the children hospitalized with covid in the united states have been unvaccinated and two out of 10 of kids who are hospitalized will need icu management. so this is a big deal, and most of these severe complications can be avoided by vaccinating children and finally, hopefully by the end of june, we ll be able to vaccinate, essentially, all but the most young children, zero to six months of age in this country. yeah, we ll see what happens. dr. rhiner, let me quickly turn to the outbreak of monkey pox here in the united states. president biden first said over the weekend that people should be concerned but today said it doesn t rise to the level of concern, for example, like covid-19. is he right on both counts? i think he s right. first of all, this is a much different virus than the coronavirus, covid-19 virus.
new hope tonight that children younger than five could finally be on the verge of getting vaccinated. pfizer says its three dose covid vaccine is safe and effective in the age group and the fda just announced around advisory meeting to review the new data. let s discuss with cnn medical analyst, dr. jonathan rhiner, thank you for joining us, how encouraging is this news from pfizer and how soon, potentially, could the vaccines for this age group get the final green light? well this is long-awaited and very welcome news, wolf. the fda will meet june 15th to talk about both the eua applications for moderna and for pfizer. think of it this way, there are about 7 million unvaccinated americans and the biggest group of unvaccinated americans are kids. there are about 46 million
demographic of the president, typically people who are older and the president will turn 80 this year. yeah, so that s potentially a problem. while i have you, dr. rhiner, let me get your thoughts on this new documentation from u.s. task force, no longer recommending baby aspirins for individuals out there, that they could be more problematic than helpful. what is your assessment right now? a lot of our viewers told by their card yaiologists or docto it s a good idea to take a baby aspirin. the recommendation is for primary prevention, which means taking the aspirin basically to ward off an initial event and what the data shows for mpeople have not had a heart attack or stroke or bypass surgery or something like that, the evidence doesn t really support that taking an aspirin, the benefits out weigh the risks, principly of bleeding. the now, the people who have had
a heart attack or stent procedure like i do, for those people aspirin is crucial and that s called secondary prevention so it s important to understand, if you do take an aspirin everyday, before you stop it, talk to your doctor, understand why you are taking it, and there are certain folks who have such high level of cardiac risk who have not yet had a first event who should also take it but again these are individualized physicians, discuss it with your physician. really important, always have a conversation with your doctors. so important. dr. rhiner, thank you very much as usual for joining us. my pleasure. dr. jonathan rhiner with george washington university. up next, what could be a surge of antisemitic attacks and harassment across the united states, new information just coming in, we ll be right back. shows ininstantly if you re below, within or above your range. it cheers you on and provides guidance. connnnected to your health and your phone. visit onetouch.com today
analyst dr. jonathan rhiner and asked him if you ve gotten two shots but no booster and it s been six months how protected are you? not that well protected. so much so i would say although six months ago we would say if you re double vaxed you are fully vaccinated. that was the definition of fully vaccinated. this administration and the cdc needs the tell the american people the president on tuesday should tell the american people should tell people if it s been six months you re no longer fully vaxed. i think the administration should move the window to four months and allow people who are four months out from the second shot to be boosted. that was going to be one of my other questions for you. and if you re unvaxed, what happens if you get covid? oh, there s a tsunami coming. this omicron variant is extraordinarily contagious. it s as contagious as measles,