The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is Obtained FDA approval on October 29 for use in children aged 5-11, Nearly a year after it was launched for adults.As parents start taking their children to clinics and pharmacies for injections, the most anticipated side effects are disclose, according to data Submit to CDC and Pfizer.
The most common side effects include pain at the injection site, fatigue, headache, muscle pain, and chills.
Because the dose received by children is one-third of the typical dose administered by adults, they usually experience fewer side effects. In addition, the side effects of each age group are almost the same. No major safety issues were found.
Pain and swelling at the injection site are by far the most common side effects, and approximately 70% of children will experience this after both doses. Fatigue is the second most common side effect, with 34% of children reporting this condition after the first dose, and after the second dose, the proportion is close to 40%.
Generally speaking, more side effects are reported after the second dose than the first dose because the second dose Strengthen the existing immune response. However, the prevalence of vomiting and diarrhea was similar after the two doses. Approximately 2% and 6% of children reported them separately.
Although COVID-19 is the leading cause of death in children aged 5-11 years, Nearly 200 people died, It has a far less serious trend. Nevertheless, Dr. Leslie Sude, a pediatrician at Yale School of Medicine, said that as other variants such as Delta begin to appear, children should definitely be vaccinated.
“Because of Delta, the number of children infected with or without symptoms is increasing,” she says“And any time a person is infected with the virus, they are a potential source of infection-they can spread the virus to more vulnerable people and generally help to continue the cycle of infection that may lead to another variant.”
