to penalize them when we have historic numbers of retirements. news about the number of fire departments not able to respond in the same timely fashion than they would be. certain fire department companies are closing in new york city. the vaccine mandates are unconstitutional and again it is exacerbating an already tenuous situation as we face a labor shortage with first responders and law enforcement officers across the country. it makes new york less safe. bill: 8,000 nypd. 3700 fire department, 2,000 sanitation workers. see how the city manages. thank you for your time and give kevin mccarthy my best. i will not suggest that in the future. thank you for your time today. thank you, bill. bill: kidding aside here is martha. martha: vaccinating children is soon going to be a reality. the cdc is meeting today but even vaccinated parents in some places are expressing concerns about the shots for their kids.
With 76 percent of the population being fully vaccinated and authorities maintaining a zero-tolerance policy toward outbreaks, China will begin vaccinating children aged 3 to 11 against COVID-19
this virus, and as you said we re not just protecting the children who sadly 700 of whom 700 have died, but we re also protecting their community, the vulnerable people in their community, people who have not been able to mount an antibody response because of ear co-existing illness, cancer, chemotherapy, other medications that they take, so this is a real important reservoir of the virus right now, about 25% of the new cases are in kids and we have the ability to put that fire out by vaccinating children. and the white house says it has enough vaccines ready to go for this age group, for every 5 to 11-year-old in this country. that s about 28 million kids. pfizer s trial though, the size of this trial was just over 1,900 kids. are you confident that the trial size and the data collected is large enough? i am, and, again, you know,