authorized the Pfizer vaccine for 12- to 15-year-olds earlier this month.About 2.5 million of the roughly 17 million U.S. kids in that age group have gotten at least one shot.
A second dose is also required, three weeks after the first, and then it takes two more weeks before the vaccine fully takes effect.That means that it will be mid-summer before kids in that age bracket are fully vaccinated.
When that happens, "it’s going to be a camp experience that is much more like (before the pandemic)," said Erin Sauber-Schatz, who leads the CDC task force that prepares recommendations designed to keep Americans safe from COVID-19.RELATED: European regulators approve Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children 12-15The new guidance also says social.