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"content": "\u003cp>Oakland students age 12 and older have less than two months left to get their COVID-19 shots before the school \u003ca href=\"https://www.ousd.org/Page/21114\">district’s vaccine mandate kicks in on Jan. 1\u003c/a>. As of late October, about 60% of district students had gotten at least one dose, according to district officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But some schools are facing more obstacles than others in making sure their students get vaccinated. At Oakland International High School, which serves immigrant students who’ve recently arrived from around the world, administrators estimated only 47% of students had gotten at least their first dose as of early November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They point to misinformation about the vaccine and language barriers as hurdles they need to work through to boost their numbers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We feel like we’ve been put in a situation where, for better or worse, we have to round up students and really very strongly recommend that they get the vaccine,” says OIHS principal Veronica Garcia. “The stakes are very high.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Students who aren’t vaccinated and don’t get an exemption must either transfer to the district’s independent study program — distance learning — or be disenrolled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11896899\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1009px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11896899\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52568_IMG_5127-qut-1020x765-1.jpg\" alt=\"A close-up of a clamshell billboard that reads, "Today's vaccine: Pfizer."\" width=\"1009\" height=\"673\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52568_IMG_5127-qut-1020x765-1.jpg 1009w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52568_IMG_5127-qut-1020x765-1-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52568_IMG_5127-qut-1020x765-1-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1009px) 100vw, 1009px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">OIHS staff organized a pop-up vaccine clinic on campus to encourage more students to get vaccinated. Some school officials say there are other reasons getting a vaccine is complicated. For example, undocumented students worry about being asked to show documentation. \u003ccite>(Vanessa Rancaño/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Garcia worries the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11887194/in-oakland-distance-learners-face-confusion-teacher-shortage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">district’s distance learning program isn’t equipped\u003c/a> to serve newcomers. \u003ca href=\"http://laschoolreport.com/learning-loss-in-california-new-analysis-digs-into-how-students-particularly-english-learners-are-falling-behind-during-the-pandemic/\">English-language learners suffered some of the worst academic consequences\u003c/a> of Zoom-based school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a terrible choice, right?” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She says there aren’t enough resources to provide culturally relevant and accurate information on the vaccines to students and families, who tend to live in Oakland ZIP codes with lower vaccination rates.\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11855640\" hero=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Oakland-Mam-Aguilar-1020x680.jpg\"]“There’s just \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11855640/how-native-speakers-are-helping-1300-mam-students-in-oakland-through-remote-learning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">not a lot of consistent support with Mam language translation\u003c/a>,” she says, referring to a Mayan tongue used by some half million people, primarily in Guatemala. “There just aren’t a lot of culturally competent people out there in the field that can provide information to our Arabic-speaking families, for example, who have their own specific concerns about the vaccine or our families that speak Tigrinya.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So one November morning, it’s case manager Ricardo Jaramillo’s job to round up unvaccinated students. He walks the school hallways checking, and rechecking, his list of names.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He dips into a classroom and comes out with 18-year-old Edras Sanchez from Honduras. Like all the students at this high school, Sanchez is new to the country, and Jaramillo wants to ensure he understands the district’s vaccine mandate so he can stay in school. Come January first, Jaramillo explains, Sanchez will need an exemption to come to school if he’s still not vaccinated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11896901\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 957px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11896901\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52563_IMG_5115-qut-1020x765-1.jpg\" alt=\"Two people discuss and look at documents as they stand outside in a school courtyard.\" width=\"957\" height=\"637\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52563_IMG_5115-qut-1020x765-1.jpg 957w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52563_IMG_5115-qut-1020x765-1-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52563_IMG_5115-qut-1020x765-1-160x106.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 957px) 100vw, 957px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">OIHS staff review lists of unvaccinated students at a pop-up vaccine clinic on campus. Besides organizing this clinic, staff also have been giving presentations in classes, providing information in students’ native languages, and calling home to make sure families have accurate information about the vaccine. \u003ccite>(Vanessa Rancaño/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sanchez has been avoiding the shot. “I’m scared,” he says. “I hear the vaccine is getting people sick.” He’s worried about the side effects and has a lot of questions about how vaccines work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Community school manager Madenh Hassan, who’s responsible for helping with things like students’ mental health, medical and legal needs, says there are other reasons getting a vaccine is complicated for her students. Those who are undocumented worry about being asked to show their documentation, plus they’re still learning their way around this country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11896107\" hero=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/GettyImages-1234850823-1020x680.jpg\"]“It’s really challenging being a newcomer and really understanding how to have a conversation about my needs,” she says. “Even just saying it’s available everywhere, that means almost nothing to students. Like, ‘I need you to walk me here and show me and me to feel comfortable knowing you’re somebody I trust.'”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In October the school held a vaccine clinic on campus and only 30 students got shots, principal Garcia says. Since then, staff have upped their outreach efforts. They’ve been giving presentations in classes, providing information in students’ native languages, and calling home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Case managers like Jaramillo are also having lots of one-on-one conversations with students like Sanchez. Outside his classroom, he asks Jaramillo, “Are there any risks associated with the vaccine?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jaramillo explains they’re minimal and points out that he’s gotten two doses himself. To his surprise, Sanchez agrees to head over to the pop-up vaccine clinic the school is holding that day. Most students turn down the offer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11896902\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1009px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11896902\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52567_IMG_5129-qut-1020x765-1.jpg\" alt=\"Two high schoolers wearing facemasks stand close together and face the camera.\" width=\"1009\" height=\"672\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52567_IMG_5129-qut-1020x765-1.jpg 1009w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52567_IMG_5129-qut-1020x765-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52567_IMG_5129-qut-1020x765-1-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1009px) 100vw, 1009px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some OIHS students, like Ronaldo Aguilar and Anibal Godinez, have been encouraging their fellow students to get vaccinated. They say they don’t want any of their classmates to have to go back to distance learning. \u003ccite>(Vanessa Rancaño/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Eighteen-year-old Ronaldo Aguilar and fellow student Anibal Godinez, 17, say they’re doing their part to encourage hesitant classmates to get the shot. And it’s not just about health; they don’t want to see their peers end up in distance learning. “In-person [school] is better,” Aguilar says. “That’s why we need to get the vaccine.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>OIHS administrators hoped to get 100 students vaccinated at a clinic held on November 10. In the end, 72 people got shots, and some of those were staff members getting boosters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Ronaldo Aguilar, OIHS student\"]‘In-person [school] is better … that’s why we need to get the vaccine.’[/pullquote]At Rudsdale Newcomer High School, the other district campus dedicated solely to serving new immigrant students, assistant principal Emma Batten-Bowman says she’s had more success.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She estimates around 75% of her students are vaccinated. That’s in part because they tend to be older, and many of them hold jobs that require them to be vaccinated. But she also credits the robust support system she’s been able to put in place at the school through her own grant writing and other efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It just feels like we’re creating a lot of stuff on our own instead of getting that from the district,” she says. “They should be sending folks that speak Spanish and Mam to talk about the vaccine and to meet with families.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, she’s relied in part on her AmeriCorps volunteers to accompany students to vaccination appointments. “Most schools just don’t have the capacity for that kind of outreach,” Batten-Bowman says, “and that’s the kind of outreach it really takes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11896897\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 970px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11896897\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52569_IMG_5132-qut-1020x765-1.jpg\" alt=\"Some students are sitting in chairs, in line formation, outside in a school courtyard.\" width=\"970\" height=\"647\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52569_IMG_5132-qut-1020x765-1.jpg 970w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52569_IMG_5132-qut-1020x765-1-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52569_IMG_5132-qut-1020x765-1-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 970px) 100vw, 970px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">OIHS students wait to be vaccinated at a pop-up vaccine clinic on campus. \u003ccite>(Vanessa Rancaño/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Oakland Unified partnered with the county \u003ca href=\"https://www.ousd.org/Page/21210\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">to bring vaccination clinics to some campuses\u003c/a>, held district-wide info sessions online and made an \u003ca href=\"https://www.ousd.org/Page/20983\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">informational video available there in several languages\u003c/a>, including Mam, but Batten-Bowman says those aren’t accessible for many families. The district has designated this week “\u003ca href=\"https://www.ousd.org/Page/21238\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vaccination Education Week\u003c/a>” and is encouraging teachers to dedicate lessons to vaccine education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label ='Related Coverage' tag='vaccine-hesitancy']Students who don’t get vaccinated will be able to keep going to school if they can \u003ca href=\"https://www.ousd.org/Page/21239\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">get a doctor’s note granting them a medical or personal belief exemption\u003c/a>. But Batten-Bowman and Oakland International’s Garcia say that won’t be easy for many of their students, who don’t have regular medical care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s no guarantee that we can help them access doctors to get a waiver,” Garcia says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if they can’t, she worries too many will end up in distance learning classes that don’t meet their needs, or pushed out of school altogether. 