to get vaccinated. second, building vaccine confidence by empowering americans with facts and answering their questions. and third, ensuring that equity is at the center of everything we do. to improve access and make it easier and more convenient for americans to get their shot, this week the president directed our federal pharmacy partners to start making no appointment walk up vaccinations available. soon, americans will be able to get vaccinated without an appointment at the vast majority of nearly 40,000 local pharmacy locations worldwide. cvs, rite aid, walmart and sam's club southeastern, and heb have announced that they are offering walk-up vaccinations at all of the locations nationwide. more than 20,000 stores in communities across the country. to reach people where they are, fema is shipping from the high volume of vaccination sites that have served so many americans so well to smaller, community-based sites and expanding the number of mobile clinics. this week we made significant investments

they vaccination. these dating apps will allow vaccinated people to display badges which show their vaccination status, filter specifically to see only people who are vaccinated, and off to premium content, the details of which i cannot get into. apparently they include things like boost and super swipes. the apps will also help people locate places to get vaccinated. today also happens to be our digital day of action. the white house and others, including michelle obama, will be highlighting the website and text line throughout the day. it has been four months since president biden's first day of office. things are substantially better than they were four months ago when we were losing thousands of americans each day and people were waiting weeks or more to get vaccinated. usually not even knowing where or when they would happen. today more than 125 million americans are fully vaccinated. those americans are at much lower risk and have more of their lives back. they are able to do most things mask-fre

we keep our vaccine lines running and we distribute that vaccine. there are mechanisms at the moment, for example covax is a , very important mechanism. a large part of the covax allocation was to come out of that serum in india. and because of the way the disease is rampaging through india, all of that vaccination, those doses of vaccination have now been essentially taken for domestic consumption in india. so you have to then look at different mechanisms for increasing production around the world. and we suggest what some of those might be. let me give you a specific example from the u.s. in the u.s. you have roughly 60 million doses of astrazeneca. it has not yet been given fda approval, but it has been used in different parts of the world, particularly africa. this vaccine is literally sitting on the shelves at the moment. if we were able to get that vaccine out of the u.s. and into africa, we would at a stroke double the amount of vaccine in africa. so there are some very important things we could do very practically to help the situation. here

are getting the vaccine. i have never believe there will be a large percentage of americans who won't get the vaccine. you said local politics hundreds of years ago. what happens? when your neighbor gets the vaccine, your next door neighbor gets it, maybe i should get it. no matter what your position was and when you see people in the position where you can easily get the vaccine, you don't have to go out of your way, that's why you see i was doing some meetings with folks who are providing, for example and governor of maine who's saying if you want to get a free license is come to get the vaccine. people are showing up. the idea and i never believe at the end of the day there would be any large percentage of americans who would not get the vaccine. >> i have a question from my telemundo colleague, what do you say to people who are worried that their immigration status is a reason not to get the vaccine? >> well, i say they should snack >> well, i say they should snack not worry. they should get the vaccine.

plenty of vaccines to make sure we vaccinate the public. one of the benefits of everybody getting vaccinated as quickly as possible is it will allow us to do a better job leading way in helping the globe get their vaccines, as well. next question. >> shannon, nbc. >> hi, i wanted to ask about the summer camp guidance. i was wondering if dr. walensky could respond to some criticism about having kids wear masks outdoors, given that you guys have all talked about the low level of spread outdoors and the low level of transition among younger children. dr. walensky, could you talk at all about the data or the evidence the cdc used to make that determination, that kids need to be wearing masks outdoors, you know, in all scenarios, regardless of vaccination status? is there any middle ground, where kids wouldn't have to wear masks outdoors at camps? >> thank you for that question. so we have two sets of guidance. we have guidance for masking if you are vaccinated or unvaccinated outdoors. we have authorization for 12 to 15-year-olds. they can get

