The decision was in line with the Food and Drug Administration, which on Friday authorized emergency use of the pediatric dose for the roughly 28 million children in that age group. Late Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for children aged 5 through 11.
With the blessing of federal authorities - and just in time for yet another stressful holiday season - health care providers mobilized nationally this week for a fresh wave of inoculations, this time featuring smaller shots in smaller arms. “Looks like I’ll be vaccinating kids in my suit this Saturday.” “Yeah,” the Orange County, Calif., pediatrician said, laughing. Eric Ball realized he would have to skip some of his friend’s daughter’s bat mitzvah. And amid a deluge of demand from parents desperate to get their children at least partially inoculated by Thanksgiving, Dr. Nationally, Walgreens and CVS pharmacies opened appointment lines for millions of miniature doses. In Houston, Texas Children’s Hospital on Wednesday morning tackled the first of some 35,000 pediatric Covid-19 vaccine appointments, a rush that officials said had been booked in just five days.
