![]() Opinion: As the US inches toward Covid vaccines for its youngest, a pediatrician weighs in (Photo by Ezequiel BECERRA / AFP) (Photo by EZEQUIEL BECERRA/AFP via Getty Images) EZEQUIEL BECERRA/AFP/AFP via Getty Images He said almost 70% of kids have been infected at some point, but they can always get it again – and even if it was mild the first time, that doesn’t mean it will be the next time.Ī girl receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against Covid-19, at a vaccination post inside the Children's Museum, in San Jose, Costa Rica, on January 12, 2022. ![]() Covid-19, however, has been “quite common” in children, Jha said. We didn’t really see it in kids who were 5 to 11, either.”īecause children get severe Covid-19 less frequently than adults, some parents may wonder if they should bother to get their little ones vaccinated. Claudia Hoyen, director of pediatric infection control at UH Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital in Cleveland. If we start seeing it, all those bells and whistles will go off and bring our attention to it,” said Dr. ![]() “Of course, we have all the mechanisms in place once we start vaccinating kids next week. In most of those cases, the symptoms went away quickly.īut myocarditis was not found to be a problem in the trials in young children. The scientists who conducted trials on the youngest children were also watching closely to see if any of the children had problems with myocarditis, inflammation of the heart muscle, because there were a handful of cases among older children and adults. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters/FileįDA finds Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine is safe and effective in younger kids Less than 1% of all participants in the trial had a fever that reached 104 degrees.įILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker fills up a syringe with a dose of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for a booster shot at the vaccination reference center at the Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute (EBPI) in Zurich, Switzerland November 17, 2021. Kids were slightly more prone to get a fever with the Moderna vaccine it happened with about a quarter of the trial participants, versus less than 10% with Pfizer. “My big picture for parents is really the side effects should not be alarming,” Paulsen said. Side effects were mild to moderate and were far less frequent with this young age group than with older ages, Paulsen said. “And again, after giving these vaccines to millions of children, it’s really reassuring to know that for young kids these vaccines are exceedingly safe.” Ashish Jha, White House Covid-19 response coordinator said on CBS on Monday. But thankfully, there have not been any serious side effects of these vaccines,” Dr. About 24 hours of some kids, you know, they kind of don’t feel as well, they feel tired, they don’t have the same appetite. “It’s very similar to the side effects we’ve seen for older kids or for adults. Some children had irritability or fussiness, loss of appetite, headache, abdominal pain or discomfort, enlarged lymph nodes, mild diarrhea or vomiting. “Those are all what I would classify as pretty common side effects that most parents that have taken their children to the doctor to get their various hepatitis and tetanus vaccines and all that kind of stuff were probably pretty used to,” Paulsen said.Īs far as systemic or body-wide symptoms, the most common was fatigue or sleepiness. Trends are shifting, but Covid-19 and its effects are still not equitable Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images ![]() Side effects most commonly included pain at the injection site, and sometimes there was swelling or redness. Grant Paulsen, the principal site investigator for the Pfizer and the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine clinical trials for kids 6 months to 11 years old at Cincinnati Children’s. “In general, I think the most common side effects from either of the vaccines are still the most common side effects we see from pretty much any child that gets any vaccine,” said Dr. Most vaccine side effects are mild, short-lived The safety data from Moderna and Pfizer, vetted by the FDA and CDC, found potential side effects were mostly mild and short-lived.įor parents and caregivers planning to get their little ones vaccinated, pediatricians say there are a few things to watch out for – generally the same effects adults or older children might have experienced after their shots. Opinion: We finally have a Covid-19 vaccine for the youngest kids. Care Health Plan vaccination clinic at Los Angeles Mission College in the Sylmar neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, January 19, 2022. A nurse administers a pediatric dose of the Covid-19 vaccine to a girl at a L.A.
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