so we vaccinated millions and millions with each of these two vaccines. the results are extremely good for both of them. i personally think that if we took out of the israelis book it would lay a lot of hesitancy threats that i would like to see none of the people vaccinated, after vaccination how many got covid? after that how my got hospitalized, after that how many died? i think that is a better way to express the data i'm having this debate with statisticians and others here and doing by percentage which is how we tend to do it. your 80% less likely to get the disease. and i entirely understand how you present statistics very carefully. they keep saying to people the percentages i think for normal people or lay people like myself who tell me about to walk out that door and 80% less likely to get hit by a thunderbolt that i was yesterday i'm kind of thinking what does that mean exactly? or if you actually see the figures, and on vaccinated population no restrictions here's what the disease does for a billion people. vaccinated population here is what t

vaccine. and so, i have never believed that the there will be a large percentage of americans who are not get the vaccine. we used to do local politics 100 years ago, what happens when you never get this vaccine, you're an extra never gets. it you say, well, maybe i should get it. and no matter what your position was, when you see people in a position where you can easily get the vaccine, you don't have to go way out of your way. that is why you see, i was on doing some meetings with folks who are providing for example the governor of maine, a republican, he's saying, if you want to get a free hunting license, come get a vaccine. people are showing up. people are showing up across the board with the idea -- i have never believed at the end of the day that there would be any large percentage of americans who would not get the vaccine. >> i have a question for my telemundo colleague, vanessa hawk, who wonders what do you say to people who are worried about immigration status, that that's a reaso

vaccines. due to the health emergency, as i noted, today's hearing is being held remotely. all witnesses, members and staff will be participating via videoconferencing and ask as usual for a proceeding. microphones will be set on mute for the purposes of limiting inadvertent background noise. members and witnesses, don't forget, you'll need to unmute each time you wish to speak. now, if at any time i'm unable to continue as chair, which has happened because of technology, the vice chair of the subcommittee, mr. peters, will serve as chair until i'm able to return. documents for the record can be sent to austin flak at the e-mail address that all of the staff has, and all of the documents will be entered into the record at the conclusion of the hearing. the chair now recognizes herself for an opening statement. today we continue our oversight of the nation's covid-19 response efforts. throughout the pandemic, this subcommittee has conducted robust oversight over a range of critical issues includ

and more americans vaccinated. as i said last week given me succeeded to get vaccinations to the lionsh share of those most at risk and those most eager to get vaccinated we now increasingly focused on other groups that it will take time to reach and we expect the number of shots administered each day to monitor to fluctuate we will continue to vaccinate millions of americans each and every day. the past week two.6 million shots per day was are average overall 55 percent of adult americans now have at least one shot. that is up from 38 percent the end of march and 19 percent the end% of february. looking at the next slide we reached a major milestone of americans fully vaccinated. today 100 million americans are fully vaccinated. nearly double the 55 million were fully vaccinated at the end of march. 100million nearly 40 percent of all adult americans who are now fully vaccinated two weeks after getting the last shot. 100million americans with a sense of relief and peace of mind knowing to be protected from the vir

vaccine indifferent. you know, if somebody's working to make ends meet and they got two jobs, two kids, going to cvs and spending even if it's 25th amendment in line to get that -- 20 minutes in line to get that shot, that's a luxury some don't have. what's the solution to make sure access is equitable? >> right. exactly. access is still a huge, huge issue. there's 30 million people unvaccinated but still interested in getting a vaccine. and as we've seen, cities are being very innovative. new york city, for example, in the subways are offering a seven-day metrocard so you can get vaccinated in grand central station. those are the incentives that we need, but we also need flexibility in schedules. we need people to be able to get a vaccine like they can go to the store and get a carton of milk. it needs to be that easy. and we also need employers to make sure that they are willing to offer paid leave for people to get their vaccines, not just on the day of the vaccine but several days after when they feel

