How Biden's vaccination plan for young kids differs from the plan for adults

Kids at school.
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The White House on Wednesday unveiled its plan to distribute the Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to children ages 5 to 11 pending the shot's authorization by U.S. drug regulators, reports CNBC. But don't expect the campaign to look and feel exactly the same as it did for adults, or even teenagers ages 12 to 15.

For one thing, the "5-to-11 age group, with 28 million children, is far larger than the 12-to-15 group, with 17 million," who are already eligible for the vaccine, writes The New York Times. And unlike that for U.S. adults, the plan for the younger group also features fewer mass vaccination sites, considering children often cry and tend to be "more sensitive patients."

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Brigid Kennedy

Brigid Kennedy worked at The Week from 2021 to 2023 as a staff writer, junior editor and then story editor, with an interest in U.S. politics, the economy and the music industry.