Children ages 5-11 can potentially be vaccinated by winter holidays

As soon as this week, 28 million children between ages 5 and 11 may be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine.

LITTLE LOWER THAN THE NATIONALAVERAGE.60 PERCENT HAVE HAD AT LEASTNE ODOSE, AND 52 PERCENT ARE FULLYVACCINATED.{***BOXES**}SUNRISE REPORTER VICTORIABALDERRAMA IS IN STUDIO WITHMORE ON WHAT THE F-D-’ S VACCINEADVISORY BOARD WILL DISCUSS THISWEEK.VICTORIA?{***WX PLAS GFX**}{***VICTORIA**}JUST HOW SOON COULD KIDS AGESFIVE TO ELEVEN GET A COVID-19VACCINE?ON THE CURRENT TIMELINE, ITCOD ULBE AS SOON AS NOVEMBER.BUT FIRST, THE F-D-A AND C-D-CST SMUIGN OFF.{***WIPE**}{***VO *}{***VICTORIA**}TUESDAY, AN FDA ADVISORYCOMMITTEE IS SCHEDULED TO MEETTOIS DCUSS WHETHER TO RECOMMENDAUTHORIZATION FOR THE PFERIZVACCINE FOR KIDS FIVE TO ELEVEN.KIDS MAKE UP ABOUT A QRTUAER OFALL COVID CASES IN THE U-S.NATIONWIDE DATA SHOWS, COVIDCASES, HOSPITALIZATIONS, ANDDEATHS ALL DECLINING.HEALTH EXPERTS POINT TO THEVACCE.IN{***WIPE**}{***SOT**}Dr. Jennifer Shu, Pediatrician"If we add children to that mixwe can get our numbers wayhigher up and hopefully preventanymore variants from coming."{***VO***{***VICTORIA**}BUT PFIZER OFFICIALS WILL NOTONLY HAVE TO CONVINCE FDAVACCINE ADVISERS FOR EMERGCYENUSE AUTHORIZATION.ULTIMATELY, IT’S TO UPPARENTSOF KIDS AGES FIVE TO ELEVEN TOALLOW THEM TO GET THE VACCINE.A RECENT KAI-SER FAMILYFOUNDATIONUR SVEY IN SEPTEMBERFOUND ABOUT A THIRD OF PARTSENIN THAT AGE RANGE SAY THEY WOULDTAKE A WAIT AND SEE APPROACH.AND ANOTHER THIRD OF PARENTS SAYTHEY’D LET THEIR KIDS GET THEVACCINE RIGHT AWAY.{***WX PLAS GFX**}{***VICTORIA**}IF THE F-D-A AND THE C-D-CAUTHORIZE THE VACCINE, THEN KIDSAGES FIVTOE ELEVEN COULDPOTENTIALLY BE FULLY VACCI