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November 2, 2021

Kids as Young as 5 Set to Be Vaccinated Within Days as Pediatric Doses Begin Shipping
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Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention meet today to
discuss the Pfizer-Bio NTech COVID-19 vaccine for children as young as
5. The FDA has already approved shots for 5- to 11-year-olds, saying the
benefits of vaccinations far outweigh the risks to kids. The Biden
administration says millions of pediatric vaccine doses have already
begun shipping around the country and that inoculations could begin
later this week, once CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky gives the final
greenlight.


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