CDC recommends Pfizer-BioNTech booster dose for children ages 5 to 11
for children ages 5 to 11. The Pfizer vaccine is the only one authorized for children in that age group, though the FDA is considering authorizing other pediatric vaccines in the future.
In a statement released Tuesday, FDA Commissioner Robert Califf said that while covid-19 has been less severe in children than adults, “the omicron wave has seen more kids getting sick with the disease and being hospitalized, and children may also experience longer term effects, even following initially mild disease.” Califf said the booster was authorized to provide additional protection for children.
“It is confusing when we say ‘may’,” said Camille Nelson Kotton, an associate professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School who treats transplant patients. “I am very surprised to find that the vast majority of immunocompromised patients are not up to date with their vaccines and are vulnerable to significant, including life threatening, infections. I believe that a ‘should’ recommendation would help provide the necessary clarity.
While children have generally suffered milder illness than adults, some are at risk for severe covid-19. Since the authorization of vaccines for children in November, there have been 2.9 million coronavirus cases, 6,700 hospitalizations, 739 cases of multi-system inflammatory syndrome in children, or MIS-C and 95 deaths among children ages 5 to 11, according to data presented Thursday. The vast majority of those hospitalized children — 90 percent — were unvaccinated. And 93 percent of children who developed MIS-C were unvaccinated.
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