COVID, Quickly, Episode 4: The Virtual Vaccine Line and Shots for Kids
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Scientific American
4.2 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 9 April 2021
⏱️ 6 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Understanding the human body is a team effort. That's where the Yachtel group comes in. |
| 0:05.8 | Researchers at Yachtolt have been delving into the secrets of probiotics for 90 years. |
| 0:11.0 | Yachtold also partners with nature portfolio to advance gut microbiome science through the global grants for gut health, an investigator-led research program. |
| 0:20.1 | To learn more about Yachtolt, visitacolkot.co.j.p. |
| 0:23.9 | That's y-A-K-U-L-T-C-O-J-P. |
| 0:28.4 | When it comes to a guide for your gut, count on YacLt. |
| 0:44.3 | Hi, and welcome to COVID Quickly, a bi-weekly scientific American podcast series. This is your fast-track update on the COVID pandemic. We bring you up to speed on the science |
| 0:49.8 | behind the most urgent questions about the virus and the disease. We de-mystify the research, and we help you understand what it really means. |
| 0:56.8 | I'm Tanya Lewis. |
| 0:58.0 | I'm Josh Fishman. |
| 0:59.1 | And we're Scientific American's senior health editors. |
| 1:02.1 | Today, we're talking about when we'll know if vaccines are safe for kids. |
| 1:06.1 | Why Joe Biden's claim that everyone is eligible for vaccines isn't good enough. |
| 1:10.7 | And how a tiny country proved that rapid testing can stop COVID spread. Biden's claim that everyone is eligible for vaccines isn't good enough. |
| 1:15.0 | And how a tiny country proved that rapid testing can stop COVID spread. |
| 1:23.5 | Several companies are currently testing their vaccines in kids, as scientific American contributor, |
| 1:25.6 | Melinda Wynar-Moyer recently reported. |
| 1:28.3 | Pfizer just announced results showing its vaccine is 100% effective in preventing COVID symptoms in 12 to 15-year-olds. Moderna has been testing its |
| 1:34.2 | vaccine in 12 to 16-year-olds. Both companies have now begun testing their vaccines in children |
| 1:39.1 | aged six months to 11 years. And Johnson & Johnson announced plans to test its vaccine in children and adolescents |
| 1:46.0 | as well. We know that kids in general are less likely to get very sick from COVID, but they can |
| 1:51.3 | still spread the virus to others and can in rare cases become severely ill. So vaccinating kids is |
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