Historically, pediatric vaccines have focused on killer childhood diseases, but the pandemic has thrown a curve into that thinking. Some say the case for inoculating kids is less pressing, given that their outcomes tend to be so much better. Worldwide, the rollout of vaccines has prioritized older people and others at risk because of their health or occupation. When 14-year-old Audrey first heard her mother say there was a vaccine trial starting for kids at a nearby Cincinnati hospital, she immediately raised her hand. “Parents look at them and say ‘really?’ But if the parents say yes and the adolescent says no, the adolescent wins,” he said.
