Should my five-year-old get a coronavirus vaccine? | SamanthaSMorris
that rates of myocarditis after the Pfizer vaccine in people aged 12 and above were lowest in those who had doses spaced 56 or more days apart, and highest in those with an interval of 30 or fewer days.)
And, crucially, adds Booy: “If you catch it [myocarditis] from COVID-19, it’s much more likely to be severe, put you in hospital and potentially even be deadly. But myocarditis after a vaccine is almost always mild, you get over it within days. And I’m not aware of any deaths from myocarditis as a vaccine side-effect in a child.”
So if a child experiences chest pains following a COVID-19 vaccination, Dr Daria Fielder, a general practitioner in Sydney’s Bondi Junction who’s been rolling out the vaccine has a reassuring message: it’s very possibly the result of anxiety. As a precaution, she recommends that children – particularly boys – engage in only gentle activity for seven days following a COVID-19 vaccination. Her other guidelines: children with conditions including cardiac issues or allergies should see a doctor before vaccination to discuss any potential problems. Children who experience chest pain following vaccination should see a doctor to be assessed and treated.
As for those parents with children who are tiny for their age? “These [paediatric] doses, it’s all been taken into consideration, it’s very safe for weight of different kinds,” says Fielder.“Currently, the risk of COVID is much higher than any risk of potential side effect for vaccinations,” says Fielder, whose 12-year-old son experienced chest pains and palpitations after his first Pfizer dose. “I’m terrified of myself, or anyone getting COVID, and that includes my six-year-old.
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