CADILLAC â The sooner you get vaccinated, the sooner life can return to normal. It's been one of the pro-vaccination messages as soon as the vaccine opened up to the general adult population. Now, with kids age 12 to 15 eligible for the Pfizer version of the COVID-19 vaccine, there's another way to explain the same idea: "One thing I would encourage parents to remember is that there were a lot of disruptions that kids experienced this year related to sports and school," said Lisa Peacock, health officer, Benzie-Leelanau District Health Department and Health Department of Northwest Michigan, during a Munson Healthcare press conference. "Just like we always encourage you to get in for that sports physical early before fall sports start in August, we are going to encourage you to come in and get your children vaccinated early."