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More than 2.5 million children have fallen ill in Corona.

Why not store them?

In the current wave of coronary heart disease, it seems that young children are not immune to the virus either.

Will they soon be vaccinated as well?

On what does it depend?

And will opening the education system before the children are vaccinated take us back?

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Dr. Idan Goren

Friday, 05 February 2021, 07:31

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In recent months, along with the increase in morbidity rates in the corona virus, there has also been an increase in the incidence of children and infants in the virus.

Data reported this week show that in Israel there has been a significant increase in the number of infants up to the age of two years who have been vaccinated against the corona virus, and that in January 2021 the number jumped dramatically more than 4,000 cases and exceeded 5,700 validated cases.

As of the end of January, nearly 2.68 million children worldwide had been infected with the virus.

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Have corona vaccines been tested on children?

Now that corona vaccines have been shown to be safe and effective in adults, Pfizer and Moderna, the first two companies to receive FDA approval, have begun trials in the US for children from the age of 12. Similar to the one used in past vaccines where the age of use decreased as enough information was accumulated regarding safety and efficacy.

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At this point, Pfizer has announced that it is conducting a full trial of the vaccine in more than 2,200 participants aged 12 to 15 years.

At the same time, Pfizer's vaccine has been approved by the FDA for use in people aged 16 and over, and in Israel, teens from this age have also begun to be vaccinated.

As for the age group between 0 and 15, it is estimated that by the end of 2021 the effectiveness of the vaccines will also be tested in these age groups and if they are found to be effective and safe they will also be able to get vaccinated.

Will we have to vaccinate children to end the corona crisis?

When discussing the issue of vaccinating children against corona, it is worth mentioning that children as a group are not particularly vulnerable to developing severe morbidity as a result of the corona virus, and many of the infections in children are defined as mild and some even with no symptoms at all.

However, as the epidemic spread, there were reports of rare symptoms such as multisystem inflammatory syndrome as well as cases of serious illness and mortality as a direct result of corona virus infection.

At the same time, despite the relatively low risk of severe morbidity compared to adults, children and young people appear to play an important role in spreading the epidemic and creating herd immunity.

Most children go through this easily.

Girl during corona examination (Photo: Reuters)

Even when looking at other childhood vaccines today, it is seen that a childhood vaccine not only touches on the direct and immediate benefits for them, but is also designed to protect children from diseases that may be more dangerous for them as adults - such as measles, mumps and chickenpox.

In addition, vaccination of children, prevents the spread of diseases and infection of children and adults, thus contributing to the creation of so-called "herd immunity".

Isn't it dangerous to vaccinate children with such a new vaccine?

The fear of giving a new vaccine to children is understandable, especially since this mechanism has not yet been tested in children.

At the same time, it has not been tested in adults before, and it already seems to be a safe and effective vaccine.

In addition, vaccines that have been found to be effective in adults in the past have also generally been found to be safe and effective in children.

However, the effects and efficacy of vaccines will need to be tested in different age groups because the effectiveness of the immune response is greatly influenced by age and breeds the immune system in very young children.

For example, the measles vaccine is not given to infants before the age of one year because it is found to be less effective in this age group in terms of its ability to elicit an effective immune response.

Is it dangerous to open up the education system before children are vaccinated?

Reopening the education system after most adults are vaccinated while children are still vulnerable will lead to a broad process of infecting children.

Those same children will be able to transmit the virus home and infect unvaccinated adults or those who have not developed an adequate immune response to the vaccine or who have gone down over time.

This is especially true in light of the fact that in this heart it is not known exactly what the duration of protection that the vaccine provides will be and it may even vary slightly between different people depending on their age and immune system function.

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