| COVID-19 vaccines are now available to millions of elementary-age children after final approval from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday.
Pharmacies, pediatricians' offices, hospitals, schools and health clinics were immediately preparing to administer the shots to kids ages 5-11.
"This is not going to be 'The Hunger Games,'" said Dr. Allison Arwady, Chicago's public health commissioner, recalling the chaotic early national rollout of adult vaccines nearly a year ago.
"Our goal is to be ready, have a calm rollout,'' Arwady said.
Carter Giglio, 8, came to Children's National Hospital in Washington, D.C., for his vaccination on Wednesday morning with his father, Brian. Carter has Type 1 diabetes, which puts him at risk for complications if he contracted COVID-19.
"Carter is the last in our house to get vaccinated and he was always the one that we had the most concern about,'' Brian Giglio said. "And, so, today is like a hallway pass for us to begin living life again and we couldn't be more thankful to everybody that's been involved in this process to helping us feel that freedom that we feel today.''
Carter said he's excited to stop wearing masks when he's fully vaccinated, so he can smell the things he used to be able to smell without it.
"I'm ready to trash it," he said. | 
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