“The long-term unknowns of kids getting COVID scare me much more than a phase-two trial conducted under supervision,” writes irin
A baby gets a shot . Photo: Getty Images The day my phone rang last week was unusual in that I had not yet Googled “when can kids get the COVID vaxx,” “pediatric vaccine timeline,” or some combination thereof, despite having been awake for hours. It hadn’t been necessary: Fellow despairing parents of those too young to be vaccinated had already filled my social-media feeds with the latest, grimmest headlines.
When my phone rang last Wednesday evening — a Minnesota number I didn’t recognize — I answered out of reportorial reflex. The guy, who sounded like a 30-something bro, said he was calling on behalf of a pediatric COVID-vaccine trial. Was I still interested in enrolling my child? We hung up with Minnesota just after 5 p.m. By 8 p.m., blessed with personal and professional flexibility, we were loading a sleepy toddler into the car to drive for as long as we could. In the breathless interim, we’d figured out the drive would take between six and eight hours and that even with the later appointment, it would make sense to break up the journey.
“New York!” more than one of the researchers said in faint surprise, as if they wondered why we’d bothered. “Wasn’t there a study site closer to you?” Then again, the study doctor shrugged, “We aren’t struggling to enroll people.” Our spot had opened up because someone had canceled at the last minute.
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