ALEXANDRA: SOON, CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS AGE 12 CAN GET THE PFIZER VACCINE. THE FDA APPROVED IT FO EMERGENCY USE. THANKS FOR JOINING US. I’M ALEXANDRA STONE. DAVID: I’M DAVID EARL. A CDC PANEL WILL LIKELY GIVE THE FINAL GREEN LIGHT TOMORROW AND WE LEARNED THOSE 12 TO 15-YEARS-OLD IN DOUGLAS COUNTY COULD GET THE SHOT AS SOON AS THURSDAY KETV NEWSWATCH 7’S ABBIE PETERSEN IS LIVE WITH REACTION FROM KIDS AND THEIR PARENTS. ABBIE? ABBIE: THE ANNOUNCEMENT HAS LEFT MANY PARENTS WITH MIXED EMOTIONS. I SPOKE WITH A FEW, WHO WILL BE GETTING THEIR TEENS VACCINATED, AND A PEDIATRICIAN WHO TELLS ME IT’S A GREAT IDEA FOR 14-YEAR-OLD KATALIN JEFFERIES, THE DECISION TO GET THE COVID-19 VACCINE WHEN IT BECOMES AVAILABLE IS SIMPL >> OH MY GOSH, THIS MIGHT BE A TURN-TABLE POINT OF FEELING SAFER. ABBIE: BETWEEN PROTECTING OTHERS AND BEING ABLE TO GET BACK INTO ROLLERDERBY AND SUMMER CAMPS SHE KNEW WHAT SHE WANTED TO DO, AND HER MOM LET HER TO MAKE THE DECISION >> I TRUST THE SCIENCE. I REALLY DIDN’T HESITATE WITH MYSELF, SO THERE’S NOTHING I’M REALLY AFRAID OF FOR HER A GROUP, EITHER. ABBIE: THE SAME GOES FOR HEATHER WATERMAN -- HER CHILDREN ARE 12 AND 15. SHE WANTS THEM VACCINATED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. >> FOR US, AS A FAMILY, THE BENEFITS OUTWEIGH THE RISK ABBIE: ALTHOUGH WATERMAN UNDERSTANDS WHY OTHER PARENTS MAY BE HESITANT. A STUDY BY THE KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION SHOWS THREE OUT OF 10 PARENTS SAY THEY’LL GET THEIR 12 TO 15-YEAR-OLDS THE SHOTS AS SOON AS THEY CAN 26% SAY THEY’LL WAIT AND SEE. 23% SAY THEY WON’T GET THEIR KIDS VACCINATED, WHILE 18% WILL ONLY DO IT IF SCHOOLS REQUIRE THE SHOT PEDIATRICIAN DR. MATTHEW GIBSON SAYS VACCINATING CHILDREN CRUCIAL FOR HERD IMMUNITY, SINCE KIDS MAKE UP 20%-25% OF THE POPULATION >> IN ORDER TO GET GOOD PROTECTION FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND FOR EVERY INDIVIDUAL PERSON, WE NEED THOSE VACCINATIONS TO HAPPEN. AND THE NICE THING IS THE VACCINES HAVE BEEN PROVEN AGAIN AND AGAIN THIS FAR TO BE SAF AND EFFECTIVE. ABBIE: DR. GIBSON TELLS ME THE NEXT AGE RANGE WILL BE TWO-YEARS-OLD AND UP, AND PRELIMINARY DATA SHOWS IT WILL LIKELY BE APPROVED FOR THAT GROUP BY SEPTEMBER REPORTING LIVE IN THE NEWSRO