News 12's Erin Colton
was joined by Dr. Matthew Harris to talk about vaccines for children under 5.
A Food and Drug
Administration panel had been scheduled to vote tomorrow on whether to recommend
authorizing the vaccine for children from 6 months to 5 years old - but in a
reversal on Friday, the meeting was postponed.
There are 19 million
children in the United States under age 5, and they are the only group not yet
eligible for vaccination. Why this pause in reviewing the data? What will this
do for parents who are already on the fence and skeptical about getting the
vaccine for their kids?
It's the final week of
school before they go on winter break and then starts the possible process of
determining if the mask mandate can be dropped in New York, as per Gov.
Kathy Hochul. What do you expect will happen this week - if anything? What do
parents need to know about their kids possibly going back to school without a
mask?