get vaccinated, or wear a mask until you do. it is a vaccine or mask. get vaccinated. if you are vaccinated, you can be around vaccinated or unvaccinated people, but if you are not fully vaccinated, you should wear your own mask for the protection of other unvaccinated people. the choice is yours. you have all made this possible. let's finish the work of beating this virus and getting everything back to normal. remember, as fast as we've gone, most people under the age of 65 are not vaccinated yet. we've opened vaccinations nationally to all adults just four weeks ago. it is going to take more time for everyone who wants to get vaccinated to get their shots. all of us, let's be patient. be patient with one another. some may say, i just feel more comfortable to continue to wear a mask. if you or someone with a mask, and you see them, please treat them with kindness and respect. we've had too much conflict, too much bitterness, too much anger, politicized nation of this issue about wearing masks. let's put it to rest. let's remember that we are all americans. let's remem

vaccine. and it happened again for the smallpox eradication. it allowed you to take that version into tropical areas so it wouldn't be destroyed by heat, and that's what allowed department a. henderson -- d.a. henderson, an american, to lead the smallpox campaign. some of our greatest successes in global health, at least around infectious diseases, always relied on international cooperation and cooperation between countries which generally did not agree ideologically. they're willing to put aside their ideologies to work together. and this is something thatr i ws so impressed with as a vaccine scientist over the years, i said, hmm, how can we sort of this off and maybe give it a fresh coat of paint and re invigorate it. i had that role in the white house between 2014-2016 in the obama white house. a very difficult time in the middle east, it was when the isis is occupation was starting, it's when we were at the height of the syrian conflict and civil war, it's when the proxy wars between h ira

vaccinated. then they were getting tested for routine purposes, maybe because of travel or something like that, they were getting tested, so when they got those test results back, it was surprising, right, because they had been vaccinated, they got the test results back, but the big question, and i think what the science is showing is, despite the fact that they came back with a positive test, they are still unlikely to transmit that virus to somebody else, so unlikely to be silent or asymptomatic carriers to someone else and i think that's the big headline that's coming out of the most recent scientific studies that we're seeing. >> okay, i know you'll be watching along with us as the cdc makes their announcement here any moment. thank you, sanjay, and thank you all for joining me today. it's time for me to hand off to victor and alisyn as the news continues. continues. have a great evening. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> and welcome to "newsro

to vaccinate now our children also. >> doctor, we heard from health experts that vaccinating the younger part of the population is particularly key to getting the pandemic under control. because young people remain what they describe as a reservoir of the virus. explain how that works and why it's important not only for the safety of the young people but for the broader population. >> sure, jim. as we all know, younger adults and teenagers are less likely to get severely ill. good. they're not zero but that's very good. but they're also asymptomatic transmitters. >> they can have the infection and feel fine but give it to all their friends. and, of course, the youngsters get together all the time. they spread this infection. and they bring it home to their parents and such. if we dampen the transmission in that group, we can bend that curve downward and get to a more normal life much more quicker. >> can i ask you if there is anything that would stand in the way of that? obviously not enough people getting vaccinated. but the world health organization has just come out and said that coro

vaccinated. in a wartime effort, we must begin to press harder when we have an advantage and not let up. yesterday, individuals 12 through 15 years old became eligible for pfizer vaccine. we are putting every resource responsible to bear and leveraging every possible partnership in the country to reach people who aren't vaccinated yet and to make it as easy as possible for them to get a shot. more than 20,000 local pharmacies in communities across the nation are now offering walk-in vaccinations. you can text your zip code to 438829 to get three locations near you with vaccines in stock. soon, you'll even be able to book a free ride through that text from uber and lyft. as the president announced, lyft and uber are announcing free rides to anyone who wants to get vaccinated between may 24th and july 4th. if you want by the millions of vaccines, vaccines.gov. efforts around the country are not letting up and they cannot let up. they must accelerate with everyone contributing what they have to the

