COVID-19 vaccines for the youngest Americans will be available starting Tuesday. Though some parents can't wait to vaccinate their young children, others remain hesitant or adamantly opposed.
The coronavirus has been less dangerous for children, especially small ones, than for older adults.
More than 200 children ages 1-4 have died from COVID-19, and 20,000 have been hospitalized with the disease.
Both panels unanimously found that the benefits of vaccination for children 6 months to 5-6 years outweigh the risks.
Members of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices were adamant on Saturday that parents should take the opportunity to protect their children against COVID-19.
Healthy children ages six months to six years would get two shots of Moderna's vaccine four to eight weeks apart.
Children ages six months to 5 years would get their second shot of Pfizer-BioNTech's three-dose vaccine three to eight weeks after the first and their third shot at least eight weeks later.
