“The EUA for the Pfizer vaccine for children age 5-11 fills a large gap in our ability as health care providers to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Russell Horton, DO, a pediatrician at Banner Health Center in Queen Creek, AZ. “Thankfully, children have not been the most severely affected by COVID-19 thus far. However, recent variants have been affecting children more and placing them at higher risk of hospitalization and serious harm. This vaccine, like all childhood vaccines, will significantly decrease the very real risk to children while also preventing further spread to people of every age.”
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