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There is a growing demand to vaccinate children aged 11-5: "Hundreds of parents apply" | Israel today

2021-08-25T20:27:59.415Z


Following the exposure of "Israel Today" of the special permit to vaccinate 500 children: a huge jump in demand • Reassuring doctors: "Careful conduct, we will discuss vaccinating children only after the end of Pfizer's trial"


HMOs and HMO executives report hundreds of parents who have applied in recent weeks for their children, ages 11-5, to have already received the vaccine for Corona or asked about the vaccine, ahead of the start of the planned school year next week.

The vaccine for children at these ages has so far only been given to children with serious illnesses and with the special and exceptional approval of the Ministry of Health.

As revealed in "Israel Today", so far about 500 children have been vaccinated in this way.

The pharmaceutical company Pfizer has been conducting an experiment in administering the vaccine to children in recent months, and the results of the experiment are scheduled to be published in the United States in September.

Dr. Doron Dushnitzky, an expert in pediatrics, director of the Corona Recovery Department in the National Division of Medicine at the National Health Fund, says that "already after the vaccination campaign for 16-12 year olds began, parents began contacting doctors and family managers "At the age of 12. Some parents also asked about the possibility that their children would receive the vaccine, even though their children's diseases are not included in the list of diseases that the ministry approves of vaccinating those with."

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"Referrals increased"

According to Dr. Dushnitzky, "In recent weeks, parents' inquiries and questions have only increased, and there is already a large group of parents who I think will want to give the vaccine to their children when it is approved in Israel, also because it gives children protection and gives children exemption from frequent green card tests. "There is certainly concern among some parents following the reports from Israel and abroad about the corona's severe harm to children, and it is clear that this concern is leading to the interest of many more parents."

Dr. Tzachi Grossman, chairman of the Israeli Pediatrics Association at the Medical Association, a member of the epidemic care team at the Ministry of Health, and a senior faculty member at the Adelson School of Medicine at Ariel University, says that in the Maccabi HMO pediatric clinic in Tel Aviv he does "receive Inquiries and questions from parents of many children about the vaccine, and these are usually parents who believe in vaccines and want to vaccinate their children and already see the effectiveness and safety of the vaccine among the older ages.

"The conduct regarding the vaccines for children is very careful in terms of the safety of the vaccines, and only after Pfizer's experiment is completed and its results published, will there be an in-depth discussion in the advisory committee of the Ministry of Health."



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"Every day you ask"

Dr. Gil Chapnik, a pediatrician at the Maccabi Health Fund and a member of the Mada'at organization, says that "not a day has passed that I have not been asked by parents about the vaccine for children and when it will arrive, and this is against the background of recent data The verified children in the country. "

As revealed in "Israel Today", in the last two weeks, about 500 children aged 11-5 have been vaccinated in Israel in the first dose of the corona vaccine, and no abnormal side effects beyond the hitherto known side effects have been discovered.

Some HMOs even report that almost no side effects have been discovered so far.

The data were provided by senior HMO officials and are preliminary, unofficial and not final, but they match the data of a minority of side effects of hundreds of 15-12 year olds who received the vaccine in the country with an exceptional approval, even before the official approval for all these ages.

Vaccinations for children aged 11-5 are given in Israel from the beginning of August with the special approval of the Ministry of Health and only for children suffering from significant morbidity such as severe lung disease, severe obesity, cancer, heart failure and conditions of severe immunosuppression. According to the instructions of the Ministry of Health, the final decision regarding the vaccine is up to the parents, but the children's considerations for the vaccine must also be explained and documented, and the HMOs were asked to monitor and monitor the vaccinated.

Source: israelhayom

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