The number of groups able to receive COVID-19 vaccines has steadily expanded since the launch of the initial vaccine for adults — first, to teens, and then to 5- to 11-year-olds. Yet one group that has consistently been left out is children under the age of five, for whom there is no authorized vaccine.
That's left many vaccinated parents with anxiety over having unvaccinated young children in their household. And as versions of the Pfizer vaccine were authorized by the Food and Drug Administration — first for teens, then for 5- to 11-year-olds — the under-5 set seemed poised to be the next to get the OK for an inoculation.
