bhattacharya, why is this data being ignored? >> i mean, it really shouldn't be.ingly small, and, you know, this is an emergency use vaccine, and we don't know all of its characteristics. data are coming out that myocarditis risk does happen in children, because even any risk at all for this vaccine in children, why give it to them, is the argument i'd make. wait and see, rather than rush forward with this. it doesn't make much sense. >> laura: jerome adams, you might remember him, former surgeon general under president trump, made a comment about vaccinating young people, saying no matter your age or perceived risk, the risk of myocarditis or blood clots or hospitalizations or deaths from covid-19 far exceed any known risk from the vaccine. doctor, is that correct? >> that's not right, unfortunately. i respect dr. adams quite a bit, but i think he got this wrong. the rate at which kids suffer from covid is very low. more kids died last year of the flu then died of covid. whereas the risk of the vaccine, we are seeing, for instance, israel, the rate of myocarditis

bhattacharya, one other e-mail, dr.nge what you all know that because this is an rna virus, the immunity that you get when you are exposed last quite a long time. that has kind of gone out the window. what happened to that fauci? talking about t-cell immunity. >> that struck me reading a lot of these the most part in the early days of the epidemic that he was quite a sensible person. he understood the necessity of not panicking the publishing. something happened in late february where he just flipped on a dime. it was not the science changing. something else happened where he just change. the immunity thing is quite important, laura. a lot of states are adopting these, you have to have a vaccine to access normal life. summit recovering from covid, they have long-lasting immunity. why should they be discriminated against? >> laura: i can't think of a better way to spend friday night that with you guys. thanks so much. coming up, is there a mystery buried in the ground? raymond arroyo is up next. i am robert strickler. i'

bhattacharya, they tried everything.ve tried scaring people about the delta variants and the other variants even though the vaccine seems to be working at those. they tried lotteries, they tried giving away marijuana. all sorts of things to push these vaccines, but younger people, african-americans, they are just -- their antenna are going up and i think rightly so given the cost-benefit analysis, risk-benefit analysis to the young, especially when the older vaccinated. am i missing something here? >> i think the right thing to do to regain trust with the public is to just tell the public honestly from the vaccine really makes sense, the older population. the risk of covid is so bad that it's worth taking some small risks from the vaccine, admittedly, but just be honest about what it is. for the younger populations, it doesn't make sense. if you squarely tell the american population with the risks are, they'll listen to you. they'll take your recommendations. but if you come across as pushing for a vaccination in a group