Should parents wait to get COVID-19 vaccine for kids younger than 5?
Updated: 5:21 PM EDT Jun 9, 2022
EXACT NUMBER OF VICTIMS OR EXTENTF O INJURIES AT THIS POINT IT WE ARE WORKI TNGO GET MORE INFORMATION FROM MARYLAND. MARIA: FEDERAL HEALTH OFFICIALS WILL MEET WEDNESDAY TO REVWIE APPLICATIONS FOR THE FIRST COVID-19 VACCINES FOR CHILDREN UNDER 5. HERE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONISS DR. KRISTIN MOFFITT,N A INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALIST AT BOSTON CHILDREN’S HOSPIT.AL WE LOOK TO SEE Y,OU DOCTOR, THANK YOU. ED: GREAT TO SEE YOU, DR. MOFFITT. THE FDA PLANS TO REVIEW TWO VACCINES AT THIS MEETING. ONE IS FROM PFIZER. THE OTHER IS FROM MODERNA. WILL REGULATORS HAVE THE SAME QUESTIONS ABOUT BOTH OF THEM? DR. MOFFITT: YES, THEY WILL. THEY ARE CAREFULLY EVALUATING THESE. BOTH COMPANIES HAVE RELEASED A LITTLE BIT OF DA,AT TOO, AROUND THE EFFICACY OF THESE VACCINES, BUT I THINK REGULATORS WILL NEED TO CAREFULLY CONSIDER WHETHER OR NOT THOSE REPRESENT A SIMILAR AMOUNTF O TEIM FROM WHEN THE SUBJECT COULD FINISH THEIR VACCINE SERIES. SO I AM NOT SURE COMPARING THOSE NUMBERS WILL BE ABLE TO BE DONE HEAD-TO-HEAD, BUT MORE TO COME. MARIA: DOCTOR, BOTH VACCINESSE U THE SAME MRNA TECHNOLOGY, BUT THE DOSING HERE IS DIFFERENT. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT IT? DR. MOITFF YEAH, THAT IS RIGHT IN THE PFIZER WILL BE A THREE-MICROGRAM DOSE, WHICH IS 1/10F O THE ADULT DOSE. IT IS GIVEN IN A THREE-DEOS SERIES OVER A THREE-MONTH TIMEFRAME. THE MODERNAS I/4 1 OF THE ADULT MODERNITY DOES, GIVEN 28 DAYS APART. ED: PARENTS COULD HAVE A CHOICE AUTHIZ.OR BASED ON WHAT YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN, IT IS WHAT YOU KNOW RIGHT W,NO OBVIOUSLY, CAN YOU THINK OF A REASON WHY YOU MIGHT RECOMMEND ONE VACCINE OVER THE OTHER? DR. MOFFT:IT NOT YET. WE HAVE NOT SEEN THE ORIGINAL DATA, BUT ONCE THE ORIGINAL DATA ARE REVIEWED, IF INDEED THEY BOTH LOOK SIMILARLY SAFE, AND INDEED THEY BOTH LOOK LIKE THEY HAVE A SIMILLYAR SUCCESSFUL IMMUNE RESPONSE THAT IS GENERATED IN THE ESCHILDREN, THAT I THINK PARENTS AND FAMILIES MAY BE BASGIN THEIR DECISIONS ON REALLY PRACTICAL FACTORS. ONE MAY BE AROUND TIMING. ONE VACCINE SERIES WILL TAKE ABOUT TWO MONTHS LESS THAN THE OTHER. IF THEY ARE EAGER TO GET THEIR CHILD FULLY VACCINATED RIGHT AWAY, THAT MAYMP IACT THE DECISION. ANOTRHE PRACTICAL FACTOR IS WHAT IS AVAILABLE. DOCTORS OFFICES, PEDIATRICIAN OFFICES, PHARMACIES MAINLY OFFER ONE OVER THE OTHER. MARIA: NATIONALLY, PARENTS HEAV BEEN RELUCTANT TO VACCINATE KIDS IN THE FIVE-TO-11-YEAR-OLD AGE RANGE. SO DO YOU THINK THEY WLIL HAVE EVEN LESS INTEREST IN VACCINATING THEIR BABIES AND TODDLERS? BASED ON THAT? DR. MOFFITT: YEAH, I THINK IT IS POSSIBLE. I THINK THERE AIS TREND TOWARD MORE RELUCTANCE OR HESITATION TOWARDNY A INTERVENTION AS CHILDREN GET YOUNGER AND YOUNGER AND INTO THE EMBASSY AGE. ONLY ABOUT 20% TO 25% OF PARENTS IN THIS AGE RANGE, STUDY SHOW, ARE GOING TO GET THEIR CHILD VACCINATED RIGHT AY,WA BUT A LARGER PERCENT SAYS THEY ARE GOING TO CONSIDER VACCINATION ONCE TREHE IS MORE EXPERIENCE AND SAAT — AND SAFETY DATA USING THE VACCINES IN THIS AGE GROUP THAT HAS BEEN THE TREND IN EVERY AGE GROUP, WHEN THESE VACCINES ARE ROLLED OUT SO FAR, AND I EXPECT WE WILL SEEHA TT TREND IN THE VERY YOUNG CHILDREN, TOO. ED: DR. MOFFITT, THANK YOU. GREAT TO SEE YOU. DR. MOFFITT: SURE. MARIA: STAY WELL. ANRIA: STAY WELL.
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Should parents wait to get COVID-19 vaccine for kids younger than 5?
Updated: 5:21 PM EDT Jun 9, 2022
Dr. Kristin Moffitt, an infectious disease specialist with Boston Children’s Hospital, talks about COVID-19 vaccines for children younger than 5.
Dr. Kristin Moffitt, an infectious disease specialist with Boston Children’s Hospital, talks about COVID-19 vaccines for children younger than 5.
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