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A panel of U.S. health advisers on Tuesday endorsed kid-size doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, moving the U.S. closer to beginning vaccinations in children ages 5 to 11. (Pfizer via AP)
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Gov. Brian Kemp speaks at a press conference at the Capitol on Saturday, April 3, 2021, as he and his supporters blast Major League Baseball's decision to move the All-Star game from Georgia over the state's new voting law. (Photo: Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
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Sofia Rosenthal is shown here receiving her COVID-19 vaccination on Monday, her 12th birthday, from Phoena Mack at Dekalb Pediatrics in Decatur. As a newly minted 12-year-old it was the first day Rosenthal was eligible. Her mother, Kristen Rosenthal, sat next to her to comfort her, as Sofia was not looking forward to the shot. But Sofia left proud of herself, said Dr. Jane Wilkov. (PHOTO by STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION)
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Photos of 40 publicly identified law enforcement officers in Georgia who died due to COVID-19. Images provided by Georgia law enforcement agencies or taken from the Officer Down Memorial Page (https://www.odmp.org/).
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FILE - In this Wednesday, March 3, 2021 file photo, a pharmacist holds a vial of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at a hospital in Bay Shore, N.Y. Janssen Pharmaceuticals is a division of Johnson & Johnson. On Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration said it is wrestling with whether and when recipients of the single-shot Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine need another dose — at six months or as early as two months. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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Hawks forward Danilo Gallinari goes to the basket against Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo during the second quarter of Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals Sunday, June 27, 2021, in Atlanta. (Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com)
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July 2, 2020 Atlanta - Travelers wearing face masks make their way at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on Thursday, July 2, 2020. As passenger traffic begins to increase for the Fourth of July holiday weekend, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) officials hosted an informational media briefing to highlight new COVID-19 safety measures. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
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Grady Hospital staffs a vaccine question desk in the main lobby of the hospital Tuesday. Minnette Hardeman, left, who isn’t vaccinated talks with Emory professor Dr. Kimberly Manning, seated center, and senior resident Dr. Billy Joe Mullinax, seated right, who are available in the 'no judgement zone' for anyone with concerns or questions still looking for information on the Covid vaccinations. “I’m afraid of it,” Hardeman said. “I’ve never had nobody to sit down and talk about these things.” (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
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Delta Air Lines employees work the ticket counter in the Domestic Terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta. Delta Air Lines said 90% of its employees are now vaccinated against COVID-19. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
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Care team and patient on the COVID-19 unit at the north campus of Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, Georgia. (Photo courtesy of Phoebe Putney)
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In this file photo, Dr. Jason Laney checks a patient recovering from COVID-19 at Jeff Davis Hospital in Hazlehurst (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
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Here, a Wellstar Health System nurse receives a COVID-19 vaccine shot more than a year ago, in December 2020. Wellstar is among the metro Atlanta health systems mandating that all staff be vaccinated by October 1, and some of its workers have protested. The nurse in this photo was ICU nurse Amanda Earley, the system's first employee to receive the vaccine. Wellstar Health System CEO Candice Saunders watched in the foreground as she got the shot. (Photo courtesy of Wellstar)
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Licensed Practitioner Nurse Brittney Golden administers an Influenza vaccine to Railynn Hicks, 9, of Loganville, at Conyers Pediatrics in Conyers Wednesday (Alyssa Pointer/The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
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The Dunwoody Health and Rehabilitation Center was among the hardest-hit nursing homes in Georgia during the early months of the pandemic. It was hit again with an outbreak recently as the delta variant sickened people across Georgia. But no residents of the home died during the latest surge. Most nursing home residents across the state are vaccinated. STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
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Shawn Kuhn, a University of Georgia senior, died Monday from complications from COVID-19. A family member said he was fully vaccinated for COVID-19. PHOTO CREDIT: Watson & Hunt Funeral Home.
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Dorene Giacopini holds up a photo of her mother Primetta Giacopini while posing for a photo at her home in Richmond, California on Monday, Sept 27. Primetta Giacopini's life ended the way it began — in a pandemic. She was two years old when she lost her mother to the Spanish flu in Connecticut in 1918. Giacopini contracted COVID-19 earlier this month. The 105-year-old struggled with the disease for a week before she died Sept. 16. (AP Photo/Josh Edelson)
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Billy Eugene Moss was a beloved cobbler who operated the Canton Shoe Repair for 66 years. Moss, 87, died from a combination of COVID-19, kidney failure and other causes last month. A framed photograph is displayed at the store's cashier desk next to one of his boots. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
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