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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Melody Schreiber

After the long wait, US parents seeking under-5s’ vaccine face yet more hurdles

Luca Moore, 11 months, sits on his mother Dr Danielle Smith's lap before receiving a Covid vaccine in New Hyde Park, New York on 22 June 2022.
Luca Moore, 11 months, sits on his mother Dr Danielle Smith's lap before receiving a Covid vaccine in New Hyde Park, New York, on 22 June 2022. Photograph: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters

Ashley Comegys, a parent of two young children in Florida, was ecstatic when the Covid vaccines were authorized for children above the age of six months in the US. “We’ve been waiting for this for so long,” she said. “We can finally start to spread our wings again.”

But then she learned that Florida had missed two deadlines to preorder vaccines and would not make them available through state and local health departments, delaying the rollout by several weeks and significantly limiting access.

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