Hey, everybody. We wanted to wish a very happy New Year to every single one of our listeners, near and far, young and old. You make it so much fun to do what we love to do, which is to create a fun educational podcast for kids. We have a real treat in store for you today. Olivia recently had the opportunity to ask Dr. Anthony

Fauci a question. So who's Dr. Anthony Fauci? He is director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

He is an expert on the coronavirus and other infectious diseases. He's so knowledgeable that he has advised every single president since Ronald Reagan, and Ronald Reagan was the president a long time ago. In fact, he was the president when I was born, and I'm turning 40 this year.

2020 was a challenging year for people all over the world because of the coronavirus.

It has impacted our lives every day for nearly a year.

Thankfully, there are lots of reasons to believe that 2021 will be a much, much, much better year and that

things will return to normal soon. One of the biggest reasons why things should improve soon

is because millions of people are getting vaccinated to give them immunity from the coronavirus.

Once you get vaccinated, it makes it a whole lot harder for the

coronavirus to harm you. There's only one problem, though. Lots of our listeners are too young to get

the coronavirus vaccine at this point. That's because the Pfizer vaccine is only approved for

people 16 years old and up, and the Moderna vaccine is only approved for people 16 years old and up, and the Moderna vaccine is only approved

for people 18 years old and up. I just got my first dose of the Moderna vaccine five days ago

on Tuesday, and I'm feeling great. So if you're too young to get the vaccine, that does not mean

that there's nothing you can do to prevent the virus from spreading.

This is what you can do.

To protect yourself and others from the coronavirus, it's still a good idea to practice social distancing,

wear a mask when in public, and wash your hands often.

Dr. Fauci was kind enough to answer a question for Olivia,

and she asked him about the best way to wash your hands.

Check it out. My name is Olivia. I am seven years old and I live in Borges, New Jersey. Is it better to clean your hands with bar soap, liquid soap, or a hand sanitizer? Or are they all the same?

They're really about all the same.

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