The Tuesday vote by a critical advisory group of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was to endorse doses PfizerIt’s called and BioNTechThe Covid-19 vaccine is for children aged 5-11 years. This is the final step before doctors can start giving shots to up to 28 million kids eligible in the U.S.

The CDC Director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, will consider accepting the recommendation of the agency’s Advisory Committee on Immunizing Practices. Young children could be vaccinated immediately if she signs off (which is possible as early Tuesday).

Some parents claim they are. counting down the minutesUp until U.S. regulators can clear the skies and get their kids back on track, they will need to be able to send them to regular in-person learning and sports.

Some members of the committee noted, prior to voting, the effects the pandemic had on children.

It is tragic that so many children lost their parents or became orphaned by this pandemic. “As an infectious disease specialist who also vaccinated my children as well, Dr. Camille Kotton said that she is fully in favor of the vaccine being recommended for this age group.

Walensky informed the committee that although children are less likely to be affected by severe Covid cases than those in the adult population, a minority of them still do. Data shared at the meeting by the CDC showed that more than 2,316 children aged between 5 and 11 years have experienced multisystem inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C), a rare, but severe, Covid-related complication.

Dr. Matthew Daley from the CDC stated that there were at most 1.9 million Covid deaths among the affected age groups, 8300 hospitalizations and at minimum 94 deaths. He said that the burden of this pandemic goes beyond just counting cases. Covid also caused closures in schools across the country.

Walensky stated that while the chances of a child developing severe Covid or needing hospitalization, as well as a long-term complication such MIS-C remain low, they are still too high for our children.

According to WHO, full vaccination of 1,000,000 children ages 5-11 would result in 58,000 Covid-related infections, 241 hospitalizations, and one death. a modeled scenario published by the Food and Drug Administration last week. The agency said that up to 106 children could be infected with vaccine-induced myocarditis, but the majority would survive.

It FDA granted emergency approval for the shots on Friday. The White House said Monday it began the process of moving 15 million doses from Pfizer’s freezers and facilities to distribution centers. According to the Biden administration, it is a “record of operations”. procured enough vaccine to inoculate all 28 million 5- to 11-year-olds in the U.S., and will distribute it in smaller dosing and with smaller needles to make it easier for pediatricians and pharmacists to administer to kids.

Jeff Zients White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator stated Monday, “The kids vaccination program will fully be operational starting the week of November 8.” Parents will have the ability to make appointments at sites that they trust and can schedule their children’s vaccinations.

Pfizer announced Tuesday that the side effects of the shot in its clinical trial on children aged 5-11 years found them to be milder than those experienced by teens and adults between 16 and 25. The CDC lists fatigue as a side effect for both teens and adults.

Federal regulators last week said they will be monitoring rare diseases of the heart, such as myocarditis (rare inflammation condition), and pericarditis (rare disease). These conditions have only been found in young people who were vaccinated with Moderna or Pfizer. Pfizer did not find any cases of myocarditis during its trial for children. However, officials suggested that the trial might have been insufficient to confirm the rare condition.

Children aged between 5 and 11 years old are not likely to have the same condition as teens. Dr. Matthew Oster from the CDC was a pediatric cardiologist who spoke Tuesday to the committee.

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