ways off from seeing those kinds of requirements, at least widespread throughout the country. i think that will require, not just an emergency use authorization, but a full approval, and were months away from that. some of the other things i think will make a difference is, i think a lot of parents will be hesitant to be the early adopters, they will want to wait and see how it goes for other children in their community, make sure that it pans out well for them. and, i think the other factor that would facilitate getting more kids vaccinated, is making it as easy as possible for parent to get their child vaccinated, so they don t have to take time off work, and there are no additional cost or burdens on them. i think that would make vaccination rates really go up as well. and a very practical question, given that there are so many places that are lifting mask mandates. what should someone who are immunocompromised and higher risk settings be doing to protect themselves? how well does
there are no additional cost or burdens on them. i think that would make vaccination rates really go up as well. and a very practical question, given that there are so many places that are lifting mask mandates. what should someone who are immunocompromised and higher risk settings be doing to protect themselves? how well does mask work, for example, if you re the only person wearing it in a crowded place, in a grocery store? if you are wearing, a cam 95 mask, those are a highly productive, remember that health care workers were working in hospitals full of covid patients, day in day out, wearing those n95 masks for almost a year, and many of us remained an infected if we wore those masks consistently and correctly. they really do work. so that is always an option for someone who s concerned, whether they are immunocompromised or not. doctor celine gounder, some
decline. there s some hope the delta variant wave may have peaked. but we re heading into the fall. the virus tends to spread better when the weather is colder. where do we stand withthis virus? i think we re seeing in terms of the modeling and prediction we ll probably have another wave later this fall and into the winter because we know that the virus tlooivs in cold dry weather. we know more people will be indoors and in higher risk settings. we know that school will also be in full swing, and so we ve seen this before in other countries where there s initially a wave with delta, that the wave may resolve a little bit and then there s another surge. so i would say we all have to still be very, very cautious. the mitigation strategies will be more important than ever this fall and winter, especially with delta being the predominant variant, and people will just have to be on their guard.
will actually work in practice. it s not clear what timescales clubs will be asked to work to. it s not clear what can be done for those people who don t have a smartphone to be able to download qr codes and engage with the technology. chanting other countries, including italy, ireland and france where there have been protests against vaccine passports have already introduced their own schemes. experts say it has led to an uptake in vaccinations. france brought this in when they were having a real problem with vaccine uptake. and the day after the policy was announced a million people booked theirjabs and it s estimated that around 7 million extra vaccinations have been given because of the introduction of vaccine passports. england has plans to introduce vaccine certification. wales is considering it for higher risk settings. northern ireland has not yet announced a position. holyrood will debate it later.
england has plans to introduce vaccine certification. wales is considering it for higher risk settings. northern ireland has not yet announced a position. holyrood will debate it later. the scottish government insists that vaccination certification is a limited, targeted and proportionate response to a very difficult situation. lorna gordon, bbc news. 0ur scotland correspondent james shaw is at the scottish parliament this afternoon. uses how the the numbers looking in terms of getting this through uses how the the numbers looking in terms of getting this throuthames? well, it looks as though the scottish government will get it through and the reason for that simply is they have just gone into a power sharing arrange westminster the scottish green, thatjust gives them the edge in this debate. i suppose the only question there is what the attitude of the scottish greens will be, in the past they have expressed concerns about the idea of vaccine stiff kates, but as a result of this power