Many vaccinated kids experienced breakthrough infections during the Omicron surge, though protection against hospitalization remained stronger, a large new government-funded study found
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The study compared the vaccination of status of children ages 5 to 17 who were treated for Covid-19 symptoms emergency departments, urgent care centers and hospitals across 10 states between April 2021 and February 2022. Researchers reviewed records on nearly 40,000 clinic visits and 1,700 hospitalizations. The study was funded by the US Centers for Disease Control and published Tuesday in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
"This is what you would expect in terms of mild illness," said Dr. Paul Offit, director of the vaccine education center at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He pointed out that kids may catch Covid-19 even if they're vaccinated, but the vaccines will keep them from the worst harms of the virus."The goal of this vaccine is to prevent severe illness," said Offit, who says both studies show that the vaccines continue to keep kids out of the hospital.
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