Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine gave children 5 and older strong protection against hospitalization and death even during the omicron surge that hit youngsters especially hard, U.S. health officials reported Tuesday.
When the CDC did the study in late November, it estimated 103 million people had been affected. This means over the course of two months 37 million more people caught the virus by late January.This comes after Pfizer announced. But doctors say there are other reasons it’s important for everyone to get the shot.
The study was done by researchers from the New York State Department of Health. It found for kids 5-11 the protection against catching the virus dropped from 68% to just 12%. Adriana Cantville’s 7-year-old is immunocompromised and she has no regrets about vaccinating her child. And while the study revealed the vaccine is not as effective as preventing COVID-19, it showed even at the lower dose Pfizer’s vaccine provided strong protection against a child becoming seriously ill.Neilsen said there is a worry that parents may now think their children don’t need to get vaccinated.
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