Toddler tears as the nation’s children begin to receive COVID shots

Alex Mead

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Jun 22, 2022

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Children under 5 receive COVID-19 vaccines in Schwenksville

Mathis Crumb, 4, receives a coronavirus disease vaccine for children under five years old at Skippack Pharmacy in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania.

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Ansley Dinkler, 4, reacts as a COVID-19 vaccination is administered into her arm at Children’s Hospital New Orleans.

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Camilla Gurrero, 4, winces as LPN Renada Celestin gives her a COVID-19 vaccination as her parents, Lydia and Lenin, try to comfort her at Children’s Hospital New Orleans, on Tuesday, June 21, 2022.

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Ansley Dinkler, 4, right, and Camilla Gurrero, 4, show off their Band-Aids moments after they both received COVID-19 vaccinations at Children’s Hospital New Orleans.

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Children aged 6 months to 5 years receive coronavirus vaccine (COVID-19) in Calfiornia

10-month-old Hazel Ribnik reacts as nurse Jillian Mercer administers the Moderna vaccine for coronavirus at Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego, California.

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Kevin Lazarus, 4, receives the vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at Northwell Health’s Cohen Children’s Medical Center in New Hyde Park, New York

Kevin Lazarus, 4, receives the COVID vaccine at Northwell Health’s Cohen Children’s Medical Center in New Hyde Park, New York.

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Rooney Brown, 4, left, sits on the lap of her mom, Jessica, as she gets a COVID-19 vaccine from RN Megan Valente while at the same time Ansley Dinkler, 4, right, sits on the lap of her mom, Ayame, as LPN Lynell Major administers a COVID-19 vaccination.

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Jade Harris, 4, reacts with relief after the needle is removed from his arm as he and his sister, Hazel, 4, get simultaneous COVID-19 vaccinations at Children’s Hospital New Orleans.

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Ansley Dinkler, 4, hides behind her cow doll as a syringe is prepared for her to administer a COVID-19 vaccination at Children’s Hospital New Orleans.

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Callum Diaz-Cheng, 3, reacts in the arms of his father, Dr. Andrew Cheng, after receiving the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.

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Daniel Schwab, left, holds his one-year old son Asher as as Registered Nurse Margie Rodriguez administers the first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for children 6 months through 4 years old, Tuesday, June 21, 2022, at Montefiore Medical Group in the Bronx borough of New York.

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Ada Hegde, Reisa Lancaster, Sarah Close Chinmay Hegde

Ada Hegde, age 14 months, reacts as registered nurse Reisa Lancaster administers a dose of a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at Children’s National Hospital’s research campus.

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Children under 5 Receive first COVID-19 Vaccinations Shots

Dr. Sophia Jan (right) administers a coronavirus vaccination to 9-month-old Oliver Harris while he is held by his father Dr. Matthew Harris at the Cohen Children’s Medical Center at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in Queens.

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Luca Moore, 11 months, watches as the vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is administered while his mother Dr. Danielle Smith holds him at Northwell Health’s Cohen Children’s Medical Center in New Hyde Park, New York

Luca Moore, 11 months, watches as the vaccine against the coronavirus disease is administered while his mother Dr. Danielle Smith holds him at Northwell Health’s Cohen Children’s Medical Center in New Hyde Park, New York.

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Oliver Harris, 9 months, cries after receiving a vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at Northwell Health’s Cohen Children’s Medical Center in New Hyde Park, New York

Oliver Harris, 9 months, cries after receiving a vaccine against the coronavirus disease at Northwell Health’s Cohen Children’s Medical Center.

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Jackie Katzow, 2, cries after receiving the vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at Northwell Health’s Cohen Children’s Medical Center in New Hyde Park, New York

Jackie Katzow, 2, cries after receiving the COVID vaccine at Northwell Health’s Cohen Children’s Medical Center in New Hyde Park, New York.

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William Lutsch, 4, receives a COVID vaccine for children under five years old while his twin brother, Michael Lutsch, 4, watches at Skippack Pharmacy in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania.

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James Hall, 3, receives a COVID vaccine for children under five years old at Skippack Pharmacy in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania.

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Nora Burlingame, 3, is held by her mother, Dina Burlingame, as she gives a fist-bump to nurse Luann Majeed, right, after getting a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine shot at a University of Washington Medical Center clinic in Seattle.

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