The agency noted that “children are not young adults” and said work is still underway to ensure that vaccines are safe for younger children.
“While I can of course understand that parents are eager to vaccinate their children, it’s very important that the FDA completes its process,” said Professor John Brownstein, a professor at Harvard Medical School.
The announcement comes amid uncertainty over a new school year as one million New York public school students returned to classrooms.
Here are more headlines from the current COVID-19:
The CDC director says vaccination is 11 times more likely to die than COVID
CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky spoke Friday during a White House briefing and said those who are not vaccinated are 11 times more likely to die from COVID. Walensky said that even considering Delta and other factors “it’s still more than 90% of people who are in the hospital without getting vaccinated.” He added that there are “more than ten times the number of people in the hospital who are not vaccinated compared to those vaccinated.” And before the conference, he gave this statistic: “Those who were not vaccinated were four and a half times more likely to get COVID-19, ten times more likely to be hospitalized and 11 times more likely to die.”
This school district will offer $ 100 to vaccinated students
Public schools in Milwaukee, Wisconsin’s largest school district, will donate $ 100 to students receiving the COVID-19 vaccine.
The district school board voted unanimously Thursday night to require vaccinations for staff before Nov. 1, with exceptions for religious or medical reasons.
The board considered a vaccination mandate for students, but ended up unanimously approving a $ 100 incentive for students 12 years of age or older with MPS to provide vaccination tests on Nov. 1, including those they already received. their vaccines.
The highest death toll in Texas since the start of the pandemic
In the southern and midwestern states, hospitals are once again overflowing with COVID patients, most unvaccinated.
Texas reported the highest death toll since the pandemic began.
Christina Martinez was in a coma for six weeks with COVID and now shares this message about why she was finally shot.
“People don’t like to be told what to do, but it’s for their own safety,” he said.
Some Republican governors are already threatening to sue the Biden administration for mandates, but experts say the president appears to have a solid legal standing under executive orders and emergency rules.
The mayor of New York says there are no vaccination requirements for students
There are no plans for a vaccine warrant for eligible students in New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday, adding that the city is focusing on getting students physically back to school classrooms. Monday.
“We just don’t think it’s the right thing to do,” he said. “We can keep any option on the table. But right now, no. We want all the kids in school.”
Biden blows up passengers harassing flight attendants over face masks
President Joe Biden attacked travelers who harass flight attendants because they do not want to wear a face mask and announced that fines would be doubled for those who do not meet the mandate of the U.S. federal transportation mask.
“If you break the rules, get ready to pay,” Biden said, speaking from the White House. “And by the way, show some respect. The anger you see on TV toward flight attendants and others who do their job is wrong. It’s ugly.”
In recent months, there have been many incidents related to flight attendants and travelers refusing to wear a face mask and several videos of these encounters have gone viral on social media.
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