In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt Toolkit: When Will Kids Get Vaccinated?
Dr. Bob is joined by Paul Offit, pediatrician and Director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, to answer your questions about kids and the vaccines. This Toolkit is your one-stop-shop for everything you need to know about vaccinating kids against COVID-19: what ages will be eligible, when it'll happen, how to know it’s safe, and much more.
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Check out these resources from today’s episode:
- Check out this article about the Pfizer-BioNTech clinical trial in kids between 12-15 years old: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/31/health/pfizer-biontech-vaccine-adolescents.html
- Read this story about Moderna’s trial in children ages six months to less than 12 years: https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/03/16/977778462/moderna-gives-first-vaccine-shots-to-young-kids-as-part-of-covid-19-study
- Johnson & Johnson will also test its vaccine in adolescents between 12-17 years old: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-19-vaccine-johnson-johnson-teenagers-testing-coronavirus/
- Here is the latest information from the CDC about COVID-19 vaccines for people who are pregnant or breastfeeding: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/recommendations/pregnancy.html
- Learn more about COVID-19 and MIS-C: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/06/health/covid-children-mis-c.html
- Learn more about Dr. Bob Wachter and the UCSF Department of Medicine here: https://medicine.ucsf.edu/
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