Pfizer's data shows that its COVID vaccines were 57% effective against symptomatic disease in children ages 2-4, and were 50% effective in those 6 months to two years old, according to a person familiar with the data.
for two doses of its coronavirus vaccine to be authorized for emergency use in children between 6 months and 5 years old, even though the plan is for the vaccine to eventually be given as a three-dose series.that two doses of the vaccine didn't produce an immune response that cleared the required threshold in children 2-4 years old, and that it is testing a third dose.
But even though two shots didn't produce an antibody response matching that of 16-to-25-year-olds, it appears the doses do offer protection against hospitalizations and death, as well as some protection against infection. in children ages 2–4, and were 50% effective in those aged 6 months to 2 years old, according to a person familiar with the data.
Because neutralizing antibodies help protect against hospitalization and death, we know that "the two-dose regimen, on its own, will help protect kids against hospitalization and serious disease," the person familiar said.This won't be the first time that federal health regulators have to consider using an unconventional process to get ahead of the virus.
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