Pediatricians are preparing to vaccinate the youngest COVID-19 shot recipients yet Share Updated: 7:11 AM EDT May 11, 2021 Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Share Updated: 7:11 AM EDT May 11, 2021
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Show Transcript DOUG: THE EYEOPENER’S JENNIFER EAGAN IS LIVE IN BOSTON WITH WHAT FAMILIES NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE CHANGES ON THE WAY. JENNIFER: AND THERE WILL BE A LOT TO WATCH IN THE COMING DAYS AS KIDS AGES 12-15 ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR THE COVID-19 VACCINE. HERE’S WHERE THINGS STAND RIGHT NOW. YESTERDAY, THE FDA AGREED TO EXTEND PFIZER’S EMERGENCY AUTHORIZATION TO THAT AGE GROUP. TOMORROW, A CDC PANEL OF OUTSIDE EXPERTS WILL MEET TO DISCUSS HOW THAT ROLLOUT SHOULD HAPPEN, WITH A VOTE EXPECTED THAT SAME DAY. THIS MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS IS ALREADY PREPARING, SAYING KIDS IN THAT AGE GROUP CAN NOW PRE-REGISTER FOR THEIR SHOTS. THE MOVE FOLLOWS CLINICAL TRIALS THAT SHOWED THE PFIZER TWO-DOSE VACCINE WAS SAFE, AND 100% EFFECTIV
Pediatricians prepare to vaccinate youngest Covid-19 shot recipients yet
A delivery of 1,000 Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine doses arrived at Sandhills Pediatrics in Southern Pines, North Carolina early Monday morning.
Dr. Christoph Diasio, a pediatrician at the office, is preparing to start vaccinating his patients as soon as possible.
The US Food and Drug Administration authorized Pfizer/BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine for children and teens ages 12-15 Monday. Now Diasio is among the pediatricians preparing to vaccinate the youngest cohort of Covid-19 vaccine recipients yet.
“I think we’re moving to a phase of the campaign where now we need to be giving the Covid vaccine like we do the flu vaccine, where it’s just a regular part of what we do every day,” Diasio told CNN.