CDC Approves Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine for Young Kids
Summary from the AllSides News Team
On Tuesday, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky officially recommended Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for the approximately 28 million U.S. children ages 5-11.
A group of advisers to the CDC had voted unanimously earlier Tuesday to recommend the shots, which would be roughly one-third the size of Pfizer's adult vaccine. The Biden administration has said they could be widely available to kids by next week.
Coverage of the decision was prominent across the spectrum but more so from left- and center-rated sources, which often highlighted data that suggests the vaccine is safe and effective for kids and framed the recommendation as having positively impacted public health. Conversely, reports from right-rated outlets highlighted concerns from some of the CDC advisers about a lack of research into the vaccine's efficacy and necessity for the age group, as well as potential side effects such as heart inflammation. Updated 11/2/21 at 8:02 p.m. with Walensky's recommendation.
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US gives final clearance to COVID-19 shots for kids 5 to 11
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky on Tuesday signed off on the use of the Pfizer vaccine for children ages 5 to 11 just hours after an agency panel OK’d the shot — paving the way for an estimated 28 million young kids to begin getting their jabs as soon as this week.
The final approval comes after a panel of doctors and public-health experts forming the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended the move. The FDA had already cleared the immunization for emergency use in the age group Friday.
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U.S. health officials on Tuesday gave the final signoff to Pfizer’s kid-size COVID-19 shot, a major expansion of the nation’s vaccination campaign.
The Food and Drug Administration already authorized the shots for children ages 5 to 11 — doses just a third of the amount given to teens and adults. But the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends who should receive FDA-cleared vaccines.
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CDC advisers recommend Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine in children 5-11 The director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, said Tuesday evening she was endorsing a recommendation for vaccinating children ages 5-11 against Covid-19, clearing the way for immediate vaccination of the youngest age group yet in the United States.
“CDC now expands vaccine recommendations to about 28 million children in the United States in this age group and allows providers to begin vaccinating them as soon as possible,” the agency said in a statement.
“Together, with science leading the charge, we have taken another important step forward in our nation’s fight against the virus...
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