Kids and Covid

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The end of summer 2021 has been earmarked as the time by which most American adults will be vaccinated. But still remaining is the often-overlooked question of vaccinations for children, who make up around a quarter of the U.S. population.

Without the immunization of children, herd immunity cannot be reached.

Today, we ask when America’s children will be vaccinated.

Guest: Apoorva Mandavilli (https://www.nytimes.com/by/apoorva-mandavilli?smid=pc-thedaily), a science and global health reporter for The New York Times.

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Background reading:


Pfizer and Moderna have begun testing their vaccines on children 12 and older. The vaccine for kids is coming, but not for many months (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/12/health/covid-vaccines-children.html?action=click&module=RelatedLinks&pgtype=Article?smid=pc-thedaily).
New research has cast doubt on the idea that prior infections with garden-variety coronaviruses (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/10/health/coronavirus-colds-immunity.html?action=click&module=RelatedLinks&pgtype=Article?smid=pc-thedaily) might shield some people, particularly children, from the pandemic.
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