talk to your pediatrician about them. there is a lot of information out there and it can be overwhelming to filter through all of it. it is good to talk with about your -- it is good to talk about it with your pediatrician or your doctor. >> pediatricians besieged by parents seeking shots for kids under 12. how much is this happening and what is your guidance for them to fend off those requests? >> we said the approval of the vaccine they are worried about their their kids and anxious to get them vaccinated. that is not 100% understandable. but we don't recommend you getting the vaccine off level. what we just talked about earlier is it is important for us to -- we have to rely on these systems to look at the data and make sure that our vaccines are safe and effective so that we can have confidence in them. we did put out a statement to make sure our members knew where we stood on that and i think there is a pretty universal agreement. >> we will hear next from michael in miami, florida. michael: hello, i want you to have

host: what do you hear from your member pediatricians? wiveragetsdz honestly when you talk to pediatricians really across the country they say the same thing, which is that when we approach it in a straightforward and positive way kids are able to wear masks. we certainly have some younger kids, children may have special needs or more challenges and almost always with a little bit of coaching those kids can wear masks too. so i think what our pediatricians across the country are seeing is that when kids struggle it's often because there's been sort of a struggle and battle about masks in the communities. so they're picking up on that from adults. but when we make this a positive thing it's really the safe and easy again i can speak from my own personal experience i've got two teenagers they've been wearing masks all along they wear them during sports games, they've worn my son was able to go back to in-person learning he wore them every day there. so i think it's our experience is that this is something that kids can do. it doesn't interf

she is a houston pediatrician. is a member of the american academy of pediatrics council on children and disasters. a member of the texas pediatric society committee on infectious diseases and immunizations. in houston, you have hospitals filling. in austin, in dallas. an 11 month old is taken on a plane 150 miles away because there wasn't room for them in the houston hospital. can you talk about what parents have to look for, what are the symptoms? are they different in infants or young children? also texas, arkansas, florida. huge unvaccinated populations, but in places like new york, the vaccination rate is very high. how concerned should parents be here? dr. prst: to address yo first qution, t presenting signs for covid in children can really vary. i have treated children as young as five weeks old and i have treated teenagers, 16, 17 and 18-year-olds. obviously there is a huge range of how those individuals -- for some children it can be abdominal pain and i have seen school-age children have -- for whom sever

this is something that is definitely a concern that pediatricians have. host: and is it true that kids are more susceptible to this variant the delta variant than they have been in previous versions of covid? guest: that's what i am hearing from the pediatrician that is i talk to. but of course the delta variant covid-19 is going to target the unvaccinated. and who is unvaccinated right now in large part is children. and that's part of the reason they're much more vulnerable. host: jennifer has a different point of view. she text that is 99.94 survival rate in healthy children end of story unmask our kids. masking in children can cause more harm than good in every way mentally physically and emotionally. we hear from shawn in maryland. caller: good morning. we started off and you had asked about the areas that had infections. and you briefly just said some states. i would like for c-span to get people on here to give some facts and answers. tell us what state county how many people were infected don't just say florida, the southern states, and when you ge

host: what do you hear from your member pediatricians? wiveragetsdz honestly when you talk to pediatricians really across the country they say the same thing, which is that when we approach it in a straightforward and positive way kids are able to wear masks. we certainly have some younger kids, children may have special needs or more challenges and almost always with a little bit of coaching those kids can wear masks too. so i think what our pediatricians across the country are seeing is that when kids struggle it's often because there's been sort of a struggle and battle about masks in the communities. so they're picking up on that from adults. but when we make this a positive thing it's really the safe and easy again i can speak from my own personal experience i've got two teenagers they've been wearing masks all along they wear them during sports games, they've worn my son was able to go back to in-person learning he wore them every day there. so i think it's our experience is that this is something that kids can do. it doesn't interf

