{"id":1727,"date":"2021-12-09T07:54:23","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T12:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/?p=1727"},"modified":"2021-12-09T07:54:23","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T12:54:23","slug":"has-the-pace-of-vaccinations-among-kids-ages-5-11-slowed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/?p=1727","title":{"rendered":"Has the pace of vaccinations among kids ages 5-11 slowed?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Question:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0The graph you shared in a recent Q&amp;A seemed to show a little leveling off in vaccination uptake for the 5-11 set\u2026 I hope that\u2019s a blip and not the start of a trend.\u00a0 What is the pace of vaccination uptake among 5-11 year olds?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Answer:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0With the Thanksgiving holiday, I was also hoping that the &#8220;little leveling off&#8221; of vaccination uptake that we saw in <a href=\"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/?p=1714\">last Thursday&#8217;s graph<\/a> was also just a blip.\u00a0 Using <a href=\"https:\/\/data.cdc.gov\/d\/km4m-vcsb\/visualization\">data from CDC<\/a>, I pulled together a couple of charts to see how progress is trending.\u00a0 Impressively, in just over a month, more than 5.04 million (18%) of children ages 5-11 in the US have received their first COVID vaccine dose.\u00a0 In less positive news, the rate of uptake has substantially declined <strong>(Figure 1<\/strong>).\u00a0 Over the last seven days, an average of ~67K first doses per day have been administered, down from a 7-day average high of 250K doses\/day.\u00a0 Some of the recent decline could be due to delays in reporting, but reporting delays do not account for the overall trend.\u00a0 If we were to continue at the current pace, it would take nearly a year to achieve\u00a075% first-dose vaccination coverage among 5-11 year olds.\u00a0 With vaccines increasingly accessible and more real-world safety data coming alongside the coming of winter, omicron, and increasing delta-driven case loads, I encourage parents to get their children ages 5+ vaccinated as soon as possible.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Figure 1. In the US, 18% of children\u00a0ages 5-11 have received their first dose. The pace of uptake has slowed.\u00a0<\/strong>(as of 12\/7\/21, data from <a href=\"https:\/\/data.cdc.gov\/\">CDC<\/a>, visualizations by me)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"583\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covidqanda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/image-4.png?resize=723%2C583&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covidqanda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/image-4.png?resize=1024%2C826&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covidqanda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/image-4.png?resize=300%2C242&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covidqanda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/image-4.png?resize=768%2C619&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covidqanda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/image-4.png?resize=1536%2C1238&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covidqanda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/image-4.png?w=2013&amp;ssl=1 2013w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/covidqanda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/image-4.png?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question:\u00a0The graph you shared in a recent Q&amp;A seemed to show a little leveling off in vaccination uptake for the 5-11 set\u2026 I hope that\u2019s a blip and not the start of a trend.\u00a0 What is the pace of vaccination uptake among 5-11 year olds? 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