Covid-19: Seeds of vaccine mistrust sown by neglect of Northland
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Three doses of Pfizers COVID-19 vaccine offer strong protection for children younger than 5, the company announced Monday. Pfizer plans to give the data to U.S. regulators later this week in a step toward letting the littlest kids get the shots.The news comes after months of anxious waiting by parents desperate to vaccinate their babies, toddlers and preschoolers, especially as COVID-19 cases once again are rising. The 18 million tots under 5 are the only group in the U.S. not yet eligible for COVID-19 vaccination.SEE MORE: FDA Clears COVID Booster Shot For Healthy Kids Ages 5 To 11The Food and Drug Administration has begun evaluating data from rival Moderna, which hopes to begin offering two kid-sized shots by summer.Pfizer has had a bumpier time figuring out its approach. It aims to give tots an even lower dose just one-tenth of the amount adults receive but discovered during its trial that two shots didnt seem quite strong enough for preschoolers. So researchers gave a third shot to more than 1,600 youngsters from age 6 months to 4 years during the winter surge of the Omicron variant.In a press release, Pfizer and its partner BioNTech said the extra shot did the trick, revving up tots levels of virus-fighting antibodies enough to meet FDA criteria for emergency use of the vaccine with no safety problems.Preliminary data suggested the three-dose series is 80% effective in preventing symptomatic COVID-19, the companies said, but they cautioned the calculation is based on just 10 cases diagnosed among study participants by the end of April. The study rules state that at least 21 cases are needed to formally determine effectiveness, and Pfizer promised an update as soon as more data is available.The companies already had submitted data on the first two doses to the FDA, and BioNTechs CEO, Dr. Ugur Sahin, said the final third-shot data would be submitted this week.Whats next? FDA vaccine chief Dr. Peter Marks has pledged the agency will move quickly without sacrificing our standards in evaluating tot-sized doses from both Pfizer and Moderna.The agency has set tentative dates next month for its scientific advisers to publicly debate data from each company.While COVID-19 generally isnt as dangerous to youngsters as to adults, some children do become severely ill or even die. And the Omicron variant hit children especially hard, with those under 5 hospitalized at higher rates than at the peak of the previous Delta surge.Its not clear how much demand there will …
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