A nationwide rollout to vaccinate children under the age of five began today, with children under the age of three carrying the Kovid vaccine in their arms.
The Centers for Disease Control on Saturday authorized the Kovid vaccine for children under five years of age and recommended it only for children as young as 6 months, even though state-level reports suggest that all children are infected with COVID-19 cases. 0.00 – 0.02 percent died in
Parents queue to bring their children to the doctors in Pennsylvania, who were keeping a clinic to vaccinate them modern jab, which is a panel of advisors CDC Voted unanimously to authorize 12-0 on Saturday.
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The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday authorized Moderna Inc’s shot for children aged six months to five years and Pfizer-BioNtech’s vaccine for children aged six months to four years. Pfizer’s vaccine is already authorized for children over the age of five.
CDC Director Rochelle Valensky couldn’t keep a smile off her face as she officially signed off on COVID-19 vaccines for babies as young as six months old.
4-year-old Jade O’Brien receives the Moderna Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Vaccine at Skippack Pharmacy in Schwanksville, Pennsylvania
A 3-year-old child receives the Moderna vaccine. A nationwide role to vaccinate children under five begins today, even as state-level reports show that 0.00 – 0.02 percent of all child COVID-19 cases resulted in death
Parents queued to bring their children to the doctors in Pennsylvania, who were keeping a clinic to vaccinate them from the Modern jab, which a panel of CDC advisors unanimously authorized on Saturday 12-0. Voted to.
The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday authorized Moderna Inc’s shot for children aged six months to five years and Pfizer-BioNtech’s vaccine for children aged six months to four years. Pfizer vaccine already authorized for children over the age of five
Following approval, Valensky posted a clip on Twitter in which he said: ‘Nearly 20 million children are now able to be vaccinated against COVID-19. I know many parents with very young children are looking forward to this day.’
Valensky continued: ‘We now know, based on rigorous scientific review, that vaccines available here in the United States can be used safely and effectively in children under the age of five. Vaccination is an important opportunity to protect children from hospitalization and death due to COVID-19.
More than half of parents of children in this age group say they do not have enough information about the safety and effectiveness of vaccines for children under the age of 5.
vote for kff found that only one in five parents (18%) of children under the age of 5 are eager to get their child vaccinated immediately, while a large proportion (38%) say they want to see We are planning to wait a while to see how the vaccine is working. other.
Four in ten parents of children under the age of 5 are more reluctant to vaccinate their child, 27% said they definitely would not vaccinate their child and 11% said they would only Will do it when they need it.
For children between the ages of one and four, COVID-19 is the fifth leading cause of death.
The same data says that hospitalizations in that age group increased during December 2021 at the height of the omicron wave.
But for most children infected with COVID, symptoms are exceptionally mild.
4-year-old Neena Jayavikreem screams after getting injection from Dr. Mayank Amin
In contrast, young children are at risk for a rare but potentially serious – and even fatal – heart inflammation associated with COVID vaccines called myocarditis.
Millions of American children have already been infected with and recovered from COVID, further complicating the issue, as the infection is believed to leave people with at least a few months of immunity. Is.
This has left many parents weighing in on whether to vaccinate their child, although experts have urged them to do so.
The shot would also be welcomed by parents of under-fives with underlying conditions who are vulnerable to potentially-serious side effects from COVID.
And it’s also been found that the virus has caused a rare but serious inflammatory disorder called MIS-C, which means some parents choose to have their kids get shots to try and protect them from the condition. can.
Valensky said in a statement: ‘Together with science, we have taken another important step in our country’s fight against COVID-19.’
The director added: ‘We know that millions of parents and caregivers are eager to get their young children vaccinated, and with today’s decision, they can do so.
‘I encourage parents and caregivers to speak with their doctor, nurse, or local pharmacist to learn more about the benefits of vaccination and the importance of getting their children vaccinated.’
According to the CDC’s own data, 442 children aged four years and younger in the US have died from Kovid-19.
In her statement, CDC Director Rochelle Valensky said: ‘Together with science, we have taken another important step in our nation’s fight against COVID-19.
For children 1 to 4 years old, COVID-19 is the fifth leading cause of death
President Joe Biden has said the national rollout for children will begin after the holiday weekend
Beth Bell, one of the doctors on the CDC panel, said after the vote, ‘This infection kills children and we have an opportunity to stop it. ‘Here is an opportunity to stop a known risk.’
President Joe Biden’s administration plans to introduce vaccines to under-fives starting today after the Juneteenth holiday weekend.
“We will begin shipping millions of vaccine doses for children to thousands of places parents know and trust — including pediatricians’ offices, children’s hospitals and pharmacies,” Biden said in a statement Friday. Huh.”
‘As doses are distributed, parents will be able to start vaccinations for their youngest children as early as next week, with appointments spurring in the coming days and weeks.’
Biden’s Covid Czar, Dr. Ashish Jha, has said that there will be ten million doses available for infants and toddlers.
According to the Census Bureau, there are 20 million children between the ages of six months and five years in the United States.
Production of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for children under 5 in Purs, Belgium
Biden’s Covid Czar, Dr Ashish Jha says 10 million doses will be available for infants and toddlers
Dr Matthew Daly, a senior clinical investigator at Kaiser Permanente Institute of Health Research, said on Friday that people over the age of five who have not been vaccinated are ten times more likely to die from COVID-19.
Dr. Daly did not say what the death rate was for non-vaccinated children under the age of five.
While many parents in the United States are eager to get their children vaccinated, it is unclear how strong the demand for the shots will be.
The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was authorized in October for children ages five to 11, but only 29% of that group has yet to be fully vaccinated, federal data shows.
CVS Health Corp. plans to make the vaccines available to children 18 months and older, while Rite Aid Corp. and Walmart Inc. plan to offer these shots to children who are at least three years old. Babies are traditionally vaccinated in a doctor’s office.
Public health officials are pushing for childhood vaccinations before the new school year because they hope shots for the age group will help prevent hospitalizations and deaths if COVID-19 cases rise again.
CDC advisors will meet again next week to consider whether to use Moderna Vaccine for children and teens between the ages of six and 17.
There is some concern about the rate of rare cases of heart inflammation in teenage boys and youth from Moderna Vaccine, and consultants are expected to consider that data.