Mass. pediatrician on COVID concerns for children under 5 years old
Updated: 6:01 PM EST December 9, 2021
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NEWS. MANY PARENTS WAITING FOR THE FDA AND CDC TO AGREE ON PFIZER BOOSTERS FOR 16 AND 17 YEARS. ISTH IS A VERY FAST MOVEMENT, AND AN IMPORTANT. SO WE WANT TO DIVE DOWN WITH THE HELP OF DR. KRISTIN MOFFITT, INFECIALIST SPECIALIST AT BOSTON CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL. Dr. MOFFITT, THE REGULATORS ARE REALLY QUICK AT THIS, ADULTS MAY JUST APPLY FOR A FEW WEEKS. DOES OMICRON OFFER THE URGENCY? >> I THINK THE THREAT IS DEFINITELY PART OF WHAT DRIVES THIS. I THINK CASES IN US ARE NOW ON LATEST DATA BY DELTA. WE KNOW THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE VACCINE BEGINNING WITH WEANS FOR PEOPLE OVER SIX MONTHS AGO, EVEN AGAINST THE DELTA STRAIN, SO THAT’S A BIG PART OF THIS RECOMMENDATION FOR THOSE WHO IMPOSED OVER SIX MONTHS AGO. ERIKA: THIS WEEK, PFIZER EITHR SAYED OWN TESTS SHOWS THAT TWO DOSES OF VACCINE WAS NOT ENOUGH TO WEAR THIS NEW STRAIN. WITH CHILDREN PARTICIPATING IN HOLAYID CONCERTS, PARTIES, MEETINGS, HOW CONCERNED SHOULD PARENTS BE? >> WE MUST REMEMBER PFIZER’S ANNOUNCEMENT CAME FROM DATA TT HAREFLECT BOLARATORY DATA. IS MORE REAL GLOBAL AGAINST OMICRON IN PAR BASED ON WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT OMICRON, IT LOOKS THAT REAL INFECTIONS WILL HAPPEN BUT IT’S PROBABLY PROTECTION AGAINST OTW DO SSEERIES AGAINST OMICRON WILL LIKE THEM BETTER LIKE THEIR ARE NICE ZOOIK RECOMMENDATIONS SAME AS WHETHER OMICRON WAS A PROBLEM OR NOT, THAT HAS BEEN INCREASED, AND WE KNOW THAT AT MEETINGS RISK, PARTICULARLY WITHIN MEETINGS WITH A LGOPEAR NUMBER OF PEOPLE SO EVEN THAT EVEN REGULATES FULLY VACCINED PEOPLE FOR NUCLEAR SAME MATCHES MY RECOMMENDATION ARE FOR CHILDREN GETTING IN BIG GROUPS INSIDE RIDE GHNOW LIKE WL.EL BEN: THE PARENTS OF THIS MIDDLE HIS OLDER CHILDREN STILL NOT BE BOOSTED. MY CHILDREN GET THEIR SHOTS THIS WEEK. SO CAN PARENTS FINALLY EXHALE WITH THESE YOUNGER AGE GROUPS, BUT SHOULD WE TAKE ADDITIONAL PRECAUTIONS FOR THEM WITH OMICRON IN THE MIX? >> YH, EA AGAIN, I NOW FALL BACK TO THE SAME GUIDELINE ON CASES IN GENERAL. WE HAVE NO DATA THAT OTMICRON CAUSES SERIOUS DISEASE BUT IT IS EARLY. WE NEED MORE DATA ON WHAT DISEASES OMICRON CAUSES INDIVIDUALS OF VARIOUS AGES, BUT BECAUSE THE CASES ARE NOW ONGOING, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT FAMILIES ARE EXTRA PRECISE, THOSE THOSE DIFFERENT FOR THE OMICRONS OR NOT, BECOME HOUSEHOLD SO I’M REALLY STAYING TO THE BASIS WHEN WE LEARN MEERBO AUTO OMICRON BECAUSE THAT BASIC WILL BE AS EFFECTIVE AGAINST OMICRON AS OTHER VARIANTS. ERIKA: FAST, AND THE LITTLE LITTLE, THE KSID UNDER FIVE? AN UPDATE ON WHEN CAN THEY GET THEIR FIRST DOSE? >> IT’S A BIG QUESTION. IT’S DIFFICULT TO SAY. WE LAST HEARED FROM PFIZER THAT WE CAN EXPECT SOME DATA ON VACCINE TRIALS IN THOSE UNDER FIVE YEARS BY THIS ME OR SOMETIMES THIS WINTER. WE HAVE NOT SEEN THAT YET, SO I THINK IT WOULD BE FIRST WHEN WE ARE FURTHER INTO THE WIERNT, MAYBE EVEN MIDDLE OR LATE WINTER. BEN: THANK YOU M
Mass. pediatrician on COVID concerns for children under 5 years old
Updated: 6:01 PM EST December 9, 2021
Parents of older teens might be relieved, but younger kids still aren’t getting a boost — do we have any idea of a timeline on that? Should we take extra precautions for them with ommicron in the mix? What about children under 5 years old? What’s our best guess as to when they could get their first dose? dr. Kristin Moffitt, an infectious disease specialist at Boston Children’s Hospital, weighs in.
Parents of older teens might be relieved, but younger kids still aren’t getting a boost — do we have any idea of a timeline on that? Should we take extra precautions for them with ommicron in the mix? What about children under 5 years old? What’s our best guess as to when they could get their first dose? dr. Kristin Moffitt, an infectious disease specialist at Boston Children’s Hospital, weighs in.
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