Dr. Fauci Just Issued This Kids’ Vaccine Update — Eat This Not That

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Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, recently issued an update on the vaccine rollout for children. This update is especially important for parents who are eager to get their kids vaccinated against COVID-19. In this article, we’ll discuss Dr. Fauci’s update and what it means for kids and their families. We’ll also provide some tips on how to keep your kids safe while waiting for the vaccine. So, if you’re a parent looking for the latest information on the vaccine rollout for kids, read on to learn more.

Dr. Fauci Just Issued This Kids’ Vaccine Update — Eat This Not That

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, recently issued an update on the progress of the COVID-19 vaccine for children. He said that the vaccine is expected to be available for children aged 12 and up by the end of the year, and for younger children by the beginning of 2022.

The vaccine is currently being tested in clinical trials for children aged 12 to 15, and the results are expected to be available by the end of the summer. If the trials are successful, the vaccine could be available for this age group by the end of the year.

For younger children, the vaccine is expected to be available by the beginning of 2022. The vaccine is currently being tested in clinical trials for children aged 6 months to 11 years, and the results are expected to be available by the end of 2021.

Dr. Fauci also said that the vaccine is expected to be safe and effective for children, just as it is for adults. He said that the vaccine will be administered in two doses, just like it is for adults.

It is important to note that the vaccine is not mandatory for children, and parents should make the decision that is best for their family. However, it is important to get vaccinated in order to protect yourself and your loved ones from the virus.

With coronavirus cases ebbing in America, there is the temptation to put the pandemic in the “rear view.” Instead, we must not “let our guard down,” warned Rochelle Walensky, the head of the CDC. There are still many millions of Americans left to be vaccinated, children 5 to 11 among them; a vaccine for those in that age group may be approved as soon as next week. With this in mind, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the chief medical advisor to the President and the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, appeared on NBC’s Nightly News with Lester Holt to talk about mandates and vaccines for kids—and for you. Read on for five life-saving pieces of advice—and to ensure your health and the health of others, don’t miss these Sure Signs You’ve Already Had COVID.

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Americans have differing opinions about taking the vaccine themselves; how might they feel about giving it to kids, Holt asked. “I hope they’ll be enthusiastic about it,” said Fauci. “Children of all ages do get infected as readily as adults. Many of them have asymptomatic infection, so you don’t notice it, but they do get infected and they do pass the infection. So we would hope that family members who are responsible for the children will realize that and will be enthusiastic about getting their children vaccinated.” Dr. Fauci had added this context earlier yesterday at the COVID press briefing. “Months ago it was felt, based on the data with Alpha predominantly, that children do not get infected as much. And if they do, they don’t spread the infection in the home setting.” But that has changed. “A recent paper just came out that actually showed on the contrary in the era of Delta children get infected as readily as adults do, and they transmit the infection as readily as the adults do. We may not appreciate that because about 50% of the infections in children are asymptomatic,” he said. 

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The CDC has not approved vaccines for children 5 to 11, but yesterday, the government announced a plan for distributing them. Dr. Fauci said he didn’t “think it’s presumptuous because we have made it very clear that whatever happens is going to be dependent on the regulatory decision of the FDA and the recommendations on the part of the CDC. We want to have the vaccine already distributed in pediatric offices in pharmacies and children’s hospitals and in community centers. If we did not do that preparation, there would be a time lag in getting the vaccines to the children.”

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Dr. Fauci said he wasn’t thrilled telling people what to put into their bodies. “I certainly would prefer that we don’t have to do that. You have a pandemic right now. This is not your run of the mill situation. And sometimes very unusual situations like this require unique and unusual activities. And mandates is one of them. Obviously you don’t like to tell people what to do, but sometimes for the good of society, that’s necessary,” he said of mandates.

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At the press briefing, Dr. Fauci showed data that proved vaccines help slow or stop disease. “If you look at the estimated annual deaths globally for diseases that are vaccine preventable, you look at what can happen when people, and in this case, it’s almost exclusively, not vaccine hesitancy, but vaccine lack of availability in certain regions of the world—look how many people, mostly children, who die of vaccine preventable diseases,” he said. “If they would have been vaccinated. 1.2 million for pneumococcus, over a half a million for hepatitis B and down the line….And remember these are vaccines that could have prevented death, but would not accessible to these individuals. We have 66 million people in the U.S. who are eligible for vaccine and not yet vaccinated. … It is not too late. So please, please get vaccinated.”

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Follow the public health fundamentals and help end this pandemic, no matter where you live—get vaccinated ASAP; if you live in an area with low vaccination rates, wear an N95 face mask, don’t travel, social distance, avoid large crowds, don’t go indoors with people you’re not sheltering with (especially in bars), practice good hand hygiene, and to protect your life and the lives of others, don’t visit any of these 35 Places You’re Most Likely to Catch COVID.

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