What parents need to know about a possible COVID vaccine for children under age 5 - PBS NewsHour

[Rhiannon12866]

Pfizer asked the Food and Drug Administration Tuesday to authorize two low-dose shots for children between six months and 5 years old. Dr. Yvonne Maldonado, a professor of pediatric infectious disease at Stanford University who has helped conduct trials for the under-5 vaccine, joins Judy Woodruff to discuss. Aired on 02/01/2022.

[SheltieLover]

1. K&R!

[Rhiannon12866]

2. Thanks! This is great news - and earlier than anticipated!

[Bleacher Creature]

3. I'm glad to hear that they're considering a third dose.

I was a little nervous about the early reports about the lack of response in the 2-4 age range. However, upping the dose isn't a great option because that would push this out too far into the future - at the expense of any benefit of the lower dose. Hopefully three low dose shots will be the answer. And luckily we know that each low dose is safe, so it's entirely a matter of generating enough of an immune response.

[electricbro45]

4. There is a problem.

Have any of you looked at how bad the stats are for the age 5-11 group for vaccinations in the US? 28.1% and that is it. What this tells me is that many liberal families, along with the GOP shit, are not getting their children in this age group vaxxed. I want to think positive here, but this is probably a trend that continues in the under 5 age group and probably far less get the vaccine. We can always hope, but it isn't just conservatives not getting their children vaxxed, it is clearly many liberals as well. I want to be wrong on this one....and I want this goddamn pandemic to end, but with flagging vax rates................who knows!

And I would like to know exactly how the scientists got around the issues widely reported last year about not very good antibody response in the under age 5 group. I am actually quite interested, and I would hope parents would be as well; I am not a parent for the record.