The CDC Has Just Approved Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccines For Children 12-15 years old

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If you are a parent that has been waiting for word on when your older children could get vaccinated, I have some good news…

The CDC Has Just Approved Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccines For Children 12-15 years old!

So, how soon can they get vaccines? As soon as tomorrow, May 13, 2021.

A panel of CDC advisors voted today on the vaccine for teenagers, with 14 in favor and one opposed.

The Centers For Disease Control and Prevention gave Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine the go ahead for use in teenagers from 12 to 15 years old on Wednesday.

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This means the vaccine could be put into the arms of middle and high schoolers across the country as early as Thursday.

Pfizer’s vaccine was declared safe and effective in a company trial during which more than 1,000 12- to 15-year-olds who received two doses of a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.

Teens who got both of their shots ended up having no confirmed COVID-19 cases, winning Pfizer’s vaccine 100% efficacy in this trial.

On the placebo side of the trial – those who did not get a vaccine – 18 teens came down with COVID-19 during the study.

Some who had received their first dose contracted the virus a few days after since the vaccine didn’t have it’s chance to give immunity yet.

The results seem promising so, if you are wanting your older child protected from COVID-19, start booking those appointments.

You can book an appointment and find a vaccine location near you here.

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