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However, collective bargaining agreements or other circumstances may dictate otherwise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb data-stringify-type=\"bold\">Unvaccinated workers must wear masks while on the job.\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Health care workers don’t have testing option under separate rule\u003c/strong>: A second rule issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services requires some 17 million health care workers to be vaccinated by the same deadline, Jan. 4, but with no option for weekly testing in lieu of vaccination. The rule covers all employees — clinical and nonclinical — at about 76,000 health care facilities that receive federal funding from Medicare or Medicaid.[aside postID=news_11890435,news_11891270,news_11892850 label='Related Posts']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier, Biden had ordered federal workers and contractors to be vaccinated, with no testing option. Federal workers have until Nov. 22 to get the shots, while federal contractors have until Jan. 4.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Vaccine requirements have proved successful, but a backlash is expected\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In rolling out the new rules, Biden administration officials said vaccine requirements are good for the economy and hailed \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/10/07/1043332198/employer-vaccine-mandates-success-workers-get-shots-to-keep-jobs\">the success of vaccine mandates\u003c/a>, with only a small fraction of workers choosing to leave their jobs rather than comply. Employers from Tyson Foods to the Houston Methodist hospital system have reported vaccination rates topping 96%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But well before the details of the rules were released, there was backlash from Republican-led states, with two dozen state attorneys general threatening to sue the Biden administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a letter addressed to Biden on Sept. 16, \u003ca href=\"https://ago.wv.gov/Documents/AGs'%20letter%20to%20Pres.%20Biden%20on%20vaccine%20mandate%20(FINAL)%20(02715056xD2C78).PDF\">they warned that a vaccine requirement would drive further skepticism of the COVID-19 vaccines and cause some workers to leave their jobs\u003c/a>, further straining an “already-too-tight labor market.” They also asserted that an OSHA rule would be illegal and disputed the notion that COVID-19 is a work-related hazard that falls under the agency’s jurisdiction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Companies covered by the OSHA rule can challenge it in court, and challenges are expected in the coming days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week, the Biden administration was quick to lay out its legal authority in issuing the rule, citing the responsibility OSHA has to provide workers with safe and healthy working conditions and to act quickly when workers are found to be facing grave danger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A virus that has killed more than 745,000 Americans, with more than 70,000 new cases per day currently, is clearly a health hazard that poses a grave danger to workers,” said a senior administration official.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Workplace outbreaks large and small have been documented, particularly in the first year of the pandemic. A congressional committee recently found that 59,000 meatpacking workers were infected with COVID-19 and that at least 269 of them died.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>The federal government is largely relying on companies to self-enforce the rule\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In the case of the OSHA rule, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/10/03/1042227032/how-a-small-government-agency-will-enforce-the-vaccine-mandate-for-80-million-wo\">enforcement will largely fall to companies\u003c/a> themselves. With only a couple thousand state and federal OSHA inspectors nationwide, there is no mechanism for checking up on millions of workplaces to see whether they are in fact keeping vaccination and testing records.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rather, OSHA inspectors will mostly respond to employee complaints and add COVID-related inspections to their to-do lists when they are already on-site somewhere. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier, Biden had ordered federal workers and contractors to be vaccinated, with no testing option. Federal workers have until Nov. 22 to get the shots, while federal contractors have until Jan. 4.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Vaccine requirements have proved successful, but a backlash is expected\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In rolling out the new rules, Biden administration officials said vaccine requirements are good for the economy and hailed \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/10/07/1043332198/employer-vaccine-mandates-success-workers-get-shots-to-keep-jobs\">the success of vaccine mandates\u003c/a>, with only a small fraction of workers choosing to leave their jobs rather than comply. Employers from Tyson Foods to the Houston Methodist hospital system have reported vaccination rates topping 96%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But well before the details of the rules were released, there was backlash from Republican-led states, with two dozen state attorneys general threatening to sue the Biden administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a letter addressed to Biden on Sept. 16, \u003ca href=\"https://ago.wv.gov/Documents/AGs'%20letter%20to%20Pres.%20Biden%20on%20vaccine%20mandate%20(FINAL)%20(02715056xD2C78).PDF\">they warned that a vaccine requirement would drive further skepticism of the COVID-19 vaccines and cause some workers to leave their jobs\u003c/a>, further straining an “already-too-tight labor market.” They also asserted that an OSHA rule would be illegal and disputed the notion that COVID-19 is a work-related hazard that falls under the agency’s jurisdiction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Companies covered by the OSHA rule can challenge it in court, and challenges are expected in the coming days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week, the Biden administration was quick to lay out its legal authority in issuing the rule, citing the responsibility OSHA has to provide workers with safe and healthy working conditions and to act quickly when workers are found to be facing grave danger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A virus that has killed more than 745,000 Americans, with more than 70,000 new cases per day currently, is clearly a health hazard that poses a grave danger to workers,” said a senior administration official.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Workplace outbreaks large and small have been documented, particularly in the first year of the pandemic. A congressional committee recently found that 59,000 meatpacking workers were infected with COVID-19 and that at least 269 of them died.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>The federal government is largely relying on companies to self-enforce the rule\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In the case of the OSHA rule, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/10/03/1042227032/how-a-small-government-agency-will-enforce-the-vaccine-mandate-for-80-million-wo\">enforcement will largely fall to companies\u003c/a> themselves. With only a couple thousand state and federal OSHA inspectors nationwide, there is no mechanism for checking up on millions of workplaces to see whether they are in fact keeping vaccination and testing records.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rather, OSHA inspectors will mostly respond to employee complaints and add COVID-related inspections to their to-do lists when they are already on-site somewhere. Employers who violate the rule can face fines of up to $13,653 per violation for serious violations and 10 times that for willful or repeated violations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is an additional step some states will have to take before the vaccine-or-test rule takes effect: Twenty-one states and Puerto Rico have OSHA-approved state plans that govern workplace safety. Within 30 days, those states must enact rules of their own that are at least as effective as the federal rule.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, the Labor Department threatened to revoke the state plans of three states — Arizona, South Carolina and Utah — that had not yet adopted an emergency rule issued by OSHA in June aimed at protecting health care workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While those same states and others could similarly delay the implementation of the federal vaccine-or-test rule, employers there may decide to move forward on their own.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit npr.org.\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Biden%27s+vaccine+rules+for+100+million+workers+are+here.+These+are+the+details&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This story will be updated as more of your questions come in. \u003ca href=\"#ask\">Tell us what you need to know.\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11894546/pfizer-covid-vaccine-kids-5-11-near-me\">Pediatric COVID vaccines for kids age 5-11\u003c/a> are finally here. And naturally, parents and caregivers have a lot of questions when it comes to vaccinating their children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We talked to pediatricians and looked at the data to provide answers to common questions on families’ minds right now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Skip to the answers for common questions:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#impact\">How does getting COVID actually affect kids?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#efficacy\">How well does the COVID-19 vaccine work for kids?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#sideeffects\">What are the common side effects, and which should I worry about?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#wait\">Should I wait to vaccinate my kid?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#eleven\">If my kid is 11, should we wait to get them the higher, adult dose at age 12?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Don’t see your question answered in this story? \u003ca href=\"#ask\">Send us your question.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"impact\">\u003c/a>I’ve heard COVID is mild for most kids. Do they really need to be vaccinated?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>It’s true that most children infected with the virus have only mild symptoms and that children rarely die from the disease. But scientists and health officials recommending the shot emphasize that vaccination could prevent many infections, as well as disruptions to schooling, hospitalizations and rare but severe complications of the disease.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/acip/meetings/downloads/slides-2021-11-2-3/03-COVID-Jefferson-508.pdf\">More than 8,300\u003c/a> kids age 5 to 11 have been hospitalized with COVID-19 because of serious illness. According to a CDC analysis, the number of children and adolescents \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7036e2.htm\">admitted to the hospital increased nearly fivefold\u003c/a> over the summer months amid the delta surge.\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[aside postID=news_11894546 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52294_GettyImages-1234717012-qut.jpg']\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition, more than \u003ca href=\"https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#mis-national-surveillance\">5,200 children and teens have developed MIS-C\u003c/a>, or multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, a condition linked to COVID-19 that often leads to ICU admission. The median age of kids getting MIS-C is 9 years old.