On Friday, October 29th the FDA approved the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine for emergency authorization for children ages 5-11.
The long-term risks to children are not known in an emergency authorization trial.
Children receiving the vaccine will get two shots three weeks apart with a lower dose of the vaccine than those 12 and older.
“We’re never gonna learn about how safe the vaccine is until we start giving it.”
-FDA Voting member
According to Pfizer “long term safety of Covid-19 vaccine in participants, 5-12 years of age will be studied in 5 post-authorization safety studies”
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Research has shown that young children are at extremely low risk for severe Covid-19. Unvaccinated children may be at an even lower risk for severe covid than fully vaccinated 70-year-olds.