Covid-19 hospitalization rates for children and young adults reach record highs.
on children younger than 12 and to determine the dose required to prompt a sufficient immune response that can prevent severe disease. One study of the Pfizer vaccine among this age group has found that a dose in one-third the amount of an adult dose may be effective for ages 5-11.
And those children may soon become eligible for vaccination, as Pfizer says it expects by September it will have collected enough data to qualify for an emergency use authorization from the FDA for ages 5-11. Moderna has said it anticipates it will apply for authorization to vaccinate that population by the end of this year.
“We’re hoping to have authorization — depending on both results and, of course, a few decisions — not too long after the school year starts,” Dr. Phil Dormitzer, chief scientific officer for viral vaccines at Pfizer, told. A Pfizer spokesperson also told NPR that the company plans to submit their data for children younger than five soon afterward.
Among adults, the overwhelming majority of life-threatening Covid-19 infections are among the unvaccinated. So far, approximately 60 percent of the U.S. population eligible for the vaccine has been fully vaccinated, far below the amount needed to quell the pandemic. “Many of our health care workers’ hearts are broken,” McKeon said. “Because we have the vaccines available, we could have avoided this devastation of our hospitals.”
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