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s hard to predict which kids who get COVID-19 will be struck with severe COVID-19 or MIS-C. In one \u003ca href=\"https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2778347\">CDC analysis of hospitalization records\u003c/a>, roughly 30% of kids hospitalized with COVID-19 had no underlying health conditions that would have put them at increased risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everything about this virus is unpredictable,” says \u003ca href=\"https://providerdirectory.uabmedicine.org/provider/David+Kimberlin/570550\">Dr. David Kimberlin\u003c/a>, an infectious disease pediatrician at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. “And we need to do everything we can to protect ourselves and to protect our children against what this virus is very capable of doing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Black, Native American and Latino children were three times more likely to be hospitalized than white children, \u003ca href=\"https://www.fda.gov/media/153508/download\">according to the CDC\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least \u003ca href=\"https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#demographics\">791 children have died \u003c/a>from COVID-19, including 172 children age 5 to 11. “I have sat beside the bed of patients who are struggling to breathe,” says Kimberlin. His hospital has treated many adolescents who were old enough to be vaccinated but hadn’t been and then ended up on ventilators or ECMO, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. In this situation, he says, parents are grieving. “And in the back of their mind, they also know [it] could have been prevented,” Kimberlin says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For some clinicians, the argument for vaccination comes down to the idea that no child should ever die from a disease that could have been prevented by simply getting a shot. “COVID-19 is now a vaccine-preventable disease from my perspective,” said \u003ca href=\"https://www.fda.gov/media/136851/download\">Dr. Amanda Cohn\u003c/a>, during last week’s FDA advisory committee that voted in favor of authorizing the vaccine for younger kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s the \u003ca href=\"https://www.fda.gov/media/153508/download\">eighth highest killer\u003c/a> of kids in this age group over the past year,” Cohn said. “The use of this vaccine will prevent deaths, ICU admissions and will prevent significant long-term adverse outcomes in children.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"efficacy\">\u003c/a>How well does the COVID-19 vaccine work for kids?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>A clinical trial conducted by Pfizer and BioNTech studied a 10-microgram vaccine dose in children age 5 to 11. This is a third of the dose given to adults and children 12 and older. The lower dose was chosen to minimize side effects but still prompt a strong immune response, according to the vaccine makers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The data the drug companies presented to the FDA showed that the vaccine was 90.7% effective against symptomatic COVID-19. The antibody response to the vaccine was comparable to the one seen in people 16 to 25 years old.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pediatricians also point to real-world data on the effectiveness of the vaccines in 12- to 17-year-olds. Amid the recent delta surge, hospitalization rates were \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7036e2.htm\">about 10 times higher\u003c/a> in unvaccinated adolescents than vaccinated ones, according to a recent CDC analysis.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"sideeffects\">\u003c/a>What are the common side effects?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>No new safety problems were identified in the companies’ studies of this vaccine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most \u003ca href=\"https://www.fda.gov/media/153510/download\">common side effects\u003c/a> documented in the study were similar to those other age groups have had with COVID-19 vaccines. The most common were pain at the injection site, fatigue and headache and muscle aches. Kids who get the vaccine feel “ultimately fine in two or three days,” says \u003ca href=\"https://www.dukehealth.org/find-doctors-physicians/ibukunoluwa-c-kalu-md\">Dr. Ibukunoluwa Kalu\u003c/a>, a pediatrician and infectious disease specialist at Duke University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it comes to rare immediate allergic reactions to the COVID-19 vaccine, UCSF infectious disease specialist Dr. Peter Chin-Hong says there are already checks in place to catch these: namely, the 15-minute observation period after your child’s COVID vaccination, during which you and your child will be asked to stay at the vaccination site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back at home, at what point should a parent or caregiver call a child’s pediatrician about side effects after the COVID vaccine? Chin-Hong says to look for symptoms that persist for more than a day and get worse, not better — especially if it’s a fever.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Should I be concerned about serious side effects, especially myocarditis?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In very rare cases, following vaccination with mRNA vaccines made by Pfizer and Moderna, people have developed inflammation of the heart muscle, which is known as myocarditis. In Pfizer’s clinical trial for 5- to 11-year-olds, there were no cases of myocarditis, although the company acknowledged that the trials were not big enough to pick up such rare events.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Myocarditis after vaccination is “very, very rare,” explains Kimberlin. And it’s usually short-lived. In most instances, adolescents who’ve developed myocarditis have improved quickly. “The management of it usually is taking some ibuprofen — some Advil,” Kimberlin says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rates of post-vaccination myocarditis are expected to be lower in young kids than those observed in teens. Myocarditis, which can also occur after bacterial and viral infections, including COVID-19, is generally significantly less common among younger children. That’s partly because the condition is linked with puberty hormones, explains pediatrician \u003ca href=\"https://drnicolebaldwin.com/\">Nicole Baldwin\u003c/a>, who practices in Cincinnati.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the smaller dose size for younger kids may also reduce the risk, Kalu adds. “The physiology behind why they saw some of the post-vaccine myocarditis seems to be related to how the immune system is reacting to the vaccine. It’s mounting a protective level of antibody, but maybe a little overzealous in those efforts,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of 877 reports of vaccine-related myocarditis in people under 30, no deaths have been confirmed, according to data presented at the CDC’s advisory meeting Tuesday. Dr. Matthew Oster, who studies myocarditis for the CDC and is a pediatric cardiologist at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, explained that COVID-19 itself can cause myocarditis and other heart-related issues, as well as MIS-C, which often affects the heart.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The bottom line is, getting COVID, I think, is much riskier to the heart than getting this vaccine,” Oster said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"wait\">\u003c/a>Can’t I just wait a bit to see how vaccinations go before I vaccinate my kid?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Many pediatricians urge parents not to wait — first of all because their children will still be at risk for getting sick from COVID-19. “You can’t wait until millions and millions of doses are given before you decide, because this virus is going to take every opportunity it can to infect someone,” says \u003ca href=\"https://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/faculty-profiles/az/profile.html?xid=17154\">Dr. Tina Tan\u003c/a>, pediatrician and infectious disease specialist at Northwestern and Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though COVID-19 cases are trending downward, 90% of counties in the U.S. are still classified by the CDC as \u003ca href=\"https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#county-view\">having “high” or “substantial” viral spread\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Because the delta variant is that much more transmissible, kids can get delta and can get quite sick from it,” says Tan. “You cannot predict — in a normal healthy child — who’s going to get very sick and who’s not. [Vaccinating] is the best way to protect your child against getting severe COVID illness.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Acting FDA Commissioner Janet Woodcock made a similar point when she was asked about parents who wanted to wait to vaccinate their kids in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLbGnS-kqTY\">press conference Friday\u003c/a>. “As a parent, if I had young children in this age group, I would get them vaccinated now,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Are there some kids who might be at higher risk and want to hurry to get vaccinated?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Certain families should consider getting in the front of the line for shots, Kalu says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One group that should not delay, she says, are “kids that have conditions that may put them at higher risk for severe disease — and that could be as simple as obesity, chronic respiratory conditions, maybe even kidney disease or high blood pressure.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For families with babies or grandparents or other vulnerable people — like an immunocompromised family member — at home, vaccinating your young children as soon as they’re eligible will help keep those people safe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you live in an area where the weather is getting chilly, that’s going to mean people being indoors more often, which raises your risk of catching COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Especially if you are having family members or friends in for the holidays, keep in mind that “it is safer to gather in a fully vaccinated environment than not,” Kalu says. “So even in just the interest of keeping your small community safe as you gather over the holidays, it may be good to get kids vaccinated prior to that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Baldwin agrees. “If we’re getting these kids vaccinated now before they go hug Grandma and Grandpa [during the holidays], that can offer additional protection to our more vulnerable population,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>If my child already had COVID-19, do they need this shot? Don’t they have immunity?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Even for kids who’ve already had COVID-19, pediatricians say it’s still beneficial to get the vaccine. “We don’t yet really understand the duration of immunity when it comes to kids,” Baldwin explains. Often kids get mild infections, so “we don’t know what that correlates to in terms of antibody levels and how long [they are] going to be protected,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For kids who’ve had a very recent COVID-19 infection, she says, she understands why parents may not be the first to rush out and get the vaccine. It’s probable that their children have immunity in the months following the illness. But, ultimately, she says the vaccine is the best way to ensure strong and lasting protection against the virus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some parents might be tempted to get their child’s antibody levels tested, but Dr. Kate Russell Woodworth, a medical epidemiologist with the CDC, said at a CDC advisers’ meeting Tuesday that those tests aren’t a reliable way to determine whether a person is protected from reinfection. The CDC \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/lab/resources/antibody-tests-guidelines.html\">recommends against\u003c/a> using them for vaccination decisions.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"eleven\">\u003c/a>If my kid is 11, should we wait to get them the higher, adult dose at age 12?