>> Coming up on Arizona PBS on Arizona horizon, Covid cases are up and some parents are skeptical about getting their children vaccinated and the long-term effects and that's all ahead in the next hour of Arizona PBS.

Paul Gosar was removed from two committees after posting on his this cartoon on his instagram.

He defended himself and his actions after deciding to self-censure.

>> The accusations from many in this body that the cartoon is dangerous or threatening and he says It was not.

And I reject the false narrative categorically and I do not aspouse violence towards anyone and never have.

It was not my purpose to make anyone upset.

And I voluntarily took the cartoon down, not because it itself it was a threat but because some thought it was out of compassion for those that thought offense, I self-centered.

>> It was good enough for most house republicans including leadership but not Democrats, including Cortez who went after Ken McCarthy.

>> It's a sad day in which a member who leads a political party in the United States of America cannot bring themselves to say that issuing a depiction of murdering a member of Congress is wrong.

>> The ceinture resolution is a form of punishment and happened 24 times in history.

>> Rusty Bauers was pushed by Donald Trump to help ensure that Joe Biden's win in Arizona would not be formalized and it was similar to what trump's allies had requested from senate president Karen fan and Bauer said no and that was a self-styled order of Maricopa county votes and they said, quote, you're giving me nothing but conjecture and asking me to break my oath and I swore I wouldn't and you will follow the constitution and that story reported by the Arizona republican.

Jacob Chansley was sentence for his part in the riots and he is known as the face painted spare carrying demonstrator.

He used a bull horn to lead other rioters around the building.

His attorney today says he has mental health issues and that prison will actually help.

>> He has the resources now through the bureau of prison in a setting that's not solitary confinement.

>> And the justice department asked for a harsh sentence for a benchmark for future sentencing of riot cases.

>>> 10% kids 5 to 11 received a dose of the Covid vaccine and the White House added that the early pace of childhood vaccinations is three times faster than adults over ten months ago and Arizona's Covid report showing 3400 new cases which continues an upward trend.

And this puts the seven-day death rate at 13th highest in the country and hospitalizations continue to friend higher with more than 2300 known or suspected Covid cases.

>>> As we mentioned, at least 2.5 million kids receive -- aged 5 to 11 received Covid vaccinations around the country but many parents skeptical about getting their kids vaccinated.

Doctor, always a pleasure and we're talking about child vaccinations and we mentioned, they're rolling and are you surprised how many kids have been vaccinated?

>> You know, yes and no.

The White House reported today as of today, Wednesday, 10% of all kids between 5 and 11, the newest group, have gotten the vaccine and this is great news and we know that there is a certain segment of family and children waiting to get this vaccine, to, you know, finalize all vaccinations in a particular family and not surprised among that group and I think the group to dig deeper on are families and caretakers that are resistants for this new group.

>> There are a couple of surveys out right now that show there's a significant portion of parents in the country that are skeptical and what are the numbers known.

>> The Pfizer, we see a third of families, parents who can not wait to get their vaccine for the 5 to 11-year-olds and we have a third that will wait and see, so no rush yet, but they'll wait and see and a third that have zero interest or plans to get the vaccine.

>> Demographic break down, rich, poor, white, black, how is this working out?

>> It follows the demographic patterns about the Covid vaccine, Covid-19 vaccine in general, which is the more educated, the more urban tend to be, the more likely they receive the vaccine.

The less educated and the more rural they are, the less likely to be open to getting the vaccine, whether for themselves for their children and we're seeing some political sort of breakdowns and Democrats are overwhelmingly more likely to want to get their kids vaccinated and republicans less so and this is exactly the patterns that we're seeing for the overcall vaccinations.

>> What kind of reasons for the skepticism?

>> So for those parents that are hesitant or just not going to do it been there are three primary reasons and the top three and number one, worried about the long-term effects of this vaccine and number two is worried about the side effects.

The immediate side effects of the vaccine and number three, one of the toughest things we've had to kind of deal with during the Covid vaccination is parents are worried about how this might impact children reproduction in the future and we haven't seen any immediate long-term effects or short-term effect, negative side effects, even a sizeable number of kids due to the vaccine.

What we have seen is longer term effects and Covid long-haul effects for kids who have gotten Covid-19 and that's important to note and there's no evidence whatsoever to show that this vaccine impacts fertility or the ability for kids to be able to reproduce later on in later on in life and that lack of science, but really effective narrative and especially on social media has been very effective and really keeping parents at bay.

>> This is all important for a variety of reasons, but not least of which is that the impact of getting kids vaccinated just in stemming the spread of Covid.

>> Absolutely.

There's a narrative and this idea and it is prevalent here in Arizona that kids can't get this virus and if they get it, they won't get sick and first of all, we've had millions that had gotten sick with Covid-19 in this country and we've seen children die, as well and what's important to note, it's not the children themselves, but who they spread it to.

Most folks are getting together with families and usually multigenerational gatherings and we have to think about not those kids, but if they spread it to families members with suppressed immune systems and et cetera, right?

This is something that we're doing for our families, as well.

What we have seen, if we haven't seen that many kids get extremely sick, we have seeing that uptick of Covid long-haul symptoms that are pretty concerning for those that are gotten the virus.

