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Admissions, they re definitely up. you look at the percentage of vaccination by age, 5 to 11 is 15% right now. we know we expect the fda to approve boosters for 12-year-olds to 15-year-olds in the coming days. will that make a difference? the bigger picture, what are schools supposed to do at this moment? i think schools should remain open. that should be the top priority of keeping our students in school. the reason is that we know omicron is everywhere. it s not just in schools, it s in communities as well. multiple studies have shown schools can be some of the safest places for children from a covid standpoint if protective measures are in place. i would urge school districts that are thinking of paring back mask mandates, this is not the time to turn back on any protective measure. this is the time to increase our protective measures while still keeping our children in school. for parents of kids 5 and above, you have the opportunity to protect your children. ....
About but as you point out kids under 5 don t qualify yet for the vaccine. we have got to do everything that we can to protect them. you also point out that kids 5 and above, the 5 to 12 age range, it is probably only just a little above 20% of kids that are fully vaccinated. the long-term ramifications of this virus are so unknown and so scary if i could take one message and highlight it tonight, it s get your child vaccinated. it is safe. it s effective. it prevents the rare child from getting critically ill from there. and of course we have got to push as a pediatric community to get the vaccine for kids under 5. mike, my last question for you is about dr. biden. will she take on this sort of really yawning gap i think it s 24% of kids between 5 and 11 that are vaccinated. it has been available since the beginning of november. i wonder as kids kind of ....
they re studying this. pfizer has not applied for emergency use authorization. again in that age group, it may not be that necessary because they re generally spared from severe disease. so this is a discussion that s going to happen society-wide, within the infectious disease community as well whether or not that s necessary but in the works. what about boosters for kids 5 and up? that s, again, going to be something far off in the distance, relatively speaking because that group is at even lower risk than the 12 to 15 for serious illness, hospitalization and death. we ve got to think about what our booster policy is. for me, the biggest thing is preventing serious illness. but there are others trying to prevent any infections and that kind of puts us at butting heads over what the best booster policy may be. another viewer asking if we re going to need more than the third shot, or are we going to need more boosters in the future? it s too early to know. we have to see what ....
Temple. besides that you can punch me in the arm. steve: ransomware attacks have continued to this day. originating in russia. so yesterday new york city was blindsided. a parting gift or insult i should say from our mayor here in new york city. he is saying all businesses if you have a job in any business here in new york city. you have to be vaccinated. no more of these testings. a lot of my friends don t want to get vaccinated they are tested every single day at work no. more amp december 27th. kids 5 and above have to be vaccinated into a performance if they want to see the nutcracker or rockettes they have to be vaccinated after the 22nd. steve: 20 days from today, four days before he leaves office. clearly he is trying to appeal to the political left because is he thinking about running for governor of the state of new york. but nonetheless, businesses are furious. there are 180,000 businesses in ....
i am announcing today pools no punches in the fight against covid 19 was a plan that i think should unite us. i know covid 19 has been very divisive in this country. it has become a political issue which is a sad commentary. his plan includes boosters for all adults, possible vaccines for kids 5 and under, international guidelines and free testing and the new 24 hour testing requirements for all inbound international travelers regardless of citizenship or vaccination status begins monday and has the airline industry worried it could impact holiday travel. of 30, we will see what the president has to say about that. griff jenkins, have a great weekend. ari fleischer says president biden has turned covid into a divisive issue. all over the map, that the problem with the president, he ....