Across the country, many parents and children are celebrating the news that kids ages 5 to 11 can now get vaccinated against Covid-19.
When 8-year-old Nate Wittenborn saw a photo of Pfizer's pediatric Covid-19 vaccine, he jumped up and down.
"I showed him the picture, and he read the box, and I think his eyes went straight to the 5- to 11-year-old ," his mom Brandy Wittenborn said. "He said, 'Wait -- wait, that's for us?' We said 'yes, it is.' And he's like, 'You mean, we're going to get the shot soon?' I said 'yes, you will.' So he's very excited.
Pfizer says its smaller dose for kids is nearly 91% effective in preventing symptomatic Covid-19 02:47"I could see how if you're just reading it from a press release, or you're just reading from a news article, you might feel like it's exaggerated or might be a rosy version of the truth. But having gone to the primary data myself, it's very, very compelling."So as a scientist and as a mother,"it feels like a no-brainer to have my child be vaccinated.
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