and vaccine confidence. vaccine confidence is complicated. it's really individuals, families, communities and health care providers hold in the vaccine, people giving the vaccine, and the process and policies that lead to vaccine developments, manufacturing, and recommendations for use. for any of you that have been following the cdc's advisory committee the past few months, you have seen us try to have those processes and policies deliberated in public, with tens of thousands of people watching until we demystify the data that goes into the recommendations that we make. the cdc has been working in coordination with health departments and community-based organizations to implement a vaccine confidence strategy that anchored off three main objectives, to build trust by sharing clear and accurate information about the vaccine, including the latest safety and the very impressive effectiveness data. to empower health care personnel by building confidence in their own decisions to get vaccinated, and their abilit

my hope is that if the vaccine is authorized, parents will take advantage and get their kids vaccinated. the second area of focus is making it more for everyone to get a vaccine. we know that adults have not been vaccinated because they found two confusing or difficult. for those having trouble finding a location and making an appointment, we are going to make it easier than ever. we have launched a simple website where you can find vaccination locations closest to you. that site is vaccines.gov. go there now cannot find a location to get a shot, and make an appointment. if you prefer texting, we have another easy way to get the shot. text your zip code to the following number. 438829. you will get texted back the location that is nearest to you and in stock then and there. you can text your zip code right now and get texts back within minutes. so send this to your kids and grandkids and friends who have not been vaccinated yet. i know people find making an appointment in advance inconvenient, so starting this week we also can direct walk-in hours. it will still be able to get vaccinate

move from what i call vaccine xbox excited stage and now we are in the vaccine busy stage.eople who have just not gotten around to it. i think we have to approach all of these groups a little differently but with that data, that allows us to focus on specific areas, the why, the who and the where. to overcome this vaccine hesitancy, we designed information campaigns to not only answer questions that help people understand getting the vaccine is the way to get back to the things we all love and want to do weddings and family reunions, churches, hugging grandparents, all of these things we care about, who want people to understand the vaccine is the key to ending it and that's one area to use some help from the white house and others and that's modeling a fully vaccinated person can do. i'd like to say now that we have fully vaccinated people, we should start and it's a big motivation, get the unvaccinated to want to be vaccinated. we focus on the who think mr. president this may be the most important. through research it seems clear people trust family doctors, local communi

get vaccinated.ren't sure. many people with severe allergies and underlying illnesses actually can be vaccinated safely. of course, every situation and each patient's risk is so different. it's really best to discuss this with your doctor first. >> this question comes to us from chris. chris is asking, the vaccine provides protection against serious disease. so does that mean it prevents chances of getting any pre-existing conditions from covid? what do we know about that? >> what we know is that hospitalizations, deaths, severe death is prevented. it does help prevent some of the conditions we see coming up with covid. let me just say that i think people get confused, because i have patients with pre-existing conditions like diabetes and hypertension, they got a lot worse when they were infected with covid. when they got their vaccine, they had a stability. they did not actually have as much of a dramatic increase. let me say this in a different way. if you have a pre-existing condition and you had

not vaccinated. given that the vaccination is convenient and free, it will be a tragedy if -- and a needless one to see covid cases among those who do not get vaccinated go up. we're not done fighting this virus. we still have tens of millions left to vaccinate. but we are making significant progress. in fact, tomorrow's vaccination come out, they'll show that 60%, 60% of americans have received at least one shot. every day, the light at the end of that tunnel is growing brighter. this vaccination effort has been a historical, logistical achievement for this nation. i want to thank the scientists and the researchers, the companies manufacturing the vaccines, the national guard, the u.s. military, fema, the nation's governors, doctors, nurses, pharmacists. i want to thank the american people who have stepped up and done their patriotic duty and gotten vaccinated. in less than four months, we've gone from less than 6% to 60% of adults in america with at least one shot. we're seeing the results in live

