When will children under 12 be able to get the COVID vaccine? Here's what we know

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WHEN WILL CHILDREN UNDER 12 BE ABLE TO GET THE COVID VACCINE? HERE'S WHAT WE KNOW
COVID cases are surging across the nation, and kids now account for more infections than they did in months past.

Data from the CDC shows that an average of 280 people under 18 are contracting COVID every week, an increase of more than 20% since June. More than 120,000 cases were reported among children between Aug. 5 and 12, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics. That figure represented 18% of the total case count for that week.

Health experts say the Delta variant of the coronavirus is likely changing the calculus. While children showed strong natural immunity to earlier iterations, the Delta variant is 50% more contagious than past variants, and its meteoric ascendence to become the supreme strain in the U.S. coincides with the rising number of infections in children.

“Because Delta is so much more transmissible than the earlier variants of the coronavirus, what we see is that there’s much higher community prevalence,” said Dr. Alpana Waghmare, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Seattle Children’s Hospital. “Whenever there’s higher community prevalence, there’s going to be more kids that get infected.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/when-will-children-under-12-be-able-to-get-the-covid-vaccine-here-s-what-we-know/ar-AANygHT

[crickets]

1. K&R for visibility.

[MustLoveBeagles]

2. K&R

[JCMach1]

3. 280 kids cannot be an accurate number.... There have been close to 20

At my son's Middle School so far this year.

[abqtommy]

4. I wrote early in 2020 that I didn't trust anyone's numbers. And I still don't. I'm putting all my

effort into surviving and so far so good.

[JCMach1]

5. I feel you, but all 3 in my family are testing this afternoon

Despite vaccines and antibodies and being careful we still got exposed again.

[abqtommy]

6. I'm sorry to hear that. I hope you all have the best outcome. I'm really getting scared now.

[JCMach1]

7. Good news if we are positive we are close to asymptomatic

I nearly died round 1 in September 2020 (not hyperbole).


We all are hopefully having strong seasonal allergies and happened to get directly exposed this week.

There is so much community spread in TX it is almost impossible to avoid if you go to school, or work (I am currently working in LE)

[abqtommy]

9. Thanks for that reassurance. I wish you and yours all the best.

[Ms. Toad]

8. Doctors will be able to use the vaccines, off label, sooner than they will be approved.

If I had an at risk child, I would consult with my doctor as soon as the FDA issues full approval for the vaccine.

Once a medicine is granted full approval, physicians are able to use if "off label" for other groups (i.e. children) or other purposes.

That doesn't mean that every child should be immunized before there is even emergency use approved - but it means it is possible and that a doctor could determine that the risk of COVID outweighs the risk of the unknowns about the safety of the vaccine in that age range.

(My daughter used a medication approved for adults in an off-label status for 13 years. It was the best decision we could have made, because it kept her disease in remission most of that time - and the medication was relatively innocuous.)