Some Experts Concerned As States With Low Demand For COVID-19 Vaccine For Children Under Five Order Fewer Doses

Politico (7/14) reports, “States where parents have hesitated to inoculate their children against Covid-19 are now ordering fewer doses of the vaccines for children under 5 than others,” and while “experts broadly agree states shouldn’t order more doses than they think they’ll use,” they also “worry the low demand in states such as Alabama and Mississippi is a warning sign of the widening ambivalence among many parents about the benefits of vaccinating children against the virus.” Florida “did not pre-order any of the 5-and-under vaccines,” which has “alarmed Lisa Gwynn, a pediatrician and president of the Florida chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. ‘You’re not allowing parents to choose,’ she said. ‘You’re cutting off supply.’”

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