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This time last year, the United States seemed stuck on a COVID-19 plateau. Although 1,300 Americans were dying from the disease every day, states had begun to reopen in a patchwork fashion, and an anxious nation was looking ahead to an uncertain summer. Twelve months later, the situation is very different. Cases are falling quickly. About half as many people are dying every day. Several vaccines were developed faster than experts had dared to predict, and proved to be more effective than they had dared to hope. Despite a shaky start, the vaccination campaign has been successful, and almost half of the country has received at least one shot, including 85 percent of people older than 65. As the pandemic rages on elsewhere in the world, the U.S. is eyeing a summer of reconnection and rejuvenation.
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May 12, 2021
The CDC is telling providers to give the shot with the understanding there s a possibility it could react with other common vaccines.
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The CDC is saying yes: doctors and nurses can give kids 12-15 years old the Pfizer COVID vaccine.
In Georgia, 12-year-old Jane Ellen Norman was ready to get her shot. I hope that they all get vaccinated and so we can see each other, she said.
As younger and younger groups get the go-ahead, how these vaccines could interact with other common adolescent vaccines is a concern.
The CDC is including guidance language saying health care providers should consider that giving multiple shots at the same time could result in a bad reaction.