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Will US kids be eligible for COVID vaccine by Thanksgiving? Pfizer seeks FDA approval

Pfizer and BioNTech have officially asked the FDA to approve their COVID-19 vaccine for use in kids ages 5-11. If approved, more than 28 million kids nationwide will be eligible for the shots, likely sometime between Halloween and Thanksgiving.

By Madeleine Brand • Oct 7, 2021 • 9m Listen

Pfizer and BioNTech have officially asked the FDA to approve their COVID-19 vaccine for use in kids ages 5-11. If approved, more than 28 million kids nationwide will be eligible for the shots, likely sometime between Halloween and Thanksgiving. The FDA will likely discuss the request at its next meeting on October 26. This comes at a time when COVID cases in children rival those of adults in some areas of the country.

Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Sarah Sweeney
Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW
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Michell Eloy
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Yvonne Maldonado, M.D
professor of pediatrics and epidemiology at the Stanford University School of Medicine

Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Will US kids be eligible for COVID vaccine by Thanksgiving? Pfizer seeks FDA approval

Pfizer and BioNTech have officially asked the FDA to approve their COVID-19 vaccine for use in kids ages 5-11. If approved, more than 28 million kids nationwide will be eligible for the shots, likely sometime between Halloween and Thanksgiving.

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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Will US kids be eligible for COVID vaccine by Thanksgiving? Pfizer seeks FDA approval

Pfizer and BioNTech have officially asked the FDA to approve their COVID-19 vaccine for use in kids ages 5-11. If approved, more than 28 million kids nationwide will be eligible for the shots, likely sometime between Halloween and Thanksgiving.

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