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USA approved vaccination against COVID-19 for children 5-11 years old: when to expect vaccinations and whether to fear adverse reactions

What you need to know about the coronavirus vaccine for children aged 5 to 11, reports TheWashington Post.

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The FDA approved the coronavirus vaccine for children aged 29 to 5 on October 11. An additional 28 million children will be eligible for a two-injection regimen three weeks apart.

The vaccine still needs to remove additional barriers: An advisory group from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention should recommend how to use the vaccine, and injections should not be given until CDC Director Rochelle Walenski gives the green light.

The group is meeting on November 2 and Walenski is expected to approve the vaccine on the same day, allowing immunizations to begin immediately.

Following the Oct. 29 decision, the American Academy of Pediatrics said it was "encouraged" that the FDA authorized the vaccine for young children.

Lee Savio Beers, president of the AAP, said children have suffered during the pandemic, including "disruptions to their education, harm to their mental and emotional health, and significantly reduced access to critical health services."

“The vaccine will allow children to safely visit friends and family, celebrate holidays together, and resume regular childhood activities they missed during the pandemic,” the statement said.

Children become infected with COVID-19, a disease caused by the coronavirus. Vaccines can help prevent deadly mutations and serious illness, experts say, whether they cause illness in children themselves or be passed on to other members of their communities.

“The most important thing about vaccinations is that we want to prevent serious illness and death in children, reduce the number of infections and prevent further spread,” said Jennifer Shue, a pediatrician and spokeswoman for the AAP.

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Shu said parents and guardians should talk to their children's pediatricians about any concerns about the vaccine.

Here are some frequently asked questions:

When will the vaccine be available for children ages 5-11?

There is no set date when the vaccine will be available for these young children. However, CDC advisors are due to meet on November 2 to make recommendations. When Walenski approves the vaccine, probably on the same day, it will appear.

Will the same vaccine be given to children 12 and older?

No.

Children aged 5 to 11 are given one third of the dose that teens and adults receive.

Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech said in a statement that the lower dosage was chosen for use in clinical trials "based on safety, tolerability and immunogenicity data."

However, younger children will likely receive two doses 21 days apart—the same schedule for older children and adults.

Should even young children be vaccinated against COVID-19?

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Some parents are questioning whether younger children need the vaccine, especially since children tend to — but not always — get less severely ill than adults and COVID-19 cases are declining across the country.

About 1,9 million US children aged 5 to 11 have been infected with COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic. More than 8300 people have been hospitalized, many in need of intensive care, and 146 have died, according to federal health authorities.

“So this is a childhood disease,” said Paul Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Overall, according to the latest data from the American Academy of Pediatrics, nearly 6,3 million children in the United States have tested positive for the coronavirus, resulting in more than 20000 hospitalizations and over 500 deaths.

In addition, more than 5200 children have suffered from a rare but serious condition called multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C), which is associated with COVID-19 and can cause inflammation of the heart, lungs, kidneys, brain, eyes and other organs.

According to the data, the average age of patients who developed the disease is 9 years, with half of them between the ages of 5 and 13 years.

These numbers may not seem like evidence of a serious problem for children, compared with over 45 million cases and over 730 deaths in the United States, but health experts said the virus is affecting young children.

Offit said, in part, that the highly contagious Delta variant has "spread to other age groups."

“This is a vulnerable population because they are not vaccinated—children under 11 are not vaccinated,” he said.

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In clinical trials, the vaccine was found to be safe and more than 90% effective in children aged 5 to 11 at a time when the predominant strain was the delta variant, according to the vaccine manufacturer.

“If you tell me that the incidence of this virus will drop dramatically in the next couple of months, then great,” Offit said. -But you go into the winter months with a virus that is essentially a winter virus, and you're going to have all the kids in one place, most of whom are unvaccinated. This is not the best recipe. So, if I were the parent of a 5-6 year old child, I would vaccinate him right away.”

Should I worry about myocarditis?

Vaccinated adolescents and young adults had very rare cases of inflammation of the heart muscle.

On Tuesday, FDA advisers said the benefits of the vaccine outweigh the risks associated with rare heart conditions, voting 17-0 with one abstention to support the vaccine for children aged 5-11.

As of October 20, approximately 1700 reports of myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle) or pericarditis (inflammation of the outer lining of the heart) have been submitted to the Vaccine Side Effects Reporting System (VAERS) among people 30 years of age and younger in the United States.

At least 220,9 million Americans have received at least one dose of the vaccine, including about 54% of people aged 12 to 17 and 63% of people aged 18 to 39.

The CDC and the FDA have confirmed more than 900 reports, most of which occurred in adolescent boys and young adults after receiving one of the mRNA vaccines.

Because of this, the FDA added a warning of potential risks to Pfizer and Moderna fact sheets and requested larger clinical trials for children ages 5 to 11 to determine if young children are at increased risk.

In five of the six modeling scenarios compiled by the FDA, the benefits of vaccination outweigh the risks associated with myocarditis in children aged 5 to 11 years.

American doctors are still assessing the link between heart problems and vaccinations, the CDC said. Symptoms include chest pain, shortness of breath, and heart palpitations.

But according to the available data, the vast majority of them have fully recovered.

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