i would say for all of your viewers, think of this as tamiflu, which is something we prescribe for flu. if you get diagnosed early with mild symptoms of flu, you take tamiflu in the fist 48 hours after diagnosis. something similar with this pill for covid. if we diagnose you early, that is the critical step in early diagnosis, mild to moderate symptoms, we can give you a five-day course of this pill, maybe it will keep you out of the hospital. a 50% reduction in the likelihood of hospitalization. i will say this is a medium to longer term solution. great for global health. it s easily scalable. we can get it to places where vaccines are hard to deliver. but if you re an unvaccinated individual watching us right now, we re dealing with vaccine that s have 90% effectiveness in keeping you out of the hospital. please don t view this as a great concerns policy. get vaccinated. in terms of vaccinations, if
vaccines are hard to deliver. but if you re an unvaccinated individual watching us right now, we re dealing with vaccine that s have 90% effectiveness in keeping you out of the hospital. please don t view this as a great concerns policy. get vaccinated. if the pfizer vaccine is approved for kids 5-11, we saw advice from the white house today telling governors around the country get ready. we re going to have to be ready to rollout vaccines for elementary school age kids. that is different rollout than any vaccine we ve seen thus far. st what do you think that might change the dynamics of the virus? how do you think that may change the dynamics of our epidemic heading into the winter if kids can get vaccinated under age 12. there is still not a lot of kids in pediatric hospitals and icus due to severe covid-19.