Font Size Until Wednesday, unvaccinated children were still used as an excuse to not fully reopen schools, so it was something else to see on Monday when MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell wondered how the U.S. could morally allow American teenagers to get vaccinated while, on the other side of the world, India has been in the throes of a devastating COVID crisis. Mitchell's questioning comes as Pfizer and Moderna are seeking authorization to be able to administer vaccines to everybody over the age of 12, "And we're expecting a Pfizer decision on 12-to-15-year-olds. How do we justify that? I know how important it is to families all over America to have their kids vaccinated, especially high school kids before school opens, but we're -- are we doing enough for India?"