As new COVID-19 cases still arise every day and masking mandates relax throughout the Bay Area, Moderna is seeking emergency authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine for kids ages 6 months to six years.
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While the FDA considers approval, some parents may still be on the fence about whether or not to get their young children vaccinated.
For Brooke Thorson in Emeryville, there is no debate–she will get her 3-year-old vaccinated against COVID-19 as soon as the vaccine is approved.
“You know, even if children don’t get as sick as adults, I think limiting the spread, so preventing them from being spreaders, even if the children aren’t themselves getting terribly sick, that’s my take on it,” she said.
Thorson’s 5-year-old has already been vaccinated, and she saw no side effects.
But another Bay Area mother, Pooja Mishra, is hesitant to get shots for her 3-year-old son, who caught COVID-19 earlier this year.
“I don’t know, but I am leaning towards not getting him vaccinated,” she said. “Because he already got it.”
Mishra is concerned about the side effects of the vaccine, including myocarditis, or heart inflammation, which is a rare symptom more commonly found post-COVID-19 infection.
But according to Moderna, in the clinical trial of over 6,000 children the company conducted of the new vaccine, the most common reactions to the vaccine were just pain at the injection site and fever.
No cases of myocarditis were reported.
A timeline for Moderna's approval has not yet been announced, while Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for young children could be available as soon as June, if approved.
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