More than a month after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended COVID-19 vaccines for very young children, only a small percentage have actually received the vaccine, according to federal data.
Data published by the CDC on Aug. 8 show that about 755,730 children aged 6 months to 4 years have received at least one vaccine dose since June 18, when Food and Drug Administration (FDA) emergency use authorization for Moderna’s and Pfizer’s mRNA vaccines were recommended by the CDC for the baby-toddler group. On its website, the CDC doesn’t indicate how many children aged 6 months to 4 years are fully vaccinated.
