Pfizer says COVID-19 vaccine is safe for kids 5-11 | Just the FAQs

Pfizer says a smaller dose of their COVID-19 vaccine is safe to use on children ages 5-11 years old, but here’s why it could take weeks for approval. RELATED:

Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective for children ages 5 to 11 at one-third the dose used in adolescents and adults, according to a new study from the companies.

Many parents have been eagerly awaiting a vaccine for children, who have returned to school amidst a national wave of COVID-19 cases. Cases of COVID-19 in children have jumped about 240% since July.

Children are less likely to become severely ill from COVID-19 than adults, but they can catch and pass on the virus and occasionally suffer serious disease and long-term consequences.

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    1. They are not experimental. They have all been put through standard safety testing before being rolled out to the public. 

      Both the United States and United Kingdom have authorized the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna mRNA vaccines for emergency use, while the former has also authorized shots by Johnson & Johnson; the latter by Oxford/AstraZeneca.

    2. Pfizer, Oh, er the FDA (🥴) approves vaccine little children wit’ they Virus Juice (so children aren’t able to develop antibodies for themselves when their immune system are learning to protect them for the rest of their lives) accept millions in tax payer $$$ to produce and taking NO responsibility for any adverse outcome… aren’t we luck to have Big Pharma “cure” the man-made virus 🦠 our taxed income create in Chinese Communist Party lab 🧐

  1. This must be a joke. Now they want to poison your kids. Welcome to Survival of the Smartest.

    1. Girl Sthu they trying to help and you making lame conspiracies. Such cringe, they are just reporting the progress they have made. It hasent been approved yet. Omg

    2. Pfizer, Oh, er the FDA (🥴) approves vaccine little children wit’ they Virus Juice (so children aren’t able to develop antibodies for themselves when their immune system are learning to protect them for the rest of their lives) accept millions in tax payer $$$ to produce and taking NO responsibility for any adverse outcome… aren’t we luck to have Big Pharma “cure” the man-made virus 🦠 our taxed income create in Chinese Communist Party lab 🧐

  2. How much longer do we have to wait for 2 year old Neice? I can’t even be around her cuz even though I’m vaccinated but I don’t want risk her getting sick.

  3. Poor people think about what they can buy with their money, Rich people think about what they can invest in with their money 💰💰💰;

    1. Pfizer, Oh, er the FDA (🥴) approves vaccine little children wit’ they Virus Juice (so children aren’t able to develop antibodies for themselves when their immune system are learning to protect them for the rest of their lives) accept millions in tax payer $$$ to produce and taking NO responsibility for any adverse outcome… aren’t we luck to have Big Pharma “cure” the man-made virus 🦠 our taxed income create in Chinese Communist Party lab 🧐

    1. @bigraviolees What conservatives exactly are you talking about? I don’t know any conservative willing to die. And every single Republican right now has been vaccinated except for one. You are being told a lie and believing it.

    2. @A Z every single republican has been vaccinated. And where u live bigfoot jogs leprechauns fix buiks and aliens shop at the dollar store

    3. @bigraviolees I didn’t say that, I said every Republican I know has been vaccinated except for one. Maybe you need to learn to READ.
      Not that it matters but 70% of republicans are vaccinated so you are hating all of a group for no reason, but that is what they want you to do, divide, divide, divide. Good luck to you. I guess hate lives at your house, not love, that’s for sure.

    1. *Pfizer foreign economic forum and share holders* 2021 *2 quarter raked in 104.3 billion dollars in profits / 2018 first quarter 6.8 billion in profit revenue*

    1. Yup!! *_-AS SOON AS HARRIS FORCEFULLY TAKES OFFICE / RELEAVING JOE BIDEN BECUZ HE’S UNFIT TO RUN THIS NATION-_* Open border policy will take place / Civil unrest will happen / our military are being fired for NOT taking the vaccine. Becuz they know for fact it’s a bioweapon. As our military becomes weak / under the UN council. *ALL ALIED ARMIES WILL TAKE CONTROL OF THE U.S. UNREST / CHINA BEING NUMBER ONE-_* HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE MOVIE *RED DAWN 2* ?

  4. Much thanks to Andrew Kelvin for he introduced me to a lucrative business that has been sustaining i and my family since that covid-19 pandemic till date.
    Through him i can now cater for my family needs. Thanks to Mr. Andrew .

    1. @William George it’s a very profitable and lucrative business
      and it’s also a means of savings your fund’s and getting more profits

  5. *“The science that Pfizer is putting forward right now for the FDA to consider is just GARBAGE and JUNK” – Dr Paul E. Alexander, former HHS Senior COVID Advisor to President Trump (Stew Peters Show on 21 Sept 2021)*

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