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Agencies should use targeted approaches to vaccinate vulnerable children.
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The New York Times via Redux, FILE
Isabelle King, 14, gets her second dose of the Moderna vaccine from Jallesse Flores, as her twin sister watches, Feb. 5, 2021, in Houston.
While there’s a high level of certainty that we will have a vaccine ready for some children later this May, how we will distribute the vaccine effectively and equitably to this group remains unclear.
We are waiting on the Food and Drug Administration's review of the data submitted on the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for 12 to 15-year-olds. If and when the likely emergency use authorization is granted, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) will meet the following day to make recommendations, which would apply to over 20 million kids. These kids would likely become eligible for the vaccine just as the school year is ending and summer plans await.