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COVID shots among young children lag in Georgia
McKenzie Farias, 8, holds the hand of her father, Michael, as she receives the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5-11 at a state-run site in Cranston, R.I., Nov. 4, 2021. As of Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022, just over 17% of children in the U.S. ages 5 t
McKenzie Farias, 8, holds the hand of her father, Michael, as she receives the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5-11 at a state-run site in Cranston, R.I., Nov. 4, 2021. As of Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022, just over 17% of children in the U.S. ages 5 to 11 were fully vaccinated, more than two months after shots for them became available.
Two months after Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine was authorized for children ages 5 to 11, just 27% have received at least one shot, according to Jan. 12 CDC data. Only 18%, or 5 million kids, have both doses, Kaiser Health News reported.
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