Vaccine for children: Nothing approved yet for under 12s

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Picture: Daily News

 

CDC chief Dr Opas Kankawinpong said yesterday that all Covid-19 vaccines used in Thailand must be certified by the Thai Food and Drug Administration. 

 

He said that vaccination of the over 12s will proceed but arrangements are being considered currently.

 

FDA deputy director Dr Surachoke Tangwiwat said that Pfizer and Moderna vaccines had not yet been approved for the under 12s. Approval in the US for Pfizer to be used in this age group was in progress, reported Daily News. 

 

Studies for the use Sinovac and Sinopharm in the over 3 year old age group are in the third stage, he added. 

 

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[Scrotobike]

"He said that vaccination of the over 12s will proceed" - help me I am loosing my sanity - why do healthy children who naturally fight covid, making natural antibodies need a vaccine to make antibodies?

 

I must be missing the point of vaccinations - I thought they were to simulate the disease so your body produces antibodies? Healthy youngsters do this anyway - its part of their bodies learning to fight. 

 

If some one can set me straight - please educate me.

[hotchilli]

2 hours ago, Scrotobike said:

If some one can set me straight - please educate me.

I don't have the answer but maybe ask the parents of all the kids and babies that have so far died from Covid... maybe they can help you with first-hand experience.