11? so, we are already prepared to off terrify vaccine for ages 5 to 11 as we already have this large vaccine roll out plan happening. but we are also, you know, waiting to see what the data shows from the fda and also wanting to talk to our university partners and public health department. okay. a recent poll from the kaiser family foundation found that just over a third of parents with 5 to 11-year-old kids will vaccinate their kids as soon as they are eligible. 32% say they will wait and see how the vaccine is working while 24% say they definitely will not vaccinate their children. so how do those numbers hit you? what are your thoughts and concerns as a parent of two young children myself who are too young to be vaccinated i can t wait to get my children vaccinated. you know, now we have this opportunity. we have 28 million americans in
department come in and give the shots. so, our teams are working with school divisions and superintendents to do that wherever possible. of course, all of this depends on the fda authorizing the covid-19 vaccine for younger ages and the cdc recommending it. but in the meantime there are steps parents can take to prepare. you can call your pediatrician s office just to see if they plan to off terrify vaccine to ages 5 to 11 once it s available and if they don t plan to then at least you know now you have to make an appointment at either a pharmacy or local vaccine clinic instead. back to you. thank you so much for that. joining me right now discuss is a doctor, a pediatrician and a medical director of the los angeles unified school district which is the nation s second largest school district. doctor, so good to see you. how is your school district preparing for a possible vaccine roll out?
settling the west wasn t easy. we are the american people. we have seen difficulties before. and we always overcame it. trouble with those wow commercials like that is when you finally meet the candidate he doesn t measure up to the excitement. we have an early indication he s not as mainstream as he maybe. he wants to reinstate don t-ask, don t-tell. imagine going backwards on that after all this debate. go back to don t-ask, don t-tell. what a progressive move. a policy majority americans want repeal they want it gone he wants to bring it back. speaking of the right let s take a look at mitch mcconnell s idea of bipartisanship. this morning the republican leader was asked to give advice for the president on moving forward. well mcconnell s answer if the president is willing to do what i and my members would do anyway, we re not going to say no. now there s an off terrify president can refuse. does senator mcconnell want to