AMA CXO Todd Unger discusses the status of COVID vaccines for kids under 5 with Paul Offit, MD, director of the Vaccine Education Center and an attending physician in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Dr. Offit is also a member of the FDA’s vaccine advisory committee.
0:00 AMA COVID-19 Update for May 16, 2022
0:45 Moderna has submitted EUA to the FDA for two dose vaccine for children 5 years to 6 months
1:07 Trials are still ongoing for Pfizer’s three dose vaccine for kids
1:58 What’s the FDA’s timeline on authorizing COVID vaccines for kids under 5?
2:45 Could kids under 5 be fully vaccinated before school starts, if approved soon?
3:30 Some think COVID vaccine approvals take too long, others are skeptical FDA authorizes too quickly—what would you say to that?
6:10 Why has authorizing a vaccine for this youngest age group been more complicated than for older children?
8:27 What’s your advice to parents of young kids right now?
11:22 Why should we stop calling 3rd shots boosters for some groups?
13:12 Are we going to need a COVID shot this fall?
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