hanukkah and christmas and various things at the white house. the parents coming up to me are saying, i have a 3-year-old. is there going to be a time that am i going to be okay? is she going to be okay or he going to be okay? and let me say this. i strongly support the independent scientific use of vaccines for children under 5. we can t take shortcuts with that scientific work but i ll do everything in my power to support the fda to do this safely and quickly as possible when we get to that around that point. vaccinating our children is also critical to keeping our schools open. but while over 99% of our schools are open now, we need to make sure that we keep that throughout the winter, this winter. the cdc is now reviewing pioneering approaches like, if you recall, test to stay. test to stay policies, which could allow students to stay in a classroom and be tested frequently when a positive case in that classroom popped up that
we had a function to celebrate hanukkah and christmas in various things at the white house. parents are coming up to me and saying i have a 3-year-old. is are going to be a time? is she going to be okay? is he going to be okay? let me say this, i strongly support the scientific view of children under five. we cannot take shortcuts without scientific work. i ll do everything in my power to support the fda to do this safely and quickly as possible when we get around that point. vaccinating our children is also critical schools open. while over 99% of our schools are open now, we need to make sure that we keep that throughout the winter. this winter. the cdc is now reviewing pioneering approaches like test to stay. as to state policies. allow students to stay in the classroom and be tested
the pfizer coronavirus vaccine approved for children between 5 to 11 years old. today at the white house president biden said this. children make up a quarter of the cases in this country. while rare, children can get very sick from covid-19. a few end up hospitalized. they don t have to. this vaccine is safe and effective. get your children vaccinated to protect themselves, to protect others and to stop the spread and to help us beat the pandemic. vaccinating our children will help us to keep our schools open. it will keep our kids in the classrooms. learning, socializing with their classmates and their teachers. i think every reporter in the room understands the difference of a child going to school and having to learn from home.
to last week. germany is one of the places seeing a surge in daily covid cases, and the country s health minister is calling it a massive pandemic of the unvaccinated. and in romania, one person is dying every five minutes as the health care system reaches its breaking point. the country has the second lowest vaccination rate in the european union. well, the virus is also taking its toll in the united states where more than 750,000 americans have died, according to johns hopkins university. out of more than 5 million people have died from the virus worldwide, u.s. has reported the most infections and the most deaths so far. but there is a bright spot. on wednesday as you can see there, children in the united states age 5 to 11 began receiving their first dose of the pfizer vaccine after health officials approved it. the president stressed education importance of young children being vaccinated. take a listen. vaccinating our children will
rachel: while the country was focused on the elections in virginia and new jersey, the cdc signed off on covid-19 vaccines for kids between the ages of 5 to 11. the question is will they try to mandate our kids to get the shot? five of the largest school districts in america already mandated vaccines for some students, meanwhile, joe biden today warned parents and their kids if they want to keep schools open, they need to get vaccinated. vaccinating our children will help us keep our schools open keep our kids in the classroom, learning, socializing with their classmates and teachers. rachel: joining me now steve hilton host of the next revolution and kayleigh mcenany former white house press secretary, co-host of outnumbered and the author of for such a time as this: welcome to you both. steve, i m going to start with you. you know, covid has been proven