the protocol and under a normal time line? well, what should be the protocol is what we have the data to support both for efficacy and safety and right now, we have a lot of data supporting that three to four-week interval, and still a good vaccine even if you have only two doses in terms of keeping you out of the hospital, and then get that boost a while later, and look, we have done it with the hpv vaccines is and we do it with so many vaccines and most of them are more than three doses or at least three doses, so we shouldn t be too surprised by that, but it is important to figure out how to walk and chew gum at the same time, and we have to boost those who have already gotten the two doses, but we have 90 million americans who have not gotten a single dose, and this is what is devastating us here in the south where the vaccination rates are so low. dr. peter hotez from baylor,
because if the fda gets it wrong it also has the spillover effect of derailing confidence in all of our childhood vaccines ranging from measles, mumps, roubla to cervical cancer, hpv vaccines. so we have to be pristine. and i think what the fda s looking at is trying to balance that with the urgency in terms of giving this adequate time to see if any safety signals appear and making sure there are enough kids enrolled. so i think it s really about looking for uncommon safety signals. in the m in the meantime there are things we can do to keep all our kids safe that we re not doing. and we ve just been hearing about the lack of mask mandates across the south where i am. and the other thing nobody s talking about is vaccine mandates for the adolescents. every kid over the age of 12 if they come to school should be vaccinated against covid-19 and that will ensure that we can
tolerance for safety signals in young kids is less than adults perhaps. and we have to be pristine because if the fda gets it wrong it also has the spillover effect of derailing confidence in all of our childhood vaccines ranging from measles, mumps, rubella to cervical cancer, hpv vaccines. so we have to be pristine. and i think what the fda s looking at is trying to balance that with the urgency in terms of giving this adequate time to see if any safety signals appear and making sure there are enough kids enrolled. so i think it s really about looking for uncommon safety signals. in the meantime there are things we can do to keep all our kids safe that we re not doing. and we ve just been hearing about the lack of mask mandates across schools in the south where i am. and another thing that really nobody s talking about, anderson, which is vaccine mandates for the adolescents.
misinformation that plays to poison partisanship is part of the problem with why people are not getting vaccinated? so, thank you, chris. and let me say first of all as a pediatric icu physician and as a member of trump administration for three years, the covid vaccines authorized in this country are highly effective. they are saving tens of thousands of lives. and there is no such they know as a risk-free vaccine. but the side effects are very, very minor compared to the overall benefit. i recommend this for all people who they re authorized for. to get to your point, yes, there is misinformation. there has been misinformation that we ve fought all the time with measles vaccines, hpv vaccines, and of course, there is misinformation on covid vaccines and i appreciate the opportunity to dispel as many of those myths as i possibly can within the few minutes we have together. first, this isn t the only time we can talk about it.
65% blacks. 70% hispanics. only 54% republicans. now wet get to you. which is do you believe that misinformation that plays to poison partisanship is part of the problem with why people aren t getting vaccinated, sir? so thanks, chris. and let me say, first of all, that as a pediatric icu physician and as a member of the trump administration for three years the covid vaccines authorized in this country are highly effective. they are saving tens of thousands of lives. and there is no such thing as a risk-free vaccine. but the side effects are very, very minor compared to the roller benefit. i recommend this for all people who they re authorized for. now to get to your point, yes, there s misinformation. there s been misinformation that we have fought all the time with measles vaccines, hpv vaccines and of course there is misinformation on covid vaccines.