CDC advisors endorse COVID-19 vaccines for children as young as 6 months
U.S. health advisors have recommended COVID-19 vaccines for infants, toddlers and preschoolers — the last group without the shots.
In the end, the CDC advisors relied heavily on a technique called “immuno-bridging” to satisfy themselves that the vaccines would provide effective protection. Immunobridging compares the vaccine-induced antibody responses of the group in question to that seen in other groups in which the vaccine has been shown to be protective.
“I feel comfortable that vaccinating will be a net benefit” to the well-being of the nation’s young children, Brooks said. “We’ve taken a major step forward today.”, an advisory committee member, said she was gratified to have saved several lives in her decades of tending to children’s health. But she said her vote to recommend the vaccines for the nation’s youngest children felt more consequential.
In late January, as the Omicron variant swept the country, COVID-19 hospitalization rates for the youngest children escalated sharply; nearly a quarter of those children had to be admitted to an intensive care unit. Without access to vaccines, it appeared they were bearing a heavier burden than were older children.
As the urgency of the pandemic recedes, many parents have questioned the need to vaccinate their children, especially since COVID-19’s toll has fallen more lightly on kids than on older people. Although the safety of the vaccines in older children has been “very reassuring,” according to CDC briefings, many do not believe any risk is worth taking., who represents the academy on the CDC advisory committee.
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