V IS FOR VACCINE: CNN and Sesame Street host town hall encouraging kids ages 5 to 11 to get vaccinated
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As the COVID-19 vaccine begins to be administered to children as young as 5-years-old, CNN hosted a town hall with the beloved inhabitants of Sesame Street to encourage children to get vaccinated.
"The ABCs of COVID Vaccines," hosted by CNN's Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta and journalist Erica Hill, opened with 5-year-old monster Rosita excitedly telling her friends how she just got her first dose of the COVID vaccine.
This led to scripted questions from 6-year-old Big Bird, whose Granny Bird wants him to get the shot.
The rest of the show went as follows:
Big Bird doesn't even know what a vaccine is, prompting Gupta and Hill to bring in an "expert": Super Grover, who is saddened to hear they did not want to talk about vacuums.
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