Doctors who've cared for hospitalized youngsters hope parents embrace Pfizer's kid shots, saying they're safe and far better than gambling that a child will escape a coronavirus infection. "I've seen plenty of children in this age group that have been seriously ill," said Dr. Matthew Linam, an infectious disease specialist at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. "The risk of significant infection is still very real in this population." While COVID-19 causes more serious illness in the old than the young, there have been more than 8,300 hospitalizations of kids ages 5 to 11, about a third requiring intensive care, according to government data.

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