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suggested, that the immune response in children is very robust. apparently that s what it shows. again, we have to wait for the data. when we talk about safety, we have to be careful. these are only 2,200 children. so there was no obvious safety signal there. i m sure the fda advisory committee will be weighing the risk benefits. we know there are lots of cases in children. but the risk of dying is still very, very low. the risk benefit will be very important to be weighed. no doubt bit, this is great news. you know, good way to start the day and the week in our fight against coronavirus. i mean, this means that kids who are in kindergarten or older, and kids are back in school, can be vaccinated. parents looking at the calendar, who are worried about going into winter, who do you think that will happen by? so i think we still have to go through the process. if pfizer submits the data by the end of september, which they suggested in the press release, you can get an ....
altman, pediatrician and spokesperson for the american academy of pediatrician and dr. lena nguyen also with us. dr. altman, i want to start with you, the impact of this announcement. sure. you know, i think this is really exciting, as a pediatrician and parent of a 6-year-old who is the only child in my household not yet vaccinated, this will make a huge difference in the fight against covid-19 and parents, pediatricians and teachers are waiting for this. it is very needed and i think the data looks good and i m waiting for the fda and i hope they will thoroughly and aggressively review this data, so when it is time and appropriate, we can get shots in arms into our younger kids. dr. nguyen, this is a robust antibody response pfizer said and shows safety among the 2,000-plus kids in the trial. it doesn t get into efficacy, 90% effective against prep venting infection. what do you want to see when you pore through this data? i agree this is exciting news. so many ....
plus, president trump s growing hold on the republican party. usa, usa. just a few hundred people show up in washington to support the january 6th insurrectionists but it comes as a republican congressman decides running against rre-election. that environment for me is just not one that i m willing to be a part of. i ll talk to republican senator bill cassidy who voted to convict at mr. trump s second impeachment trial about his party s future. border crisis. more than 10,000 haitian migrants huddled at the u.s./mexico country. basically third world country conditions. that bad? that bad. you can t imagine. the u.s. planning deportation flights as early as today. joining me are jeff mason, maria teresa kumar and anna palmer, founder of punch bowl news. welcome to sunday it s meet the press. . good sunday morning. could our fight against the coronavirus turn into our latest forever war? the war we thought we were winning at the beginning of the su ....
fda. and dr. anthony fauci is here, one on one with us, live this hour. check out the big board here. stocks are down more than 800 points, nearing 900 on pace for the worth day in nearly a year. what is behind it and how long it might last. i m hallie jackson in washington, in our new time slot. we re going to get to the markets in a second. i want to start with kelly o donnell and dr. natalie azar with us as well. kelly, talk to us about the policy related to foreigners traveling in the u.s. reporter: for a long time there were people who have family in the united states and they live abroad who have been unable to see each other. now there s a date when people can plan to travel again. early in november, international travelers will be able to fly to the united states if they are fully vaccinated and also provide evidence of a test within a short period of time of their travel. there will also be requirements for contact tracing, where they ll provide tots airlin ....
children, perhaps close to halloween. next steps, pfizer and its partner, biontech, will apply to the fda in coming days to get their vaccine authorized for use in children. the new york times underscoring the urgent need for a safe and effective vaccine for kids asap writing this, quote, children now account for one in five new cases, when the highly contagious delta variant has sent more children into hospitals and icus in the past few weeks than at any time other time in the pandemic. it s coming at a complicated moment for kids in schools with classrooms all across this country shutting down or having to revert once again to remote learning just days or weeks into the new school year. doctors in alaska, idaho, and montana are facing what the washington post describes as agonizing ethical questions, forced to ration care for some of its sickest patients as hospitals surpass capacity due to covid surges. the state of alabama revealing their grimmest of statistics, ....