Pfizer says COVID-19 vaccine safe, effective for adolescents in trial

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Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine is safe, effective and produces robust antibody responses in 12- to 15-year olds, the companies said on Wednesday, paving the way for them to seek U.S. and European approval to use the shot in this age group within...

COVID-19 vaccine is safe, effective and produces robust antibody responses in 12- to 15-year olds, the companies said on Wednesday, paving the way for them to seek U.S. and European approval to use the shot in this age group within weeks.

“I think if we want to get over the pandemic... we really, really need to vaccinate children,” said Dr. Asuncion Mejias, a pediatric physician at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. The Pfizer/BioNTech two-shot vaccine is already authorized for use in people as young as 16. The new study offers the first evidence of how well it will also work in school-age adolescents.

FILE PHOTO: A medical worker fills a syringe with Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine at the COVID-19 vaccination centre of 'Healthcare Centre' in Nis, Serbia, March 3, 2021. REUTERS/Marko Djurica Shortly after the data was released Israel, which is leading the world in vaccination rollout, said it would start administering the shot to adolescents if the FDA gives it the green light.Scientists welcomed the news, which has not been published in a medical journal or peer reviewed, but said more data was needed.

 

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Madness, to risk your child’s life for nothing. No need for this. Madness

They can do that without the vaccine

How can the company that stands to make a profit be the one who conducts how safe and effective it is Think about if they ran all trials were like this?

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'The companies did not list the side effects with the latest release.' Many people are concerned about side effects. Please dig deeper.

Pfizer said this? The company that is making money off the use of their own vaccine 😳 that’s so great to see confidence in their own product

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