

"How long before you lose that?" he asked her. "I don’t know what this thing is that goes with it," she said. "We’re excited to keep our family safe and our extended family as well, and try to get back to some degree of normalcy."Īutumn puzzled over her pop toob as her dad spoke. We’re excited to keep them safe," said Beuschel, a pediatric hospitalist. 'This is tricky': Kids' COVID vaccine coming soon, but questions linger in Evansville area More: Pfizer antiviral drug could nearly end deaths from COVID-19, company study suggests Christian Beuschel, does grasp the big picture. Beuschel and his wife, Amber, brought four of their five children - the fifth is too young by a month - to get vaccinated Friday. The kids don't necessarily understand the implications of the virus that has killed more than 5 million people worldwide, ravaged poor countries and vexed wealthy nations with top grade health care systems.īut Autumn's dad, Dr. Was she excited to be vaccinated against the coronavirus? More: COVID vaccine is now available for Evansville-area kids. "It makes a really loud noise," Autumn said. The vaccine, approved by the CDC Tuesday and already on offer at Deaconess Health System, comes free, at one-third the dose adults get and in two shots at least three weeks apart.īut none of that mattered much to 10-year-old Autumn Beuschel, who focused on her new pop toob, one of the toys donated by a vaccine clinic volunteer. Vincent begins offering the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to the public on Nov. The local hospital system staged a media event that saw 10 kids between 5 and 11 take the nation's first coronavirus vaccine for younger children. Vincent Evansville - came out Friday to get them vaccinated against COVID-19 ASAP. The kids might have come for the toys, but their parents - employees of Ascension St.
