Cara Bookman, 2, gets a shot of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine on her leg as her father, Max Bookman, holds her at a vaccine site for children in Times Square on Wednesday.Credit…Brittainy Newman for The New York TimesFamilies in New York City began vaccinating children younger than 5 against Covid-19 on Wednesday after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention endorsed the vaccines over the weekend.In a city that was once the epicenter of the Covid pandemic, many parents have been eager to vaccinate the last age group still awaiting shots, the youngest children, and moved quickly to book appointments.Some health providers planned to start offering vaccines to young children on Wednesday, including pharmacies like Walgreens, which serve children 3 and older. The city’s vaccine hubs, which serve children 6 months and older, and of which there are 10 in total, began to open, and appointments were available on the city’s “Vaccine Finder” website.On Wednesday morning, about two dozen parents, some with toddlers in tow and others pushing babies in strollers or carrying them strapped to their chests, arrived at the city-run vaccination hub in Times Square, as Mayor Eric Adams and Dr. Ashwin Vasan, the health commissioner, toured the site.“We’ve been waiting two and a half years for this moment to protect our little ones,” Dr. Vasan said. “This is a great day. It’s a great day for our city. It’s a great day for our country.”A health department spokesperson said the Times Square location had about 150 appointments booked for Wednesday, with a capacity for more than 2,500 a week.One of the first parents in line early Wednesday was Max Bookman, 34, an attorney from the Upper East Side. He carried his 2-year-old, Cara. The pigtailed toddler appeared unfazed beneath her fish-themed mask and didn’t even cry after the shot, instead relishing a round of applause from the onlooking reporters.Cara was 5 months old when the pandemi …
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