Katelyn Evans (right), age 16, participates in the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine trial to study the immunization’s efficacy and safety in adolescents. | Cincinnati Children’s Hospital

It may be a while. Here’s what parents can do in the meantime while their kids aren’t vaccinated and others are.

With the US Covid-19 vaccine supply still limited, and the rollout still slow, immunizing the country’s tens of millions of children under the age of 16 may seem very far off. Many have been left wondering if there is any chance kids will be able to get the shot before the next school year.

The finite vaccine doses — authorized by the Food and Drug Administration for people 16 and older for Pfizer/BioNTech, and 18 and older for Moderna — are currently going to the highest-priority groups to most rapidly reduce deaths. And children