Oct 21, 2021
The next phase of the quest to vaccinate America is ramping up.
Public health officials are hammering out plans to vaccinate children. CDC advisers are set to debate who should get Moderna and Johnson & Johnson’s booster shots. And federal regulators are strongly considering greenlighting extra doses for people as young as 40.
Vaccine providers may once again see more people clamoring to get shots all at once. The simultaneous efforts come as the pace of immunization has slowed in recent months, with just over 57 percent of Americans fully vaccinated. But now, beleaguered public health officials are in planning mode again, as experts hash out thorny questions about who should get the shots.