pediatricians, if you look at the compensation scale. i know we all think that physicians are highly paid individuals. pediatric providers are at the very low end of opposition among -- compensation among physician. they are looking at underinsured and uninsured populations. it is a major component. it is under compensated. it has been for a long time. we were excited to see that the proposals would provide help. they have to get multiple components vaccines, they can vaccinations in one shot. they have spent a lot of time explaining that vaccines. they are not considered for their time in the office. this bill would help provide some parenting to pediatricians who are spending that amount of time building that trust so that they can get some composition for the time that they are spending. they would be able to provide a resource like separate refrigerators which are required for different types of vaccines. also, to incentivize providers to accept these patients which some do not do because of the reduction in their ability to be compe

host: how many pediatricians to you represent, your organization, and what is its mission? guest: the american academy of pediatrics represents over 67,000 pediatricians and our mission is to support the health and well being of all children. host: you're joining us this morning after news yesterday some positive news on the vaccine front for kids at

. >> so pediatricians, we have heard stories of pediatricians in the past, you know, before covid thatld no longer see, you know, parents who refused to vaccinate their kids when it was time to go to school like mmr or to vericella. how is this different with covid? >> it is a really good point. i think something that's very important to articulate there is that no one was referring to take care of children who needed to be hospitalized due to vaccine preventable illnesses, which is really what we're hearing doctors talk about today regarding covid. in terms of, you know, that relationship clinicians have with patients, it is so important that we use that lever to communicate with families, to communicate with patients, to use our skills as clinicians to encourage vaccination. >> so here is a question. is this just an ethical issue for the doctors or is there a law that says you have to treat someone? >> that's a wonderful question. there's certainly a very important law that requires when patients present to an emergency room for services that they are not turned away. so it is really

>> a pediatrician from kaiser permanente is joining us live.send my kids back wednesday. what impact are we seeing so far with the return to school? >> that's a really good question. with our bay area students again just returning to school, we don't have data see if the numbers are increasing significantly. but one thing i would say to our bay area parents is that it looks like we will be in a better position than some families in other parts of the country. in california, we have high rate of vaccination and also our schools have good plans in terms of masking, hygiene, keeping children safe. i don't anticipate we will see the terrible surge in pediatric cases like in other parts of the country. >> that's very good news. what can parents do to help lessen risk of their kids becoming infected not just in the classroom but things like play dates, soccer, outside of school. >> as a pediatrician and mother of two children under 12, that is important to me as well. if your child is over 12 and eligible, please get them vaccinated. if they're under

to explain what is happening, earlier this evening i spoke with two pediatricians. dr.dent and ceo of the robert wood johnson foundation. and dr. mark kline, physician in cheer at children's hospital, new orleans. thanks so much for joining us. dr. besser, first question to you. we know the likelihood of severe illness in children is low, but now we're seeing a surge in children being hospitalized. why is this happening? >> byron, the infection doesn't have to be any more severe when you're seeing millions of children infected. so even with a strain like delta, not being more severe, the fact that millions of children are being infected means that some of those children will end up in the hospital, and unfortunately some of those children will die. it's so important that we show humility about what we know about this virus and the infection and the potential long-term consequences from that. >> and dr. besser, to that point, the cdc says nearly half of the pediatric hospitalizations are in children with no underlying conditions. what does this tell us about the delta va

pediatricians need to adopt a school. parents will trust pediatricians. so will the kids.ent that we live in. >> i want to dig a little deeper into some of your polling. you just touched on it a little. you asked people which statement would make them most likely to be vaccinated? 22% of people polled said the delta variant making up 90% of cases. another 20% said the delta variant being twice as contagious would make them most likely to be vaccinated. the delta variant, i mean, you said that this is one of the main factors moving the needle so far. >> that's correct. but what moves the needle even more is the fda final approval. and that's what we need to be talking about. in fact, i'll give you the language. the fda has a responsibility to provide the american people with the facts and the truth, and anderson, that's the phrase they're looking for right now. they want -- no exception, no excuses. our job is to save lives. that is our only mission. that's our only mission. that's what the fda needs to be talking about right now. for those who are not vaccinated, they are

