The CDC on Saturday backed Pfizer's and Moderna's Covid-19 shots for children as young as 6 months, with vaccinations expected to begin in earnest after the holiday weekend.
"I am fully confident that vaccines should be recommended," said Dr. Grace Lee, chairperson of the CDC's vaccine committee."We can clearly prevent hospitalizations and deaths. And I believe we have the potential to prevent long-term complications of infections that we don't yet understand."
Hospitalizations of children under age 5 with Covid spiked during the winter omicron wave, hitting the highest level of the pandemic for this age group. The overwhelming majority of them, 86%, were admitted primarily due to the impact of Covid on their health,. In other words, they were not picked up in the data because they tested positive for the virus after admission for another health reason.
"These very clear data just decimate the myth that this infection is not life threatening in this age group," said Dr. Sarah Long, a committee member and pediatrician at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children in Philadelphia.Pfizer's vaccine is administered in three doses for children 6 months to 4 years old. The shots are dosed at 3 micrograms, one-tenth the level of what adults receive.
It is crucial that parents who opt for Pfizer make sure their kids get the third shot to have protection against the virus. Two doses were only about 14% effective at preventing infection for kids under age 2, and 33% effective for those ages 2 to 4.
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