texas and in the southern part of the united states. we are probably looking at single digit potential uses for the toddlers and for the very young kids, and may be a little better in the north east. that s where the battleground is going to be, providing the advocacy and convincing parents of the importance of vaccinating young children. how do ou vaccinating young children. how do you mitigate vaccinating young children. how do you mitigate the concerns that parents might have about vaccinating their young children, even if they are getting the course of vaccines they would have otherwise. adding another one to that list is bound to cause some concern. i think there is an education process. we have to make parents understand why covid is still a serious illness among young kids. for instance, we have lost 200 to 400 kids under the age of five years from covid. that s a significant amount and actually higher than the diseases that we currently vaccinate them against, and
persuading parents of the importance of vaccinating their young children. i think there is an education process. we have to make parents understand why covid is still a serious illness amongst young kids, for instance, we have lost 200 a00 kids under the age of five years from covid. that s a significant amount and actually higher than the diseases that we currently vaccinate them against, with 2000 hospitalisations. so, it is still a pretty serious illness, and covid is still with us so, helping them to understand that, because we have a lot of anti vaccine activism here in the united states, and the buzz that they put out is that they try to say covid is a serious disease only for the elderly, and that s simply not the case. you see this sharp north south divide with very low uptake in the southern part of the united states and that s because covid 19 vaccinations have become so politicised that vaccinations are occurring along such a strong partisan divide so, the geographic
and for the moderna, so far, it is a two dose vaccine, but moderna reports that there may be a third dose. i think the big issue is going to be how widely accepted going to be because, here in the united states, for the 5 11 year olds only about 30% of parents are vaccinating their kids for the 5 11 year olds, and that goes down to 10 11% where we are, down in texas and the southern part of the united states. so, we are looking at probably single digit potential uses, for the toddlers and very young kids, and may be a little better in the north east. so, that is where the battleground is going to be in providing the advocacy and persuading parents of the importance of vaccinating their young children. i think there is an education process. we have to make parents understand why covid is still a serious illness amongst young kids, for instance, we have lost 200 400 kids under the age of
is bound to cause some concern. i think there is an education process. we have to make parents understand why covid is still a serious illness among young kids. for instance, we have lost 200 to a00 kids under the age of five years from covid. that s a significant amount, and actually higher than the diseases that we currently vaccinate them against, and 20,000 hospitalisations. so it s still a pretty serious illness, and covid is still with us. helping them to understand that because we have a lot of anti vaccine activism here in the united states, and the buzz that they try to put out is they try to make the claim that covid i9 is a serious disease exclusively for the elderly, and that s simply not the case. and what s the picture in the united states when it comes to vaccines with older children? well, as i say, for the five to ii year olds, we re doing quite badly only about 30%, and a lot of geographic variation. for the i2 to i7 year olds, somewhat better. but again, you see
it is a two dose vaccine, but moderna reports that there may be a third dose. i think the big issue is going to be how widely accepted these are going to be because, here in the united states, for the 5 11 year olds only about 30% of parents are vaccinating their kids for the 5 ii year olds, and that goes down to 10 11% where we are, down in texas and the southern part of the united states. so, we are looking at probably single digit potential uses, for the toddlers and very young kids, and may be a little better in the north east. so, that is where the battleground is going to be, providing the advocacy and persuading parents of the importance of vaccinating their young children. i think there is an education process. we have to make parents understand why covid is still a serious illness amongst young kids, for instance, we have lost 200 400 kids under the age