How Vaccinated Kids May Change Our Summer And Fall Plans

By Steve Bynum, Meha Ahmad
Virus Outbreak New Jersey Vaccine
Keidy Ventura, 17, receives her first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in West New York, N.J., Monday, April 19, 2021. Ventura wanted to get the vaccine as soon as possible to protect her multi-generational family that she lives with. New Jersey is opening up COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to those 16 or older beginning today; only the Pfizer vaccine is authorized for teenagers younger than 18. Seth Wenig / AP Photo
Virus Outbreak New Jersey Vaccine
Keidy Ventura, 17, receives her first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in West New York, N.J., Monday, April 19, 2021. Ventura wanted to get the vaccine as soon as possible to protect her multi-generational family that she lives with. New Jersey is opening up COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to those 16 or older beginning today; only the Pfizer vaccine is authorized for teenagers younger than 18. Seth Wenig / AP Photo

How Vaccinated Kids May Change Our Summer And Fall Plans

By Steve Bynum, Meha Ahmad
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The Food and Drug Administration’s emergency authorization of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for kids aged 12 to 15 was a game-changer for young people and their parents as they make plans for summer and for in-person learning this fall.

Reset checks in with two WBEZ reporters who have had their ears to the ground for reaction since Monday’s announcement.

GUESTS: Becky Vevea, WBEZ city politics reporter

Susie An, WBEZ education reporter