‘I Like The Feeling That I’m Going To Be Safe From COVID’: Hundreds Of Children In West Baltimore Receive First Dose Of COVID Vaccine

BALTIMORE (WJZ) –– It was a large time for hundreds of kids successful Northwest Baltimore.

They were yet capable to rotation up their sleeves and get vaccinated aft months of waiting.

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These were immoderate of the archetypal shots successful the authorities fixed to kids 5 and up. It comes conscionable days aft the CDC officially gave the greenish airy to Pfizer’s vaccine made conscionable for them.

It’s a large time for eight-year-old Cobi Schechet. When asked was helium nervous, helium responded with “a little.”

He’s 1 of the archetypal kids successful Maryland to get Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for kids,  conscionable 2 days aft the CDC authorized it for exigency usage and he’s not alone.

Thursday, 500 appointments were booked astatine the Ner Tamid Synagogue successful Northwest Baltimore.

“Excited, he’s my youngest he’s been waiting a agelong time,” said Lisa Hackam.

Children waited successful enactment with their parents, acceptable to rotation up their sleeves.

“I get to instrumentality my disguise disconnected erstwhile I’m afloat vaccinated and I get to spot my friends,” said 11-year-old Gabe Hackam.

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“I similar the feeling that I’m going to beryllium harmless from COVID,” said nine-year-old Ethan Richman.

Ethan Richman was a small tense astatine archetypal but helium says the process was worthy it.  “I conscionable looked distant and closed my eyes. It did wounded a small spot but each vaccines do,” helium said.

Statewide much than fractional a cardinal children 5 and up are present eligible to get vaccinated.

“We moved arsenic rapidly arsenic we can, arsenic soon arsenic the politician gave the greenish airy we started getting shots successful the arms,” said Councilmember Yitzy Schleifer.

One tiny pinch, a bandaid and a artifact later.

“It doesn’t hurt,” said five-year-old Noa Weber.

Kids similar Ethan said he’s acceptable to bent retired with his friends.

“I’m going to inquire my parents if I tin yet bash sleepovers,” said Ethan.

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Appointments are becoming disposable crossed the authorities done the weekend.

Kelsey Kushner