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FDA discussion on childhood vaccine has begun, in Israel parents still fear: "Long-term effects are unclear" - Walla! news

2021-10-26T13:49:42.339Z


In the run-up to the U.S. Drug Administration's decision on vaccination for ages 11-5, it appears that unlike adult and adolescent immunization campaigns, the Department of Health will have to work harder to persuade parents to vaccinate their children. "There is no trust in the health care system, there is not enough information about problems that may arise in the future"


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FDA discussion on childhood vaccine begins, in Israel parents still fear: "Long-term effects are unclear"

In the run-up to the U.S. Drug Administration's decision on vaccination for ages 11-5, it appears that unlike adult and adolescent immunization campaigns, the Department of Health will have to work harder to persuade parents to vaccinate their children.

"There is no trust in the health care system, there is not enough information about problems that may arise in the future"

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Sonia Gorodisky and Meirav Cohen

Tuesday, 26 October 2021, 15:35 Updated: 16:27

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has begun a crucial discussion on the 11-5-year-old vaccine in the Pfizer vaccine. Alongside the discussion, more and more parents of children are worried about the immunization of their children. Earlier in the Ministry of Health Director General Dr. Nachman Ash managers for a four HMOs parents to bring their children to be vaccinated funds.



Shi, mother of twin girls in fifth grade and a girl in the first grade kibbutz in Emek Hefer, said that it does not intend to vaccinate their daughters against Corona. "The vaccine has not been tested enough so I do not feel safe putting it in my childhood body. "Above all, I have no security and confidence in the health care system, all the pressure on the population to get vaccinated does not feel good in the stomach, not out of genuine concern for public health."



Ayelet Abutbul, a mother of three children, aged 9, 7 and 11, from Kadima-Zoran, admits that she will not vaccinate her children: "My children will not be used as a guinea pig. "Trust them more. They fully admit that vaccinating children is for herd vaccination, there is really no medical justification for vaccinating the children."

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"The vaccine has not been tested enough."

Vaccinated teenager (Photo: Reuven Castro)

On the other hand, Shuli Peretz from Netanya, a mother of a 10-year-old child, is actually expecting a vaccine: "I believe in medicine and trust our attending physicians. I am in favor of what is necessary to maintain health, not taking a risk on the issue."



Sarah Kimchi from Maccabim-Reut, is still debating whether to vaccinate her ten-year-old daughter.

She and her 13-year-old son are vaccinated, but she says there is still not enough information on the subject for the younger ages: "I am undecided about fears and problems with menstruation in girls. I have no problem with vaccines and I am in favor of vaccines. "I am not calm about the vaccination of the little ones, and there is not enough information about disruptions and problems that may arise in the future."

"There is no trust in the health care system."

Nachman Ash (Photo: Reuven Castro)

The children's vaccination campaign is expected to begin in Israel next month.

The Ministry of Health wants to start vaccinating children as early as mid-November, in order to postpone the date of the fifth wave and the blow of isolation and outbursts in the education system.

Staff treat epidemics (Htzt"m) will meet next week to decide whether to recommend the vaccination of children or just open it to parents who are interested. In addition to trench the question of whether children will be under a green label or are excepted from.



The dose of vaccine kids vaccine dose is 3/4 The adults, too, will be given in two doses every 21 days. To avoid confusion with the adult vaccines, Pfizer markets vials with the label of the children's vaccine. The box office on the subject, and said that the Ministry of Health is in the process of a quick purchase with Pfizer.

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