that what it's all about. >> thank you so much. >> reporter: ageless wisdom from a pediatrician in theancy of his second century. norah o'donnell, cbs news. >> and that's the "overnight news" for this tuesday. reporting from the cbs news studios in the nation's capita >>> good morning. this is cbs news flash. i'm tom hanson in new york. major news on covid vaccinations. u.s. experts tell the associated press booster shots will be recommended for all americans eight months after their second dose. the announcement is expected as soon as this week as the delta variant pushes parts of the country into a fourth surge. >>> on the gridiron, the atlanta falcons are the first national football team to reach full vaccination. that means all of the players can practice and eat together without masks. >>> and the federal government has declared a water shortage for lake mead due to drought, triggering water conservation for states along the colorado river. the nation's largest reservoir is a lifeline for some 25 million people. for more news download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connect

i'm a pediatrician at ucsf. i'm in partnership with the san francisco unified school district. to make sure that i'm educating everyone on the virus and on how we can reopen schools safely. i will now turn it over to the doctor. >> good evening. i'm the deputy director at the san francisco department of public health. san francisco department of public health overseeing the covid response for the entire city and schools essential to that response. we are part of the routine that is helping with school reopening. >> thank you. now, i will pull up the slides for dr. woolridge then we'll go into presentation on covid-19 and children both on the variant and the vaccine. >> thank you, so much. i'll be starting off with giving you some tips about covid-19 and children, the vaccines and the variants. this slide is meant to show that covid-19, since the beginning of this pandemic and currently now, it is still mostly a pandemic very much driven by adult behavior. i want to take a moment to look at this slide here on the left and we see in terms of the percentage of cases and the popula

christina props, a pediatrician in houston texas, and the doctor was lipi roy.h for being here. i'm just stuck on that last piece that i just read. making it -- where is that? announcing schools will not be required to do contact tracing if a student gets infected with covid. doctor probes, how irresponsible is that? >> it's extremely irresponsible and so frustrating for parents, for teachers, for medical professionals to here in texas. that is obviously going against the centers for disease control recommendations cut regarding contact tracing. and we've got our hands full already. and school has not even started yet. >> and doctor roy, to you as well, your view on what is happening in the states. >> jonathan, it's good to see you. and what we're seeing, unfortunately, is ongoing polite put to -- what we know as a global infectious disease outbreak. it is beyond me to see these elected officials continue to politicize what is clearly a health crisis. that is now affecting critically affecting, young children including infants. hospitalizations take a step back

get a pediatrician in every school.diatrician, you should be getting in touch with your show. pediatricians need to adopt a school. parents will trust their teachers and so will the kids. that's how you get vaccinations. >> you said a poll shows who hasn't been vaccinated. one poll shows 24% of full fda approval would get people to get the vaccine. this moves the needle only so far. >> the fda has the responsibility to provide the american people with the facts and the truth. and, anderson, that's the phrase they're looking for right now. they want no exceptions, no excuses. our job is to save lives. that is our only mission. that's our only mission. that's what the fda needs to be talking about right now. for those unvaccinated, they're too nervous that these rules and regulations have been charged. they say one thing at one point and then they change it. it it's not a mandate. in the end it seems like a protocol. >> frank luntz, appreciate it as always. thank you. >> thank you. >>> democrats arerallying to pass a key

i'm a pediatrician at ucsf. i'm in partnership with the san francisco unified school district. to make sure that i'm educating everyone on the virus and on how we can reopen schools safely. i will now turn it over to the doctor. >> good evening. i'm the deputy director at the san francisco department of public health. san francisco department of public health overseeing the covid response for the entire city and schools essential to that response. we are part of the routine that is helping with school reopening. >> thank you. now, i will pull up the slides for dr. woolridge then we'll go into presentation on covid-19 and children both on the variant and the vaccine. >> thank you, so much. i'll be starting off with giving you some tips about covid-19 and children, the vaccines and the variants. this slide is meant to show that covid-19, since the beginning of this pandemic and currently now, it is still mostly a pandemic very much driven by adult behavior. i want to take a moment to look at this slide here on the left and we see in terms of the percentage of cases and the popula

