{"id":981981,"date":"2021-11-07T19:13:35","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T00:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=981981"},"modified":"2021-11-07T19:13:38","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T00:13:38","slug":"sesame-street-muppets-advocate-for-coronavirus-vaccines-after-cdc-approves-use-in-5-11-age-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sesame-street-muppets-advocate-for-coronavirus-vaccines-after-cdc-approves-use-in-5-11-age-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Sesame Street Muppets Advocate for Coronavirus Vaccines After CDC Approves Use in 5-11 Age Group"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsesame-street-muppets-advocate-for-coronavirus-vaccines-after-cdc-approves-use-in-5-11-age-group%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=981981&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/oscar-the-grouch-vaccine-promotion-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Fictional Sesame Street muppets have taken to social media to encourage children to get vaccinated following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u2019s (CDC) approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for the five to eleven age group.<\/p>\n<p>In a tweet on Saturday morning, the imaginary character Big Bird <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BigBird\/status\/1456971880666046465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1456971880666046465%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.10tv.com%2Farticle%2Fnews%2Fhealth%2Fcoronavirus%2Fvaccine%2Fmuppets-kids-covid-vaccine%2F507-9fdeba5e-e9a9-4399-a7e9-f6d47933ed7c\">pretended<\/a> it received a coronavirus vaccine.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cI got the COVID-19 vaccine today! My wing is feeling a little sore, but it\u2019ll give my body an extra protective boost that keeps me and others healthy,\u201d the tweet reads. \u201cMs. @EricaRHill even said I\u2019ve been getting vaccines since I was a little bird. I had no idea!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.875\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I got the COVID-19 vaccine today! My wing is feeling a little sore, but it&#8217;ll give my body an extra protective boost that keeps me and others healthy.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricaRHill?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EricaRHill<\/a> even said I\u2019ve been getting vaccines since I was a little bird. I had no idea!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Big Bird (@BigBird) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BigBird\/status\/1456971880666046465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 6, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>In a tweet, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) called Big Bird\u2019s vaccine advocacy \u201c<\/span><span>Government propaganda\u2026for your 5 year old!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.1376146788991\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Government propaganda\u2026for your 5 year old! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lKUlomnpq1\">https:\/\/t.co\/lKUlomnpq1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz\/status\/1457108504498642953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 6, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Oscar the Grouch\u2019s Twitter account also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OscarTheGrouch\/status\/1456986225315745805?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1456986225315745805%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.10tv.com%2Farticle%2Fnews%2Fhealth%2Fcoronavirus%2Fvaccine%2Fmuppets-kids-covid-vaccine%2F507-9fdeba5e-e9a9-4399-a7e9-f6d47933ed7c\">posted<\/a> about the vaccine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWell this stinks. Apparently, the COVID-19 vaccines won\u2019t make you feel grouchy at all!\u201d the tweet stated. \u201cThat\u2019s what @KizzyPhD<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; <\/span>said at today\u2019s town hall, anyway. You might get a sore arm and feel tired, so at least there\u2019s that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.80073800738\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Well this stinks. Apparently, the COVID-19 vaccines won\u2019t make you feel grouchy at all! That&#8217;s what <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KizzyPhD?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KizzyPhD<\/a> said at today&#8217;s town hall, anyway. You might get a sore arm and feel tired, so at least there\u2019s that.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Oscar the Grouch (@OscarTheGrouch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OscarTheGrouch\/status\/1456986225315745805?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 6, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A tweet from Elmo\u2019s Twitter account <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elmo\/status\/1456978172352684033\">reads<\/a>,&nbsp;<span>\u201cElmo was so happy to talk to @DrSanjayGupta at the town hall today! Elmo learned that Elmo\u2019s friends can get the COVID-19 vaccine now, and soon Elmo can too!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.4293193717277\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Elmo was so happy to talk to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/drsanjaygupta?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DrSanjayGupta<\/a> at the town hall today! Elmo learned that Elmo&#8217;s friends can get the COVID-19 vaccine now, and soon Elmo can too!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elmo (@elmo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elmo\/status\/1456978172352684033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 6, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>CNN\u2019s Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta spoke with Elmo about vaccines at a November 6 CNN town hall for children, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TPostMillennial\/status\/1456973194724847621\">tweet<\/a> from the Post Millennial.<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cSo right now the vaccine is only for children five and older,\u201d Gupta said. \u201cSo three and a half-year-old monsters \u2013 kids like you \u2013 probably going to have to wait a little bit longer until the new year, but scientists are working hard right now to make sure that you can get the vaccine as soon as possible.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.212765957447\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CNN&#8217;s Sanjay Gupta and Erica Hill tell Sesame Street&#8217;s Elmo he&#8217;s too young for the COVID vaccine, but &#8220;scientists are working hard&#8221; to change that. In the meantime, he has to keep wearing a mask. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/e4q2BMWdGz\">pic.twitter.com\/e4q2BMWdGz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TPostMillennial\/status\/1456973194724847621?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 6, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>The rise in muppet vaccine advocacy follows the CDC\u2019s November 2 recommendation for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/covid-19-vaccine-campaign-expands-to-elementary-age-children\/\">use<\/a> of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children ages five through eleven. The same day, San Francisco&nbsp;<\/span><span>Public Health Officer Dr. Susan Philip <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/04\/san-francisco-require-proof-vaccination-children-aged-5-11\/\">stated<\/a> in a virtual town hall that children in the age group would soon have to provide proof of vaccination to enter indoor businesses.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On November 4, Chicago Public Schools (CPS) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/education\/2021\/11\/05\/chicago-schools-to-close-november-12-for-vaccination-awareness-day\/\">announced<\/a> in an email to parents that students would be given Thursday, November 12 off in recognition of \u201cVaccine Awareness Day.\u201d CEO of CPS Pedro Martinez stated the day off will be an&nbsp;<\/span><span>\u201copportunity for parents and guardians to take their children five years of age and older to get vaccinated at their pediatrician\u2019s office, at a healthcare provider, or at a CPS school-based site or community vaccination event.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fictional Sesame Street muppets have taken to social media to encourage children to get vaccinated following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u2019s (CDC) approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-981981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/981981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=981981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/981981\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=981981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=981981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=981981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}