That is why when adults meet, they think of difficult situations. What are the chances of a child getting covid infection? How much protection does a vaccine offer? What are the symptoms and side effects that children experience when receiving this treatment?
In view of both of these questions, says Blumberg, “the benefits far outweigh any risks involved.”
Instead, trials and experiments showed that in almost all cases of covid, vaccination of children protects against serious illness and death, with minimal risk.
Findings from the study
The Pfizer study, which began in March 2021, took about 2,300 children and gave them two-thirds of them a two-dose vaccine, while the others received a placebo. The shot was given for 21 days apart and, in particular, at a lower rate than that of the elderly – one-third of the total number of vaccines.
From this study, three children who received the vaccine were infected with covid, where there were 16 cases among the placebo group – about 91% active. The effects were mild and mild, and myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart that has been shown to be a rare and possibly serious side effect, has not been observed (rates among adults range from about 7 million, so 2,300 is a very small sample).
These days, said Monday that his studies on children under the age of 12 — and twice as long as half the adult dose given over a 28-day period — also show powerful results. The vaccine will no longer be a negotiator when the FDA meets, and will go through the legal process Pfizer currently has before it is given to children.
Significantly, these studies have shown that vaccination reduces the risk of children developing covid symptoms and hospitalization according to adult statistics — and without any known complications.
Can vaccines help children get rid of the plague?
Vaccination does not only affect individual benefits, however, although this is very important. On a larger scale, says epidemiologist Maimuna Majumder, vaccination of children can affect the course of the epidemic.
“One of the things that makes school-age children – especially young children – special is not the number of people they hang out with in one day and the age difference between the people they hang out with,” says Majumder, a member of the organization. . Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. “They spend time with friends at school and abroad, as well as with older teachers and caregivers, as well as with their families.”