you know, i want to thank the acting commissioner janet woodcock and the entire team at fda for the workhas ensured that the team follow the science above all, and looked at the mountains of clinical trial data and the safety and the efficiency day and concluded without question that the vaccine was safe and effective for emergency use in december. that same thing that we have those shots in the arms at the time, and 350 million in the united states, and billions across the world. they kept poring over this data and the fda is the gold standard and now, as i said, it has been granted. those who have been waiting for the full approval should go get your shot now. the vaccination is free. it is easy, and it is safe and it is effective and it is convenient. for 90% of americans, there is a vaccination site less than five miles from your home. and you can get the shot without an appointment, so please, get your shot today. there is no time to waste. the delta variant is dangerous and spreading and causing a pandemic among the unvaccinated. and while we are starting to see initial signs that

i want to thank the acting commissioner, janet woodcock, and the entire team at the fda for their works a true professional, a career scientist who served on the and democratic presidents. she has insured the team follows the signs above all. they looked at the mountains of clinical data, clinical trial data, and the safety and efficiency data, concluded without question the vaccine was safe and effective for emergency use in december. we got those shots in arms, at the time, 350 million in the united states, and billions across the world. they cap pour over the data. the fda approval is the gold standard. as i said, now it has been granted. those that have been waiting for full approval should go and get your shots now. the vaccination is free, it is easy, safe, and effective. and it is convenient. for 90% of americans, there is a vaccination site less than five miles from your home. you can get the shot without an appointment. please get your shot today. there is no time to waste. the delta variant is dangerous and spreading, causing a pandemic of the unvaccinated. while we are start

you know, i want to thank the acting commissioner, janet woodcock and the entire team at the fda ford under republican presidents and democratic presidents. she's ensured that the team followed the science above all. they've looked at the mountains of clinical data, clinical trial data, and the safety and efficiency data and concluded without question the vaccine was safe and effective for emergency use in december. that same thing, we got those shots in arms at the time, 350 million in the united states, and billions across the world. they kept poring over this data. the fda approval is the gold standard. and as i just said, now it has been granted. those who have been waiting for full approval should go get your shot now. the vaccination is free, easy, safe, and effective, and it's convenient. for 90% of americans, there's a vaccination site less than 5 miles from your home, and you can get the shot without an appointment, so please get your shot today. there is no time to waste. the delta variant is dangerous and spreading. causing a pandemic of the unvaccinated. that's the pandem

janet woodcock, just out with a memo to staff saying in part we've put together a plan that allows us to continue prioritizing science while meeting time lines that are important to ensuring the end of this devastating pandemic so there is concern that the departure of these two could lead to delays or concern. well, it still has so much on its plate. back to you. >> won there 32 year, certainly unexpected meg, a big story, thank you. >>> let's stick with covid-related news listen to this rather alarming story that broke on cnbc.com today. amazon pushes some to a deworming drug and some believe may help treat covid claims that the expected and cdc both say are simply not true, nor is it approved for any such use and taken incorrectly or in too large a dose can be dangerous to humans. so why is amazon actually driving traffic based on what you type in? cnbc.com's annie palmer broke the story and joins us with more annie, explain exactly what happen if you type in a certain thing it autofills and almost sends you there. >> yeah, that's right so if you visit amazon.com, you type somethin

as a matter of fact, the fda commissioner janet woodcock said while millions of people have already safely received covid-19 vaccines, we recognize for some, the fda approval may instill additional confidence to get vaccinated. so they are hoping -- you can see the statement right there, that this does give people, because surveys have shown some people were hesitant to get vaccinated because it was just under a temporary emergency use authorization. now that it's under a permanent approval, hopefully more line up to get the vaccine. we can get more people vaccinated and get through this pandemic sooner. >> and, doctor, do you think this is going to lead to more vaccine mandates? this morning mayor de blasio in new york city announcing all public school staff are now going to be required to get at least one shot by september 27th. so might other cities also follow suit? >> i definitely think that's going to be the case, because we know that there were many people who were reticent and now we're seeing a slew of organizations starting to require it. i think this is going to be the a trend a

janet woodcock say this does not mean it can be used off label in teens and children under 16. what is the risk of a physician did do that, especially for children? >> well, there's two sets of children. there are children from 12 to 15 who are covered by the eua. and then you have the full approval of 16 and older. the question that people ask appropriately is what about 11 down to 5 and even lower, namely the elementary school kids who everyone really wants to get under the veil of protection of a vaccine. right now we at the nih, the companies are all doing studies to do what we all age de-escalation, looking at 11 to 9, 9 to 6, 6 to 2, and then 6 months to 2 years. we're collecting safety data and we're collecting immunogenicity data. we'll have enough data to present to the cdc by mid-fall or so, september, october, for pfizer. a little later for moderna. the fda has the task, which they did so bell now with the bla of looking at the data and making a risk benefit analysis. is the risk of the unusual and rare adverse event, is that worth it because of the benefit that chil

series of votes but the fda must be fully funded and to provide the regulatory authority and janet woodcocknd others so what could we do and we did it to increase it. but i guess the question i have for you on scandal is what can we do now for those folks who have als to help that their lives will be bettered with that research that duke has done so what can we do to help you to provide the hope that these folks want? that's my question. and how the als community are with those patients with als and at the same tools of the disposal with regulatory with flexibility and those are the same tools. and with some limitations and challenges and we don't have as good of an an understanding of the biomarkers and many more degenerative diseases and those are the elements that allowed us to fully deploy but in that therapeutic area of oncology over the past 20 years. so that proves we're doing everything that we can to work collaboratively and proactively with als and other degenerative diseases. and it requires working very closely with the developers. >> . >> i like to make a remark that even thoug

you know, i want to thank the acting commissioner, janet woodcock, and the entire team. dr.l, career scientist to have served under republican presidents and democratic presidents. she is ensured that the team follow the science above all. they looked at the mountains of clinical trial data and the safety and efficiency data and concluded without question the vaccine was safe and effective for emergency use in december. that same thing, we have got those shots in arms. 350 million in the united states. and billions across the world that kept pouring over this data. the fda approval is the gold standard. as i just said, now it has been granted. those who have been waiting for full approval should go get your shot now. the vaccination is free. it's safe. and it's effective. and it's convenient. for 90% of americans, there is a vaccination site less than 5 miles from your home. you can get the shot without an appointment. so please, get your shot today. there's no time to waste. the delta variant is dangerous and spreading. causing a pandemic of the unvaccinated. that's the pan