As COVID-19 vaccination for adults rolls out, it's time to consider the wisdom (or otherwise) of vaccinating our children. Indications to vaccinate a child population could include: A pandemic causing severe and widespread illness/mortality in the child population.A residual pool of young hosts ...
In the midst of a fourth COVID-19 wave and a resurgence of cases in Canada, the majority with the highly transmissible and virulent B.1.617.2 (delta) variant, we discuss the pressing need for vaccination of children.doi:10.14785/lymphosign-2021-0025C. Roifman...
There are unique obstacles facing families with children who get COVID-19. Anemergency physicianwho's treated many young children hospitalized with COVID-19, Baginski says isolating young kids—particularly toddlers—who contract COVID-19 can be hard on parents and caregivers. "The problem with ...
that we've learned in the last week or so is that those persons who got COVID and didn't get vaccinated are more than twice as likely to get reinfected. That's the real concern. So if you've already had COVID, you still need to get fully vaccinated so you have the best ...
COVID-19 vaccines have reduced the negative health and economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic by preventing severe disease, hospitalizations and deaths. In the new socio-economic normality, the COVID-19 vaccination strategy can be universal or high-risk and seasonal or not seasonal, and differ...
While many people see vaccines as a normal part of life, there are many who don’t hold this view. The real issue of vaccination is not one of right or wrong, it is one of personal choice and preference. When asking should Christians get vaccines, we cannot make this a question of si...
In Israel, those who have been issued a “green pass” because they have been vaccinated or recovered from COVID-19 are increasingly attending concerts and sporting events. The country has one of the highest vaccination rates in the world, with over 80 per cent of the population over 16 ful...
Covid-19: Adults with learning disabilities should have priority access to vaccination, say lawyersLawyers are threatening to take the UK government to court for failing to include those with learning disabilities in the groups with high priority access to covid-19 vaccines. The law firm Bindmans...
Vaccination is an important step in the fight against the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Being vaccinated for COVID-19 protects you from becoming infected and possibly infecting those around you. COVID-19 vaccines that have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration are being distributed by ...
Related articleA pediatrician answers questions about Covid-19 vaccines and kids “Long Covid represents one more reason to encourage everyone age 16 and over to get vaccinated as quickly as possible,” Collins said in late April. In May,children ages 12 to 15 became eligiblefor the Pfizer/Bi...