIS MORNING
REGARDING THIS DECISION.
WE WANT TO BRING IT INFECTIOUS
DISEASE AND EPIDEMIOLOGIST DR.
JOSH BROWNSTEIN.
JOSH BROWNSTEIN. THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME.
YOU WORK AT A C+@HILDREN'S
HOSPITAL.
HOSPITAL.
HOSPITAL. WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO THE FDA
AUTHORIZATION?
AUTHORIZATION? DR. BROWNSTEIN: OVERALL THIS IS
FANTASTIC NEWS.
FANTASTIC NEWS. WE ARE ADDING 60 MORE -- 60
MILLION MORE ELIGIBLE KIDS INTO
THE VACC+@INE MIX.
THIS IS A SUPER IMPORTANT STEP
TO GETTING CHILDREN VACCINATED.
WE FOUND THAT THE VACCINE WAS
SAFE AND EFFECTIVE AND THEY
LOOKED AT THIS IN A COUPLE
THOUSAND PARTICIPANTS AND FOUND
IT TO BE 100% EFFECTIVE IN KID+S
12 TO 15 MEANING NO CASES OF
+@
12 TO 15 MEANING NO CASES OF COVID IN THOSE KIDS THAT WERE
VACCINATED.
VACCINATED. WE SAW 16 CASES AND OVERALL THIS
IS WHAT WE EXPECTED TO HAPPEN
BUT NOW THAT IT IS FINALLY
HAPPENING THIS+@ IS GOING TO BE
BUT NOW THAT IT IS FINALLY HAPPENING THIS+@ IS GOING TO BEO
GREAT FOR OUR PATIENT POPULATION
TO DEAL WITH THE SICKEST AND
VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AN+@D TO
GET THE+@ VACCINE TO THEM MEANS
VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AN+@D TO GET THE+@ VACCINE TO THEM MEANSO
MUCH TO THEIR HEALTH.
SONIA: THE DATA IS INCREDIBLE,
40% OF PARENTS WITH KIDS AGES 12
DOES 15 SAY THEY WILL ONLY
VACCINATE TH+@EIR KIDS IF THE
SCHOOLS REQUIRE IT.
WHAT WOULD YOU STATE OF THESE
PARENTS?
PARENTS?
PARENTS? DR. BROWNSTEIN: YOU HAVE TO HAVE
A CONVERSATION YOUR PEDIATRICIAN
TO UNDERSTAND THE VACCINE IF YOU
GET IT AND+@ WE KNOW THAT THERE
TO UNDERSTAND THE VACCINE IF YOU GET IT AND+@ WE KNOW THAT THERES
HIGHER RISK IN THE ADULT BELIEF
IN.
IN.
IN. KIDS
IN. KIDS TO GET SICK AND MANY HAVE
DIED FROM COVID.
IT'S LONG COVID AND LUNG
PERSISTING SYMPT+@OMS WITH THE
RARE INFLAMMATORY DISEASE.
WE KNOW THAT OUTBRE+@AKS IN
SCHOOLS MEAN US COULD GET
CLOSED.
CLOSED.
CLOSED. GETTING A VACCINE MEANS KIDS
COULD GET THE VACCINE AND TAKE
GETTING A VACCINE MEANS KIDS COULD GET THE VACCINE AND TAKE+@
THE MASK OFF.
THEY WILL TRANSMIT.
THERE ARE SO MANY REASONS THAT
KIDS ARE GETTING THE+@ VACCINE.
SONIA: SHOULD SCHOOLS REQUIRE
STUDENTS TO GET VACCIN+@ATED, AD
WHAT WOULD THAT DO IN TERMS OF
GETTING MORE KIDS BACK INTO THE
CLASSROOM?
CLASSROOM? DR. BROWNSTEIN: IT'S A GOOD
QUESTION AND IT WILL BE
STATE-BY-STATE.
STATE-BY-STATE. UNLIKELY WE WILL SEE THAT OUT OF
THE GATE.
THE GATE.
