A vaccinator draws a Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease pediatric vaccine in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, U.S., December 5, 2021. REUTERS/Hannah Beierexpects the latest results from a clinical trial for kids under the age of 5 of the COVID-19 vaccine it developed with Germany's BioNTech SE by April, a top company scientist said on Wednesday.
"The study has been amended to give a third dose to everybody who's less than five at least eight weeks after their last vaccination," Dr. Alejandra Gurtman, a Pfizer vaccine researcher said at a meeting of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices . She said the company aims to have data for the age group by the end of March or the beginning of April.
In December, Pfizer said it was changing the design of the trial because children between the ages of 2 and 4 who were given two 3-microgram doses of the vaccine did not have the same immune response that a larger dose of the vaccine generated in older children.Gurtman also said the company was studying a third dose of its vaccine in children ages 5 to 11, six months after their second dose.
The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is authorized in the United States for people age 5 and older. On Wednesday, ACIP backed booster shots of the vaccine for ages 12 to 15.Reporting by Michael Erman; Editing by Leslie Adler and Bill BerkrotSubscribe for our daily curated newsletter to receive the latest exclusive Reuters coverage delivered to your inbox.
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I can't take this shit in pharmacy anymore. Endless waves of people wanting their 10th booster when they really don't need it. All of this is just profit for the pharmaceutical companies.
Approved for emergency use because those clinical trials still won't be done till 2027.
Good for them! But I got 2 words for them! Stick it where the sun don't shine!
I’ll take “Fuck Off, Not Today Satan” for $600 Alex.
You gotta be out your god damn mind to give this shit to your babies
I actually have that data now: totally unnecessary
Anyone peddling this nonsense is sick.
Leave kids out of your nonsense
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