COVID UPDATE: Any child who received their second dose of the Pfizer vaccine before December 20 is now eligible for a booster.
“While vaccines offer significant protection from severe illness, we also know that like with other vaccines and medications over time, our bodies need a boost to remain highly protected,” said L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer at a press conference last week. “We also know that in L.A. County over the past month, cases among children 5 to 11 increased 264%.
This is a faster rate of increase than what we saw in young adults ages 18 to 49 where the increase was 116%.”Health officials are hoping children get vaccinated or boosted before summer break. Reported COVID-19 cases in California and L.A. County are rising to levels not seen since February.Jackie Fortiér helps Southern Californians understand the pandemic by identifying what's working and what's not in our health response.