Louisiana's largest hospital recently reported that 1 in 5 new patients have been children.
on August 6. In the letter, Beers urged the FDA to work"aggressively" to come up with a vaccine for children under the age of 12 in order to protect the wider population.and Moderna to increase the number of children aged 5-11 included in clinical trials of their COVID-19 vaccines, but Beers doesn't think medical officials are working fast enough to address the spread among children.
"While we appreciate this prudent step to gather more safety data, we urge FDA to carefully consider the impact of this decision on the timeline for authorizing a vaccine for this age group," Beers said."In our view, the rise of the Delta variant changes the risk-benefit analysis for authorizing vaccines in children."
"The FDA should strongly consider authorizing these vaccines for children ages 5-11 years based on data from the initial enrolled cohort, which are already available while continuing to follow safety data from the expanded cohort in the post-market setting," he added.
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