More than 103,000 vaccine doses have been delivered to Los Angeles County vaccination sites, children's hospitals, pharmacies and pediatricians.
The vaccine rollout for young children in the U.S. kicked off Tuesday after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention approved the shots for Americans as young as 6 months old.
"Many of us have been waiting months for this day, so I'm very, very grateful that we have two vaccine products that we can offer our youngest patients," said Dr. Nava Yeganeh, Medical Director of Vaccine Preventable Disease Control."Of course, Moderna, you get protected faster - two doses and you're done. With Pfizer, it takes a little longer because it's a three-dose vaccine, but both of them do a great job protecting children.
The most recent Kaiser Family Foundation poll finds just about 18% of parents of kids under 5 are willing to vaccinate their children right away."Most parents want their children to be safe. They want their children to be healthy and we just have to do a better job of explaining how important it is to vaccinate your child," she said."I think the research and science have done their due diligence to make sure that the vaccines are safe," she said.
While most young children don't always get seriously ill, L.A. County health officials want parents to remember one thing: If a young child gets sick, they can infect older family members, even if they're vaccinated because breakthrough infections can occur.
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