Despite continued skepticism from parents and some scientific advisers, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Saturday recommended Covid-19 vaccines for children as young as 6 months. T…
in our nation’s fight against Covid-19,” she said. “We know millions of parents and caregivers are eager to get their young children vaccinated, and with today’s decision, they can.”scientific advisers were concerned about the paucity of data, particularly about the efficacy of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
In Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Unified School District has already pushed back its mandate that all students be vaccinated until July 2023. The move came to align with the state, which also moved its deadline. Originally, the vaccine mandate was set for the coming school year. All faculty and staff must be vaccinated.he Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine has an overall efficacy of 80 percent in children under 5, Pfizer’s scientists claimed on Friday.
However, that was based on three children in the vaccine group and seven who received a placebo, making it an unreliable metric, the C.D.C.’s advisers noted and the NYT reported.
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