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>“I would not advise waiting,” says Baldwin. “I think it’s important for parents to understand [that in clinical trials] the lower dosage provided as robust an immune response as the higher dosage did in older kids with less side effects.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Baldwin says if your child has a 12th birthday coming up very soon, she says it’s OK to wait, but the dose provided in the children’s formulation is enough to protect them from the virus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If your child turns 12 between their first and second dose, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.aappublications.org/news/2021/10/29/townhall102921\">American Academy of Pediatrics suggests\u003c/a> sticking with the lower, 10-microgram dose for both shots.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What if my child is used to wearing a mask by now? Can’t I just rely on that for prevention?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Masks have proven to be a key tool for preventing outbreaks in schools, but some experts point out that indoor masking can’t go on forever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We actually have to open back up,” \u003ca href=\"https://profiles.stanford.edu/hayley-gans\">Dr. Hayley Gans\u003c/a>, pediatrician and infectious disease specialist at Stanford University and \u003ca href=\"https://www.stanfordchildrens.org/\">Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital\u003c/a>, said during the FDA advisory meeting. “We can’t forever have mitigation — particularly in schools — and children need to return to a more open life, as we all do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As cases continue to drop across the country, mask mandates may be lifted, which could increase the likelihood that — especially unvaccinated — kids could get COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"ask\">\u003c/a>Tell us: What else do you need to know about COVID vaccines for kids?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>[hearken id=\"8833\" src=\"https://modules.wearehearken.com/kqed/embed/8833.js\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit npr.org.\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Some+parents+want+to+wait+to+vaccinate+their+kids.+Here%27s+why+doctors+say+do+it+now&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv>\u003cem>This story contains additional reporting by KQED’s Carly Severn\u003c/em>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>This story will be updated as more of your questions come in. \u003ca href=\"#ask\">Tell us what you need to know.\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11894546/pfizer-covid-vaccine-kids-5-11-near-me\">Pediatric COVID vaccines for kids age 5-11\u003c/a> are finally here. And naturally, parents and caregivers have a lot of questions when it comes to vaccinating their children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We talked to pediatricians and looked at the data to provide answers to common questions on families’ minds right now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Skip to the answers for common questions:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#impact\">How does getting COVID actually affect kids?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#efficacy\">How well does the COVID-19 vaccine work for kids?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#sideeffects\">What are the common side effects, and which should I worry about?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#wait\">Should I wait to vaccinate my kid?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#eleven\">If my kid is 11, should we wait to get them the higher, adult dose at age 12?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Don’t see your question answered in this story? \u003ca href=\"#ask\">Send us your question.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"impact\">\u003c/a>I’ve heard COVID is mild for most kids. Do they really need to be vaccinated?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>It’s true that most children infected with the virus have only mild symptoms and that children rarely die from the disease. But scientists and health officials recommending the shot emphasize that vaccination could prevent many infections, as well as disruptions to schooling, hospitalizations and rare but severe complications of the disease.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/acip/meetings/downloads/slides-2021-11-2-3/03-COVID-Jefferson-508.pdf\">More than 8,300\u003c/a> kids age 5 to 11 have been hospitalized with COVID-19 because of serious illness. According to a CDC analysis, the number of children and adolescents \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7036e2.htm\">admitted to the hospital increased nearly fivefold\u003c/a> over the summer months amid the delta surge.\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition, more than \u003ca href=\"https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#mis-national-surveillance\">5,200 children and teens have developed MIS-C\u003c/a>, or multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, a condition linked to COVID-19 that often leads to ICU admission. The median age of kids getting MIS-C is 9 years old.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s hard to predict which kids who get COVID-19 will be struck with severe COVID-19 or MIS-C. In one \u003ca href=\"https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2778347\">CDC analysis of hospitalization records\u003c/a>, roughly 30% of kids hospitalized with COVID-19 had no underlying health conditions that would have put them at increased risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everything about this virus is unpredictable,” says \u003ca href=\"https://providerdirectory.uabmedicine.org/provider/David+Kimberlin/570550\">Dr. David Kimberlin\u003c/a>, an infectious disease pediatrician at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. “And we need to do everything we can to protect ourselves and to protect our children against what this virus is very capable of doing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Black, Native American and Latino children were three times more likely to be hospitalized than white children, \u003ca href=\"https://www.fda.gov/media/153508/download\">according to the CDC\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least \u003ca href=\"https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#demographics\">791 children have died \u003c/a>from COVID-19, including 172 children age 5 to 11. “I have sat beside the bed of patients who are struggling to breathe,” says Kimberlin. His hospital has treated many adolescents who were old enough to be vaccinated but hadn’t been and then ended up on ventilators or ECMO, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. In this situation, he says, parents are grieving. “And in the back of their mind, they also know [it] could have been prevented,” Kimberlin says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For some clinicians, the argument for vaccination comes down to the idea that no child should ever die from a disease that could have been prevented by simply getting a shot. “COVID-19 is now a vaccine-preventable disease from my perspective,” said \u003ca href=\"https://www.fda.gov/media/136851/download\">Dr. Amanda Cohn\u003c/a>, during last week’s FDA advisory committee that voted in favor of authorizing the vaccine for younger kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s the \u003ca href=\"https://www.fda.gov/media/153508/download\">eighth highest killer\u003c/a> of kids in this age group over the past year,” Cohn said. “The use of this vaccine will prevent deaths, ICU admissions and will prevent significant long-term adverse outcomes in children.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"efficacy\">\u003c/a>How well does the COVID-19 vaccine work for kids?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>A clinical trial conducted by Pfizer and BioNTech studied a 10-microgram vaccine dose in children age 5 to 11. This is a third of the dose given to adults and children 12 and older. The lower dose was chosen to minimize side effects but still prompt a strong immune response, according to the vaccine makers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The data the drug companies presented to the FDA showed that the vaccine was 90.7% effective against symptomatic COVID-19. The antibody response to the vaccine was comparable to the one seen in people 16 to 25 years old.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pediatricians also point to real-world data on the effectiveness of the vaccines in 12- to 17-year-olds. Amid the recent delta surge, hospitalization rates were \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7036e2.htm\">about 10 times higher\u003c/a> in unvaccinated adolescents than vaccinated ones, according to a recent CDC analysis.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"sideeffects\">\u003c/a>What are the common side effects?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>No new safety problems were identified in the companies’ studies of this vaccine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most \u003ca href=\"https://www.fda.gov/media/153510/download\">common side effects\u003c/a> documented in the study were similar to those other age groups have had with COVID-19 vaccines. The most common were pain at the injection site, fatigue and headache and muscle aches. Kids who get the vaccine feel “ultimately fine in two or three days,” says \u003ca href=\"https://www.dukehealth.org/find-doctors-physicians/ibukunoluwa-c-kalu-md\">Dr. Ibukunoluwa Kalu\u003c/a>, a pediatrician and infectious disease specialist at Duke University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it comes to rare immediate allergic reactions to the COVID-19 vaccine, UCSF infectious disease specialist Dr. Peter Chin-Hong says there are already checks in place to catch these: namely, the 15-minute observation period after your child’s COVID vaccination, during which you and your child will be asked to stay at the vaccination site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back at home, at what point should a parent or caregiver call a child’s pediatrician about side effects after the COVID vaccine? Chin-Hong says to look for symptoms that persist for more than a day and get worse, not better — especially if it’s a fever.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Should I be concerned about serious side effects, especially myocarditis?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In very rare cases, following vaccination with mRNA vaccines made by Pfizer and Moderna, people have developed inflammation of the heart muscle, which is known as myocarditis. In Pfizer’s clinical trial for 5- to 11-year-olds, there were no cases of myocarditis, although the company acknowledged that the trials were not big enough to pick up such rare events.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Myocarditis after vaccination is “very, very rare,” explains Kimberlin. And it’s usually short-lived. In most instances, adolescents who’ve developed myocarditis have improved quickly. “The management of it usually is taking some ibuprofen — some Advil,” Kimberlin says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rates of post-vaccination myocarditis are expected to be lower in young kids than those observed in teens. Myocarditis, which can also occur after bacterial and viral infections, including COVID-19, is generally significantly less common among younger children. That’s partly because the condition is linked with puberty hormones, explains pediatrician \u003ca href=\"https://drnicolebaldwin.com/\">Nicole Baldwin\u003c/a>, who practices in Cincinnati.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the smaller dose size for younger kids may also reduce the risk, Kalu adds. “The physiology behind why they saw some of the post-vaccine myocarditis seems to be related to how the immune system is reacting to the vaccine. It’s mounting a protective level of antibody, but maybe a little overzealous in those efforts,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of 877 reports of vaccine-related myocarditis in people under 30, no deaths have been confirmed, according to data presented at the CDC’s advisory meeting Tuesday. Dr. Matthew Oster, who studies myocarditis for the CDC and is a pediatric cardiologist at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, explained that COVID-19 itself can cause myocarditis and other heart-related issues, as well as MIS-C, which often affects the heart.