The Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for kids between the ages of six months and five years has been authorized by Health Canada, making it the first shot to be offered to young children. Here's what you need to know.
Kelly O’Dwyer-Manuel was working from home Thursday when she checked in with the Facebook group that has in recent weeks become a digital home for people like herself — parents of kids under five, desperate for aThat’s where she saw the update first — that the Moderna vaccine for kids aged six months to five years had been given the official green light by Health Canada.
The news Thursday will set in motion what is likely to be the final leg of Canada’s age-based vaccination effort. Making shots available to an age group, consisting of almost two million children, that had previously gone unprotected will also play a role in slowing the spread of the virus more broadly, experts say.
Experts and Health Canada point to a study of roughly 4,000 children, which found that a two-shot regimen prompts an immune response about the same as seen in vaccinated young adults. While side effects including irritability, crying and loss appetite were common, no serious side effects have been reported so far.
A slightly subdued reception has raised questions about what to expect when shots begin shipping out across Canada. In comparison to previous rollouts, which were marked by long lineups of people eager to roll up their sleeves, this latest campaign has been more muted, theA perception that kids are less at risk for COVID, and therefore less in need of vaccination, has dampened enthusiasm in some circles, but it’s a perception that experts have pushed back against.
If anything, the roughly 300,000 American children who have been vaccinated in the last month with no serious incidents reported should be “very reassuring” for Canadians, Grayson says. “I can understand the parents’ dilemma and trying to balance those things,” he said, speaking in advance of the regulatory decision. “On balance, my own view would be if I had a child under five, I would get them vaccinated.”
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