Photos: Dolls and stickers help under 5 year olds find smiles and comfort during COVID vaccinations
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Ansley Dinkler, 4, hides behind her cow doll as a syringe is prepared for her to administer a COVID vaccination at Children's Hospital New Orleans on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. Children under five can now receive the vaccination. (Photo by Chris Granger | The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate)
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Jade Harris, 4, reacts with relief after the needle is removed from his arm as he and his sister, Hazel, 4, get simultaneous COVID vaccinations at Children's Hospital New Orleans on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. Children under five can now receive the vaccination. (Photo by Chris Granger | The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate)
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Ansley Dinkler, 4, right, and Camilla Gurrero, 4, show off their Band-Aids moments after they both received COVID vaccinations at Children's Hospital New Orleans on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. Children under five can now receive the vaccination. (Photo by Chris Granger | The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate)
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Lylah Templeton, 3, is held tightly by her mom, Colleen, as she gets a COVID vaccination at Children's Hospital New Orleans on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. Children under five can now receive the vaccination. (Photo by Chris Granger | The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate)
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Ansley Dinkler, 4, reacts as a COVID vaccination is administered into her arm at Children's Hospital New Orleans on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. Children under five can now receive the vaccination. (Photo by Chris Granger | The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate)
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Flora Grace Brown, 1, holds onto her doll as she gets a COVID vaccine at Children's Hospital New Orleans on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. Children under five years old can now receive the vaccine. (Photo by Chris Granger | The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate)
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Camilla Gurrero, 4, stands close to her parents, Lydia and Lenin, as she watches syringes being brought out to administer COVID vaccinations at Children's Hospital New Orleans on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. (Photo by Chris Granger | The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate)
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Camilla Gurrero, 4, winces as LPN Renada Celestin gives her a COVID vaccination as her parents, Lydia and Lenin, try to comfort her at Children's Hospital New Orleans on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. (Photo by Chris Granger | The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate)
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Hazel Harris, 4, sits in the arms of her mom, Heather, after she got her COVID vaccination at Children's Hospital New Orleans on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. Children under five can now receive the vaccination. (Photo by Chris Granger | The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate)
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A smiling bee pin on a shirt helps children smile as LPN Lynell Major gets ready to administer a COVID vaccine at Children's Hospital New Orleans on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. Children under five years old can now receive the vaccine. (Photo by Chris Granger | The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate)
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Rooney Brown, 4, holds onto a doll as her mom, Jessica, goes through the paperwork to get her daughter a COVID vaccine at Children's Hospital New Orleans on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. (Photo by Chris Granger | The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate)
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From tears to confidence Lylah Templeton, 3, gives a thumbs up to her mom, Colleen, who was taking her picture after she received a COVID vaccination at Children's Hospital New Orleans on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. Children under five can now receive the vaccination. (Photo by Chris Granger | The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate)
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Rooney Brown, 4, left, is met by hospital staff and media after she got her COVID vaccination at Children's Hospital New Orleans on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. (Photo by Chris Granger | The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate)
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Rooney Brown, 4, left, sits on the lap of her mom, Jessica, as she gets a COVID vaccine from RN Megan Valente while at the same time Ansley Dinkler, 4, right, sits on the lap of her mom, Ayame, as LPN Lynell Major administers a COVID vaccination at Children's Hospital New Orleans on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. (Photo by Chris Granger | The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate)
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A tear falls down the face of Camilla Gurrero, 4, as she looks at the butterfly puppet given to her by staff of Children's Hospital New Orleans to help get her mind off the COVID vaccination she received moments before on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. Her parents, Lydia, right, and Lenin, center, are with her as LPN Renada Celestin, left, checks on her. (Photo by Chris Granger | The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate)
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Syringes are prepared as children under five sign up with their parents to get a COVID vaccine at Children's Hospital New Orleans on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. (Photo by Chris Granger | The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate)
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Signs celebrate vaccinations as children under five get a COVID vaccine at Children's Hospital New Orleans on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. (Photo by Chris Granger | The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate)