White House Tells Governors To Prep For Kids Covid Vaccine Rollout In November “The light at the end of the tunnel is getting brighter and brighter for parents waiting to vaccinate their kids against COVID.”
“It’s important that all of us recognize that parents have been waiting for a pediatric vaccine for a long time so they will understandably be very eager to get their kids vaccinated or kids vaccinated right away,” White House COVID coordinator Jeff Zients told the governors.
It remains to be seen, however, how many parents of kids in the 5-11 age group will be eager to sign their children up for the shots. Among kids ages 12 and up, a group that became eligible for the vaccine back in August, the vaccination rate is only about 43 percent according toFor every parent who’s counting down the days until they can get their kid vaxxed, there are others who plan to “wait and see,” and still others who are a firm no.
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