Two options would"increase the supply and choices of vaccines available to younger people," said Dr. Richard Besser, president of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, who is a former acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Moderna vaccine is given as two doses, four weeks apart. Moderna said its Phase 2/3 clinical trial included more than 3,700 participants, half of whom received the vaccine and half of whom received a placebo. The company said there were four cases of Covid-19 among the placebo group starting two weeks after second doses were administered, compared with none in the vaccine group, meaning the vaccine was 100 percent effective.
When the company looked for milder cases of Covid-19 after just the first dose, the vaccine was shown to be 93 percent effective against any infection, not just symptomatic illness. "We are encouraged" that the vaccine"was highly effective at preventing COVID-19 in adolescents," Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel said in a statement."It is particularly exciting to see that the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine can prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection."Side effects were generally mild or moderate, the company said, most commonly arm pain and, after the second dose, headache, fatigue, muscle aches and chills.
No way, my kids will not get that one. A friend had both of the Moderna shots and guess what, she now has COVID-19. Go figure. I don’t think so. My oldest got the Pfizer in February due to 2 chronic illnesses at 16, not taking any chances.
Kids that age or not dying from COVID-19. No wonder the cure works! 🤦♂️