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country. cdc confirmed 7500 cases in the u.s., over 28,000 cases worldwide. on thursday, the biden administration declared the monkeypox outbreak a national health emergency. california, new york, illinois, have also declared emergencies. there are legitimate concerns and criticisms about the facts are fish, and i m going to bring in the doctor who chia blackstock, and an msnbc contributor. dr. blackstock, we were actually together when this announcement came down about a state of emergency. i ve been able to talk with you about this off line. i wanted to bring that conversation to our viewers because there are so many questions. let s start with the basics,
we re seeing a new york city black and latino men are being disproportionately represented. we know what s happened in the past, we know what happened during covid we know would happen during the hiv epidemic. if we don t target towards people who need the resources and need the medication and treatment, those communities will suffer the most. i think it s also important to say that monkeypox as i mentioned, it s transmitted in other ways as well. it is transmitted through kissing and cuddling. we have seen that there are children within households where someone s been affected where they have monkeypox. but it s quite rare. i would say right now, don t panic. vigilance is desperately needed at this time, as well as education and public health messaging. tell me, dr. blackstock, what does vigilance look like? it s my understanding that not everyone is eligible for the vaccine. right i would say, at this point, probably not everyone
causes of death for children in that group, in recent months. so i think that while there has been a vocal minority of parents that wanted this i do think more parent need to get the rack [interpreter] i know, i saw the percentage as only a third of children 5 to 11 have been fully vaccinated, and probably we expect left for less children. this is why we do need, pediatricians, schools, daycare centers, we need it all out push to educate parents about the importance of getting the children vaccinated. so, here is some of the number, as we have from the kaiser family foundation survey, 80% of parents are eager to get their pair kids one in five. model way to see how the 27% definitely not getting their kids vaccinated. 11% they ll do so if required. talk to me, dr. blackstock, as you re taking a look at some of
preventing serious illness. so, i ll get my daughter who is for, vaccinated. i think milestone for a lot of parents, guardians across this country starting this week, colluded vaccines available for the youngest amongst all of. us this weekend cdc advisory committee voting to unanimously recommend vaccines for children between the ages of six months and five years old. the cdc advisory panel said that their pfizer moderna or an, operative protection from hospitalization, even long term complications, roughly 18 million kids in the u.s. will be eligible. but how many are actually gonna get the vaccine, that s the question. the cdc exit between five and 11 have been vaccinated. some shots are made available to their age group in november and while covid s been deadlier among adults, there was a surge in hospitalizations amongst children when the omicron variant emerge. for maybe kids under the age of five had died, since the beginning of this pandemic. with me now is msnbc medical co