Children's hospitals, doctor’s offices, health centers and drugstores could be administering doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine as soon as Nov. 4
medical director, ambulatory operations, at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York CityUnlike the initial roll-out for adults, mass vaccination sites won’t be part of the effort to vaccinate kids. Changes in vaccine delivery since earlier this year, including smaller package sizes and confirmation that doses can stay safe in ordinary refrigerators for ten weeks, are enabling doctors’ private practices to deliver the vaccine.
“The federal government has told us they have adequate stock in hand, and they’ll begin moving that out so facilities can be ready as soon as it’s approved,” says Dr. Marcus Plescia, chief medical officer at the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials. As with adults and older kids, the younger group will require two doses of the vaccine, three weeks apart.senior vice president and director of global health & HIV policy at the health nonprofit Kaiser Family Foundation.
The Biden White House said is convinced those concerns are overblown. “We’re identifying those communities that are at highest risk and providing them with full support,” the official says.
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