Column: My toddlers already had COVID-19. I'm still getting them vaccinated right away
shows an Omicron infection among unvaccinated people does not elicit neutralizing antibodies against other variants of concern. While Omicron is the dominant variant right now, that certainly could change in the future. And if, for example, another variant comes along that is far more severe, relying on infection-induced immunity would be a crapshoot. Unfortunately, we don’t know when the next variant of concern will come. It could be tomorrow. It could be in 10 years.
of adults have shown that hybrid immunity significantly increase in broad protection against infection and severe disease for a longer time. The vaccine immunity targets the spike protein, and infection-induced immunity targets the whole virus. This doesn’t mean we shouldHere’s What to Know About COVID-19 Booster Shots for Kids
Finally, the vaccine is safe. Side effects during both the Moderna and Pfizer clinical trials were minimal. Yes, the majority of toddlers were irritable and tired after the vaccine, and 1 in 4 Moderna recipients had a fever . But these symptoms were short-lived and signs that the vaccine was doing its job. No myocarditis cases were reported in either clinical trial. This was great but expected. The clinical trials were not large enough to capture such a rare event.
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