Moderna and Pfizer vaccines will likely be available for children under 5 by next week, just as many parents are reaching a breaking point.
via email that her family lasted 2 years and 94 days without covid, only to get sick the same week the vaccine for young children was approved. Her 6-year-old son tested positive on Tuesday after going to school masked, and now she and her partner are isolating him separately from their 19-month-old daughter.
Tara Hanna, a New Jersey mom with two kids under 5, also described the news as “bittersweet.” Her family has been through five 10-day quarantines in the past year due to covid cases at her children’s daycare. And though the news is exciting, Hanna pointed out that the authorization marks the start of another logistical nightmare for some parents.“Despite the approval of vaccines, many local pediatricians are in no rush to have them delivered,” she said .
Stay-at-home parent Kaz Werner, who is based in Seattle, was overjoyed by the news and said she’s doing a lot of pretend play around vaccinations with her 3-year-old, Rosie, to get her prepared for the “sting.” But Rosie’s doctor told Werner last week that the vaccine wouldn’t be available for a “couple of weeks.” The county’s public health department also said it would be a “few weeks” and that kids under 5 would “eventually” be able to get their shots at vaccine clinics.
The relief over the vaccine approval—even with its accompanying logistical complications—comes on the heels of several debilitating developments that have primarily impacted women and pregnant people. CVS, Walmart, Kroger, and retailers across the country have been
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