'...a choice not to get a vaccine is not a risk-free choice; rather, it’s a choice to take a different and more serious risk.' Read a recent ScienceEditorial by Jeffrey S. Gerber & DrPaulOffit of ChildrensPhila:
Earlier this month, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended Pfizer’s COVID-19 messenger RNA vaccine for children between 5 and 11 years of age—that’s 28 million children. Yet surveys show that 42 to 66% of parents of these children are reluctant or opposed to seeking this protection. Without vaccination, it is likely that almost everyone—including young children—will be infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 at some point in their lives.
Many parents are concerned that Pfizer’s mRNA vaccine was not adequately tested in young children. In a study of approximately 2400 children between 5 and 11 years of age, performed when the Delta variant was the dominant strain, vaccine efficacy was 90.7% against symptomatic disease. However, Pfizer’s phase 3 study in adults involved about 40,000 participants.
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