with a statement encouraging the ea to speed up the process for pediatric process patient is a pediatrician missile i hope the fda will take this recommendation and this request under guidance and strongly consider speeding up the passing timeline for children ages 11 down to five. >> a lot of anxious parents hoping to get their children protected but what about play dates, camps and other afterschool activities? if all the people in the family are vaccinated and you know the other families are also fascinated, at least all the adults are eligible, should be scaling back on those activities right now? my soul a string of there is no perfect, one-size-fits-all answer and i know that is straining for everybody myself included some of it is your own copper level, some of the other adults in the group with which you participate. it is imperative if children are going to be tside adults or children that they don't normally spend time with, masking is going to be really important. i think take some comfort in the safety of masks. we know they were, we know they improve the safety for everybody in

the administration is through a number of pediatricians, and the american academy of pediatricians working in concert with sports organizations, including the olympic committee to encourage guidelines for school physicals for teens who are going to participate in school physicals, you can get those mandatory vaccinations through sports physicals. and pediatricians are encouraged to parachute into the first meetings to encourage the parents to get their children vaccinated. but geoff, this is the problem. put up the heat map, if you will, of why we could see a perfect storm back to school, and to some of the states. if you are looking at the southeast of the united states, and that is the spread there, and you will see it heavily in the southeast corresponding with the right, and showing the low vaccination rates of the children, and combined with the number of people who have bansm several epidemiologists who say it is certain in certain areas such as the no mask areas, you will see the outbreaks and outbreaks as early as three weeks from when the schools open, and we know it, because we h

. >> reporter: no vaccine is 100% effective and we spoke to one fully vaccinated pediatrician who proved it the hard way. >> reporter: on thursday morning in the mission district the line grows long and in the crowd fully vaccin individuals asking for a covid test. >> somebody who i worked with fully vaccinated tested positive. >> reporter: testing slow down with zero positive at the latino task force hub. >> this last week we tested close to 400 people have had a positivity rate of closer to 8%, which is a dramatic difference from june, and a good chunk of those people that tested positive were fully vaccinated. >> reporter: the delta is driving the surge while the unvaccinated make up the vast majority of new cases and hospitalizations and deaths, these breakthrough infections are catching many by surprise. >> i have so often opened up my results and have seen the negative result but seeing the positive result was surreal. >> reporter: this pediatrician is fully vaccinated. on june 15 when california reopened, nearly all pandemic safeguards vanished and in july the doctor took a tiny v

. >> reporter: pediatricians in collier with the message for every parent >> i'm trying to encourage everybody to please take this delta variant very seriously due to the transmissibility it is incredibly contagious, and our children are getting sick i can't do this. >> reporter: olivia angeles' two children start school tomorrow. she wants them to wear masks because she wound up in the hospital with covid. >> i cannot imagine my kids going through that it would -- i would really just cry. >> reporter: teachers like megan wilkes stuck in the middle. is this difficult for you to be the teacher but also kind of the police officer on mask, no mask, and having everybody get along? >> i think at the beginning it would definitely be a challenge. >> reporter: at least eight florida counties say they will defy florida's governor and mandate masks with an option to opt out. but tonight florida's governor says any school superintendent that mandates masks risks losing their salary lester >> all right, kerry sanders, thank you with tens of millions of unvaccinated children caught in the middle

you need to call the pediatrician and ask what to do.ediatrician may tell you to stay home and guide you at home so other kids don't catch it in the waiting area if your child is sick, short of breath or if high fever, you may want to go to the er you don't want it to get worse the idea is the balance between keeping medically fragile kids from getting sick. we want to keep the icu safe, but you want to keep your own kids safe as well. it is a balance. in certain icus, the children there, not just from covid, but viruses that were held at bay and surging back whether rsv or influenza, a lot of viruses that were under control previously and now surging back >> particularly among the very young with kids. i posted on my twitter some charts from the cdc in hospitals about the rise in rsv and others dr. debi, a pleasure to have you back on. thank you very muc. >> thank you >>> we will take a short break dow futures off 23 we'll talk housing right after this stick around. undeniably versatile. unlimited 2% cash back. this is the card built fo