been vaccinated so far.yesterday, we had a landmark day . what than 50% of people 18 years and older have received at least one vaccine dose. we need to ensure vaccine coverage is uniform across the country. this will require health-care workers listen to their concerns and help people make informed decisions. we published an article comparing urban and rural communities. we counted the vaccination level of people 18 and older. when we look at vaccination rates from april 10, covid vaccination coverage was lower in rural counties, compared to urban counties. this was true for counties across the country, across all age groups, and among men and women. we remain committed to listening and lifting up communities in every corner of the united states and make sure that vaccine coverage is equitable, regardless of if you live in rural or urban areas. we are working nationwide to provide trusted information to people where they are, wherever they are. the alabama to public -- department of public health with suppo

we heard about the rna vaccines, vector-based vaccines but a few vaccine approaches where you kind ofthis case the coronavirus. you can basically plug that in in a vaccine that's 90% prebuilt. no one knew if that was going to work and what this has shown at least in this case they were able to make it work. but it's very important to know especially for people who are a little hesitant or nervous about the vaccines and say, oh, i can't trust it because it was done so fast. it's very important to recognize that a lot of work had been done right up to that point. they weren't starting from scratch in january. >> well, caleb hellerman, listen, you said it right, a medical miracle that this has happened, it's doing so well for so many people. thank you so much for being with us. the new cnn film "race for the vaccine" premieres this saturday at 9:00 eastern only on cnn. let's go to the white house. this is president biden in the rose garden and without a mask as he comes out on the day of the new guidelines from the cdc. >> sunshine. >> you've got a great smile. >> well, today is a great

we're now in the vaccine business yort vaccine serious phase.hese are people that haven't gotten around to it yet. i think we have to approach all of these groups a little differently. with that data, that's allowed us to really focus on three specific areas. the why, the who and the where. to overcome this vaccine hesitancy, we designed a public information campaign that not only answers questions and resolves concerns, but it helps people understand that getting the vaccine is the way to get back to the things that we all love, that we all want to do. weddings and family reunions, utah jazz games, the best team in the league right now, churches, hugging grandparents, all of those things we care about. we want people to understand that the vaccine is really the key to ending that. that's one area where we can use some help from the white house and others and that is modeling what a fully vaccinated person can do. i like to say we have fully vaccinated people, we should start acting like it. that's a big motivation to get the unvaccinated to wan

one vaccine. but you've been able to sell stock, where you are aware of the problems of the facility when you went out there and sold your stock at the time your made your prices hovering around $123 a share and it's now fallen to under $60 a share? if it's true you sold your socks today than before, the contamination there would have been worth about 5 million rather than 10 million i'll answer, you got 10 million. instead of thinking of ways to address your company's contamination, you were thinking of ways to enrich yourself. i am deeply troubled about this. we've lost so many lives if we had the vaccines, we would have saved those lives. i am concerned how you are able to get a full source contract to prepare a vaccine that you had no experience in doing and the experiences from your past contract anthrax according to government oversight was a disaster, gao said it was not done well, they wouldn't use it, the strategic national stockpile for scientists saying it needed and all these questions

very safe and effective vaccines. because americans ha >>we are approaching 60% of adut americans who have taken at least one shot. our progress has been steady, and is beginning to take hold. case counts, hospitalizations, deaths, virtually every metric is now improving consistently in most of the country. today, covid-19 deaths are at the lowest point since april of 2020. dr. fauci has reviewed study after study on these calls, demonstrating the real world impact of vaccines in driving these results. progress has been especially strong. since everyone 15 and older became eligible for vaccination, cases have dropped by 45%. since everyone became eligible, three weeks ago, everyone 16 and over, a full 12% of adults have become newly vaccinated. in a wartime effort, we must begin to press harder when we have an advantage, and not let up. yesterday, individuals 12 through 15 years old became eligible for the pfizer vaccine. we are putting every resource possible to bear and leveraging every possible partnership in the c

