Why kids under 5 have to wait to get vaccinated

By Claire Hyman
Pediatric vaccine
Rose Aaron, 8, cries as she receives a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine from Maggie Bass, a Jackson-Hinds Comprehensive Health Center nurse, at a vaccination station next to Jackson State University in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. Rogelio V. Solis/Associated Press
Pediatric vaccine
Rose Aaron, 8, cries as she receives a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine from Maggie Bass, a Jackson-Hinds Comprehensive Health Center nurse, at a vaccination station next to Jackson State University in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. Rogelio V. Solis/Associated Press

Why kids under 5 have to wait to get vaccinated

By Claire Hyman
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Infectious disease specialist Dr. Mia Taormina fills us in on why parents of kids under 5 will have to wait to vaccinate their little ones. We also ask her how we should stay safe given plummeting case counts in Illinois.

GUEST: Dr. Mia Taormina, infectious disease specialist with Duly Health and Care