Utah pediatric infectious diseases expert Dr. Andrew Pavia explains the benefits of vaccinating children under 5 against COVID-19.
Christopher Marroquin watches as Curtis Evans administers a COVID-19 vaccine to his sister, Genesis Marroquin, at Midvale Elementary School, on Wednesday, January 26, 2022. COVID-19 vaccines are expected to be approved for children ages 5 years and younger in the coming days., parents may finally get the chance to inoculate their children who are 5 years or younger as early as next week.
“We’ve had several months now in which there’s been a lot of disease out there,” Pavia said, “and younger children have not had any vaccine availability to provide them protection.”1. There will be several places to get your child vaccinated. . The Moderna inoculation consists of two doses and will be offered to children ages 6 months through 5 years, while the Pfizer vaccine will be administered in three doses to children ages 6 months through 4 years.
Cases spiked dramatically at the beginning of 2022, when the omicron variant emerged, and during that time, 15% of emergency room visits by children at surveilled programs were due to COVID-19. “I can attest to that; I’ve gotten infected myself,” he said. “But they do provide very good protection against more severe disease.”
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