Kids 5 And Up Could Be Vaccinated By Halloween—Here’s What Parents Need To Know

For parents anxiously awaiting the opportunity to vaccinate their young children for Covid-19, the news that Pfizer was submitting their trial data to the FDA with the hopes of gaining approval for the 5-11 age group by Halloween has been exciting. But there are some differences between the vaccine for kids and the one for adolescents and adults that parents may want to know about first.

Sanjeev Jain, MD, PhD, FACAAI is a board-certified allergist and immunologist at Columbia Allergy. He explained that the full report on efficacy for children under the age of 12 hasn’t been released to the public yet.

“However, Pfizer did release a statement that the antibody response reported in the 2,268 participants who were 5 to 11 years of age was comparable to that reported in adults,” he said. “Once the vaccine is approved for administration, the full report on the efficacy of the vaccine will be available.”

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