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Federal regulators are considering whether to approve Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for use in kids age 12-15.
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Shamane Mills / Wisconsin Public Radio | 11:56 am, May 10, 2021 ×
Bottles holding the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine sit ready for use in December 2020. (Steve Kuchera / File / News Tribune)
If federal regulators approve the Pfizer vaccine for use in children age 12-15, local health officials say it will be a big step in increasing overall COVID-19 vaccination levels in Wisconsin.
That’s because 21% of the state’s population is under age 18, and vaccines are being tested in children as young as 6 months.
So far 37% of the state is fully vaccinated against COVID-19. While better than the nation, it’s nowhere near levels that might be needed for herd immunity, which are upwards of 70% of the population.