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The bottom line is, getting COVID, I think, is much riskier to the heart than getting this vaccine,” Oster said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"wait\">\u003c/a>Can’t I just wait a bit to see how vaccinations go before I vaccinate my kid?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Many pediatricians urge parents not to wait — first of all because their children will still be at risk for getting sick from COVID-19. “You can’t wait until millions and millions of doses are given before you decide, because this virus is going to take every opportunity it can to infect someone,” says \u003ca href=\"https://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/faculty-profiles/az/profile.html?xid=17154\">Dr. Tina Tan\u003c/a>, pediatrician and infectious disease specialist at Northwestern and Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though COVID-19 cases are trending downward, 90% of counties in the U.S. are still classified by the CDC as \u003ca href=\"https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#county-view\">having “high” or “substantial” viral spread\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Because the delta variant is that much more transmissible, kids can get delta and can get quite sick from it,” says Tan. “You cannot predict — in a normal healthy child — who’s going to get very sick and who’s not. [Vaccinating] is the best way to protect your child against getting severe COVID illness.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Acting FDA Commissioner Janet Woodcock made a similar point when she was asked about parents who wanted to wait to vaccinate their kids in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLbGnS-kqTY\">press conference Friday\u003c/a>. “As a parent, if I had young children in this age group, I would get them vaccinated now,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Are there some kids who might be at higher risk and want to hurry to get vaccinated?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Certain families should consider getting in the front of the line for shots, Kalu says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One group that should not delay, she says, are “kids that have conditions that may put them at higher risk for severe disease — and that could be as simple as obesity, chronic respiratory conditions, maybe even kidney disease or high blood pressure.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For families with babies or grandparents or other vulnerable people — like an immunocompromised family member — at home, vaccinating your young children as soon as they’re eligible will help keep those people safe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you live in an area where the weather is getting chilly, that’s going to mean people being indoors more often, which raises your risk of catching COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Especially if you are having family members or friends in for the holidays, keep in mind that “it is safer to gather in a fully vaccinated environment than not,” Kalu says. “So even in just the interest of keeping your small community safe as you gather over the holidays, it may be good to get kids vaccinated prior to that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Baldwin agrees. “If we’re getting these kids vaccinated now before they go hug Grandma and Grandpa [during the holidays], that can offer additional protection to our more vulnerable population,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>If my child already had COVID-19, do they need this shot? Don’t they have immunity?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Even for kids who’ve already had COVID-19, pediatricians say it’s still beneficial to get the vaccine. “We don’t yet really understand the duration of immunity when it comes to kids,” Baldwin explains. Often kids get mild infections, so “we don’t know what that correlates to in terms of antibody levels and how long [they are] going to be protected,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For kids who’ve had a very recent COVID-19 infection, she says, she understands why parents may not be the first to rush out and get the vaccine. It’s probable that their children have immunity in the months following the illness. But, ultimately, she says the vaccine is the best way to ensure strong and lasting protection against the virus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some parents might be tempted to get their child’s antibody levels tested, but Dr. Kate Russell Woodworth, a medical epidemiologist with the CDC, said at a CDC advisers’ meeting Tuesday that those tests aren’t a reliable way to determine whether a person is protected from reinfection. The CDC \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/lab/resources/antibody-tests-guidelines.html\">recommends against\u003c/a> using them for vaccination decisions.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"eleven\">\u003c/a>If my kid is 11, should we wait to get them the higher, adult dose at age 12?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>“I would not advise waiting,” says Baldwin. “I think it’s important for parents to understand [that in clinical trials] the lower dosage provided as robust an immune response as the higher dosage did in older kids with less side effects.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Baldwin says if your child has a 12th birthday coming up very soon, she says it’s OK to wait, but the dose provided in the children’s formulation is enough to protect them from the virus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If your child turns 12 between their first and second dose, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.aappublications.org/news/2021/10/29/townhall102921\">American Academy of Pediatrics suggests\u003c/a> sticking with the lower, 10-microgram dose for both shots.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What if my child is used to wearing a mask by now? 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11894855/cdc-recommends-pfizers-covid-vaccine-for-children-ages-5-to-11\">Pfizer COVID vaccines are now available for children\u003c/a> age 5-11 in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11855623/where-can-i-get-a-covid-19-vaccine-in-the-bay-area-your-questions-answered\">Looking for COVID vaccines for adults or young people age 12 or over instead? \u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Following \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11894855/cdc-recommends-pfizers-covid-vaccine-for-children-ages-5-to-11\">a thorough in-depth review process from the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u003c/a>, these pediatric shots are being rolled out around the state. Read on for what parents and caregivers need to know about finding a COVID vaccine for kids age 5-11.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Skip to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#where\">Where can I find a COVID vaccine for a kid age 5-11 near me?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#ask\">Don’t see your question answered here? Tell us what you need to know.\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Whether it’s a child’s shot, an adult’s shot or a booster shot, a COVID vaccine will always be free. You or your child do not need health insurance to be vaccinated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You or your child also will not be asked for proof of citizenship or about your immigration status. Getting a COVID vaccine \u003ca href=\"https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/green-card-processes-and-procedures/public-charge/public-charge-resources\">does not make you or your child a public charge\u003c/a> and won’t affect any current or future green card applications.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What to know about Pfizer COVID vaccines for kids age 5-11\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kids in this age group can only get Pfizer … for now.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11894855/cdc-recommends-pfizers-covid-vaccine-for-children-ages-5-to-11\">only the Pfizer COVID vaccine has been authorized\u003c/a> by the FDA and the CDC for use in children age 5-11.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You may see the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine also referred to as Comirnaty. This is the brand name of this particular vaccine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The COVID vaccine dose for kids age 5-11 is lower\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Children in this age group will be offered a lower dose of the Pfizer COVID vaccine than the dose offered to adults and young people over 12. This lower dose — which you might hear being called the pediatric dose — is one-third of the adult dose.[aside postID=news_11894983 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/ap_21294837037646-bc68994bd87165627b4ab20dd7f8cf49248798ec-1020x765.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re wondering why the lower dose of Pfizer’s COVID vaccine is given according to a child’s age, and not their body mass — as with some other pediatric medicines — it’s actually all about the age of a kid’s \u003cem>immune system\u003c/em>, says Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, an infectious disease specialist at UCSF. And generally, over the age of six months, a young immune system is “more agile,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you have a larger kid and a smaller kid [age 2-5], that immune system is going to be very, very responsive regardless of their weight,” says Dr. Chin-Hong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11894592\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11894592\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/pexels-august-de-richelieu-4261252.jpg\" alt=\"A woman helps a young girl put on a black cloth face mask with cat whiskers.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1281\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/pexels-august-de-richelieu-4261252.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/pexels-august-de-richelieu-4261252-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/pexels-august-de-richelieu-4261252-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/pexels-august-de-richelieu-4261252-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/pexels-august-de-richelieu-4261252-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">COVID vaccines for kids age 5-11are finally here. \u003ccite>(August de Richelieu/Pexels)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kids 5-11 will get two doses of the COVID vaccine\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like the adult version, the Pfizer COVID vaccine for kids age 5-11 is given in two doses, three weeks (or 21 days) apart. This means that when you make an appointment for a first dose of the Pfizer COVID vaccine for a child age 5-11, you’ll also make an appointment for another dose three weeks later. Make sure you know when and where your child will be getting that second dose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>It’s safe for kids to get other vaccinations at the same time\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you feel your child will be comfortable receiving more than one vaccination in a single sitting, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11887909/when-to-get-your-2021-flu-shot-and-how-it-works-with-covid-vaccines\">the CDC says it’s safe to receive the COVID vaccine and other vaccinations\u003c/a> — like a flu shot — at the same time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Like in adults, mild side effects can happen …\u003c/strong>\u003cb>\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the initial trials, says Dr. Chin-Hong, the lower dose of the Pfizer COVID vaccines for kids age 5-11 actually appears to have resulted in \u003cem>lower\u003c/em> instances of side effects. That said, parents and caregivers should still expect that their child might experience some of \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/expect/after.html\">the usual COVID vaccine side effects often experienced by adults\u003c/a> — redness and soreness in the arm, fatigue, fever, chills and headache — “though at a lower prevalence,” says Chin-Hong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 15-minute observation period after a child’s COVID vaccination, during which you and your child will be asked to stay at the vaccination site, is intended to catch any rare allergic responses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At what point should a parent or caregiver call a child’s pediatrician about side effects back at home after the COVID vaccine? Chin-Hong says to look for symptoms that persist for more than a day and get worse, not better — especially if it’s a fever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>… \u003cstrong>and the severe side effects you may have heard about are highly rare.