WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.092 SCIENCE AND DATA ABOUT SIDE EFFECTS, SAYING MORE DISCUSSION 00:00:02.103 --> 00:00:02.693 EFFECTS, SAYING MORE DISCUSSION IS STILL NEEDED. 00:00:02.704 --> 00:00:04.227 IS STILL NEEDED. ANN THOMPSON, NBC NEWS, NEW 00:00:04.238 --> 00:00:04.537 ANN THOMPSON, NBC NEWS, NEW YORK. 00:00:04.538 --> 00:00:06.839 YORK. >>> THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF 00:00:06.841 --> 00:00:07.431 >>> THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF CONFUSION AROUND THIS. 00:00:07.442 --> 00:00:09.542 CONFUSION AROUND THIS. WE WANT TO BRING IN THE 00:00:09.543 --> 00:00:10.843 WE WANT TO BRING IN THE DIRECTOR OF THE CHILDREN’S 00:00:10.845 --> 00:00:12.002 DIRECTOR OF THE CHILDREN’S VACCINATION CENTER AT THE 00:00:12.013 --> 00:00:12.603 VACCINATION CENTER AT THE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL OF 00:00:12.614 --> 00:00:13.036 CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA. 00:00:13.047 --> 00:00:16.149 PHILADELPHIA. A FORMER MEMBER OF THE FDA 00:00:16.150 --> 00:00:16.840 A FORMER MEMBER OF THE FDA VACCINE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 00:00:16.851 --> 00:00:17.908 VACCINE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. WE APPRECIATE YOU MAKING TIME. 00:00:17.919 --> 00:00:21.789 WE APPRECIATE YOU MAKING TIME. WE KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN 00:00:21.823 --> 00:00:22.446 WE KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN CHANGING RECOMMENDATIONS. 00:00:22.457 --> 00:00:22.913 CHANGING RECOMMENDATIONS. MIXED MESSAGES. 00:00:22.924 --> 00:00:23.891 MIXED MESSAGES. WE ARE HOPING YOU CAN CLEAR 00:00:23.925 --> 00:00:26.226 WE ARE HOPING YOU CAN CLEAR THIS UP FOR MANY AMERICANS 00:00:26.227 --> 00:00:26.917 THIS UP FOR MANY AMERICANS HAVING CONVERSATIONS IN THEIR 00:00:26.928 --> 00:00:27.785 HAVING CONVERSATIONS IN THEIR HOUSEHOLDS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT 00:00:27.796 --> 00:00:28.552 HOUSEHOLDS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THEY OR THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS 00:00:28.563 --> 00:00:30.397 THEY OR THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS SHOULD BE GETTING THE SHOT. 00:00:30.431 --> 00:00:34.758 SHOULD BE GETTING THE SHOT. WHAT ARE THE BEST PRACTICES AS 00:00:34.769 --> 00:00:35.526 WHAT ARE THE BEST PRACTICES AS FOLKS MAKE THOSE DECISIONS? 00:00:35.537 --> 00:00:39.406 FOLKS MAKE THOSE DECISIONS? >> RIGHT, SO WE DON’T HAVE AN 00:00:39.440 --> 00:00:40.764 >> RIGHT, SO WE DON’T HAVE AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR 00:00:40.775 --> 00:00:41.265 ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR PRACTICES ANYMORE. 00:00:41.276 --> 00:00:42.642 PRACTICES ANYMORE. THEY WERE FIRED BY ROBERT F. 00:00:42.644 --> 00:00:44.235 THEY WERE FIRED BY ROBERT F. KENNEDY, JR., ALL 17 MEMBERS. 00:00:44.246 --> 00:00:48.715 KENNEDY, JR., ALL 17 MEMBERS. NOW WHAT WE HAVE ARE PEOPLE 00:00:48.750 --> 00:00:49.506 NOW WHAT WE HAVE ARE PEOPLE LIKE HIM, HAVE AN ANTIVACCINE, 00:00:49.517 --> 00:00:51.318 LIKE HIM, HAVE AN ANTIVACCINE, WHICH IS WHY THE MEDICAL 00:00:51.352 --> 00:00:52.352 WHICH IS WHY THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY IS IGNORING THEM. 00:00:52.353 --> 00:00:54.811 COMMUNITY IS IGNORING THEM. THE QUESTION FROM THE 00:00:54.822 --> 00:00:56.723 THE QUESTION FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THE PARENT OR 00:00:56.758 --> 00:00:59.416 STANDPOINT OF THE PARENT OR PATIENT, IF YOUR CHILD HAS 00:00:59.427 --> 00:01:00.694 PATIENT, IF YOUR CHILD HAS NEVER BEEN VACCINATED, THEY 00:01:00.695 --> 00:01:01.461 NEVER BEEN VACCINATED, THEY SHOULD GET A PRIMARY SERIES. 00:01:01.463 --> 00:01:03.564 SHOULD GET A PRIMARY SERIES. OTHERWISE, IN TERMS OF A YEARLY 00:01:03.565 --> 00:01:04.832 OTHERWISE, IN TERMS OF A YEARLY VACCINE, WE SHOULD DO WHAT 00:01:04.866 --> 00:01:06.590 VACCINE, WE SHOULD DO WHAT EVERY OTHER COUNTRY IN THIS 00:01:06.601 --> 00:01:08.359 EVERY OTHER COUNTRY IN THIS WORLD IS DOING, TARGET HIGH 00:01:08.370 --> 00:01:08.792 WORLD IS DOING, TARGET HIGH RISK GROUPS. 