BREAKING: Pfizer vaccine authorized for children ages 12 and up, FDA announces—widening the U.S. population that will be protected against COVID and bolstering chances for a safe return to full time school in the fall.
against the virus and bolstering chances for a safe return to full time school in the fall, the Food and Drug Administration announced Monday.
According to Pfizer, the vaccine was also safe with adolescents experiencing a similar range of side effects as seen in older teens and young adults -- generally seen as cold-like symptoms in the two to three days after the second dose. "What we can promise to our parents is that we have done very thorough examination, more thorough than in any other vaccine, exactly because of the visibility that this vaccination is having," Bourla told ABC News.
While children are not considered at high risk of severe illness from the coronavirus, they represent about a quarter of the U.S. population and vaccinating them is critical to stopping the spread of the virus."When the kids are vulnerable, they are also contributing to the pool where the virus can replicate and, of course also, they are contributing to the chain of reinfections to other group ages," he said.
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