Johnson & Johnson released data Tuesday showing that a booster dose to its one-shot COVID-19 vaccine provides a strong immune response months after people receive a first dose. Kris Sanchez reports.
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THROUGHOUT THE DAY. WE WILL TALK TEMPERATURES COMING UP IN A FEW MINUTES. >>> BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ON THE VACCINE FRONT. JOHNSON & JOHNSON ANNOUNCING REAL-WORLD DATA ON PROTECTION ITS VACCINE IS OFFERING LONG TERM. >> THE NEWS COMES AFTER PFIZER ANNOUNCED ITS READY TO REQUEST APPROVAL TO VACCINE CHILDREN 5 THROUGH 11. >> JOHNSON & JOHNSON SHOWS DATA SHOWS A SINGLE DOSE IS 79% EFFECTIVE AGAINST INFECTIONS AND 81% EFFECTIVE AGAINST HOSPITALIZATIONS DUE TO COVID, AND THEN WITH A BOOSTER SHOT IT’S 94% EFFECTIVE, SO SIMILAR TO PFIZER AND MODERNA. REAL-WORLD DATA COMES FROM THE COMPARISON OF ABOUT 390,000 PEOPLE THAT GOT THE SINGLE JOHNSON & JOHNSON SHOT WITH ABOUT 1.5 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE SIMILAR AGE GROUP THAT DID NOT GET THE VACCINE. LET’S TALK ABOUT THE PFIZER VACCINE FOR ELEMENTARY-AGED CHILDREN. AFTER A TRIAL OF 2,000 CHILDREN SHOWED A STRONG IMMUNE RESPONSE WITH DOSING AT ONE-THIRD OF WHAT ADULTS AND OLDER KIDS GET. PFIZER SAID IT WILL SUBMIT TO DATA BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER WITH URGENCY AND THEY SAY IT WOULD BE AVAILABLE SHORTLY AFTER THAT. >> IF MY CHILDREN WERE 5 TO 11 AND WE HAD FDA APPROVAL, ABSOLUTELY WE WOULD BE THE FIRST IN LINE. >> CHILDREN GO THE DAYCARE AND SCHOOL AND WILL BRING BACK VIRUSES. >> I HAVE MIXED EMOTIONS ABOUT IT. I AM NOT TOO SURE IT WILL BE SAFE FOR KIDS. I AM NOT TOO COMFORTABLE WITH IT, YET. >> CASES AMONG CHILDREN NATIONWIDE SURGED BY 240% SINCE JULY. >> WHAT ABOUT HERE IN CALIFORNIA? WE ARE DOING A LITTLE BETTER, AREN’T WE, BECAUSE MORE PEOPLE ARE VACCINATED? >> YEAH, ALREADY ABOUT 35 CHILDREN DIED BECAUSE OF COVID. 630 KIDS HAVE BEEN INFECTED. A LOT OF PARENTS WITH KIDS IN SCHOOLS ESPECIALLY IN THE LOWER GRADES ARE GETTING DAILY NOTICES, IT
