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The Kansas pediatrician, who is a spokesperson for the American Academy of Pediatrics, said she’s already been counseling some parents about their fears. And she worries that they are entering a particularly sensitive time — one that anti-vaccination activists could exploit.

“If the anti-vaccine industry starts doing what we anticipate, with those very graphic and emotionally charged videos, and bringing out their supposed experts, I think it’s going to affect a new group of parents,” she said.

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Immunocompromised people may get less protection from mRNA vaccines: new study

Wed, 2021-11-03 17:57 — mike kraft

Two Doses of mRNA COVID Vax Not Enough for the Immunosuppressed Largest study yet supports extra doses for these patients Crystal Phend medpagetoday

COVID-19 vaccines worked fairly well in keeping immunocompromised patients out of the hospital from the infection, but still less than for those with a competent immune system, a study showed.

After two vaccine doses, immunocompromised patients saw 77% vaccine effectiveness (95% CI 74%-80%) against hospitalization for confirmed COVID-19, with a 3.9% rate of SARS-CoV-2 test positivity in hospital compared with 11.8% among those who were unvaccinated.

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UPDATE: US gives final clearance to COVID-19 shots for kids 5 to 11

Tue, 2021-11-02 20:37 — mike kraft

US gives final clearance to COVID-19 shots for kids 5 to 11 U.S. health officials on Tuesday gave the final signoff to Pfizer’s kid-size COVID-19 shot, a major expansion of the nation’s vaccination campaign. The Food and Drug Administration already authorized the shots for children ages 5 to 11 — doses just a third of the amount given to teens and adults. AP NEWS

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Explainer: What to know about the COVID-19 vaccine for U.S. children

Tue, 2021-11-02 18:02 — mike kraft

Explainer: What to know about the COVID-19 vaccine for U.S. children A panel of advisors to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control will vote on Tuesday on whether to recommend a COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5 to 11 that was authorized last week by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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CDC vaccine advisers vote to recommend Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine in children 5-11

Tue, 2021-11-02 17:48 — mike kraft

US panel urges kids 5-11 get COVID shots, final OK due soon An influential advisory panel on Tuesday recommended kid-size doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11, putting the U.S. on the brink of a major expansion of vaccinations. A final decision was expected within hours. AP NEWS

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How Often Do COVID Vaccines Cause Heart Problems in Kids? --rarely

Tue, 2021-11-02 10:54 — mike kraft

How Often Do COVID Vaccines Cause Heart Problems in Kids? Federal regulators are reviewing data on the link between Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine and a rare heart problem in adolescents, the company announced Sunday. That side effect — myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle — has also worried advisers to federal agencies in deliberations regarding use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in younger children and teenagers.

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The most recent group of 100,000 deaths in the U.S. is very different from the first --And most were preventable.

Tue, 2021-11-02 09:24 — mike kraft

The new faces of Covid deaths The most recent group of 100,000 deaths is very different from the first, showing how the disease has shifted. And most were preventable. NBCNews

Younger, Southern, rural and white.

Those are increasingly the kinds of people who are dying of Covid-19, as the demographics of those hit hardest by the coronavirus have shifted since the pandemic first hit the United States. The country’s most recent, devastating Covid wave, fueled by the highly contagious delta variant, showed the strength of the virus even in the face of mounting vaccinations, with more than 100,000 deaths reported in the past three months.

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