IL Parents: Will You Get Your Young Teens, Children Vaccinated?

ILLINOIS — The federal panel that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted to recommend that the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine be used in children ages 12-15 after the Food and Drug Administration announced earlier this week that it was expanding its emergency use authorization for the vaccine.

In Illinois, Walgreens and other providers and state mass vaccination sites are now offering the Pfizer vaccine to those ages 12 and up.

"The expanded authorization for use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in youth ages 12 through 15 years will not only help protect our younger population, it will help us get back to in-person learning across the state," Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike said.

If you're a parent of a child between the ages of 12-15, Patch wants to know whether you plan to have your child vaccinated. Take our survey below and let us know. The survey will remain open until 5 p.m. local time Sunday.

The survey is not meant to be a scientific poll, with random sampling and margins of error, but is meant only to gauge the sentiments of our readers in an informal way.