pediatric populations this summer because of the delta variant. we saw unprecedented numbers of children s hospital admissions and for the first time since i can remember, pediatric intensive care units overwhelmed. so, we saw this fivefold increase over later in the summer. um, among pediatric hospitalizations here in the south. 8,300 hospitalizations, altogether, for children. about half. young children 5 to 11 half with that multisystem inflammatory syndrome of of of childhood which is very severe. 100 deaths between the ages of 5 to 11 and about 14% of the of the kids having long-covid symptoms lasting more than 15 months. bottom line, we learned this summer that covid-19 s a very bad actor in the children 5 to 11 and that s why we need it. dr. wen, i mentioned another point of discussion today is mandates and whether emergency use authorization for pfizer s kid vaccine is going to lead to