Across the world there are protests against vaccination. Police often have to intervene when protesters without masks and social distancing contribute to the spread of the virus. But where do you draw the line between extremists and sceptics?
you know, any kind of pediatrician will tell you their phone is ringing off the hook. i spent hours this morning trying to get an appointment for my kids. part of the politics is that the rollout really could have been a little smoother. there s still not on vaccine.gov. there s still not a tab for you to find pediatric vaccines and so you know, i think later on, there s going to be a story about lack of demand, but right now, the story, it feels in some way is like march or april when the real story was about the desperate demand. yeah. we ve seen that in as you say, phases of multiple rollouts, which speaks to the fact that this is still a very big task for medicine and government. doctor, i ll let you respond to that as well as i want to play for viewers what the cdc is saying because i m sure statistically, we know there are parents watching, about how this process worked and how they assure safety for the very
it s all fun and games until a lot of people die of covid. i m joined by dr. patel. she worked as a health policy adviser with brookings and michelle goldberg with the new york times. i showed the news landed on some of the fierce politics, so i go to you first on the politics. against the backdrop of something that we now have assurances is safe for kids. i think there s been so much attention to vaccine resisters, vaccine deniers, anti-vaxx activism. that s going to become much more of an issue in the weeks to come. right now, the issue is that it s very hard to get an appointment. i don t think we talk enough about the parents that are desperate for this vaccine. the parents that are lining up for this. parents that are crashing websites and making it difficult
necessary research. what i find especially disingenuous about the vaccine deniers is that there are arrogant it sounds like what you have been saying is that you do believe the experts, you are not a vaccine denier, but you have done the study and research but how do you respond and say you may be uninformed about what you are saying? i think i am pretty important in my decision. fauci himself was asked the question what you have to say people who have had covid and i don t feel the need to take the vaccine and he says he doesn t have an answer at this time but at the end of the day, we have to put we are talking about a virus with a 99.7 survival rate in the vaccine that does not stop infection or transmission. that is where all the craziness and everything is talking about, talking about all of the science where natural immunity has not been discussed in a real way. it should be a policy that respects again, reiterating that at the end of the day, because of what we are talking
players vaccinated but my reporting for rolling stones indicates vaccine holdouts make up the sort of secret society of straight up antivaxxers. the family of kyrie irving a nets superstar here in brooklyn who once said the earth was flat which it isn t. they are out here denying the vaccine has worked which it has. they are talking about, quote, dr. fallacy. another player, jonathan isaac, was trying to explain masks don t work. then a conspiracy theory about moderna mind control which has spread to several locker rooms. this comes down to the nba players union really one of the most powerful unions in america. their stance on vaccine mandate is nonstarter. so the vaccine deniers are in many ways setting the agenda here. right now san francisco and new york city requiring athletes indoors to be vaccinated. we ve seen some hesitancy on vaccinations from you mentioned kyrie irving of the nets but