We've arrived at the moment that so many parents have been waiting for, the lead starts

right now.

Any minute, a key FDA panel will vote on whether to recommend Pfizer's vaccine for kids

as young as five, so how soon can shots go into arms?

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Welcome to the lead-up, Jack Tapper, and we begin today with breaking news in the

healthy 28 million American children may soon have access to a COVID vaccine.

Right now, right this second, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Advisory Committee

is voting on whether to recommend Pfizer's vaccine for kids ages 5 to 11 under emergency

use conditions.

This comes as the American Academy of Pediatrics says the number of kids testing positive

for COVID is still considered, quote, quote, extremely high, nearly 6.3 million American

kids have gotten infected since the pandemic began.

More than 100,000 this past week alone, though we should note children are far less likely

than adults to be hospitalized or to suffer long-term effects from COVID.

And as CNN's Alexandra Field reports for us now, even though this is the seventh consecutive

week of declines and cases for kids, experts are hoping today's vote will soon lead the

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