This is CBS I On The World. I'm John Batcher. Vaccines, vaccines to answer the pandemic of 2020.

Much in the news, the origins of the pandemic. Not in the news, but here to comment upon the vaccines

that prevented the worst catastrophe from getting worse is Dr. Henry Miller, my guide on vaccines

these many years. The reason I care a deal about it is that I am heavily vaccinated,

unlike some of these other stories. And I count on Dr. Miller, a physician, to sort through

the many confusing headlines about vaccines. Henry is the Glenn Swagger, distinguished fellow

of American on the American Council on Science and Health. Henry, a very good evening to you.

I have Moderna, except for the last time a Pfizer booster at the six month mark. I see that the

vaccines are still controversial. However, not so much for those of us who are of a certain age.

Is that correct, Dr. Miller? I am the target of the pandemic, and I am the best recipient of the

vaccine. Good evening to you. Good evening, John. You are indeed my favorite patient, because you follow

instructions religiously. I wouldn't say that the vaccines are controversial outside of our age

group. The CDC's advisory committee on immunization practices, ACIP, which held a meeting just last

month, was very revealing, both revealing and encouraging. The vaccines do work very well to

prevent severe disease, hospitalization, and death. And that includes, in adolescents, age 12 to

17. So they do work, and they are extremely, extremely safe. And there was a very interesting

article that I just ran across yesterday that described the cause, the basis of what has been

called allergic reactions to some of the vaccines. It's very rare, but it occurs. It turns out

it's not an allergic reaction at all. In a study of injections of the vaccines versus placebo,

there was the same frequency of these kind of pseudo-allergic reactions. Lightheadedness,

itching, drop in blood pressure, and so on. And it turns out that it's really psychogenic,

has nothing to do with the vaccine, again, because you get the same effect at the same frequency with

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