COVID-19 vaccination rates for children have stalled due to bookings being disrupted by illness and isolation rules, as experts urge parents to complete their child’s course alongside their flu shot | marywardy
COVID-19 vaccination rates for children have stalled due to bookings being disrupted by illness and isolation rules, as experts urge parents to complete their child’s course alongside their flu shot.
“We’ve been hearing kids got COVID early in the year, often between doses, and that made parents think it wasn’t worth it,” said Dr Jessica Kaufman, a researcher at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute who conducts focus groups with parents about vaccine uptake.data from abroad showing Pfizer’s children’s vaccine may not have been as effective against transmission as initially thought
While there was now significant population immunity against COVID-19 among children due to previous infection, Leask said she was concerned children who could have been protected against COVID-19 “have not all had the opportunity”.“It’s also a concern that these differences have shown up socio-economically,” she said.
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