North Texas Pharmacists Prepare to Receive Kids’ COVID Vaccine – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

The U.S. moved one step closer to approving Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5-11 on Tuesday after an advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration gave its approval. Now the only thing left to do is to get the vaccine approved by the FDA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Texas has already placed an order for 1.3 million doses for children and pharmacies in north Texas said they are ready to receive them.

“I’m already ready. The only thing we’re waiting for now is for the vaccine to come, which is different,” said clinical pharmacist Dawn Moshier.

An FDA advisory panel recommended Tuesday that the FDA must authorize the child-sized doses with smaller needles before the CDC can recommend them next week.

Once that happens, Moshier said she expected to get some of the doses requested by the state, although she didn’t know how many she would get.

She said she will administer them in any way possible, both for appointments and walkups, at Campbell Pharmacy in Dallas, and through vaccine clinics in places like schools, which makes it easy for those who have already shown interest.

“You asked from the start. When we did the older kids, what about the younger ones?” said Mosier.

But according to a recent survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation, not everyone will rush to get the vaccine. It shows that only 30% of parents planned to have their children vaccinated immediately.

As a mother herself, however, Moshier believes that this is a critical next step in getting life back to normal.

And she assures you that when the time comes, there will be a lot to do.

“Do not worry. No rush. No panic. You don’t have to be the first to walk in the door. You will get the vaccine kids, “said Moshier.

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