As countries are calling for vaccination , the vaccination rate in many countries is increasing.
However, due to various reasons, 4 or 5 year old preschool children are still unable to receive the new crown vaccine.
Recently, a U.S. vaccination center had a problem with oolong, and the wrong child was injected with an adult dose of the new crown vaccine!
The family in the state of the United States is known to live in the , Indian state.
On October 4th, Alexandra and Joshua couple took their son and daughter to Walgreens for influenza vaccination.
After returning home, the staff called and told the couple that they made a mistake about the vaccine given to the family, so all four of the family got and Pfizer that day The new crown vaccine is not the flu vaccine.
Pfizer’s new crown vaccine is only approved for people 16 years and older in the United States.People aged 12 to 15 can only use it in emergency situations.
The couple panicked at the time. They had already completed two injections of their 5-year-old and 4-year-old son in April because of their 5-year-old son Lufukas. I was injected with an adult dose of the new crown vaccine, and there were serious adverse reactions ... including fever, cough, high blood pressure and rapid heart rate.
After the incident, the Walgreens Vaccine Center, which broke out in Oolong, issued a vaccine card from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to their family.
also said that he is very concerned about the physical condition of the two children and will check and confirm with the pharmacy staff many times to ensure that this kind of situation does not occur again.
So is there any hope for children to get the new crown vaccine in the future? The answer is yes.
5-11 year old children are expected to receive Pfizer vaccine urgently!
It is understood thatIn vaccine clinical trials, children are often the last group to be tested.
is not only because children are much smaller than adults in size, but also because of different immune performance.
And children at different growth stages require different doses according to their height, weight, and age.
Pfizer said in September that in their children’s new crown vaccine trials, they used lower doses than teenagers and adults.
The single vaccination dose for adolescents over 12 years old is 30 micrograms, while 5-11 years old children only need 10 micrograms per dose. Children 6 months to 4 years old need less, and only one injection is required 3 micrograms.
In addition, Pfizer also said that it has submitted an application to the US FDA for emergency use of vaccines for children aged 5-11.
It seems that in the near future, children of all ages are expected to be protected by the vaccine!
In addition to the emergency vaccination approval for children, FDA today also issued a third booster recommendation.
FDA recommends that some Modena vaccinators can receive a half-dose third shot _p
p0span TV 1On October 14, the US FDA’s external advisory panel voted unanimously to recommend that elderly people who had received two doses of the Modena vaccine six months ago, and other high-risk infection groups, should also receive a half-dose of the vaccine as the third booster shot.
After the FDA approved the third shot last month, many people who received the Pfizer vaccine 6 months ago have already received a half dose of the vaccine as the third booster shot.
Although this recommendation is not mandatory, it will undoubtedly expand the third shot of the US population.
Modena vaccine requires 100 micrograms for the first two vaccinations, and a single injection of 50 micrograms for the third injection is sufficient to act as a booster.
The FDA will make a final decision on the third shot of the two vaccine companies based on the advice of the consultant; and next week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (cdc) will announce compliance with the third shot Details of the crowd.
half dose or full dose? Are the side effects serious?
And there are still differences in the use of booster needles: should it be used for people at risk of serious illness, or should it also be used to reduce mild infections?
The FDA team also discussed the dose of the third dose of Modena.
Some consultants worry that half-dose injection may not be as effective as full-dose injection, which will affect the durability of the booster needle.
Modena said that the reason for choosing half-dose is because it can reduce the adverse reactions such as fever and 1span strong_span4. and supply more vaccines globally.
Before, the vaccines of Modena and Pfizer were proven to have a very rare side effect in young injections, that is, heart inflammation .
And experts are worried about whether more young people will have this side effect after the third injection?
But Israel started Pfizer’s booster injection earlier than the United States.And the group range of the third shot is wider.
Dr. Sharon Alroy-Preis of the Israeli Ministry of Health told the FDA team that there were no signs of any risk after the injection.
Although Pfizer’s booster is only targeted at certain high-risk populations in the United States, the Israeli doctor believes that the widespread use of boosters in their country can curb the surge in delta cases.
"In my opinion, the sharp drop in delta cases is undoubtedly due to the strengthening of the needle."
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