fairfax, virginia, they re prepping to vaccinate 500 young children each day, even bringing in therapy dogs and star wars characters. how do you make this clinical setting less stressful for kids lots of things. we give kids stress balls, things to hang on to, distractions, bringing in costume characters we use the word poke instead of shots we let kids sit on mom s lap. we let them watch a video for distraction. reporter: with full cdc approval expected soon, needless could be going into young arms as soon as the middle of next week. critical to controlling the pandemic and getting kids back to a more normal life. 28 million 5 to 11-year-olds could be eligible for the shot. already 8,300 children in that age group have been hospitalized with covid. 146 have died. the eighth highest killer pfizer s vaccine offered a nearly 91% efficacy in preventing severe infection in children with only a third of the adult s dose offered to kids,