So not just for the kids, but for the community, but even for the kids that have gotten the virus, a long-term and after effects, as well.

>> Doctor, always a pleasure and good to see you.

>> You, too.

>>> Up next on Arizona horizon, a plan for over-the-count hearing it's a for those with mild to moderate hearing loss.

>> The possibility of over-the-count hearing it's a and the F.D.A.

is making it possible without a prescription and there are concern as learn from the director.

Dr. Samualson, thank you and first of all, I had no idea you needed a prescription to get hearing aids.

>> What, just having over-the-counter readers?

>> In won't take over, and that's exactly what the F.D.A.

is supposing, a category of direct-to-consumer hearing instruments.

>> Right now, how much does it cost to get the hearing test and hearing aids and thousands of dollars, correct?

>> It's quite often covered by their health insurance and oftentimes it covers the hearing aids, as well.

But hearing tests can be anywhere from $50 to $200, depending how many tests need to be done and a battery of tests that needs to be done and then hearing aids can cost $500 to $2,000, again, depending on what the person needs and how sophisticated.

>> This plan is mild to moderate and for kids, they have to go through what they're going through now, true?

>> True.

This is for mild to moderate hearing loss and then people with anywhere, what we call severe loss in children would still need to see a professional to get them fitted and knowing what loss they have unless they get it tested.

>> There could be more than one or two more concerns here and the cost factor is good for those who need amplified hearing, but who regulates -- you tell me, is this is good thing?

>> They think there are pros and cons.

There is such a thing as a hearing instrument, but because I think it will bring awareness to hearing loss more so than what we've done so far and there are estimated over 30 million Americans with hearing loss and only about 1-5 of those people does something to treat their hearing loss and hoping to get more awareness and that's a good thing and people with milder loss would be willing to do something sooner.

The concerns, of course, are who will look in their ears and don't make sure they are impacted ear wax and test a hearing test tells us a lot more than just hearing loss, if you tell us about the hearing nerve and the hearing portion of the brain and so forth and those are important.

>> The devices themselves, that you need to make sure the devices don't make a hearing situation worse.

>> Exactly, yes.

The new proposal states that a hearing aid can have an output, the loudest of up to 120-decibels or standing next to a siren and that can cause hearing loss in less than 30 seconds and there's a volume control and so people can turn them up and that is going to be hard to regulate.

>> It should lower costs, though and the bottom line, big picture, it should lower costs.

>> Like I said, it should lowers courses.

>> A lot of insurance can help that people can't afford.

>> Doctor, thank you for your time.

We appreciate it.

>> Thank you for having me.

>> An event hosted by the Latino art's organization looks to connect artists by way of conversations with the artists about their experiences and for more, I spoke with musical artist Sanshaw.

>> Thank you for joining us and you and Mr. Fernandez will be in town Wednesday for the alliance lab series and before we focus on yours, we have a few images of the work that we'll be showing while we're talking.

Your impression of the work, she does big stuff, monumental art installations and how does that impact you?

>> I mean, it impacts talking about colonization and cultures and that's what a lot of us experience in this country who are -- like I know she's Cuban and I'm Mexican and, like there's indigenous cultures and she's puts it in one place.

>> There's art identity and going back to the team about art identity and social justice, in many ways, that's what you're all about.

>> My stage name is Sancha and some will say -- (Inaudible).

>> Sancha means mistress and being from a Catholic family, playing the role like the mistress and also, I was also thinking about in music, how people worship their musicians and, also, like how people were throwing rocks at the famous mistresses and embody of being the enemy and being the one that distracts you from this name from the main source.

>> So talking about music and worship and in a second, we'll play a segment of a video in reference the earth, mother Godess and we have questions for you and we'll roll that right now.

[ ♪♪ ] >> Very striking visual and you're known for the costumes you wear and talk aboutle video we just saw.

>> That video was a collaboration with my friend Maria who is the visual artist and makes sculptures and does a lot of set design.

And we were referencing -- she behind me created this sculpture and she was the serpant and she references impregnated and that was the peacock feathers and talking about landownership and the fact that the land belongs to nobody and native people knew that.

And that's a way that they were able to take these lands because they were able to say this is mine.

So that work reference is that mythology.

>> Talking about your music, one reviewers described this as, quote, modernized Ranchetta and the reference traditional music and particularly from central Mexico and how did you react to that?

Is that an accurate description?

>> That makes a lot of sense.

The experiences I've had, especially in, like, the club scenes and coming from drag culture and underground culture, really and having embodied that in the bay area and wanting to make these songs sound appealing to my own family.

And so I like the sadness and that comes with the Goth.

I love the rock and roll and singing, you know, if I'm singing to drunk people, maybe.

[ Laughter ] But I love the tradition.

>> So it should be a very interesting performance tomorrow and I should point out to people that we'll have a link on the screen where people can go to purchase tickets for the live performance and available livestreaming and option is available for people to go to.

Good luck tomorrow night, and break a leg.

I said tomorrow night and I meant Wednesday.

>> We'll see you then.

>> Thank you, goodbye.

>> Thank you.

[ ♪♪ ] >> That is it for now and thank you for joining us.

You have a great evening.

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