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Wall Street Journal: Covid-19 shots for children hold key to herd immunity

Published March 29, 2021 at 3:25 am

ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA - MARCH 27: A child greets an Easter Bunny from inside a vehicle during a Bunny Drive-Thru event outside Kingstowne Snyder Fitness Center March 27, 2021 in Alexandria, Virginia. Kingstowne Residential Owners Corporation held the community event instead of the usual annual egg hunt for neighborhood children to celebrate Easter in a safer environment under the COVID-19 pandemic. Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by ALEX WONG / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

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Countries are racing to immunize adults against Covid-19 and move toward a more normal future. To achieve the vaccination rates that health authorities are aiming for, the shots must eventually reach the arms of children and teenagers, too.