The majority of children aged 5-11 are unvaccinated as Covid cases rise. For more on this Pat was joined on the show by Dr. Eoghan De Barra, Consultant in infectious diseases at Beaumont Hospital and Senior Lecturer at the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland. 

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