
Kids' Vaccines at Last and Challenges in Making New Drugs: COVID, Quickly, Episode 33
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The Safety of the Vaccines for Kids
Vaccines for adults got authorized more than a year ago. Why has it taken so long for little kids? Well, josh, you always have to be careful testing any new vaccine or drug in children. The risk of severe covid is greatest in older adults. Children can also develop a condition called miss c which causes inflammation in organs including the lungs, heart, kidneys and brain. So young kids are not invulnerable.
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