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The “really, really rare” side effect of the COVID vaccine in younger adults, says Chin-Hong, is \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/safety/myocarditis.html\">myocarditis and pericarditis\u003c/a>: “inflammation of the heart muscle and the lining of the heart that will be manifested in kids as potential chest pain or palpitations.” But he stresses that the rareness of the side effect means that it’s “not a source of worry.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With a lower dose, I’m not really sure it’s going to be happening,” says Chin-Hong. \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/01/health/covid-kids-children.html\">Read more from the New York Times about the rareness of heart problems after COVID vaccination.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Have more questions about kids and the COVID vaccine?\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11894983/covid-vaccines-kids-why-doctors-say-dont-wait-and-other-faqs\"> Read answers to FAQs direct from medical experts.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11890217\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11890217 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234768450-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A close-up of a hand gripping a vaccination card and writing on it with a pen.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1704\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234768450-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234768450-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234768450-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234768450-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234768450-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234768450-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234768450-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A nurse marks a coronavirus vaccination card with a third, booster dose of Pfizer, at a vaccine clinic in Pasadena, California, on Aug. 19, 2021. \u003ccite>(Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images))\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"where\">\u003c/a>Where can I find a Pfizer COVID vaccine for kids age 5-11?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>There are several ways to find your child a Pfizer COVID vaccine. Don’t assume you’ll be proactively contacted about your child’s COVID vaccine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Different providers, clinics and counties are rolling out COVID vaccines for kids at different speeds — so if you’re finding the process of trying to get an appointment for your child confusing, or are frustrated by initial lack of availability, you’re not alone. Availability will hopefully improve as providers receive more pediatric doses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Demand for kids’ COVID vaccines will be high, especially in the first few weeks. It may also take certain websites and clinics a little while to make appointments available in these first few days. If you don’t see appointments available at your chosen pharmacy, clinic or vaccination site, keep checking back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember, your child will need two doses of the Pfizer COVID vaccine, three weeks apart. When making an appointment for their first dose, be sure that you and your child will be able to attend that second appointment. This is especially important as the November and December holidays get closer, and many families choose to travel during this period.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you have the choice, \u003cem>where\u003c/em> should you get your child vaccinated against COVID? You know your kid best, so you might consider choosing an environment that you think will work best for them and their comfort level. That could be a large vaccine clinic where they can see grown-ups also getting their shots; a small exam room for more privacy; or in a vehicle in a drive-up appointment, where your child may not even have to unbuckle their seat belt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What if your child is nervous about getting their COVID vaccine? \u003cb>\u003c/b>“Just like we talked to kids about why they should wear masks, I think having buy-in and a discussion before the vaccination could be helpful,” advises UCSF’s Dr. Chin-Hong. He notes that some children might be most at ease getting their shot from a trusted, regular provider like their usual pediatrician.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chin-Hong also recommends considering “normalizing” a child’s booster shot by getting your own adult COVID booster shot at the same time, if you’re eligible — or even another vaccination like the flu shot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>\u003c/b>\u003cem>“\u003c/em>And of course, there’s always the lollipop and leftover Halloween candy and nice Band-Aids with Dora the Explorer,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. Find a Pfizer COVID vaccine for kids 5-11 through your child’s pediatrician or health care provider.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If your family has health insurance, check with your child’s pediatrician or your health care provider to see whether they can offer your child the Pfizer COVID vaccine shot. If you don’t have health insurance but get medical care through a city- or county-run provider, you can check with that location.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As well as trying to talk with your health care provider directly, check the website of your provider (for example, Kaiser Permanente) to see whether they’re offering the ability to make appointments, and sign up for any available notifications.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. Find a Pfizer COVID vaccine for kids 5-11 through a local pharmacy.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several pharmacy chains are offering online appointments for the Pfizer COVID vaccine for kids age 5-11.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cvs.com/immunizations/covid-19-vaccine?icid=cvs-home-hero1-banner-1-link2-coronavirus-vaccine\">CVS COVID-19 vaccine appointments \u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.riteaid.com/pharmacy/covid-qualifier?utm_source=state&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=Covid19&utm_content=Covid19scheduler_CA_2_12_21\">Rite Aid COVID-19 vaccine appointments\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.mhealthappointments.com/covidappt\">Safeway (Albertsons) COVID-19 vaccine appointments\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.walgreens.com/findcare/vaccination/covid-19?ban=covid_vaccine_landing_schedule\">Walgreens COVID-19 vaccine appointments\u003c/a>, or call (800) WALGREENS/(800) 925-4733\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://costcorx.appointment-plus.com/appointments/book?section=typeOfVaccine&workflow=default\">Costco’s COVID-19 vaccine appointments\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Some pharmacies may later also offer walk-in vaccinations with no appointment according to availability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11893854\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11893854\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/GettyImages-1232892937.jpg\" alt=\"A teen girl wearing glasses and a mask, sleeve rolled up, looks past a nurse with blue gloves who grips her shoulder with one hand and injects her with the other.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/GettyImages-1232892937.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/GettyImages-1232892937-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/GettyImages-1232892937-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/GettyImages-1232892937-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The FDA and CDC have authorized the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for kids ages 5 to 11. Teens, like the 17-year-old pictured, are already eligible for the vaccine. \u003ccite>(Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. Find a Pfizer COVID vaccine for kids 5-11 through My Turn.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://myturn.ca.gov/\">My Turn is the state’s tool\u003c/a> that allows Californians to schedule vaccination appointments, as supplies allow. Appointments for kids age 5-11 will be available on My Turn starting November 4.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://myturn.ca.gov/\">Visit the My Turn page\u003c/a> and select “Make an Appointment.” My Turn will ask for your child’s information, and then for a ZIP code or location you’d like to use to search for vaccine appointments. You can give your home location, or you can input other locations to see which sites are available farther from your home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When you find and schedule an appointment for a vaccination site through My Turn, the California Department of Public Health says you don’t necessarily need to be a resident in that particular county where the vaccination site is based. So don’t worry if My Turn is suggesting appointments in a county other than the one where you live or work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you can’t travel to a clinic for your child’s COVID vaccine because of health or transportation issues, you can note this when registering on My Turn, and representatives from the California Department of Public Health will call you to arrange an in-home visit or transportation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re trying to find an appointment at a certain location and can’t see it in the search results, try searching on My Turn for that site’s \u003cem>exact\u003c/em> ZIP code, rather than your own. Remember that if you’re not seeing a specific site in the search results, it might just be because of low supply or lack of available appointments. You’ll also be shown a lot of pharmacy results: Keep scrolling through them to make sure you’re not missing clinic results hidden among them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My Turn will ask you to provide a cellphone number and an email address. The state says this is so you can use two-factor authentication to doubly confirm your identity and make your appointment, and to prevent bots from automatically scooping up available appointments online.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you don’t have an email address or a cellphone number, or you have questions, you can call the California COVID-19 hotline at (833) 422-4255 (Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-8 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 8 a.m.-5 p.m PT) and sign up over the phone. Both English-speaking and Spanish-speaking operators are available. Callers needing information in other languages will be connected to a translation service that offers assistance in over 250 languages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. Find a Pfizer COVID vaccine for kids 5-11 through your county’s public health website.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11855623/where-can-i-get-a-covid-19-vaccine-in-the-bay-area-your-questions-answered#county\">Visit your county’s public health website \u003c/a>to learn how your county is vaccinating its residents, and if they’ve begun to offer COVID vaccines to kids age 5-11 yet . The availability of vaccination appointments will be based on the doses that the state has supplied to your county. Your county may also be offering in-school vaccinations for kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can sign up to receive notifications via email from your county to know when there is greater appointment availability. