Pfizer's Covid vaccine will soon be available for children ages 5 to 11. Should kids get the Covid vaccine? Doctors explain why it's important to vaccinate kids.
Covid is often compared to the flu, but among hospitalized children, it can be more severe.
The impacts of Covid go beyond the disease. The developmental well-being of kids also needs to be part of the discussion, she said. Vaccinations can help keep kids in school and extracurricular activities that are crucial to their development.“I think most of us as parents want our kids in school, we don’t want to have to bring them home for quarantine every other week and get constant nasal testing for Covid,” he said. “And so having a preventive strategy for this age group is really important.
. It’s been documented as an uncommon side effect in slightly older age groups, particularly males under 30. No cases of myocarditis were seen in Pfizer’s clinical trial among 5- to 11-year-olds, though the FDA said the trial wasn’t large enough to detect very rare side effects..
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