MSNBC contributor Katty Kay was 'appalled' her kids refused COVID boosters before holidays - Fox News

MSNBC contributor Katty Kay expressed daze connected Thursday that her children aren’t funny successful further COVID-19 vaccinations.

After watching a clip from a doc describing however engaged hospitals person go successful the closing of 2022, Kay described her idiosyncratic vexation connected "Morning Joe."

"You would deliberation that the state would respond by saying, ‘Okay, we’ll marque definite we’re each up to day with our vaccines,’" she said to chap MSNBC contributor Dr. Zeke Emanuel.

However, she recounted an unexpected acquisition with her ain family.

MSNBC contributor Katty Kay claimed her ain children refused to person further COVID vaccinations earlier the holidays.

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"But I had a unusual speech with my 22-year-old and my 16-year-old past night, and I said, ‘Okay, I booked you successful for COVID updates, you’re some backmost for holidays, you’re going to get your boosters,’ and some of them said, ‘No, we don’t privation to. We’ve had capable vaccines, and we don’t deliberation we request them,’" Kay said. "I was benignant of shocked and appalled."

"But is this the benignant of effect you’re seeing from young radical astatine the moment, that they deliberation this is over, and they don’t request immoderate much vaccines?," she asked Emmanuel.

The COVID-19 pandemic appears primed to proceed into 2023, though the bulk of the astir terrible restrictions successful nationalist beingness person ended. (iStock)

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Dr. Emanuel responded by saying however COVID-19 vaccines don't forestall transmission of the microorganism but bash forestall bid illness. 

"Yes, but I would say, you know, we support reasoning vaccines are going to forestall getting COVID. They don’t forestall getting COVID. What they forestall is superior illness, hospitalization and death," helium said. "And young radical deliberation they’re invincible — and yes, they are astatine little hazard from COVID, but that’s not zero risk."

He suggested 2 different methods to forestall transmission altogether.

The efficacy of masking and vaccines person remained accordant sources of governmental debate. (iStock) (iStock)

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"There are lone 2 things that truly tin forestall transmission of the COVID virus," Emanuel suggested. "One is simply a bully mask, an N95 mask, and wearing it, particularly successful crowded situations connected airplanes and transportation, and the different is amended indoor ventilation."