. >> reporter: full fda approval could allow pediatricians to consider doses for some children who are just under 12 but dr. gandhi warns pfizer is about to release data on dosing for kids between 5 to 11. >> even though it's true so many pediatricians will say you look like a 12-year-old or weight is higher, generally as an 11-year-old i think your weight is on a side i can give a dose. i doubt many will do that for the lower weight. >> reporter: the side effects such as heart inflammation, cases rare but have been noted in younger men between 16 and 30. sergio quintana, "today in the bay." >>> new questions are being raised about who was the first victim of coronavirus in the united states and when. until now it was believed a san jose woman was the first death in the country. patricia dowd died but one person died on january 11th, two others on the 18th and two more on the 25th all before dowd. the san jose mercury news reporting the death certificates spans five states and noncalifornia. it tells us the virus was in america weeks earlier than originally thought. >> the police depar

doctor knees and his inner into based pediatrician for john muir health in her area. contra costa health services says covid-19 spreading in schools among students is much less common. the novel coronavirus spread in the community from indoor social gatherings. >> doctor news and says parents should trust their school districts have effective safety plans. most important thing we can do is wear a mask, a mask, wear them properly. >> that will she only our children safe but the staff as well with limited exceptions regardless of vaccination status. the state requires k through 12 students, teachers and staff to wear masks indoors. but the state is not mandating minimum distancing in classrooms for the new academic year. >> doctor knees and says students will inevitably need to share some equipment and common touch points like door knobs. she says wash your hands frequently, if you want to send your kid with a small container of hand sanitizer that they can use. >> before snack or lunch. i think that's a very good but they can also get to a sink to wash their hands. tha

we've got advice from a pediatrician on getting children ready to go back to school. >> i'm meteorologist lawrence karnow bit hazy around the bay area. still some smoke in our skies. how will that stick what about the weekend. we'll what about the weekend. we'll talk about that coming in. people were afraid i was contagious. i felt gross. it was kind of a shock after i started cosentyx. four years clear. real people with psoriasis look and feel better with cosentyx. don't use if you're allergic to cosentyx. before starting, get checked for tuberculosis. an increased risk of infections —some serious— and the lowered ability to fight them may occur. tell your doctor about an infection or symptoms, or if you've had a vaccine or plan to. tell your doctor if your crohn's disease symptoms develop or worsen. serious allergic reactions may occur. learn more at cosentyx.com. when a truck hit my car, learn more at cosentyx.com. the insurance company wasn't fair. i didn't know what my case was worth, so i called the barnes firm. i'm rich barnes. it's hard for people to know how much their accident c

. >> so you're working in pennsylvania but also a pediatrician by training and i think some of the questionsg up now are about vaccinations for children. when do you expect to see vaccines become available for the under 12? >> thank you. i want to emphasize first about the importance of our vaccination efforts. our vaccinations against covid-19 are safe. they are effective and they are more importantnt than ever to protect us from the spread of the delta variant. so the pfizer vaccine is authorized right now for use in adolescence 12-17 in addition to adults 18 and older. there are studies going on right now in younger children, five through 12, and then there's clinical trials being done as young as six months to five years of age. pfizer is ahead of that, of the curve in terms of their working to complete those studies. the moderna vaccine is right on its heels. so we hope to have the completed clinical trials by the end of the year. that will be looking to the science, and it'sto hard to puta date on when scientific studies will be completed but we're hoping to have data by the end of the

frances: i'd love for you to talk as a pediatrician. you know parents worry about their own children. how do you address those concerns for parents looking to sending their kids back to school this coming fall? asst. sec. levine: sure. we really do want children to be back in the classroom this fall. we feel it is very important in terms of their education, but also the physical and mental health of children to be back in school. the key to getting children safely and successfully back to school is our vaccination program. the more teenagers vaccinated that are 12-17, the more there parents and community of vaccinated, the safer it is for children who are entering school. we do want children in k-12 classes as well as teachers and staff to wear masks, given the virility of the delta variant. frances: this is a change, because at one point the cdc thought they would not have to wear masks. you think this is a consistent message? asst. sec. levine: we always have to change your messaging according to what is happening on the ground. franc

