When can infants and younger kids lastly get the COVID vaccine? – PUBLIC HEALTH INSIDER
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By Andie Lyons, Program Supervisor – Maternal, Baby & Adolescent COVID-19 Vaccine As a dad or mum of a kid below 5, it’s been laborious to look at as vaccines for older age teams acquired authorization and many individuals ‘moved on’ from the pandemic. For these of us with babies, ‘moving on’ hasn’t been an possibility. I'm additionally half of a bigger group at Public Well being – Seattle & King County that has been planning since December 2021 for COVID-19 vaccines for infants and youngsters below 5. And it has been difficult. Many elements of planning have advanced over the past 7 months as producers shifted timelines, the FDA scheduled after which cancelled conferences, and the virus modified its course. And now vaccine for youngsters below 5 is lastly simply across the nook. We're so excited to serve this necessary inhabitants and at last get pictures within the arms (or legs!) of the youngest King Count...