Pfizer Vaccines for Kids Aged 5 - 11 to Arrive in Early Feb

[snoop1130]

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - According to the Department of Disease Control, the Covid vaccine the department ordered from Pfizer will be delivered by late January or by early February.

 

The Department of Disease Control’s Director of Risk Communication and Health Behaviour Development Office, Dr. Sumanee Watcharasin, said vaccines for children are in high demand. Countries around the world including Thailand ordered them. Thailand is quite lucky to get one this fast. She said once the vaccine arrives, the department will start distributing it for children under the school-based system. In the early phase, children aged 9 - 11 will get the jabs first.

 

She said Pfizer’s vaccine for children is made of a different formula. Children only need 10 micrograms per dose, while adults need 30 micrograms per dose. The normal vaccine for adults can not be divided into three doses and used in children.

 

Currently, the Food and Drug Administration is registering inactivated vaccines, namely Sinovac and Sinopaham to be used in children. She said the vaccines will first need approval from the National Vaccine Institute’s Immunity Promotion Subcommittee. Once the vaccines are approved, parents will be able to choose from choices of Covid-19 vaccines that their children can get on a voluntary basis.

 

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[Dmaxdan]

I'm still extremely irritated that the school our 6 year old grandson goes to have told us that he cannot attend classes if he is not vaccinated.

So much for parental consent...

 

 

 

 

[PremiumLane]

2 hours ago, Dmaxdan said:

I'm still extremely irritated that the school our 6 year old grandson goes to have told us that he cannot attend classes if he is not vaccinated.

So much for parental consent...

 

 

 

 

You do know vaccine mandates for school kids have been in place for decades in most countries, right?

[edwinchester]

It's already in Thailand, the 5 year old daughter of one of my wife's friends had a shot of Pfizer earlier this week in BKK.

[hotchilli]

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

According to the Department of Disease Control, the Covid vaccine the department ordered from Pfizer will be delivered by late January or by early February.

On the ball as usual.

[rattlesnake]

Madness...

[cardinalblue]

If that five year old has already received a Pfizer dose, I doubt it was one that is approved and authorized  by the Thai government…

 

sounds like a doctor or nurse went rouge….not smart

[TooMuchTime]

Feel sorry for the kids whose parents will inject their kids with this.

 

The group least at risk from COVID to be injected for what reason?  Is it to protect older people who can choose if they want to be injected for their own protection?  Or maybe it follows the mask logic of "My injection doesn't work unless you are injected"

 

[Tony125]

3 hours ago, TooMuchTime said:

Feel sorry for the kids whose parents will inject their kids with this.

 

The group least at risk from COVID to be injected for what reason?  Is it to protect older people who can choose if they want to be injected for their own protection?  Or maybe it follows the mask logic of "My injection doesn't work unless you are injected"

 

It can be said that it will protect teachers/parents and gran parents fron getting Covid but also it protects the kids. Omicron is running rampant around the US and the world  with many more kids being infected than was  the case with the other variants of Covid.

 

 

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/coronavirus/coronavirus-kids/doctors-seeing-croup-in-kids-infected-with-omicron/2936011/

 

 

 

 

 

[Venom]

15 hours ago, PremiumLane said:

You do know vaccine mandates for school kids have been in place for decades in most countries, right?

mRNA vaccines? 

[TooMuchTime]

16 minutes ago, Tony125 said:

It can be said that it will protect teachers/parents and gran parents fron getting Covid but also it protects the kids. Omicron is running rampant around the US and the world  with many more kids being infected than was  the case with the other variants of Covid.

 

 

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/coronavirus/coronavirus-kids/doctors-seeing-croup-in-kids-infected-with-omicron/2936011/

 

 

 

Parents/teachers whoever can already get the injections if they wanted.  They are readily available.  Cases don't really matter much given vast majority survive with/without injections.  Who cares if a bunch of people get a sore throat and a fever if they will be better within a week. 

Edited January 15, 2022 by TooMuchTime

[PoorSucker]

My 10 year old son is registered for his vacation. 

I want him to have an adult dose as he's 155cm and 50 kg. 

He's as big as a Thai girl. 

[garygooner]

Where's your son going??  

[Tony125]

7 minutes ago, PoorSucker said:

My 10 year old son is registered for his vacation. 

I want him to have an adult dose as he's 155cm and 50 kg. 

He's as big as a Thai girl. 

My niece's dad is tall (mother also) and at 11 years old is already 163 CM  and 52 Kilo so I will advise her mother to also get  either a dose for 12 + year old or an adult dosage.

[rbkk]

If teachers are obliged to be vaccinated why do some here think the same should not apply to the younger students?
It all seems a bit "Djokovic."

