Often, kids who get infected only experience mild symptoms - or none at all.
So, here are five common questions that parents have about the Covid vaccines, with answers from experts:Ĭovid usually impacts children less severely than adults. "There's quite a bit of information out there - much of it misinformation - which can be a little hard to filter through." Lee Savio Beers, president of the American Academy of Pediatrics. "As parents, it's our job to understand the health decisions that we're making for our kids," says Dr.
Johnson & Johnson's clinical trials for children as young as 12 are expected to start this fall.īut only about a third of parents plan to vaccinate their children ages 5 to 11 "right away," according to a Kaiser Family Foundation survey conducted last month - despite hot-button topics such as in-school masking and social distancing creating tension across the country.Įxperts say the hesitation is understandable. Food and Drug Administration for approval in the "near term."
25 saying its Covid vaccine is safe and effective in kids ages 6 to 11, and that it plans to submit data to the U.S. Other vaccines likely won't be far behind: Moderna released a statement on Oct. On Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention extended Pfizer's Covid vaccine eligibility to kids ages 5 to 11, enabling roughly 28 million children to get their first doses immediately.