Mesa County could begin scheduling COVID-19 vaccine appointments as early as today for residents ages 12-15 after a Centers for Disease and Prevention Control advisory panelâs recommendation. The panelâs recommendation was the next step in allowing younger residents to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. Mesa County Public Health said in a news release Wednesday that, after the panelâs recommendation, appointment scheduling would be open today and the first shots for that age group could be administered as early as Saturday. The news comes at a time when younger residents are making up the bulk of COVID-19 infections. According to the Mesa County data dashboard, 10- to 19-year-olds lead all demographic groups for new infections with 113 new cases over the past two weeks. There have also been three schools placed on the county outbreak list in the past month.