White House estimates 900,000 kids have already gotten their first dose of the vaccine

Young vaccinated child.
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Rough inflation numbers can't distract from this wonderful COVID milestone.

The White House estimated Wednesday that almost 1 million kids ages 5 to 11 have received shots of Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine since its authorization last week, says The New York Times.

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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.