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Survey: Less than a third of parents said they d get their child vaccinated for COVID-19 right away Share Updated: 3:26 PM CDT May 6, 2021 By Jason Hanna, CNN
Survey: Less than a third of parents said they d get their child vaccinated for COVID-19 right away Share Updated: 3:26 PM CDT May 6, 2021
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Show Transcript THROUGH AT LEAST THE END OF APRIL VACCINE ELIGIBILITY IN ALABAMA IS NOW FOCUSING ON YOUNGER PEOPLE AND AS WVTM 13’S CHIP SCARBOROUGH EXPLAINS, IT’S TIME FOR PARENTS TO PREPARE. TEAMS 16 AND OLDER ALREADY ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE PFIZERS COVID-19 VACCINE. THE COMPANY IS NOW SEEKING EMERGENCY USE AUTHORIZATION TO MAKE THE VACCINE AVAILABLE TO KIDS 12 AND OLDER SO WE ARE GONNA NEED THAT KIDS TO BE VACCINATED AS WELL SO WE CAN INTERRUPT TRANSMISSION DOCTORS SAY IT’S TIME FOR PARENTS TO START THINKING ABOUT GETTING THEIR KIDS VACCINATED AFTER ALL RESEARCHERS SAY YOUNG PEOPLE ARE QUITE CAPABLE OF CA
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Pfizer hopes FDA will endorse use of COVID-19 vaccine in kids as young as 2 this fall Share Updated: 6:44 AM CDT May 5, 2021 Matt Reed Reporter
Pfizer hopes FDA will endorse use of COVID-19 vaccine in kids as young as 2 this fall Share Updated: 6:44 AM CDT May 5, 2021
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Show Transcript THE EYEOPENER’S MATT REED IS LIVE IN BOSTON WITH THE NEW DEVEOPMENTS IN THIS PART OF THE ROLLOUT. MATT: RIGHT NOW WE ARE AWAITING A DECISION ON WHEN YOUNGER TEENS WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A PFIZER VACCINE. BUT NOW THE COMPANY WANTS TO G THOSE SHOTS TO EVEN YOUNGER KIDS. PFIZER SAYS IT WILL SEEK APPROVAL FOR ITS VACCINE TO ADMINISTERED TO CHILDREN AGES 2 TO 11 IN SEPTEMBER. THEIR CURRENT REQUEST TO VACCINATE KIDS 12-15 COULD BE GRANTED BY THE END OF THE WEEK. SOME PARENTS WE SPOKE TO WER EXCITED, BUT CAUTIOU THEY ARE YOUR CHILDREN AND YOU WANT TO SEE HOW IT PLAYS OUT. MATT: DR. HELEN BOUCHER WITH TUFTS MEDICAL
‘Making Good Progress’: Doctors Believe Massachusetts Can Reach Herd Immunity In A Couple Months
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So when do we reach that coveted end zone of herd immunity?
“We’re making really good progress. Plus, the state is administering, depending a little bit on the day, somewhere between 50,000 and 100,000 doses of vaccine. So getting us to 70, 80, 90 percent of the eligible population, we can get there in the next two months,” said Dr. Paul Biddinger of Mass General Hospital.
But even though the state making steady progress, some doctors warn that if don’t pick up the pace, it’ll create an opening for the variants and we’ll have setbacks.