The young and the vaccinated
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🗓️ 21 September 2021
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Summary
What the latest news from Pfizer means for getting younger kids vaccinated. Plus, who will be able to get a booster shot and when.
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On Monday, Pfizer and BioNTech said that children ages 5 to 11 had a robust immune response to smaller doses of their coronavirus vaccine. Anita Patel, a critical-care pediatrician at Children’s National Hospital, explains what these results mean for slowing the spread of the coronavirus and what it has been like to take care of severely sick children during the pandemic.
The Biden administration had promised that this would be the week anybody vaccinated on or before Jan. 20 would be able to get a booster shot. Health and science reporter Lena Sun explains the confusion around who is actually eligible for a booster and when people could get one.
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| 0:00.0 | It feels like every day we're hearing from a drug company on new studies about vaccines. |
| 0:08.2 | Today, Johnson and Johnson announced that a second Jane J. Dose can boost protection |
| 0:15.1 | against severe COVID-19. |
| 0:16.6 | Yesterday, it was a big announcement from Pfizer. |
| 0:20.2 | The company says its vaccine is safe and effective for kids from ages 5 to 11. |
| 0:26.0 | What was your first reaction when you saw that? |
| 0:28.5 | Well, obviously excitement and joy. |
| 0:33.4 | Because I will say this till I'm blue in the face, the only path out of the pandemic |
| 0:37.9 | is if we all get the shot. |
| 0:41.1 | Dr. Anita Patel has been treating kids with severe COVID cases. |
| 0:45.6 | So I was super, super, super excited, but I will tell you my second reaction was show |
| 0:51.4 | me the data. |
| 0:53.2 | From the newsroom of the Washington Post, this is Post Reports. |
| 0:56.6 | I'm Emma Talkoff. |
| 0:58.0 | It's Tuesday, September 21st. |
| 1:00.0 | Today, we're talking all about vaccines. |
| 1:03.7 | While we're waiting to hear from federal agencies about booster shots, which could come |
| 1:07.4 | any day this week, we're going to dig into what to expect. |
| 1:10.6 | And we're going to hear more about where things stand for children. |
| 1:13.8 | We're going to start there. |
| 1:17.8 | A second ago, you heard Dr. Anita Patel. |
| 1:23.7 | She's a critical care pediatrician at Children's National Hospital here in DC. |
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