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
september and that was 342 admissions per day for the week ending september 4th. now, if we look at the week ending september 28th, the admissions per day were about 378. and that is just going to get higher that number is not coming down any time soon. so hopefully, this might help a bit. we are hearing at cnn that within days we re going to be there s going to be an fda authorization for booster shots for children ages 12 to 15. if you remember, they were given their first round of shots back last spring so let s take a look at those numbers. once the green light is given for these young people to get boosters, there will be 4 million who will be eligible because they re six months or more past the second shot. and in addition, that s another 4.7 million children that age who in the weeks and months to come will be eligible for it. so that s good, but there s another number that is actually much more important even than those two numbers and that is
alarming is the number of children hospitalized is at its highest it s ever been. more than 500 children admitted each day last week. cnn s miguel marquez reports from the largest hospital seeing record numbers. reporter: 4-month-old grayson perry, his belly is rapidly expanding and contracting, one of many children with covid-19 struggling to breathe. are you afraid they have to intubate him? yeah, a little bit. it s scary and i hope that he s able to get better and go home. reporter: mom to three thinks her youngest picked up the virus at a christmas family gathering. her only job now, keeping her son in good spirits. i do talk to him in like a little baby voice. i sing to him. i can t sing, but he likes it. reporter: one of nearly 70
own party as the progressives are steamrolling through his own agenda. the build back better plan has failed. it s not moving forward. we have a terrible humanitarian crisis at the border. inflation is a big problem. it s not transitory, it s long term. he said he would get a handle on covid. covid is worse over the past year than when he took office, as well as the abysmal withdraw from afghanistan. we re seeing rising gas prices, rising price of food and the economy is in peril. those are the kind of issues that are concerning to the american people. boris, you mentioned that is a key focus for the american people. also, an important part of that recent cnn poll is when people look at joe biden s accomplishments or how he has handled the economy, 55% of american people disapprove of the way joe biden has handled the economy and that is a key issue for them. so that bodes not well for biden
to keep planes flying, trains running on time and to keep doctors and nurses and hospitals, a lot of governments are looking at shortening the isolation period across europe. we ve seen greece and spain do that. the uk is considering the same. it s a very strange time heading into the new year, but that is the one positive sign, we are finding more and more ways to try to find that balance between living with the virus and keeping that surge down. hopefully this is the year that we figure that out. thank you so much for that report. and countries around the world are racing to cut off the spread of the omicron variant. cnn is covering the global response. in tel aviv, israel is rolling out a fourth shot of the covid vaccine wr people with suppressed immune systems. they ve stopped short of approving it for over 60s and health workers for now. the prime minister said israel