Fingers crossed he's right.
in the U.S., but parents of babies and small children have been anxiously wondering when younger kids might be offered the same protection., M.D., director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. For children six months to four years old, he thinks the vaccine will be ready sooner rather than later. “Hopefully within a reasonably short period of time, likely the beginning of next year in 2022, in the first quarter of 2022, it will be available to them,” Dr. Fauci told.
Vaccine trials for kids under five have already begun for the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines. As with the other age groups, the companies will need to submit their trial results to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for evaluation.
reported. From there, the FDA will decide whether to grant the vaccines an emergency use authorization.may already have some level of antibody protection against SARS-CoV-2. “In numerous studies of vaccinated moms, antibodies were found in the umbilical cord blood of babies and in the mother’s breast milk,” Linda Eckert, M.D.
While we wait on a COVID-19 vaccine option for babies and very young kids, one of the best things we can do to protect them from getting sick is to get the people around them vaccinated. That means having
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