pediatric vials with smaller needles and orange caps. pfizer s study found that two shots were nearly 91% effective in preventing symptomatic covid. still, many parents are hesitant. only a third saying they will get their 5 to 11-year-olds vaccinated right away. some want to see more research. the guilt would be tremendous. if he had a reaction to it, that s something i have to take responsibility for. reporter: but health officials say the vaccine is safe for kids and the real risk is covid. i think there s urgency because we re seeing disease in children, we ve seen deaths in children. and whit johnson with us tonight. whit, late today, the cdc giving us a clearer picture of when these shots could be available for children 5 to 11? reporter: david, the cdc advisory panel announced they will meet next tuesday and then they will vote on the pfizer vaccine recommendations in kids 5 to 11 years old. the c d dc director will have t
about vaccine recommendations. and what you heard in the press briefing, while we ve been on the air, by the way, is jen psacki getting asked about that. the president has spoken over the last several days with a range of different voices. but he knows the most constructive role he can play in this moment is working to unify democrats on a path forward. and a big part of that, of course, a huge part of that is working toward an agreement to get 50 votes in the senate. so, shannon, is the feeling from the white house end of on things that, hey, we re doing what we can, president biden is doing what he can, but at some point, those down pennsylvania avenue have to put up or shut up? you know, i would say that was a bit of the thinking earlier in the month and maybe august that this was an issue that needed to be resolved among senators themselves. the white house has taken so much more of an active role this week and a little bit last week
natural immunity is 27 times more effective than vaccinated immunity? the cdc with 21,000 employees have not done any study comparable? that is a big miss. right now when we talk about vaccine recommendations, not talking about natural immunity is a way in which public health officials lose credibility. the complication rate may be higher after vaccination in those that have previous natural immunity. that is one of the concerns in teens. martha: is that because they have all right built an immunity, get a shot on top of that and now poe ten chainly on top of that? we need to know the data. we need to know how the young people respond. once the fda recommends the shot, next time we re talking about mandates for this. that s right. everybody may do well with a different dosing strategy and
0 ahead of that messaging before the science had before that regulators were on the same page with them. john: , and on the immigration front, the mayor of del rio, texas, is on the extraordinary pictures. they declared a state of emergency in his town. thanks for being with us on this friday martha: thanks, john and jacqui. a lot of breaking news. i m martha maccallum in new york. any moment now, there you can see the podium is set up at the pentagon. a huge development breaking right now as we are told that officials are about to announce that no isis-k fighters were killed in the august 29th u.s. drone strike in kabul that killed ten civilians in fact. there s no disciplinary action we re told expected as a result of that obvious misstep, mistake, whatever you want to call it. a lot of questions moments away about what happened with what was said to be a great example of our over-the-horizon ability to take out targets in afghanistan despite the fact that we pulled out. so there