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MD Parents: Do You Want Your Kids Vaccinated?
Do you plan on getting your kids vaccinated now that the COVID-19 vaccine has been authorized for children 12 to 15? Take the Patch survey.
MARYLAND — The federal panel that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted to recommend the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine be used in children ages 12 to 15 after the Food and Drug Administration announced earlier this week it was expanding its emergency use authorization for the vaccine.
In Maryland, the state's health department allowed vaccine providers to begin administering the Pfizer vaccine to ages 12 to 15 Thursday in addition to ages 16 and older.
Adolescents can get the Pfizer vaccine at 11 of the mass vaccination sites in Maryland as well as hundreds of pharmacy locations, according to a statement from the governor's office.
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Marylanders can search for providers vaccinating adolescents at covidvax.maryland.gov.
The clinical trial for participants aged 12 to 15 found the Pfizer vaccine to be 100 percent effective at least seven days after the second dose.
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If you're a parent of a child between the ages of 12-15, Patch wants to know whether you plan on having your child vaccinated. Take our survey below and let us know. The survey will remain open until 12 p.m. on Tuesday, May 18. If you cannot see the form below, click here.
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