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Pfizer vaccine for children under 5 may be available in U.S. by end-Feb - report

Published 01/31/2022, 08:38 PM
Updated 02/01/2022, 08:25 PM
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Boxes containing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are prepared to be shipped at the Pfizer Global Supply Kalamazoo manufacturing plant in Portage, Michigan, U.S., December 13, 2020.  Morry Gash/Pool via REUTERS

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Boxes containing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are prepared to be shipped at the Pfizer Global Supply Kalamazoo manufacturing plant in Portage, Michigan, U.S., December 13, 2020. Morry Gash/Pool via REUTERS

(Reuters) - Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) and Germany's BioNTech SE (NASDAQ:BNTX) are expected to submit an emergency use authorization request as early as Tuesday to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for vaccines for children aged six months to 5 years, the Washington Post reported on Monday.

Coronavirus vaccines for children younger than 5 could be available as soon as end-February under a plan that would lead to the potential authorization of a two-shot regimen in the coming weeks, the Post reported, citing people briefed on the situation.

The report says that the FDA urged the companies to submit the application so that regulators could begin reviewing the two-shot data.

"The idea is, let's go ahead and start the review of two doses," the report quoted one of the people familiar with the situation as saying. "If the data holds up in the submission, you could start kids on their primary baseline months earlier than if you don't do anything until the third-dose data comes in."

Pfizer, BioNTech and the FDA did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment.

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Boxes containing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are prepared to be shipped at the Pfizer Global Supply Kalamazoo manufacturing plant in Portage, Michigan, U.S., December 13, 2020.  Morry Gash/Pool via REUTERS

Pfizer said in January it expected the latest results from a clinical trial for kids under the age of 5 by April, after it amended its study to give a third dose to everybody who's less than five at least eight weeks after their last vaccination.

The company amended the study because children between the ages of 2 and 4 who were given two 3-microgram doses of the vaccine did not have the same immune response that a larger dose of the vaccine generated in older children.

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sickening... coming for your kids
so far over 12,300 deaths have occurred in Children and adolescents. and the latest varients appear to be more dangerous to children.
And we believe the stats, why?Statistics proudly brought to you by the benefactors and proponents of the Pfizer vaccine.OH the screwed up propaganda of governments.Omricon already phased through South Africa - I don't see the child stats they speak of.
how about all those antivaccer snake oil salesmen, making big bucks and wasting people with their phoney cures.
is that you Benjamin
if you live in a county that went for trump by 60% or better you have a death rate average of 275% higher than the counties that went for Biden.....This fall 2021, the redest states had death rates. 550%-600% higher than the Bluest states. we can see from these statistics that the trump supporters are being brutalized with lies, misinformation and propaganda by antivaccers. it's literally ********them. ...if you're unvaccinated you are 14 times more likely to die from covid-19.
Reuters CEO is a board member of Pfizer. Stop their vaccine propaganda, it's a scam
the next varient should put a damper on these insane antivaccers. dying and perminent disabilities seem to be the only answer for them.
Discusting
How about for those over 7 minutes? Liberals will submarine anything, for a buck.
how about al those antivaccer snake oil salesman making big bucks with their phoney cures.
Pfizer squeezing the last bit of juice
Cumulative Hospitalizations (24 states and NYC reported)*Among states reporting, children ranged from 1.6%-4.4% of their total cumulated hospitalizations, and 0.1%-1.5% of all their child COVID-19 cases resulted in hospitalizationCumulative Mortality (46 states, NYC, PR and GU reported)*Among states reporting, children were 0.00%-0.25% of all COVID-19 deaths, and 4 states reported zero child deaths​In states reporting, 0.00%-0.02% of all child COVID-19 cases resulted in death
dear God don't let them come for your children
if you fail to protect your children from Death and disease because of your politics and they become sick and die then you should be arrested for child abuse.
Exactly AC.  Don’t give your kids this Fauci juice.  There are 3000 kids in the US in the hospital for the China Virus.  3000 out of 75 million. Don’t listen to the leftists like this AC Tektrader dopey dope.
Wish not to cripple the immune systems of your healthy children. These vacancies are not necessary for them. Study the differences in age groups and preexisting conditions that are susceptible to the novel Corona virus that will weaken on its own with time.
Maybe you can tell us why the vaccine manufacturers are exempt from liability should a person be injured or die from the vaccine?  Or why this?:   "A federal judge in Texas on Thursday ordered the Food and Drug Administration to make public the data it relied on to license Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, imposing a dramatically accelerated schedule that should result in the release of all information within about eight months. That’s roughly 75 years and four months faster than the FDA said it could take to complete a Freedom of Information Act request by a group of doctors and scientists seeking an estimated 450,000 pages of material about the vaccine." Reuters, Jan 7th, 2022.   Parents ARE protecting their children when the decide to not subject their children to medical experiments until more responsibly and credibility is shown on the part of the manufacturers, not to mention the government, and the scientific and medical communities.
Any parent who would do that to their kid should be punished! Any country who would drop a bio weapon on the world for political or economic gain should be eliminated!
 Real vaccines that permanently prevent actual diseases are based on real science, and are of course important. I was lucky enough to get both my kids the new HPV vax which has a max age limit. I think the shingles vax is a smart choice for older folks as well. But! You have to understand that there are REAL vaccines. The Rona shot is NOT. It does not prevent contraction or spread of the wuhan gift AT ALL. You've been LIED TO. Wake up and think critically FOR YOURSELF. My kids are both nearly 20 years old, and they both beat the delta in 3 days easily. There is no way in hades I would ever let either of them take that crap. I did, but will not take any boosters at all. I beat delta in 4 days. It wasn't fun, but I'm fine. Of course, I'm also not fat and weak. Fat, weak and stupid people might as well do everything their told.. they've already flicked it in anyway..
 Ac joined less than 1 year ago with over 700 comments.  Paid troll.
 roger that.
Nobody wants this.
Hmm Yeah ... nope, throw it in the trash.
why?
ya...if children can sustain these many covid years....why they need it now? no future side-effects known
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