john mirror, health pediatrician doctor robin, these and says do not send them to school.n don't have covid. you don't want them going to school with another that may spread to other. >> students in the classroom. the state is not requiring minimum distancing in classrooms for the new academic year. but regardless of vaccination status for students, teachers and staff masks are mandatory indoors mask that they wear and that it doesn't slide is always going to be the best mask. doctor knees and says students will need to share some common touch points with others like door knobs. that's why she says it's important. everyone frequently wash their hands or use hand sanitizer before eating meals or touching their face. but in an effort to ease your child's potential anxiety. doctor news and says parents should explain to kids actually spreads. one thing that we know is that covid is really mostly spread to aerosolize methods. so like wearing a mask isn't a protect your child. >> very well. droplet. but get from touching things is not the best way to the covid doesn't spread th

i think we pediatricians are concerned about children and covid.at risk than older adults and they can still be at significant risk for covid infections. we are seeing those increasing cases in children, and i will say what i am seeing from my pediatrician colleagues particularly in areas where infection rates are high is they are seeing very sick kids and so we are concerned about it and it is really important for all of us to continue to do the things we need to do to stem the spread of covid, and also make sure that we're really taking care of our children and particularly those youngest children who don't yet have the opportunity to be vaccinated. >> and we are still waiting to find out that children under the age of 12 can be vaccinated which is so important as school is approaching. you've been urging the fda to make that approval as soon as possible. how much more data do they need? how soon do you think this could take place? >> it's a good question. it's the question i get asked most commonly, i think both by colleagues, by friends and fol

they're going try to work through pediatricians with association with sports associations. the why? you have to get a physical if you want to participate in most places in school sports. they think they can reach about 60% to 70% of school kids who participate in school sports. that way they're also trying to reach out to parent-teacher associations and holding first meetings during which the administration is hoping that pediatricians will parachute into underscore for parents the importance of vaccinating their children. but when we spoke exclusively with education secretary he said, look, the biggest problem here is really political. it's these parents were very vocal on the impacts of the learning loss impacts and mental loss. these are the same parents fighting mask mandates and vaccinations and basically sealing that fate that, same fate for their kids. here's what he said. >> i want to put ourselves in the shoes of a teacher. a teacher that has diabetes, fully vaccinated but going back to a classroom with a bunch of kids running around without masks. we know we have a proek p

and a practicing pediatrician. dr. besser, great to have you, as always. i wanted to get right to those numbers we heard in victor's report. the number of children in the hospital now with the virus is now at the highest number since this pandemic began. i now the cdc hasn't said yet if the delta variant is more severe in children, but in just looking at the math, the sheer number of cases here, we're going to see an increase in severity in cases. >> that's right, david. the virus doesn't have to be more severe for more children to be severely affected. if it's spreading rampantly, we're going to see more kids who are cases, thankfully, most will be mild, but we will see more children in the hospital and unfortunately, we will see more children who lose their life to this largely preventable infection. >> dr. besser, we're seeing in some states school leaders in some cases now defying governors, telling parents, please send your children to school with masks on. what about parents, though, who are worried about the other children in class who might not hav

noted new york city pediatrician dr. laura popper joins us with the late est on that.lcome. >> thank you. eric: school is starting, of course. kids play together, you're going to have them in class, you know, in lunchrooms, the teens, what concerns do you have about what we could face this fall in. >> if we do the right things, everybody can pretty safely go back to school. there are just two important things. everybody who can be vaccinated should be vaccinated. we keep our children safe by surrounding them by people who are safe. and, number two and almost as important is that all children above the age of 2 should be masked. as well as all of the adults. all of us inside in a school setting should be masked. eric: the masking situation is very controversial. what do you say to those who, you know, who saw governor ron day season taste -- desantis saying he doesn't want his kids in a mask, he wants to see them smile. what is the danger especially with something as contagious as the delta variant? >> well, i think governor desantis is the danger. his executive order g