Video: Boston doctor’s key takeaways from Pfizer announcement on young kids’ COVID-19 vaccine
Updated: 6:39 PM EDT May 23, 2022
ERIKA: AS WE’VE BEEN REPORTING, THERE IS SOME IMPORTANT NEWS FOR PARENTS TONIGHT ON THE VACCINE FRONT. N:BE PFIZER SAYS PRELIMINARY FINDINGS SHOW THREE DOSES OF ITS COVID VACCINE PRODUCED A STRONG IMMUNE RESPONSE IN KIDS UNDER 5. HERE TO ANSWER YOUQUR ESTIONS IS DR. ALI RAJA, DEPUTY CIRHA OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE AT M. THESE PARENTS HAVE BEEN WAITING LONG TIME FOR KIDS UNDER FIVE. WE DON’T HAVTHE E SUPPORTING DATA HERE YET, SO WHAT DO PARENTS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS ANNOUNCEMENT? JUST BASED ON WHATHE T COMPANIES PUT OUT? >> IT’S A GREAT QUESTION. LIKE YOU SAID, WE DON’T HAVE THE DATA YET. BUT THE PRESS RELEASE THEY PUT OUT DID HAVE SOME INFORMATION. THOSE PRESS RELEASES HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT WITH THE DATA THAT WE DO PUT OUT. ITS I PRETTY POSITIVE. THISS I A THREEOSE-D SERIES. WITH THREE MICROGRAM DOSE PER SHOT. WHAT THEY DO, GET THE FSTIR TWO DOSES AND WAIT ANOTHER TWO MONTHS TO GET THE THIRD DOSE. THERE’S A SIMILAR ANTIBODY RESPONSE INHE T YOUNGTES KIDS THAN THERE WAS WITH 16 TO 25-YEAR-OLD. THEY ARE A REALLY GREAT SAFETY PROFILE. THIS IS LOOKING REALLY GOOD. I WILL ADD LITTLE BIT OF CAUTION, THEY SAY IT’S ABOUT 80% PROTECTED AGAINST SYMPTOMATIC COVI19D-. THEY ONLY HAD TEN CASES OF COVID IN THE TRIAL SO FAR. THEY WILL DO A FORMAL ANALYSIS WHEN THEY GETP U TO 21 CASES. WE’LL PROBABLY SEE THAT 80% NUMBER CHANGE A LITETL B,IT REGARDLESS. ERIKA: IT COMES RHTIG ATHE T RIGHT TIME. BROOKLINE JUST ANNOUNCED THAT IT’S BRINGING ITS MASK MANDATE BACK IN PUBLIC SPACES LIKE SCHOOLS. SHOULD THERE BE MORE OF THIS? AND SHOULD THIS RELYAL COME WITH A KN95 OR N95 RECOMMENDATION? ARE CLOTH MASKS STILL WORTHWHILE? >> RIGHT NOW, I THINKE W ALL NEED TO BE FOCUSINGN O WEARING 5’SN9 KN95’S. WE’RE ALSO GOING TO BE SEEING MORE OF THIS IN THE COMING WEEKS. REMEMBER SUFFOLK COUNTY AND MIDDLE S — — THEY ARE LISTED HIGH RISK AREAS. THOSE DATA ARE GOING TO INFORM ATWH WE DO ON A WEEK TO WEEK BASIS. RIGHT NOW,E WSHOULD BE WEARING MASKS WHEN WREE’ GATHERING IN PUBLIC PLACES INDOORS. THAT WILL GO AWAY AGAIN AT SOME POINT. WE JUST REMEMBER, THAT WE NEED TO REMEMBER TO BE FLEXIEBL AS THE DATA GOES UP AND DOWN. BEN: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR EXPERTISE AS ALWAYS. AND TO OUR VIEWERS IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS THAT YOU’D LIKE OUR EXPERTS TO ANSWER EMAIL THEM T
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Video: Boston doctor’s key takeaways from Pfizer announcement on young kids’ COVID-19 vaccine
Updated: 6:39 PM EDT May 23, 2022
Pfizer says preliminary findings show three doses of its COVID-19 vaccine produced a strong immune response in children under the age of 5.
Pfizer says preliminary findings show three doses of its COVID-19 vaccine produced a strong immune response in children under the age of 5.
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