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 ...
Sunday, over 340,000 close contacts of COVID-19 cases in Shanghai have been screened out, and the situation is under control. The director of the Shanghai Health Commission said vaccination is proven to be effective in preventing severe and critical cases and suggested that s...
First, do the benefits outweigh the risks? Second, if the vaccine is in short supply, does someone else need it more? Careful attention to both questions suggests that we should not yet roll out covid-19 vaccination to otherwise healthy children. Covid-19 vaccines in adults have been ...
"It is so important to get this vaccine when it's offered to you," says Dr. Melanie Swift, co-chair of the Mayo Clinic COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation and Distribution Work Group. "Even if you're healthy, even if you might not be at risk for complications from COVID-19 yourself." Dr....
A COVID-19 vaccine mandate is being introduced for health and social care workers in England, and those refusing to comply will either be redeployed from their patient-facing role or have their employment terminated. We argue that COVID-19 vaccination should not be mandatory for these workers ...
Young kids may be recommended to get one to three doses of the vaccine, depending on which brand they get this year and whether they've been vaccinated for COVID-19 previously. Those details are spelled out on the CDC website. Sign up for the Live Science daily newsletter now...
If you had COVID in the past, you do have some protection. There's natural immunity. And a lot of people are talking about it. The problem is, it's very variable. And by that, I mean you could have had a mild case of COVID and may not have developed many antibodies. Or you ...
expectations. Part of the problem is the number of people who refuse to get vaccinated, or are still on the fence about it. An Angus Reid poll released April 26 found that 10 per cent of Canadians say they “will not get a coronavirus vaccination,” and six per cent are still “not ...
The ability to safely vaccinate younger children is good news, says Neil Maniar, professor of practice in the Department of Health Sciences, because many kids are not immune from severe COVID-19 infection. In fact, a "significant number" of young children have been hospitalized during the omicr...
What is also clear is that the public’s response was particularly impassioned, and emotionally charged, which further deepened the already divided and fragmented narratives surrounding COVID-19 with regard to pandemic policies (e.g., masking, lockdowns, vaccination) and the general discourse and ...