Authorities in one of the largest cities in California are planning to soon mandate COVID-19 vaccination for children as young as 5. Health orders for San Francisco imposed in August require proof of COVID-19 vaccination to enter restaurants, gyms, and other establishments. The orders only apply to people 12 and older. But with the emergency use authorization (EUA) of Pfizer’s jab for those between 5 and 11, they will be extended after a “limited time,” Dr. Susan Philip, health officer for the city and county of San Francisco, told a town hall on Nov. 2. “We definitely want to wait and make sure that children have an opportunity to get vaccinated, so that will happen no sooner than about eight weeks after the vaccine is available to kids,” Philip said. “So there will be a limited time in which there will not be those requirements, is our plan, but at some …