Vaccine that similar to pfizer, the moderna vaccine, is also in the midst of its own Clinical Trial and young people. If that produces similar results thats reason to expect that they could follow pfizer pretty quickly and becoming a second vaccine approved for kids ages 12 and up. Theyre also promising trials underway right now for kids younger than age 12 so that part of the Vaccination Effort is all happening now. Again, it feels like its happening all at once but weve been able to see this Clinical Trial data and development and its sort of live the predicate for what is about to happen now but in terms of fda acting on it stuff its looks like its gonna happen within that the next few days and thats really important. It comes amid these twin concerns that we have right now, right . If we are ever going to get ahead of the pandemic, if the rest of the world cant get vaccinated, Global Access to vaccines is the only way to beat a global pandemic. So far its only a very small handful
For 12 to 16yearolds. 12 to 15yearolds, since the current vaccines are approved for kids 16 and up. Now, this could happen by next week, it could potentially even happen by the end of this week. But this, of course, will be a huge relief to families around the country who have 12, 13, 14, 15yearold kids who have been thinking about how to mitigate covid risk for kids doing Summer Activities and kids going back to school in the fall. The other twoshot vaccine that is similar to pfizers, the moderna vaccine, that is also in the midst of its own Clinical Trial in young people. If that trial produces similar results, there are good reasons to expect that moderna could follow pfizer pretty quickly in becoming a second vaccine approved for kids ages 12 and up. There are also promising trials underway right now for kids younger than age 12. So that part of the Vaccination Effort is all happening now. It feels like its sort of happening all at once, but we have been able to see this Clinical T
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Discussion on the legal challenges as the influx of children to the border continues. I will be your moderator for todays webinar. Unfortunately our previously scheduled moderate, mary juvenile, is unable to join us today. We are thrilled to be able to present this time the panels entitled, unaccompanied children at the border get the facts from the experts, sponsored by the Aviation Commission on immigration and the nba section on civil rights and social justice. This panel is one of many and a series of Rapid Response webinars. The civil rights and social justice session is actively planning additional programming on a variety of issues so please visit american bar dot oregon, forward slash, he our sja, for updates on these programs. During todayss program we encourage you to ask questions of our panelists through the q a function, not the chat. If you do not to see the controls please ensure your screen is not idle. We will address questions at the end of the panel. We will be shari
And we are beginning our hearings today in a very bipartisan way with witnesses that we have before us are the result of a bipartisan consensus and there is nothing partisan about Consumer Protection. We all want to protect against the abuses and deception and lies that all too often we see in the marketplace. We are completing a year of unimaginable heartbreak and hardship for all americans. A year of pandemic crisis, Health Care Crisis and consumer crisis. This year of heartbreak for americans its also been a breakout year for the swindlers and con artists. They have seen it as a bonanza and in fact, they have made it a bonanza. There have been 460,000 reports of Consumer Fraud in the past year, according to the ftc, at a cost of more than 411 Million Dollars which represents a 45 increase in the numbers of reports, 83 rise in the dollars lost. So, these reports show the results of a flooding of Online Marketplaces with fake personal protective equipment, sophisticated counterfeits a