00:01:08.803 --> 00:01:11.695 RISK GROUPS. THOSE WHO ARE MOST LIKELY TO BE 00:01:11.706 --> 00:01:12.139 THOSE WHO ARE MOST LIKELY TO BE HOSPITALIZED. 00:01:12.173 --> 00:01:16.233 HOSPITALIZED. THOSE MOST LIKELY TO DIE. 00:01:16.244 --> 00:01:18.312 THOSE MOST LIKELY TO DIE. THE ELDERLY, IMMUNE 00:01:18.313 --> 00:01:18.746 THE ELDERLY, IMMUNE COMPROMISED. 00:01:18.780 --> 00:01:19.503 COMPROMISED. HIGH RISK MEDICAL CONDITIONS. 00:01:19.514 --> 00:01:20.781 HIGH RISK MEDICAL CONDITIONS. WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT EVERY 00:01:20.782 --> 00:01:21.205 WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT EVERY COUNTRY DOES. 00:01:21.216 --> 00:01:23.074 COUNTRY DOES. I DO THINK THE GOOD NEWS IS, 00:01:23.085 --> 00:01:24.484 I DO THINK THE GOOD NEWS IS, ALL THOSE PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE 00:01:24.486 --> 00:01:27.955 ALL THOSE PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET A VACCINE AND IT SHOULD 00:01:27.989 --> 00:01:28.712 TO GET A VACCINE AND IT SHOULD BE COVERED BY INSURANCE. 00:01:28.723 --> 00:01:30.958 BE COVERED BY INSURANCE. >> IT’S NOT JUST COVID, RIGHT? 00:01:30.992 --> 00:01:34.551 >> IT’S NOT JUST COVID, RIGHT? ALSO CHANGES TO SORT OF THE 00:01:34.562 --> 00:01:37.865 ALSO CHANGES TO SORT OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS AROUND MEASLES, 00:01:37.899 --> 00:01:38.455 RECOMMENDATIONS AROUND MEASLES, MUMPS, AND RUBELLA. 00:01:38.466 --> 00:01:41.535 MUMPS, AND RUBELLA. HOW SHOULD PARENTS AT HOME BE 00:01:41.536 --> 00:01:43.070 HOW SHOULD PARENTS AT HOME BE NAVIGATING THIS WITH THEIR 00:01:43.105 --> 00:01:43.795 NAVIGATING THIS WITH THEIR PEDIATRICIANS FOR THEIR YOUNG 00:01:43.806 --> 00:01:44.104 PEDIATRICIANS FOR THEIR YOUNG ONES? 00:01:44.106 --> 00:01:45.797 ONES? >> THAT WASN’T AS BIG OF A 00:01:45.808 --> 00:01:46.106 >> THAT WASN’T AS BIG OF A DEAL. 00:01:46.108 --> 00:01:48.409 DEAL. I THINK WHAT WE DO AT 00:01:48.410 --> 00:01:49.000 I THINK WHAT WE DO AT CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL 00:01:49.011 --> 00:01:49.701 CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL PHILADELPHIA IS WE RECOMMEND 00:01:49.712 --> 00:01:53.204 PHILADELPHIA IS WE RECOMMEND FOR CHILDREN 12 TO 15 MONTHS OF 00:01:53.215 --> 00:01:53.514 FOR CHILDREN 12 TO 15 MONTHS OF AGE. 00:01:53.515 --> 00:01:56.007 AGE. THEY GET THE MEASLES, MUMPS, 00:01:56.018 --> 00:01:56.674 THEY GET THE MEASLES, MUMPS, AND THE CHICKEN POX VACCINE 00:01:56.685 --> 00:01:57.785 AND THE CHICKEN POX VACCINE SEPARATELY, AND FOUR TO SIX 00:01:57.819 --> 00:02:00.944 SEPARATELY, AND FOUR TO SIX YEARS OF AGE, THEY CAN GET IT 00:02:00.955 --> 00:02:01.546 YEARS OF AGE, THEY CAN GET IT AS A COMBINED VACCINE. 00:02:01.557 --> 00:02:05.049 AS A COMBINED VACCINE. THAT’S PRETTY MUCH WHAT THIS 00:02:05.060 --> 00:02:05.526 THAT’S PRETTY MUCH WHAT THIS GROUP HAS SAID. 00:02:05.527 --> 00:02:07.294 GROUP HAS SAID. THIS NEW LOOK, BUT THEY MADE IT 00:02:07.329 --> 00:02:09.120 THIS NEW LOOK, BUT THEY MADE IT A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT FOR 00:02:09.131 --> 00:02:11.389 A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT FOR ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO GET THAT 00:02:11.400 --> 00:02:12.957 ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO GET THAT FIRST DOSE AS MEASLES, MUMPS, 00:02:12.968 --> 00:02:13.334 FIRST DOSE AS MEASLES, MUMPS, RUBELLA. 00:02:13.335 --> 00:02:15.636 RUBELLA. I DON’T THINK THAT’S GOING TO 00:02:15.637 --> 00:02:16.227 I DON’T THINK THAT’S GOING TO BE A BIG HIT. 00:02:16.238 --> 00:02:18.663 BE A BIG HIT. ABOUT 15% OF PEOPLE GET THAT 00:02:18.674 --> 00:02:20.508 ABOUT 15% OF PEOPLE GET THAT FIRST DOSE AS THE COMBINED 00:02:20.542 --> 00:02:20.898 FIRST DOSE AS THE COMBINED VACCINE. 00:02:20.909 --> 00:02:24.345 VACCINE. IT WILL BE HARD FOR THEM TO GET 00:02:24.346 --> 00:02:25.713 IT WILL BE HARD FOR THEM TO GET IT THAT WAY. 00:02:25.748 --> 00:02:26.238 IT THAT WAY. >> ALL RIGHT. 00:02:26.249 --> 00:02:26.547 >> ALL RIGHT. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AS FOLKS