CDC Dir. Walensky: No concerns about myocarditis with nearly 5 million children vaccinated.
or are holding off for now, according to a poll from the nonprofit KFF.
Dr. Jennifer Ashton, ABC News chief medical correspondent, was given rare access inside the CDC's Emergency Operations Center in Atlanta by CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky. "I'm very concerned," said Walensky."When I hear about a pregnant woman in the community who is not vaccinated, I personally pick up the phone and talk to them."
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