Pfizer began packing up pediatric doses to be distributed shortly after, with the company saying 11 million doses are expected to go out in the first 10 days -- but some families may not know the best way to get a vaccination for their children. Why these families are jumping at the chance to get their kids vaccinated against Covid The first step is to call your pediatrician's office and see when their next appointment is available, Dr. Leana Wen, a CNN medical analyst, said. If the wait time is just a matter of days, Wen said she would wait and take the appointment.
For those who are booked for weeks, it may be best to get on a waitlist with the physician and look for other options. Read More. Chain and local pharmacies can be the next stop, recommended Wen, who is also an emergency physician and professor of health policy and management at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health. Unexpected result that wasn't reported to NIH leads to questions about Wuhan lab.
Man with vaccine side-effect has message for unvaccinated. WH unveiled plans to vaccinate children. Hear from US surgeon general. Shortly after she issued her recommendation, staff at Hartford HealthCare in Connecticut vaccinated a half-dozen boys and girls, streaming the event on Facebook.
Earlier Tuesday, CDC's independent vaccine advisers voted in favor of the child-sized doses of vaccine for the younger kids. Read More. Members of CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices spent an unusually long time speaking in support of the vaccine before they voted.
And that we should be very confident to deploy it to the maximum to do what it is meant to do without significant concerns of serious adverse effects," said Dr. Beth Bell, a clinical professor of global health at the University of Washington, said after the vote. But I think another point that we made to the American public is that we do understand that people have legitimate concerns and that they have lots of questions. We really encourage people to ask their providers, to visit the CDC website, to talk to their friends, their parents and do what they need to do to feel comfortable with their decision," Bell added.
FDA authorizes Pfizer's Covid vaccine for children 5 to President Joe Biden weighed in, calling the decision a turning point in the battle against the pandemic. It is a major step forward for our nation in our fight to defeat the virus," Biden said in a statement. We have already secured enough vaccine supply for every child in America, and over the past weekend, we began the process of packing and shipping out millions of pediatric vaccine doses.
In the last few months, we have seen the highest Covid infection rates among children since the start of the pandemic, and many children's hospitals have recently had overflowing ICUs. While the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine has been authorized for use in children 12 and older since May, children under 12 have had no opportunity for vaccination outside of clinical trials. Many of these children are in schools with minimal mitigation measures in place, and are thus at significant risk of infection, particularly when community circulation is high.
Emergency authorization of a safe and effective vaccine is a game changer for these children and their families. How to talk to your kids about the Covid vaccines. For these last two groups of parents, there are several vaccine benefits to consider. Read More. First, the vaccine will offer children protection from infection and related complications, such as hospitalization and long Covid.
According to the FDA, the vaccine was found to be Third, being fully vaccinated means that if a child is exposed to someone with Covid, they don't have to quarantine. This is critical for preventing school absenteeism, as many children have already been forced to miss school, and many schools have no remote learning options available for this school year.
From an equity perspective, vaccination of this age group may alleviate some of the long-standing educational disparities that have been exacerbated by the pandemic.
The more eligible people who get vaccinated, the fewer Covid cases and deaths the US will experience overall. Why I'm going to vaccinate my kids against Covid On the other side of the equation, what are the potential risks of vaccination?
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