Can't wait until I can vaccinate my elementary school kid.

[NightWatcher]

Anyone have any idea when that might happen?

Tired of watching numbers grow here in Floriduh.

[NickB79]

1. Same here

Mine starts 6th grade in one week.

My order of KN95 masks for her just came in

[Freddie]

2. Same for my grandkids

Ages 11, 7 and almost 3. Want them vaxxed ASAP.

[JT45242]

3. All the news I see says by end of year

The two mRNA vaccines are in trials with kids under 12. Both have been asked to increase the sample size and have added kids to the trials.

With delta surging and schools opening up especially in maskless states (like Iowa here), the weight of the disease-risk part of the equation will get exponentially larger which will be weighed against the much smaller vaccine-reaction-risk. As more and more kids get hospitalized and die over the next month the CDC and other regulating agencies will likely move approval ahead to try to prevent widespread deaths of children.

If I had to bet, I would say some time in October. Fauci said he thought it would be Thanksgiving in an interview, but that it was not his decision he was estimating based on where the trials were in data collections.

[CottonBear]

4. Pfizer will ask for approval in Sept. & hopefully get approval in Sept. for 5-11.

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According to this CNN article in the link below to one of my previous posts, September 2021 is the possible date for approval for age 5-11 year olds:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=15762410

[Arkansas Granny]

5. I have 5 grandchildren and great grandchildren just waiting for their age group to be eligible.

We are really worried about them being back in school, but most (not all) of their school districts are requiring masks.

[ExciteBike66]

6. We feel the same way

we live in central FL and our 7 year old wants to be the first kid vaccinated so he can be on TV.