Children over 12 should receive Pfizer vaccine

[snoop1130]

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Royal College of Pediatricians of Thailand, has advised that healthy children between 12 and 16 years old should be vaccinated, while those below 12 years of age should wait for the results of medical studies on COVID-19 vaccines before any decision is taken on being vaccinated.

 

The Royal College of Pediatricians of Thailand has posted a message on its Facebook page, providing guidance on COVID-19 vaccination for children and teenagers.

 

According to the message, more people under 18 years old have contracted COVID-19 in Thailand, but their symptoms are usually not severe. The the mortality rate is very low, and almost all children who died of COVID-19 had chronic diseases.

 

The institution says COVID-19 vaccines for children and teenagers over 12 years old, must first receive approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Currently, Pfizer’s messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccine is the only approved vaccine.

 

All teenagers between 16 and 18 years old, who are healthy and have no chronic diseases, should be vaccinated. Those between 12 and 16 years of age should receive vaccines that are recommended for vulnerable groups, such as patients with chronic diseases. Healthy children between 12 and 16 years old and below 12 years old are advised to wait for the results of medical studies on COVID-19 vaccines.

 

The Royal College of Pediatricians of Thailand hasnow launched a VACC 2 School project by providing Sinopharm’s COVID-19 vaccine doses to young people between 10 and 18 years old. Educational institutions can register with the project. The doses are for 50,000 people free of charge. The project is aimed at boosting the immune response and helping students get ready before the next school semester begins. Vaccine administration will begin on September 20th.

 

To qualify, students must be between 10 and 18 years old and never have received a COVID-19 vaccination. Interested schools can now submit an application form at https://vaccine.cra.ac.th - by selecting the ’schools submitting a vaccine allocation request for students’ menu.

 

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[Gold Star]

EVERYONE over 12 should receive the Pfizer vaccine. 

 

Enough with the Chinese vaccines already that don't stop Delta.  Since the hospitals are not being overwhelmed, which is nearly the only benefit of Sinovac, it is priority now to slow transmission rates to see an end to this.

[Tropicalevo]

I am not saying that children should not be vaccinated, but please - priorities.

Many children in Thailand are brought up by their grandparents..

Old people are dying in their thousands. Vaccinate them first.

 

Accumulative deaths in Thailand as of yesterday - 13,511

https://ddc.moph.go.th/covid19-dashboard/

Old people are dying in their thousands. More than 50% of that figure for over 60, even more for over 50.

 

Reuters Graphics

 

[hotchilli]

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The Royal College of Pediatricians of Thailand, has advised that healthy children between 12 and 16 years old should be vaccinated, while those below 12 years of age should wait for the results of medical studies on COVID-19 vaccines before any decision is taken on being vaccinated.

Okay, now you've established should, when can we expect will?

[starky]

Of course you would need to have Pfizer vaccines for that to happen. And all the most vulnerable would have to be vaccinated. And there would have to be a decent vaccine roll out and you would need a government that was responsible for its actions and engaging in sourcing more reputable vaccines and.....oh fxxxk it whats the use.