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11855623/where-can-i-get-a-covid-19-vaccine-in-the-bay-area-your-questions-answered#county\">Find your Bay Area county in our list:\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://covid-19.acgov.org/vaccines\">Alameda County COVID-19 Vaccines\u003c/a> (you can also call the Alameda County Community Vaccination POD hotline: 510-208-4VAX [4829])\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cityofberkeley.info/covid19-vaccine/\">City of Berkeley COVID-19 Vaccines \u003c/a>(please note: the city of Berkeley has its own public health department, but also \u003ca href=\"https://www.cityofberkeley.info/covid19-vaccine/#signup\">recommends residents\u003c/a> sign up for Alameda County’s notifications.)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://covidvaccine.cchealth.org/COVIDVaccine/\">Contra Costa County COVID-19 Vaccines \u003c/a>(or call Contra Costa Health Services: 1-833-829-2626)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://coronavirus.marinhhs.org/vaccine/pediatrics\">Marin County’s Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccines \u003c/a>(Marin residents without internet access can call 833-641-1988, and Marin says that people eligible to get help from this call center are ages 65 or older, living with disabilities and ages 18 or older, in need of home care or personal assistance, need language interpretation including ASL, have limited or no internet access or need help arranging transportation.)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.countyofnapa.org/3096/COVID-19-Vaccines\">Napa County COVID-19 Vaccines\u003c/a> (or call the Napa County Public Information Call Center: 707-253-4540.)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://sf.gov/covid-19-vaccine-san-francisco\">City and County of San Francisco COVID-19 Vaccines\u003c/a> (or call the San Francisco call center designed to help people who are 65 and older and those with disabilities who are unable to easily access the internet or schedule an appointment through their provider: 628-652-2700.)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.smchealth.org/covid-19-vaccination-program-overview\">San Mateo County COVID-19 Vaccines\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://covid19.sccgov.org/covid-19-vaccine-information\">Santa Clara County COVID-19 Vaccines\u003c/a> (contains links to \u003ca href=\"https://www.sccgov.org/sites/covid19/Pages/COVID19-vaccine-information-for-public.aspx#myturn\">vaccine sign-up pages \u003c/a>and phone numbers for various local medical providers.)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://solanocounty.com/depts/ph/coronavirus_links/covid_19_vaccines.asp\">Solano County COVID-19 Vaccines\u003c/a> (contains \u003ca href=\"https://solanocounty.com/depts/ph/coronavirus_links/covid_19_vaccines.asp\">a provider-by-provider list of phone numbers\u003c/a> to call about COVID-19 vaccines.)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://socoemergency.org/emergency/novel-coronavirus/vaccine-information/\">Sonoma County COVID-19 Vaccines\u003c/a> (contains \u003ca href=\"https://socoemergency.org/emergency/novel-coronavirus/vaccine-information/clinics/\">a provider-by-provider list of phone numbers\u003c/a> to call about COVID-19 vaccines.)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"ask\">\u003c/a>Tell us: What else do you need to know about COVID vaccines for kids?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>[hearken id=\"8833\" src=\"https://modules.wearehearken.com/kqed/embed/8833.js\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11894855/cdc-recommends-pfizers-covid-vaccine-for-children-ages-5-to-11\">Pfizer COVID vaccines are now available for children\u003c/a> age 5-11 in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11855623/where-can-i-get-a-covid-19-vaccine-in-the-bay-area-your-questions-answered\">Looking for COVID vaccines for adults or young people age 12 or over instead? \u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Following \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11894855/cdc-recommends-pfizers-covid-vaccine-for-children-ages-5-to-11\">a thorough in-depth review process from the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u003c/a>, these pediatric shots are being rolled out around the state. Read on for what parents and caregivers need to know about finding a COVID vaccine for kids age 5-11.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Skip to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#where\">Where can I find a COVID vaccine for a kid age 5-11 near me?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#ask\">Don’t see your question answered here? Tell us what you need to know.\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Whether it’s a child’s shot, an adult’s shot or a booster shot, a COVID vaccine will always be free. You or your child do not need health insurance to be vaccinated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You or your child also will not be asked for proof of citizenship or about your immigration status. Getting a COVID vaccine \u003ca href=\"https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/green-card-processes-and-procedures/public-charge/public-charge-resources\">does not make you or your child a public charge\u003c/a> and won’t affect any current or future green card applications.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What to know about Pfizer COVID vaccines for kids age 5-11\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kids in this age group can only get Pfizer … for now.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11894855/cdc-recommends-pfizers-covid-vaccine-for-children-ages-5-to-11\">only the Pfizer COVID vaccine has been authorized\u003c/a> by the FDA and the CDC for use in children age 5-11.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You may see the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine also referred to as Comirnaty. This is the brand name of this particular vaccine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The COVID vaccine dose for kids age 5-11 is lower\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Children in this age group will be offered a lower dose of the Pfizer COVID vaccine than the dose offered to adults and young people over 12. This lower dose — which you might hear being called the pediatric dose — is one-third of the adult dose.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re wondering why the lower dose of Pfizer’s COVID vaccine is given according to a child’s age, and not their body mass — as with some other pediatric medicines — it’s actually all about the age of a kid’s \u003cem>immune system\u003c/em>, says Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, an infectious disease specialist at UCSF. And generally, over the age of six months, a young immune system is “more agile,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you have a larger kid and a smaller kid [age 2-5], that immune system is going to be very, very responsive regardless of their weight,” says Dr. Chin-Hong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11894592\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11894592\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/pexels-august-de-richelieu-4261252.jpg\" alt=\"A woman helps a young girl put on a black cloth face mask with cat whiskers.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1281\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/pexels-august-de-richelieu-4261252.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/pexels-august-de-richelieu-4261252-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/pexels-august-de-richelieu-4261252-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/pexels-august-de-richelieu-4261252-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/pexels-august-de-richelieu-4261252-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">COVID vaccines for kids age 5-11are finally here. \u003ccite>(August de Richelieu/Pexels)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kids 5-11 will get two doses of the COVID vaccine\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like the adult version, the Pfizer COVID vaccine for kids age 5-11 is given in two doses, three weeks (or 21 days) apart. This means that when you make an appointment for a first dose of the Pfizer COVID vaccine for a child age 5-11, you’ll also make an appointment for another dose three weeks later. Make sure you know when and where your child will be getting that second dose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>It’s safe for kids to get other vaccinations at the same time\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you feel your child will be comfortable receiving more than one vaccination in a single sitting, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11887909/when-to-get-your-2021-flu-shot-and-how-it-works-with-covid-vaccines\">the CDC says it’s safe to receive the COVID vaccine and other vaccinations\u003c/a> — like a flu shot — at the same time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Like in adults, mild side effects can happen …\u003c/strong>\u003cb>\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the initial trials, says Dr. Chin-Hong, the lower dose of the Pfizer COVID vaccines for kids age 5-11 actually appears to have resulted in \u003cem>lower\u003c/em> instances of side effects. That said, parents and caregivers should still expect that their child might experience some of \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/expect/after.html\">the usual COVID vaccine side effects often experienced by adults\u003c/a> — redness and soreness in the arm, fatigue, fever, chills and headache — “though at a lower prevalence,” says Chin-Hong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 15-minute observation period after a child’s COVID vaccination, during which you and your child will be asked to stay at the vaccination site, is intended to catch any rare allergic responses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At what point should a parent or caregiver call a child’s pediatrician about side effects back at home after the COVID vaccine? Chin-Hong says to look for symptoms that persist for more than a day and get worse, not better — especially if it’s a fever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>… \u003cstrong>and the severe side effects you may have heard about are highly rare.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The “really, really rare” side effect of the COVID vaccine in younger adults, says Chin-Hong, is \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/safety/myocarditis.html\">myocarditis and pericarditis\u003c/a>: “inflammation of the heart muscle and the lining of the heart that will be manifested in kids as potential chest pain or palpitations.” But he stresses that the rareness of the side effect means that it’s “not a source of worry.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With a lower dose, I’m not really sure it’s going to be happening,” says Chin-Hong. \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/01/health/covid-kids-children.html\">Read more from the New York Times about the rareness of heart problems after COVID vaccination.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Have more questions about kids and the COVID vaccine?\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11894983/covid-vaccines-kids-why-doctors-say-dont-wait-and-other-faqs\"> Read answers to FAQs direct from medical experts.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11890217\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11890217 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234768450-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A close-up of a hand gripping a vaccination card and writing on it with a pen.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1704\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234768450-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234768450-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234768450-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234768450-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234768450-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234768450-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1234768450-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A nurse marks a coronavirus vaccination card with a third, booster dose of Pfizer, at a vaccine clinic in Pasadena, California, on Aug. 19, 2021. \u003ccite>(Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images))\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"where\">\u003c/a>Where can I find a Pfizer COVID vaccine for kids age 5-11?