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While scientists are rushing to develop an immunization for adults, no one has started the process yet for children.
By Carl Zimmer
Published Sept. 21, 2020Updated Sept. 22, 2020, 4:41 a.m. ET
The pandemic has many parents asking two burning questions. First, when can I get a vaccine? And second, when can my kids get it? It may come as a surprise that the answers are not the same. Adults may be able to get a vaccine by next summer. But their kids will have to wait longer. Perhaps a lot longer.
Thanks to the U.S. government’s Operation Warp Speed and other programs, a number of Covid-19 vaccines for adults are already in advanced clinical trials. But no trials have yet begun in the United States to determine whether these vaccines are safe and effective for children.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/21/parenting/kids-vaccine-coronavirus.html
By Carl Zimmer
Published Sept. 21, 2020Updated Sept. 22, 2020, 4:41 a.m. ET
The pandemic has many parents asking two burning questions. First, when can I get a vaccine? And second, when can my kids get it? It may come as a surprise that the answers are not the same. Adults may be able to get a vaccine by next summer. But their kids will have to wait longer. Perhaps a lot longer.
Thanks to the U.S. government’s Operation Warp Speed and other programs, a number of Covid-19 vaccines for adults are already in advanced clinical trials. But no trials have yet begun in the United States to determine whether these vaccines are safe and effective for children.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/21/parenting/kids-vaccine-coronavirus.html