US elementary school children will be able to get a COVID-19 vaccine at the earliest by the end of 2021, and very likely in the first quarter of 2022.
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“If you project realistically, when we will be able to get enough data to be able to say that elementary school children will be able to be vaccinated, I would think that would be, at the earliest, the end of the year, and very likely the first quarter of 2022,”
- Said on
- 28 February 2021 · NBC Meet the Press interview
- Source
- Covid vaccine for elementary school children likely coming in early 2022, Fauci says · NBC Los Angeles (CNBC)
- Should come true
- Q1 2022
- How sure they sounded
- I would think; at the earliest; very likely
- Categories
- Health
- Importance
- 3 of 5 · Child vaccine eligibility affected US school reopening nationwide.
Outcome
Partly right Happened 2 November 2021.
The FDA authorized the Pfizer vaccine for ages 5-11 on October 29, 2021 and the CDC cleared it on November 2-3, 2021, earlier than both his "at the earliest, the end of the year" floor and his "very likely" first quarter of 2022. The milestone happened within the overall window but sooner than he forecast.
- https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2021/10/29/pfizer-covid-vaccine-fda-authorizes-for-kids-ages-5-to-11.html
- https://www.kunc.org/npr-news/2021-10-29/fda-authorizes-use-of-pfizers-covid-vaccine-for-5-to-11-year-olds
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