more how to find covid vaccines for children under age 5 elmo retweeted the original tweet from the sesame street page echoing that his vaccination will benefit his loved ones show more wireimagegetty images cruz took to twitter where he said elmo aggressively advocates for vaccinating young children without citing scientific evidence researchers are studying long covid in kids heres what they know so far thanks sesamestreet for saying parents are allowed to have questions more on wednesday the us government bought 105 million covid19 shots from pfizer for 32 billion with a late summer to fall delivery date pfizer and moderna produce the two vaccines approved for children under five years old at the time cruz called it government propaganda why has the fda recently lowered the efficacy bar for covid vaccines for youngest children sen ted cruz speaks durin republican sen ted cruz of texas took aim at sesame streets elmo after the popular childrens show puppet promoted covid19 vaccines for children on twitter bloomberg via getty images in november elmos fellow sesame street puppet big bird tweeted about getting the covid19 vaccine but the puppets message didnt sit well with the junior senator from texas more big bird endorsing vaccines for kids ruffles conservative feathers cruzs latest attack on a muppet comes less than two weeks after the centers for disease control and prevention approved the nationwide rollout of covid19 vaccines for children older than six months a minutelong clip posted on the shows twitter page showed elmo speaking with his loving tv puppet dad louie about feeling a little pinch when got a shot louie then says he had questions about elmo getting the vaccine which he took to elmos pediatrician an actor dressed as sesame street character big bird speaks during an apple inc event at the steve jobs theater in cupertino calif march 25 2019 the website mentioned in the sesame street video offers that research and clinical trials demonstrate the vaccine is safe and effective for children the senators tweet linked to a june press release in which cruz announced he and 17 fellow members of congress called on the food and drug administration to answer 19 questions about the covid19 vaccine for kids while the sesame street video with elmo and louie does not directly offer scientific evidence for the covid19 childrens vaccine a voice promotes asking questions about the vaccine and directs viewers to getvaccineanswersorg at the end of the video this is not the first time cruz has gone after a sesame street character online one question asks sesame street muppet elmo attends the sesame workshops 13th annual benefit gala at cipriani 42nd street may 27 2015 in new york cruz wrote in an apparent flippant reaction i learned that elmo getting vaccinated is the best way to keep himself our friends neighbors and everyone else healthy and enjoying the things they love louie said