>> then tell him to shut the [bleep] up. >> get the vaccine. >> get the vaccine. >> just get the vaccine. >> grow the [bleep] up and get the vaccine. >> and tell your friend on facebook to stick to -- jewelry. >> tucker: it doesn't make you laugh, and makes you nervous. why are they talking to you that way? why are they giving you the finger on tv? no matter how many fingers they give to you, it does not change what remains true for the country. with american citizens are going to be forced to take this vaccine, or any other medicine, they have an absolute right to know what it is and what it affects might be, and they have an absolute right to ask that question, without being silenced or censored or mocked or given the finger. and no amount of happy talk or coercion or appeals to false patriotism can change that, period. martin kulldorff is a professor at harvard medical school and we are happy to have him. thanks for coming on.rf either releasable question. i know there is a vigorous debate over what the vaers numbers mean. they are dismissed by many. they are embraced by others. but i

i got the vaccine. my wife got the vaccine. my sons got the vaccines. i have encouraged all of my staff to take it as soon as it is available and i have gone through the last 24 hours with a real fear that i had a one and half-year-old grand sign that might have covid. fortunately it all came back negative and he will hopefully leave the hospital today. i would guess everyone in this room is vaccinated, which means if we follow the cdc guidelines, we can dispense with masks in social distancing. tomorrow i hope we will have a vaccine that is approved for kids over 12 and younger hopefully in the not distant future. we must reassure americans that the vaccines are safe. vaccines save lives. i might've been naive when we started this believing that staying out of the hospital and not dying might've been motivation enough to get people vaccinated. it clearly wasn't. that is why we must reassure americans that if you get a vaccine, our lives can and will return to normal, but we cannot assure without painting that picture for them what that looks like. toda

because of the chinese vaccine deliveries, by mid-march, serbia had vaccinated more adults than any of7 countries in the european union, becoming continental europe's best vaccinator. the country raced ahead with inoculations at double the rate of spain and germany, internationally trailing only behind israel, the u.k. and the u.s. top level serbian ministers were among the first to get injections. the minister of internal affairs received the russian vaccine. prime minister ana brnabic, widely believed to be the western face of the serbian government, got the pfizer- biontech vaccine. the minister ohealth got his injection with a chinese vaccine. vuc vuksanovic is a scholar of international relations at the london school of economics and the think tank belgrade security forum. >> the prevailing foreign policy strategy for serbia is to balance and play western and non-western powers against each other. so, to avoid putting all your eggs in a single basket. >> reporter: by march, serbia hadn't received a single western vaccine through the european union or the international covax progra

vaccinated versus partially vaccinated. next slide. when you look at the immune response to a single dose of mrna vaccines in organ transplant or cancer patients, very very clearly the single dose was not adequate. this becomes important because organ transplant particularly individuals on a variety of immunosuppressant drugs and cancer patients but there are a lot of people in society on things like glucocorticoids, that may not get a good enough response after the first dose and we want them to get the second dose. let's look at the data that backs up this clinical, next slide. i showed you the slide before, we are looking at neutralizing antibodies after the first dose which is at 21 days versus the second dose which is at day 28-35. as you can see regardless of age younger individuals or older individuals, dramatic difference in neutralizing antibodies between the first and second dose, next slide. we talk about t cell responses, same thing. if you look at after the first dose, day 29 on the t h1 response to the spike p

and the vaccine. our medical and scientific experts at the cdc and nih will be out there in the public everyday to answer questions and get the facts out. we will also be partnering with the health care providers, schools, community organizations, states, tribes, and cities at the same time. the bottom line is this -- the vaccine for kids between the ages of 12 an 15 are safe, effective, easy, fast, and free. my hope is that parents will take advantage of the vaccine and get their kids vaccinated. let's remember, millions of 16 and 17-year-olds have also been safely vaccinated. as more and more americans get vaccinated, covid-19 hospitalizations and death rates continue to fall. today, the new york times reported the number of covert hospitalizations in the u.s. since april of 2020, right after the start of this pandemic, is the lowest. safe and effective vaccines are curbing this part of the virus and saving thousands of lives. -- the spread of the virus and saving thousands of lives. allowing us to

