Video: Boston doctor explains what’s next for COVID-19 vaccines for kids under 5
Updated: 6:26 PM EDT Jun 15, 2022
MEHLVILLE AVENUE IN DORCHESTER. ERIKA: THE U.S. ISNO ATHER STEP CLOSER TO HAVING COVID-19 VACCINES AVAILABLE TO ALL AMERICANS AS YOUNG AS 6 MONTHS OLD. HERE TO ANSWER QUESTNSIO IS DR. DANIEL KURITZKES, CHIEF OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES AT BRIAMGH AND WOMEN’S HOSPITAL. WE’VE MISSED YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. >> IT’S GOOD TO BE BACK. NICE SOEE S YOU. BEN: AS YOU KNOW, CHILDREN UERND 5 IS THE ONLY GROUP STILL WAITING FOR A VAINCC TODAY, AN ADVISORY BOARD OF EXPERTS FOR THE FDA VOTED TO RECOMMEND AUTHORIZATION OF TWO OPTIONS, ONE FROM MODERNA AND THE OTHER FROM PFIZER, TO THE FULL FDA WHAT HAPPENS NEXT, AND HOW LONG LL IT TAKE? >> THIS HAS BEEN A GREATWO T DAYS FOR CHILDREN. YESTERDAY, THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE TOOKHE T IMPORTANT STEP RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE MODERNA VACCINE FOR CHILDREN AGED 6-11. TAYOD THEY VALTED THE DATA FOR MODERNA AND PFIZER VACCINES FOR CHILDREN 6 MONSTH AND 5 YEARS OF AGE AND RECOMMENDED THAT BOTH OF THEM BE APPROVED. WHAT HAS TO HAPNPE NEXT, THE FDA COMMISSIONER HAS TO AGREE AND FORMALLY APPROVE THOSE VACCINES AND THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION WILL HAVE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ON HOW TO USE T VACCINES. ERIKA: BOTH VACCINES USE THE SA MRNA TECHNOLOGY. DO WE KNOW ABOUT ANY DIFFENERCES? ONE BETTER AND THE OTHER? >> THEY HAVEN’T BEEN COMPARED DIRECTLY. THEY SEEM TO BE ABLE TO GENERATE HIGH LEVELS OF ANTODIBIESND A TO PROTECT AGAINST DISEASE. THERE IS A SOME DIFFERENCE, BECAUSE THE MODERNA VACCINE USES A HIGHER DOSE IN JUST TWO SHOTS. WHEREAS THE PFIZER VACCINE USES A CHMU LOWER DOSE BUT REQUIRES THREE SHOTS. THAT IS ONE DIFFERENCE. OTHERWISE, THEY ARE SIMILAR. BEN: I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE AWO T GROUP. HAVE YOU SEEN ANY THERE’S SAFYET DATA THAT GEIV YOU PAUSE? >> WE’LL BE RECOMMENDGIN THIS TO OUR GRANDDAUGHTER AS SOON AS WE CAN. MESO FEVER, OBVIOUSLY SORE ARM, SOME IRRITABILITY IN THE YOUNGER CHILDREN. NOTHING TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT AT ALL. ERIKA: WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE STEPS. FDA AUTHORIZESES BOTH VACCINES, THE CDC WILL HAVE TO DECIDE WHETHER BABIES AND TODDLERS ACTUALLY NEED THEM. WHAT DO YOU THK?IN >> I THINK IT’S VERY LIKELY THAT THEDC C WILL RECOMMEND VACCINATION TO CHILDREN, INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN AGES 6 MONTHS TO 5 YEA,RS JUST AS THEY HAVE THE FLU VACCINE. WE WANT MAKE SURE THE CHILDREN STAYEALTHY H AND THEY DON’T BRGIN INFECTION HOME TO THEIR PARENTS OR ELDERLY PEOPLE WHO MAYBE IN THE SEAM HOUHOSELD. BEN: YOU SEE THIS VACCINE BECOMING PART OF THE NORMAL COURSE OF THOSE PEDIATRIC VACCINES THAT KIDS G?ET >> I DO. IT WILL BE VERY MUCH LEIK INFLUENZA VACCINE. ONCE YOU HIT AGE 6 MONTHS, YOU CAN SRTTA GETTING VACCINATED AGAINST COVID. YOU WILL GO THROUGH SOME RISEES OF IMMUNIZATIO.NS DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE PANDEMIC, YOU MAYND E UP GETTING REGUR LACOVID VACCINES ALONG WITH REGUL
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Video: Boston doctor explains what’s next for COVID-19 vaccines for kids under 5
Updated: 6:26 PM EDT Jun 15, 2022
On Wednesday, an FDA advisory panel voted to recommend authorization for Pfizer’s and Moderna’s vaccines for children as young as 6 months old.
On Wednesday, an FDA advisory panel voted to recommend authorization for Pfizer’s and Moderna’s vaccines for children as young as 6 months old.
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