The Food and Drug Administration has given emergency authorization to the COVID-19 vaccine for infants and children between six months and five years old, and Seattle Children’s Hospital began vaccinating preschoolers, toddlers, and infants Tuesday.
Jun 21, 2022, 3:18 PMCade Simeona receiving his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, held by his mother Cassie SimeonaThe Food and Drug Administration has given emergency authorization to the COVID-19 vaccine for infants and children between six months and five years old, and Seattle Children’s Hospital has started vaccinating preschoolers, toddlers, and infants today.
“The FDA generally has had a very thoughtful approach to approving the vaccination data and I’m excited to have those vaccines available for children under five,” Duke said. “It was rigorously tried in children under five in the same way in the rest of the population, so if there was a safety signal [the FDA] wouldn’t have approved the vaccine.”
This decision also affects the parents of small children, lowering their risk of being infected with COVID-19 due to transmissions at childcare facilities.“I have seen several transmissions from children in daycare under five to their parents recently, so I think that will help a lot with controlling the spread in our community,” Duke said.
“We’ve seen very mild side effects including fever, fussiness, and fatigue, all of which only lasted a day or two before resolving,” Vora said.King County Public Health Officer Dr. Jeff Duchin noted that Moderna used a larger dose than Pfizer, and thus reported a higher occurrence of side effects like fever and soreness at the injection site.
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