Should babies be vaccinated now or is this a serious mistake?

The United States last week approved the administration of corona vaccines to children over the age of six months to five, but many countries are in no hurry to align with the Americans. effective"

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21/06/2022

Tuesday, 21 June 2022, 10:57

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In the video: Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz at the opening of the children's vaccination campaign at the vaccination complex at the Maccabi Health Fund in Tel Aviv, November 23, 2021 (Yotam Ronen)

The epidemiological team will meet today to discuss corona vaccines for toddlers and young children, from the age of six months to the age of five.

This, after Pfizer and Moderna's vaccine were approved last week by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Following the approval, vaccinations for children in the United States are expected to begin as early as this week.

And in Israel, more than ten thousand infected people were diagnosed in the previous day, the number of patients in critical condition jumped to 168.

In the last week, the number of people infected in Israel has jumped by 55% and stands at more than 55,000.

Earlier this week, the director general of the Ministry of Health, Prof. Nachman Ash, agreed that Israel is at the beginning of a "new wave".

And although corona is a milder disease among children. 4 in the United States, and the fourth leading cause of death for infants less than one year of age, prior to center data.

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Dr. Yoav Yehezkeli, an expert in internal medicine and medical administration, is a lecturer in emergency and disaster management at Tel Aviv University.

One of the founders of the epidemic treatment team

The recommendation to vaccinate toddlers against corona is a heavy shadow in my eyes.

First, because of the need - corona disease in toddlers carries with it zero risk, so the need for their vaccination is not clear at all.

The existing vaccine is against the original strain of the corona and not against the omicron and the variants now prevalent.

As is well known, the vaccine also does not prevent infection.

The experiment that allegedly proved its effectiveness in toddlers is flawed and unconvincing.

On the safety side, the trial of only 1,500 toddlers with short-term follow-up is not sufficient to say that the vaccine is safe, especially in light of the serious side effects detected in the young vaccine.

In conclusion - vaccination of toddlers is not only unnecessary, it is doubtful whether it meets the test of medical ethics.

Dr. Yehezkeli emphasizes that the FDA approval for the use of a vaccine is an emergency use permit only (EUA) until the age of 16. Corona disease is not an emergency condition, so its use is not actually approved.

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A boy performs a corona test (Photo: Flash 90, Miriam Elster)

Dr. Ella Skalen, Specialist in Microbiology and Clinical Immunology in the Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University

Severe coronary heart disease in children is relatively rare.

Despite this, over 440 children and adolescents under the age of 5 have died from corona in the US and there are many children suffering from long-term symptoms that we are not yet fully acquainted with

. Initial results are lower than the recommended dose for adults. Preliminary results showing a low level of side effects and efficacy in preventing symptomatic disease are over 50% in existing strains.

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Prof. Johnny Gershuni, an expert in vaccines and viruses from Tel Aviv University

The United States authorities have approved the administration of Pfizer and Modernena vaccines to infants from 6 months to 5 years of age in a reduced dose, due to clinical trials showing that the vaccine improves protection against coronavirus infection.

More than 6,300 infants and children, about a quarter of whom received a "dummy" vaccine, participated in the clinical trials.

No abnormal side effects were reported beyond redness at the site of vaccination Local pain and low fever in some participants.

Although the follow-up so far is only over a few months, the Americans have decided to start vaccinating the babies as early as this week.

The dose of Pfizer vaccine will be one-tenth of the dose given to adults, 3 micrograms of RNA per injection and children will receive 3 injections for full vaccination.

The modern vaccine has 25 micrograms per shot which is a quarter of the dose given to adults.

Despite the fact that RNA vaccines for corona have only been used since the outbreak of the plague, already over 10 billion people have been vaccinated with these vaccines which must have saved millions of people from deadly COVID-19.

It is therefore highly desirable to protect our children in every way possible and the vaccine approved these days is an effective and safe weapon in our war against the corona virus.

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