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Coronapod: Kids and COVID vaccines

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The Ethics of Vaccine Trials

Children can't provide consent. Their parents guardians must provide that informed consent. Children above a certain age must provide assent, meaning you have to get their by in. And the age, i think, varies on jurisdiction. I spoke with an investigator who's working on the fi byintec trial,. She's going to try and get assent from children as young as five, or even younger. They know about the pandemic. That's why they're out of school, you knowso they're interested," she said.

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