the vaccine.n to this new phase we're also setting a new goal. two months from today, two months from today, families across the country are going to celebrate the fourth of july. our goal by july fourth is to have 70% of adult americans with at least one shot and 160 million americans fully vaccinated. that means giving close to 100 million shots, some first shots and others, second shots, over the next 60 days. of course, americans can still get shots after july fourth, and nobody should wait and let's try to hit the 70% mark at least with one shot before that day. it's another huge goal. as you may remember, we were initially focused on getting enough vaccines for every adult. we did that, we have enough vaccines, and now that we have the vaccine supply, we're focused on convincing even more americans to just show up and get the vaccine that is available to them. if we succeed in this effort, as we did with the last, then americans will have taken a serious a serious step towards a return to no

to the j&j vaccine. has been on site with us throughout the pandemic, and they're now providing 24/7 oversight of all production areas, change controls, qualifications, and process items. i understand that we're here today to answer for the contamination incident, and i apologize for the failure of our controls, and i give you my personal assurance that i'll take every step that is needed to resume production safely. at the same time, i do want to take this opportunity to let you know that many emergent employees from front line workers to engineers and managers have been working around the clock putting much else in their lives on hold, sometimes at considerable personal sacrifice amid the pandemic as they've sought to ensure that we all have access to covid-19 vaccine. they've been the true heroes here, and i'm deeply appreciative of their dedication, their hard work, and their sacrifice. thank you, and i look forward to your questions. >> thank you very much, mr. kramer. we will now turn to mr. elhibr

when we are trying 2ingage people to get vaccinated to remember to not just say is your vaccine, thank you very much. but how are you doing? how are things going? particularly for the hardest most resistant group, they want to know your motive is notti just to get that vaccine in their t arm. you actually care about their well-being. there are simple ways we can better and i think we have to make really sure were going to be doing that. we have to counter them thinking it's all about bill gates putting a microchip in them. [laughter] nevermind the factr] that 30 going on with the phony of god in your hand. really it's arty there they arty know everything you're doing. [laughter] who need to put a microchip in you? >> back on the upper second more broadly from the global architecture perspective, i think historically people on the pandemic preparedness world are familiar with the panicky do-nothing cycle. obviously this is a really big global catastrophe. to think that cycle around investment into long-term public health and pandemic preparedness and into all the issues around trust, tr

treating as india's vaccines but they were never india's vaccines they were contracted up to 50 to 60 percent of those vaccines to go to countries like nigeria who instead of getting the doses that they were contracted to receive and promised to receive last year their seed flee enough to back a little less than one percent of their populations this is countries like ghana countries like nigeria and if they were lucky to get any vaccine doses out of from the kovacs to salute the which is this consortium run by the world health organization and garvey and seppi now this is a huge letdown there are countries other other countries like pakistan who didn't get any doses by the way so the indian crisis where we're essentially usurping vaccines that were not meant for us to be used for us is creating this situation where it's not satisfying the indian need and it is letting down the other countries who have even less vaccines than us and who depended on this supply in order to get through this crisis right but the 2nd quick point that i want to make is that the vaccine they didn't waver bid

through vaccines. officials need good to timely data to evaluate their effort and you can help by supporting four bills, many of which are sponsored by the committee members. the strengthening vaccine for children act, the helping adults protect immunity act that helps eliminate cost-sharing for the medicaid beneficiaries and the immunization infrastructure modernization act. finally it's important to remember people need other lifesaving vaccines and i urge the public to visit, learn about the don't skip vaccines and the collaborations and for educational materials on all of the diseases and for congress we have a special report called the state of the union which is on the website. thank you for the opportunity and i look forward to answering questions. >> i urge the members to read the report because it is an excellent snapshot of where we are. now we are pleased to recognize you for five minutes for an opening statement, doctor. >> good morning members of the committee. since 2016 i've been the dir

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