Dr. Rochelle Walensky's timeline update comes shortly after new pediatric coronavirus cases hit a record high.
As Walensky said Monday, vaccine makers must first submit their data to the FDA for emergency use authorization. It will then likely take a few weeks, but not months, for the FDA to determine whether the shots are safe for children, the agency’s vaccine chief,Pfizer has said it expects to turn over its vaccine study results by the end of September, while fellow vaccine maker Moderna has told investors that it expects to submit its data by the end of the year.
Data shows that adults generally face a greater risk of severe illness, hospitalization and death from COVID-19. But the delta variant has increased the rate of virus transmission, Walensky pointed out, and children are just as capable as adults of falling ill and spreading the virus. “We definitely are seeing more disease,” she said Monday. “This virus is an opportunist. It will go where people are not vaccinated. The best thing we can do for our kids is surround them by people who are vaccinated when they become eligible to be vaccinated.”among children in a single week earlier this month, according to data compiled by two health organizations.
Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, also speaking with NBC’s Savannah Guthrie on Monday, stressed that children and teachers should get vaccinated as soon as they’re able. “What we’re finding is COVID rates in schools are just mirrors of what’s happening in the community. We need to do our part to lower community spread so our schools can stay open,” he said.“If we’re seeing the vaccines work and they’re our best tool then, yes, they should,” he said, referring to whether COVID-19 vaccines should be required in schools.
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