If approved, the Pfizer vaccine would be delivered at one-third the dose given to adolescents and adults, in two shots at least three weeks apart. The Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines are still being tested in adolescents and children.
In anticipation of this week's expected authorization of a COVID-19 vaccine for young children, parents eager to get their elementary school-age children vaccinated are calling pediatricians, booking appointments for shots and asking questions about them.
Before delta began taking hold around July 1, cases had fallen to less than 80,000 per week, or less than one-sixth the current figure. At their worst in the delta wave, however, cases were being reported more than twice as fast. "We have every reason to believe there's a lot of people out there claiming to be sick who are not. It's not acceptable,'' de Blasio said. "So the thing to do is to do the right thing, come to work, protect people as you took an oath to do. And look, this is something that we don't tolerate. In the end when people do this kind of thing, there are consequences."
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