Tyler Russell / Connecticut Public
It took just a couple of seconds for a nurse to administer the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine into Sadie Sindland’s arm.
Getting vaccinated has been a hot topic lately with 14-year-old Sindland and her friends.
“We actually talk about it a lot, because some of the upperclassmen in our school are fully vaccinated,” she said. “And I know that all of my friends are getting the vaccine and they’re looking forward to getting it. I was the first one out of everybody in my friend group.”
These Connecticut adolescents 12 through 15 years old and their families were quick to get in line for COVID-19 vaccines Thursday after a federal advisory panel’s approval Wednesday night.