Here’s what experts say about the process for approving vaccines for kids under five—and how to keep them safe in the meantime
on vaccines for kids ages two to five until March. And neither Moderna nor Pfizer-BioNTech has released any data yet.
. But October came and went. Finally, in December, Pfizer and BioNTech announced that the vaccine didn’t generate the same robust antibody protection in kids ages two to five as it had in older populations. It’s unclear why the companies didn’t pursue emergency use authorization for this age group. Pfizer declined an interview request for this article and referredMoffitt says it’s possible the companies made the decisions on trials with vaccine hesitancy in mind. For every parent who is eager to get their child vaccinated, there’s a parent who is worried about the potential side effects.
after safety signals pointed to a higher risk of heart inflammation in young men ages 18 to 29. “I think that has subsequently held up all the age groups,” she says. And there’s no indication when that data is going to be available to submit. Moffitt says that clinical trial investigators would typically wait another month after a third dose has been administered to measure antibody responses and compile the data. She says that Fauci would certainly have the best information on when Pfizer and BioNTech expect to have that data but depending how long it takes, “we could be looking at late winter or even to early spring.
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