to bring the virus under control. so, the president is planning to tackle that by bringing in vaccine mandates for federal workers and government contractors. no doubt he will welcome a decision taken by the los angeles school board, the second biggest in the country, to mandate vaccines for all children over the age of 12. that said, there is already a fairly high take up of the vaccine among teenagers in los angeles county, with 60.8% of the 12 15 age group having had at least one dose, though still a fair bit lower than the number of parents vaccinated. 73% of 30 49 year olds in la have now had at least one dose. let s bring in our senior north america reporter anthony zurcher. good to see you. is this perhaps part of a pattern? does that big a school board introduced a mandate and others follow? i school board introduced a mandate and others follow? and others follow? i think that definitely could and others follow? i think that definitely could be and others follow? i think t