and so we should give it. unfortunately if you look at 12 to 17-year-old, only about 55% are vaccinated. so 45% aren t. for the 5 to 11-year-old, only 15% are vaccinated. so 85% are not. you can never make a case to a parent they should get vaccinated to protect an older adult. vaccinate a child because it protects the child. although they get infected less frequently and less severely, they certainly can be affected severely. about 1,000 children, less than 18 years of age, have died from this infection. we have vaccines in place for diseases that cause far fewer deaths than that. we talked to a pediaeration from a hospital last week and the kids hospitalized because of covid are almost entirely unvaccinated. is that the case at c.h.o.p.? yes, not only are children unvaccinate bud parents are unvaccinated and siblings