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>There are several ways to find your child a Pfizer COVID vaccine. Don’t assume you’ll be proactively contacted about your child’s COVID vaccine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Different providers, clinics and counties are rolling out COVID vaccines for kids at different speeds — so if you’re finding the process of trying to get an appointment for your child confusing, or are frustrated by initial lack of availability, you’re not alone. Availability will hopefully improve as providers receive more pediatric doses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Demand for kids’ COVID vaccines will be high, especially in the first few weeks. It may also take certain websites and clinics a little while to make appointments available in these first few days. If you don’t see appointments available at your chosen pharmacy, clinic or vaccination site, keep checking back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember, your child will need two doses of the Pfizer COVID vaccine, three weeks apart. When making an appointment for their first dose, be sure that you and your child will be able to attend that second appointment. This is especially important as the November and December holidays get closer, and many families choose to travel during this period.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you have the choice, \u003cem>where\u003c/em> should you get your child vaccinated against COVID? You know your kid best, so you might consider choosing an environment that you think will work best for them and their comfort level. That could be a large vaccine clinic where they can see grown-ups also getting their shots; a small exam room for more privacy; or in a vehicle in a drive-up appointment, where your child may not even have to unbuckle their seat belt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What if your child is nervous about getting their COVID vaccine? \u003cb>\u003c/b>“Just like we talked to kids about why they should wear masks, I think having buy-in and a discussion before the vaccination could be helpful,” advises UCSF’s Dr. Chin-Hong. He notes that some children might be most at ease getting their shot from a trusted, regular provider like their usual pediatrician.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chin-Hong also recommends considering “normalizing” a child’s booster shot by getting your own adult COVID booster shot at the same time, if you’re eligible — or even another vaccination like the flu shot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>\u003c/b>\u003cem>“\u003c/em>And of course, there’s always the lollipop and leftover Halloween candy and nice Band-Aids with Dora the Explorer,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. Find a Pfizer COVID vaccine for kids 5-11 through your child’s pediatrician or health care provider.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If your family has health insurance, check with your child’s pediatrician or your health care provider to see whether they can offer your child the Pfizer COVID vaccine shot. If you don’t have health insurance but get medical care through a city- or county-run provider, you can check with that location.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As well as trying to talk with your health care provider directly, check the website of your provider (for example, Kaiser Permanente) to see whether they’re offering the ability to make appointments, and sign up for any available notifications.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. Find a Pfizer COVID vaccine for kids 5-11 through a local pharmacy.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several pharmacy chains are offering online appointments for the Pfizer COVID vaccine for kids age 5-11.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cvs.com/immunizations/covid-19-vaccine?icid=cvs-home-hero1-banner-1-link2-coronavirus-vaccine\">CVS COVID-19 vaccine appointments \u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.riteaid.com/pharmacy/covid-qualifier?utm_source=state&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=Covid19&utm_content=Covid19scheduler_CA_2_12_21\">Rite Aid COVID-19 vaccine appointments\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.mhealthappointments.com/covidappt\">Safeway (Albertsons) COVID-19 vaccine appointments\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.walgreens.com/findcare/vaccination/covid-19?ban=covid_vaccine_landing_schedule\">Walgreens COVID-19 vaccine appointments\u003c/a>, or call (800) WALGREENS/(800) 925-4733\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://costcorx.appointment-plus.com/appointments/book?section=typeOfVaccine&workflow=default\">Costco’s COVID-19 vaccine appointments\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Some pharmacies may later also offer walk-in vaccinations with no appointment according to availability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11893854\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11893854\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/GettyImages-1232892937.jpg\" alt=\"A teen girl wearing glasses and a mask, sleeve rolled up, looks past a nurse with blue gloves who grips her shoulder with one hand and injects her with the other.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/GettyImages-1232892937.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/GettyImages-1232892937-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/GettyImages-1232892937-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/GettyImages-1232892937-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The FDA and CDC have authorized the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for kids ages 5 to 11. Teens, like the 17-year-old pictured, are already eligible for the vaccine. \u003ccite>(Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. Find a Pfizer COVID vaccine for kids 5-11 through My Turn.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://myturn.ca.gov/\">My Turn is the state’s tool\u003c/a> that allows Californians to schedule vaccination appointments, as supplies allow. Appointments for kids age 5-11 will be available on My Turn starting November 4.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://myturn.ca.gov/\">Visit the My Turn page\u003c/a> and select “Make an Appointment.” My Turn will ask for your child’s information, and then for a ZIP code or location you’d like to use to search for vaccine appointments. You can give your home location, or you can input other locations to see which sites are available farther from your home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When you find and schedule an appointment for a vaccination site through My Turn, the California Department of Public Health says you don’t necessarily need to be a resident in that particular county where the vaccination site is based. So don’t worry if My Turn is suggesting appointments in a county other than the one where you live or work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you can’t travel to a clinic for your child’s COVID vaccine because of health or transportation issues, you can note this when registering on My Turn, and representatives from the California Department of Public Health will call you to arrange an in-home visit or transportation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re trying to find an appointment at a certain location and can’t see it in the search results, try searching on My Turn for that site’s \u003cem>exact\u003c/em> ZIP code, rather than your own. Remember that if you’re not seeing a specific site in the search results, it might just be because of low supply or lack of available appointments. You’ll also be shown a lot of pharmacy results: Keep scrolling through them to make sure you’re not missing clinic results hidden among them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My Turn will ask you to provide a cellphone number and an email address. The state says this is so you can use two-factor authentication to doubly confirm your identity and make your appointment, and to prevent bots from automatically scooping up available appointments online.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you don’t have an email address or a cellphone number, or you have questions, you can call the California COVID-19 hotline at (833) 422-4255 (Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-8 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 8 a.m.-5 p.m PT) and sign up over the phone. Both English-speaking and Spanish-speaking operators are available. Callers needing information in other languages will be connected to a translation service that offers assistance in over 250 languages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. Find a Pfizer COVID vaccine for kids 5-11 through your county’s public health website.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11855623/where-can-i-get-a-covid-19-vaccine-in-the-bay-area-your-questions-answered#county\">Visit your county’s public health website \u003c/a>to learn how your county is vaccinating its residents, and if they’ve begun to offer COVID vaccines to kids age 5-11 yet . The availability of vaccination appointments will be based on the doses that the state has supplied to your county. Your county may also be offering in-school vaccinations for kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can sign up to receive notifications via email from your county to know when there is greater appointment availability. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11855623/where-can-i-get-a-covid-19-vaccine-in-the-bay-area-your-questions-answered#county\">Find your Bay Area county in our list:\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://covid-19.acgov.org/vaccines\">Alameda County COVID-19 Vaccines\u003c/a> (you can also call the Alameda County Community Vaccination POD hotline: 510-208-4VAX [4829])\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cityofberkeley.info/covid19-vaccine/\">City of Berkeley COVID-19 Vaccines \u003c/a>(please note: the city of Berkeley has its own public health department, but also \u003ca href=\"https://www.cityofberkeley.info/covid19-vaccine/#signup\">recommends residents\u003c/a> sign up for Alameda County’s notifications.)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://covidvaccine.cchealth.org/COVIDVaccine/\">Contra Costa County COVID-19 Vaccines \u003c/a>(or call Contra Costa Health Services: 1-833-829-2626)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://coronavirus.marinhhs.org/vaccine/pediatrics\">Marin County’s Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccines \u003c/a>(Marin residents without internet access can call 833-641-1988, and Marin says that people eligible to get help from this call center are ages 65 or older, living with disabilities and ages 18 or older, in need of home care or personal assistance, need language interpretation including ASL, have limited or no internet access or need help arranging transportation.)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.countyofnapa.org/3096/COVID-19-Vaccines\">Napa County COVID-19 Vaccines\u003c/a> (or call the Napa County Public Information Call Center: 707-253-4540.)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://sf.gov/covid-19-vaccine-san-francisco\">City and County of San Francisco COVID-19 Vaccines\u003c/a> (or call the San Francisco call center designed to help people who are 65 and older and those with disabilities who are unable to easily access the internet or schedule an appointment through their provider: 628-652-2700.)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.smchealth.org/covid-19-vaccination-program-overview\">San Mateo County COVID-19 Vaccines\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://covid19.sccgov.org/covid-19-vaccine-information\">Santa Clara County COVID-19 Vaccines\u003c/a> (contains links to \u003ca href=\"https://www.sccgov.org/sites/covid19/Pages/COVID19-vaccine-information-for-public.aspx#myturn\">vaccine sign-up pages \u003c/a>and phone numbers for various local medical providers.)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://solanocounty.com/depts/ph/coronavirus_links/covid_19_vaccines.asp\">Solano County COVID-19 Vaccines\u003c/a> (contains \u003ca href=\"https://solanocounty.com/depts/ph/coronavirus_links/covid_19_vaccines.asp\">a provider-by-provider list of phone numbers\u003c/a> to call about COVID-19 vaccines.)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://socoemergency.org/emergency/novel-coronavirus/vaccine-information/\">Sonoma County COVID-19 Vaccines\u003c/a> (contains \u003ca href=\"https://socoemergency.org/emergency/novel-coronavirus/vaccine-information/clinics/\">a provider-by-provider list of phone numbers\u003c/a> to call about COVID-19 vaccines.)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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