At the beginning of Pride Month, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's office and the state's surgeon general Joseph Ladapo have come out against providing gender-affirming care for trans people on Medicaid and transgender youth.
it s what we ve seen with other age groups. the way vaccines work is to coach your system to create antibodies. and it s very typical for boosters to be required. and i would also add, and we also know less than 30% of children in the age group have even gotten their primary series. hopefully, for families, this is a good time for them to think, you know, we know this vaccine is safe. we ve gotten months and months of experience and encourage that children in this age group that has not gotten the vaccine to go out and get their primary series as well. that s certainly the message we know the white house is going to be putting out there, dr. lee savio beers, thank you for joining us on these very important topics this morning. great. thank you so much for having me. and six months after president biden signed the infrastructure bill into law, critically needed fixes on a vital bridge that links ohio and kentucky has still not begun. we have a live report there,
that one out of three children, between the ages of 12 and 15 haven t had a single shot. so the booster is important, but even more important to get that first set of shots and someone needs to think of a way to get to those parents. one in three children, 12 to 15, not having a single shot. we have so many millions of americans in this country who just have not gotten the message on vaccinations, especially for their kids. it is such a difficult problem to solve. elizabeth cohen, thank you for that. joining me now is the president of the american academy of pediatrics, dr. lee savio beers. thank you for being with us. you told cnn at children s national hospital where you work, about half of the hospitalizations are children under 5 who can t get vaccinated yet. what can we all do to help protect that vulnerable part of the population right now? well, thank you so much for asking that because i think it s really important and it s something that we sometimes forget when we re ta