In an open letter, around 250 doctors are begging the FDA to remove the “red tape” and approve a COVID vaccine for kids under 5.
has surged across the country, the vaccinated face a remarkably low risk of severe illness or death. But for families with kids under 5 who still aren’t eligible to be vaccinated, this is still an excruciating time, filled with the kinds of constant risk calculations no parent should have to do, let alone on a daily basis.
Now, doctors are banding together to find a way to keep younger children safe from COVID. Around 250 physicians from all over the country, posted this week, asking that the FDA cut through its “red tape” and authorize a vaccine for kids under 5. “We are concerned physicians requesting your urgent attention in regards to protecting our youngest patients and children through access to life-saving COVID-19 vaccines,” the letter reads. “As the Omicron variant surges throughout the United States, parents and physicians continue to have no options for protecting our children under five years of age against COVID-19.
“This is a Band-Aid solution … the best solution long-term would be preventing even getting to this situation,” she said. The FDA has tested a low dose of the vaccine in children under 5. In a recently published study, they found that kids ages 6 months to two years responded to the lower dose, while kids ages 2-5 did not. Trials are now testing higher amounts of vaccine and additional doses in that age group.
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