Children and COVID - Sept 2021

• Pfizer, BioNTech Say Covid-19 Vaccine Is Safe for Young Children, Generates Immune Response WDJ Sept 20, 21
  • "Pfizer Inc. and partner BioNTech SE said their Covid-19 vaccine was found to be safe and generated a strong immune response in children aged 5 to 11 years in a late-stage study, bringing the prospect of broader vaccination coverage closer."
  • "Pfizer said it would share the results with regulators in the U.S. and other countries and seek emergency use authorization in the U.S. as soon as possible."
  • "Pfizer and BioNTech said they had not yet determined vaccine efficacy—how well it protects against Covid-19—for children in the age group."
• Pfizer says its vaccine is safe for children 5 to 11. Will parents buy in? NYT Sept 20, 2021
  • "There are about 28 million children ages 5 to 11 in the United States,..."
  • "Though Ms. Goebel said she had been vaccinated herself, she expressed worry about the risks for her children, in part because of the relatively small size of trials in children and the lack of long-term safety data so far. She said the potential risk from a new vaccine seemed to her to outweigh the benefit, because young children have been far less likely to become seriously sick from the virus than adults."
  • "All 50 states currently mandate vaccination against diseases such as polio, measles and chickenpox."
  • "No state has mandated that children or adolescents be vaccinated against the coronavirus,..."
• Scientists examine the unique immune systems of children as more fall victim to COVID-19 Kaiser - USA today Sept 19, 2021
• More kids are hospitalized with Covid, but researchers aren’t sure if they’re sicker, too NBC News Sept 16
  • "Doctors say they are noting more instances of children falling severely ill as the pandemic has progressed and the delta variant has become predominant."
• Covid: Which countries are vaccinating children and why? BBC Sept 14
  • Many in Europe and US 12 and up, China 3 and up
• Why the Delta Variant Is Giving More Children Covid Bloomberg Sept 14
• U.S. could authorize Pfizer COVID-19 shot for kids age 5-11 in October -sources Reuters Sept 10
• US data show child COVID-19 cases rising exponentially Univ of Minn Sept 8
• What the data reveals about children and Covid-19 in the US CNN Sept 1
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Virus and Children in Vitamin D Life

Note: Problems did not occur until 16 months after other vaccinations (30,000 children)

Vaccinations resulted in increased office visits for children 16 months later - Nov 2020
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