Edited January 15, 2022 by rbkk

[PoorSucker]

16 minutes ago, garygooner said:

Where's your son going??  

My son is on Samui with his mother 

He got registered at school 

Edited January 15, 2022 by PoorSucker

[rbkk]

 

31 minutes ago, PoorSucker said:

My 10 year old son is registered for his vacation. 

I want him to have an adult dose as he's 155cm and 50 kg. 

He's as big as a Thai girl. 

The Pfizer Children's vaccine was developed in the West and I'm sure weight and height were taken into account. My son is 11 years 6 months old and 164 cms tall and 60.7 kgs. 21 days later until the 2nd dose and 5 months until his booster will take him up to 12 years old, so a full adult Pfizer booster of 30 microgrammes.

[rbkk]

The "New Formula" seems to be a chemical called tromethamine which is used to extend the refrigerated life. Nothing to do with adverse side-effects. It is now added to the adult formula as well. A bit misleading.

https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/child-health-concerns-didnt-prompt-new-pfizer-vaccine-ingredient/

 

The CDC in America is giving a 0.2ml dose.

https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/info-by-product/pfizer/downloads/Pfizer_PED_PrepAdmin.pdf

Edited January 15, 2022 by rbkk

[PremiumLane]

6 hours ago, Venom said:

mRNA vaccines? 

does it matter? 

[ozimoron]

The vaccine dose for children is about the strength of their immune system, not their body weight.

[Scott]

Posts with false or misleading information have been removed.  Warnings will be issued.

 

[sungod]

22 hours ago, Tony125 said:

It can be said that it will protect teachers/parents and gran parents fron getting Covid but also it protects the kids. Omicron is running rampant around the US and the world  with many more kids being infected than was  the case with the other variants of Covid.

 

 

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/coronavirus/coronavirus-kids/doctors-seeing-croup-in-kids-infected-with-omicron/2936011/

 

 

 

 

 

Why would you give a vaccine to a kid if its not needed?

 

My son had sniffles and a slight temperature for 2 days, now he is absolutely fine.

[ozimoron]

5 minutes ago, sungod said:

Why would you give a vaccine to a kid if its not needed?

 

My son had sniffles and a slight temperature for 2 days, now he is absolutely fine.

You're lucky. Some kids have died.

[sungod]

7 minutes ago, ozimoron said:

You're lucky. Some kids have died.

Perfectly healthy ones, or ones with underlying conditions? Unfortunately the weaker amongst us will always be more susceptible to infection- Those are the ones who need better protection, not all.

[ozimoron]

12 minutes ago, sungod said:

Perfectly healthy ones, or ones with underlying conditions? Unfortunately the weaker amongst us will always be more susceptible to infection- Those are the ones who need better protection, not all.

The weak need protection too. Sacrificing the weak is not a position that the world will ever be comfortable with. It has been tried before.

[edwinchester]

22 hours ago, TooMuchTime said:

Parents/teachers whoever can already get the injections if they wanted.  They are readily available.  Cases don't really matter much given vast majority survive with/without injections.  Who cares if a bunch of people get a sore throat and a fever if they will be better within a week. 

My daughter is a frontline NHS worker in the UK. All 3 of her kids have recently caught covid at school. Last week she contracted it from her youngest son so now she is off work at her hospital compounding the already bad staff shortages there. The result is longer waiting lists with people waiting for treatment on trolleys and delayed operations for all patients who have in some cases been waiting a couple of years. People are waiting months just to see a cancer specialist after a doctors referral.

Quite a knock-on from a kid with a sore throat eh?

[sungod]

8 minutes ago, ozimoron said:

The weak need protection too. Sacrificing the weak is not a position that the world will ever be comfortable with. It has been tried before.

Well, the weak should be vaccinated then. Simple, no one is stopping them.

[ozimoron]

11 minutes ago, sungod said:

Well, the weak should be vaccinated then. Simple, no one is stopping them.

Children under 5 can't be vaccinated at this time.

[sungod]

2 minutes ago, ozimoron said:

Children under 5 can't be vaccinated at this time.

Good, makes perfect sense.

 

My brothers partner has a daughter who cannot be vaccinated, she may be classed in the weaker group too. She is shielding.

 

 

 

 

[sungod]

21 minutes ago, edwinchester said:

My daughter is a frontline NHS worker in the UK. All 3 of her kids have recently caught covid at school. Last week she contracted it from her youngest son so now she is off work at her hospital compounding the already bad staff shortages there. The result is longer waiting lists with people waiting for treatment on trolleys and delayed operations for all patients who have in some cases been waiting a couple of years. People are waiting months just to see a cancer specialist after a doctors referral.

Quite a knock-on from a kid with a sore throat eh?

What do you suggest, closing the schools again?