anand parekh? guest: this is really important. it is a safe and effective vaccine. we certainly want children to be healthy and back in schools. 5 million children aged five to 11 have received their first dose. the numbers in terms of adolescence, 12 to 17, at least 16 million have gotten there first shot and 13 million have been fully vaccinated. we are making progress and we need to continue to do better. i know parents have questions about these vaccines, but we now have over 500 million doses of vaccine administered in the united states, 8.5 billion worldwide. we know a lot about the safety and effectiveness of this vaccine. getting these messages out there, that this is our way out of the pandemic, and it is safe and effective for kids, it is really important. host: our guest worked in the george w. bush and obama administration as the assistant health secretary and is now the chief medical advisor for the bipartisan policy center. anand parekh, your organization has released a report called public health forward, modernizing the u.s. public health system. wha

anand parekh? guest: this is really important. it is a safe and effective vaccine.certainly want children to be healthy and back in schools. 5 million children aged five to 11 have received their first dose. the numbers in terms of adolescence, 12 to 17, at least 16 million have gotten there first shot and 13 million have been fully vaccinated. we are making progress and we need to continue to do better. i know parents have questions about these vaccines, but we now have over 500 million doses of vaccine administered in the united states, 8.5 billion worldwide. we know a lot about the safety and effectiveness of this vaccine. getting these messages out there, that this is our way out of the pandemic, and it is safe and effective for kids, it is really important. host: our guest worked in the george w. bush and obama administration as the assistant health secretary and is now the chief medical advisor for the bipartisan policy center. anand parekh, your organization has released a report called public health forward, modernizing the u.s. public health system. what wa

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