Do You Think Covid Will Be Thrown Into the Mix?

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Covid vaccine could be added to the routine immunization schedule for children. Colere: It depends on a lot of questions that we don't know the answer to such as the future of the pandemic and the results of these trials. The other thing to think about is it maybe this will be a little bit more like influenza vaccine, which you don't really think of it as a routine eminization because they don't have to get it.

As COVID-19 vaccine roll-outs continue, attentions are turning to one group: children. While research suggests that children rarely develop severe forms of COVID-19, scientists still believe they could play a key role in transmission and a plan needs to be in place for the longer term. But clinical trials in children are more complicated than those in adults as different ethical and practical concerns need to be taken into account.

In this episode of Coronapod, we discuss the ongoing clinical trials to test vaccines in young children, and ask what scientists want to know about safety, and how effective these vaccines might be at preventing disease and transmission.

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