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Pfizer has announced that their COVID vaccine is safe and effective for five-to-11 year olds, and shows a robust immune response. https://t.co/fbEcgvYwI9 #TheLatest #7NEWS pic.twitter.com/HQHCNHIy0E
— 7NEWS Melbourne (@7NewsMelbourne) September 20, 2021
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2) With the school year in full swing and cases soaring among children, pediatricians have been inundated with requests to bend the rules and give children a shot now, under off-label use (allowed for Pfizer via FDA rules since fully approved). https://t.co/xdSrxD5NoW
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) September 20, 2021
4) “children 5 to 11 years of age using a two-dose regimen of 10 µg administered 21 days apart, a smaller dose than the 30 µg dose used for people 12 and older. The antibody responses comparable to those in 16 to 25 years of age immunized with 30 µg. https://t.co/8ACCGyPxxx
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) September 20, 2021
6) “…demonstrating strong immune response in this cohort of children one month after the second dose. This compares well (was non-inferior) to the GMT of 1146.5 from participants ages 16 to 25 years old
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) September 20, 2021
8) LET THIS SINK IN— Children now account for more than one in five new cases, and the highly contagious Delta variant has sent more children into hospitals and intensive care units in the past few weeks than at any other time in the pandemic. https://t.co/rZi5tUMgad
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) September 20, 2021
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