david agus. already agus, always good to see you. to have the main goals for president biden, as we know, is to get 70% of the adult population vaccinated by july 4, with at least one dose. but is that likely to happen? >> well, it's a hell of a goal, and i appreciate president biden putting it out there, and i certainly hope we can get to 70%. every increase in number is going to be lives saved and potentially complications of the vaccine. what we know from data from the united kingdom and israel, is that if we can go up 15 percentage points more in terms of who's been vaccinated, there will be a dramatic decrease in the number of cases in the united states. to me that is tremendously optimistic. we are getting close. >> reporter: so, doctor, if we didn't get to the 70%, let's say we get to 60 or 61, it wouldwe make a huge difference. >> no question about it. we can't get down if we're not going to get all the way to 70 or 75%. every increase upward is going to be dramatic increase in the number of cases and save many complications

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david agus joins us with the answers. david, good morning., can they safely go to an overnight camp where there would be kids who are not vaccinated? >> good question. >> yes. the answer is yes, yes, yes. if the child is vaccinated -- remember, children are responding better than adults to the vaccines. they are protected even if they're exposed to somebody who is unvaccinated. so go to camp, enjoy. be a kid. >> all right. one of our staff member's 5-year-old daughter, margo, has this question. go, margo -- >> why is covid here and why do we have to wear masks? >> aw. everybody's asking that question. >> a big question for margo. >> margo, so, i feel bad that people 12 and older may not have to wear masks when they go out, and when they're getting together. unfortunately, you do because we're not yet vaccinating children under 12. we're here because this virus is different than every other virus we've seen in that when you feel good, you can spread the virus. so people unknowingly asymptomatically have spread the virus. that's why it's taking

david agus, joins us now. first time back in the studio with us. glad to see you.e know that the numbers are going down here in the united states. i want to talk about india for a moment. new variant there. should we be tracking using more resources to track new variants and ensure that they get vaccines and more of it? >> we have no choice. i mean, we literally have no choice but to track vaccines. we announced yesterday a new consortium of tony blair institute, oxford and our institute, which is literally going to track variants around the globe. we need to know what is happening in real time so we can prepare for new vaccines, potentially new boosters, and also obviously with travel restrictions. and where to get the vaccines. the more people we vaccinate, the less more variants are going to come. we have to help people around the globe. it's horrible what's going on in india right now. >> it is pretty remarkable to think that here in the united states at least a third of the population is now fully vaccinated. that said, it does seem like there's a significant

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david agus said encouragement coupled with incentives will drive the evt. >> hopefully, as parents start to seat schools, they'll say, hey, if you want your child to be in person and socialize with their friends they need to be vaccinated. and parents will say, hey, you can only play around with kids who are also vaccinated. >> reporter: ty's family is trying to move the needle. his 8-year-old sister and younger brother got the vaccine. his mom manda who is a pediatrician herself is hopeful their story sends a message to you. >> i think the message for this group is, listen, the vaccine is safe. it works. and if you want to do things that you normally would like to do. if you want to go hang out with friends if you wantn vacation, if you want to do those kinds of things then get your vaccine and let's get back to life being normal again. >> reporter: hear that loud and clear. listen, the kids in this trial received the same dose of the vaccine as adults do. they had the same side effects. sore arm, fatigue, chills. anthony, the fda was telling us some vaccines could be rolled out by pedi