THE GATE. THIS +@IS ABOUT ENCOURAGING PEOE
THIS +@IS ABOUT ENCOURAGING PEO@ TO GET ON BOARD WITH THE
VACCINE.
VACCINE.
VACCINE. THEY WILL RE+@LY ON THEIR SOCIAL
NETWORKS AND RELY ON
PEDIATRICIAN OFFICES AND DO SO
NETWORKS AND RELY ON PEDIATRICIAN OFFICES AND DO SO+@
MUCH EDUCATING TO EXPLAIN WHY
THIS VACCINE IS SO IMPORTANT AND
WHY REDUCING TRANSMISSION AND
COMMUNITY WILL PREVENT THE
+@
+@ SPREAD
+@ SPREAD OF VARIANCE AND HOW
IMPORTANT THIS IS FOR MENTAL
HEALTH AND ANXIETY AND
DEPRESSION.
DEPRESSION. GIVING OUR KIDS A NORMAL SCHOOL
EXPERIENCE SHOULD BE PARAMOUNT
RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW. SONIA: I KNOW A LOT OF PARENTS
ARE CONCERNED, THEY HEAR AND SEE
THE DATA BUT THERE IS NO
LONG-TERM EVIDENCE THIS IS A
GOOD THING FOR OUR KIDS.
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO PARENTS WHO
DON'T K+@NOW ABOUT THE LONG-TERM
EFFECTS OF THIS?
THEIR KIDS BODY IS STILL
DEVELOPING.
DEVELOPING.+@ DR. BROWNSTEIN: WE NEED TO LOOK
AT THE HIS+@TORIES OF VACCINES.
MOST OF THE MAJOR EVENTS AFTER
VACCINES HAPPEN IMMEDIATELY AND
WE HAVE SO MUCH DATA ON PEOPLE
BEING VACCINAT+@ED WITH THE PFIR
+@
+@ VACCINE THERE ARE MILLIONS OF
PEOPLE THAT HAVE HAD THE VACCINE
ALREADY INCREDIBLY SAFE AND
WE'VE ALREADY HAD IT IN THE 16
TO 18-YEAR-OLD AGE GROUP.
INCREDIBLY +@SAFE AND EFFECTIVE
VACCINE.
VACCINE.
VACCINE. THE PROCESS FOR EVALUATING THESE
VACCINES IS INCREDIBLY IN-DEPTH.
THEY LOOK AT ALL THE DATA AND
MAKE --
MAKE --
MAKE -- SONIA: WE'VE HAD 16 TO
18-YEAR-OLDS GETTING THIS.
WHAT DOES THE STEP A MEAN IN
TERMS OF GETTING YOUNGER KIDS
VACCINATED?
VACCINATED? >> THIS IS AN IMPORTANT STEP
BECAUSE IT IS SETTING +@A
PRECEDENT FOR YOUNGER KIDS TO
COME NEXT.
COME NEXT. IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME BUT
PFIZER IS WORKING ON TESTING
THIS VACCINE IN CHILDREN FIVE TO
11.
11.
11. THAT
11. THAT IS PROBABLY WHERE YOU WILL
FIND THE DATA.
NOW WE ARE MOVING INTO +@THE
YOUNGER AGE GROUPS AND THAT WILL
P+@ROBABLY H+@APPEN BEGINNING OF
NEXT YEAR.
NEXT YEAR. MODERNA IS DOING THE SAME TRIALS
RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW. WE WILL PROBAB+@LY SEE LOWER DOS
FOR THOSE AGE GROUPS.
ALL INDICATIONS AGAIN MEAN +@THS
IS GOING TO BE A SAFE VACCINE
AND EVENTUALLY WE WILL GET ALL
OF OUR SCHOOL-AGED KIDS
VACCINATED.
VACCINATED. SONIA: THANK YOU FOR YOUR+@ TIME
AND INSIGHT.
AND INSIGHT. I KNOW THIS IS A LOT OF
INFORMATION TO PROCESS, YOU CAN
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT COVID
VACCINES +@ON OUR WEBSITE.
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