Pfizer pulls FDA request for Covid vaccine for kids under 5

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Heidi Przybyla
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BREAKING: Pfizer pulls FDA request for Covid vaccine for kids under 5

👉The company believes three doses "may provide a higher level of protection in this age group." Data on the third dose is expected in early April.

https://nbcnews.com/health/health-news/pfizer-covid-vaccine-kids-fda-authorization-postponed-rcna15730… via @nbcnews

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Pfizer pulls FDA request for Covid vaccine for kids under 5
The company said it believes three doses "may provide a higher level of protection in this age group."
11:37 AM · Feb 11, 2022

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/pfizer-covid-vaccine-kids-fda-authorization-postponed-rcna15730

Pfizer-BioNTech is postponing its rolling application to the Food and Drug Administration to expand the use of its two-dose Covid-19 vaccine for children ages 6 months to 4 years.

The move means that vaccines for this age group will not be available in the coming weeks, a setback for parents eager to vaccinate their young children.

Pfizer said on Friday that it will wait for its data on a three-dose series of the vaccine, because it believes three doses "may provide a higher level of protection in this age group." Data on the third dose is expected in early April, the company said.

Pfizer said in December that two doses didn’t generate a strong enough immune response in its trial of children ages 2 to 4. For young children, Pfizer’s vaccine has a dosage of 3 micrograms. For children ages 5 to 11, the dosage is higher, at 10 micrograms.

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1. I guess it's because they have to give lower doses to the younger kids, so they're going to need mor

doses. That sucks for the toddlers.

[seaglass]

2. Dammit! They should still go forward for the 6mos-2 years (I assume there is some weight parameters

in this). Especially if they only need the 2 doses instead of the 3 which I believe Pfizer stated a month or so ago.

So frustrating.

My 9 mos old granddaughter just got over Covid 3 weeks ago, MA gov has removed masks at school starting Feb 28 and my daughter is a teacher.

Have no idea how long natural immunity lasts but I do not want her to get it again! (She got it at daycare, then a week after she got back she got conjunctivitis at daycare - this is a nightmare!)