REPORTER: THESE ARE KID-SIZED DOSES. THERE ARE 2MI8 LLION CHILDREN WHO COULD GET THEM IF REGULATORS GIVE THE GREEN LIGHT. MILLIONS OF YOUNGER CHILDREN COULD BE WEEKS AWAY FROM THEIR RSFIT SHOT OF A COVID VACCI.NE>> THINK IN REALITY, EARLY TO MID NOVEMBER IN TERMS OF THE TIMING FOR SHOTS TO GO INTO ET ARMSF O 5 TO 11-YEAR-OLDS. REPORTER: PFIZER ASKING THE FDA TO AUTHORIZE EMERGENCY USE OF ITS VACCINE FOR CHILDREN AGES FIVE TO ELEVEN. THE COMPANY SAYS IT TESTED GIVING KIDS ONE THIRD OF THE DOSE ADULTS GET. IT CALLED THE RESPONSE, ROBUST. >> THERE WERE NO SERIOUS SEID EFFECTS IN THE THOUSANDS OF FIVE TO ELEVEN-YEAR-OLDS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE CLINICAL TRIAL REPORTER: PARENTS SPT.LI >> THE MORE IMMUNITY IN THE COMMUNITY, THE BETTER OFF WE' LLALL BE AND I THINK THEY SHOULD GET THE VACCINE, ABSOLUTELY WOULDN'T IT BE SAFER TO KINDA LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE OLDER KIDS AND EVERYTHING FIRST CHILDREN ARE LESS LIKELY TO BECOME SEVERELY ILL OR DIE FROM COVID. REPORTER: BUT THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS SAYS THE VIRUS HAS KILLED HUNDREDS OF KIDS. AND CASES HAVE SPIKED AS DELTA HAS SWEPT THE COY.UNTR >> CHILDREN ABSOLUTELY CAN TRANSMIT THIS VIRUS REPORTER: DOCTORS HAVE A MESSAGE FOR PARENT WHO BELIEVE THE PROCESS IS HAPPENING TOO FAST. >> IF THE FDA AND THE CDC WHO ARE GOING TO BE VERY CAREFUL IN THKINGIN ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THESE VACCINES BELIEVE THE DATA ARE RIGOROUS ENOUGH TO DEMONSTRATE THEY AREAF SE FO TO5 11-YEAR-OLDS, I THINK THAT'S TRUSTWORTHY AICDVE. REPORTER: DOCTORS SAY PARENTS SHOULD BE PATIENT AND LISTEN TO THE SAFETYAT DA. THE FDA ADVISORY COMMITTEE WILL REVIEW IT AT OCTOBER. THEN THE CDC MAKES THE F