ben cohen, thank you, sir. thank you. >> all right.the amount of american lives lost to covid-19, it's hit a ten-month low. the average has tumbled to around 600 deaths per day and in more than half of all states, that number is in the single digits, even zero on some days. all of this coming as the cdc officially signs off on vaccinating kids as young as 12. it clears the way for 17 million more americans to get the shot. nbc's sam brock is outside jackson memorial hospital in miami, florida. today they are going to start getting shots in the arms of kids 12 and older. i would assume it's probably started to happen. the hospital you are stopped giving out first doses over a lack of demand and now they're back. what are you hearing from kids and families there? >> craig, good morning. that's exactly right. they are starting with kid vaccinations 12 to 18 years old today. of course that's a very good thing. almost 60% of the u.s. adult population has received one shot. in my conversations with parents, what i'm learning even if they are

rights now is he liz ben cohen. what more are you hearing about fus pfizers plans here? >> i think the big picture here is by the fall it may be that anyone over the age of 2 or 2 and up i should say will be able to get pfizers's vaccine. right now, of course, anyone 16 and older can get it. so we're hearing that the fda is likely to give emergency use authorization next week for 12 to 15-year-olds. we're hearing that pfizer is expected to file for emergency use authorization in september. you notice we've been talking about emergency use authorization. that's authorization to use an emergency but pfizer we're hearing is going to apply this month for full fda approval. those are drugs we take every day. take a look at what means and why that is significant that pfizer is going to apply for full fda approval. employers and schools could be more comfortable requiring the vaccine. i'm told by lawyers they could do it with just emergency use authorization. but the full fda approval will make them feel more comfortable requiring it. they could increase competency among those

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