{"id":1439876,"date":"2022-04-15T08:46:46","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T12:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1439876"},"modified":"2022-04-15T08:46:56","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T12:46:56","slug":"pfizer-and-biontech-target-healthy-kids-as-young-as-5-for-covid-booster-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pfizer-and-biontech-target-healthy-kids-as-young-as-5-for-covid-booster-shot\/","title":{"rendered":"Pfizer and BioNTech Target Healthy Kids as Young as 5 for COVID Booster Shot"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpfizer-and-biontech-target-healthy-kids-as-young-as-5-for-covid-booster-shot%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1439876&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/kids-vaccination-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Pfizer and BioNTech announced Thursday they will seek permission to deliver coronavirus booster shots to healthy elementary-age children down to the age of five.<\/p>\n<p>The push comes on the back of a small-scale study delivering new data showing healthy five- to 11-year-olds could benefit from another kid-sized shot.\u00a0The data has not been published or vetted by independent experts, AP <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/covid-science-business-health-ec111b0aa49c03e762916c5f7af72452\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cPfizer and BioNTech plan to submit a request for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) of a booster dose for children ages 5 through 11 in the U.S. in the coming days,\u201d the companies said in a release.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>U.S. health authorities already urge everyone 12 and older to get one booster dose to protect against the newest variants while the option of a second booster to those 50 and older has already been made available.<\/p>\n<p>As Breitbart News reported, just last year the companies said they were preparing to request clearance to vaccinate children five and older as the company stood ready to begin making smaller doses for children younger than 12. Now that has come to fruition.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Producers of the Pfizer vaccine, BioNTech, are preparing to request clearance to vaccinate children five years old and older. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A96g6iOLah\">https:\/\/t.co\/A96g6iOLah<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1437412578347532288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 13, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to the AP report, the Pfizer shots are the only vaccine available to U.S. children. Those ages 5 to 11 receive one-third of the dose given to everyone 12 and older. Just over a quarter in the younger age group have gotten two doses since vaccination opened to them in November, shortly before omicron struck.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. hasn\u2019t yet allowed vaccinations for children under five. But certain five- to 11-year-olds \u2014 those with severely weakened immune systems \u2014 already are supposed to get three doses, to give that high-risk group a better chance of responding.<\/p>\n<p>Moderna meanwhile has released\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/investors.modernatx.com\/news\/news-details\/2022\/Moderna-Announces-its-COVID-19-Vaccine-Phase-23-Study-in-Children-6-Months-to-Under-6-Years-Has-Successfully-Met-Its-Primary-Endpoint\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u201cpositive interim data\u201d<\/a>\u00a0from trials of just two doses of its vaccine in children as young as six months, with plans to seek the FDA\u2019s authorization in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<h5><em><span>Follow Simon Kent on Twitter:<\/span> <a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SunSimonKent\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @SunSimonKent<\/a> <span>or e-mail to: skent@breitbart.com<\/span><br \/><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pfizer and BioNTech announced Thursday they will seek permission to deliver coronavirus booster shots to healthy elementary-age children down to the age of five. 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