COVID Vaccine: 6 Months to 4 Years

COVID Vaccine: 6 Months to 4 Years

By: Danielle N. Wiese, MD, FAAP

We’ve finished digging through allll the data for the Pfizer and Moderna COVID vaccines for ages 6 months to 4 years. If you want the simple breakdown, just read the first slide. If you want the nuances, keep reading and swiping. We want to be as transparent as possible about what people should and shouldn’t expect from these vaccines. First of all, the vaccines are safe. As seen in the older children, it was easier to prevent children from testing positive for delta than it was for omicron. Pfizer efficacy data for virus prevention is complicated because much of their data was based on Delta variant. We have excluded this data because we feel it’s currently irrelevant. The more important endpoint is prevention of serious disease and hospitalization. Both vaccines produced antibody levels similar to vaccinated 5-11 yr olds…therefore we assume that they will invoke similar protection against severe disease and hospitalization (about 70% reduction).

Team Pfizer or Team Moderna? Moderna shows more clear statistics on prevention of contracting COVID-19 (30-40% efficacy) which may increase once they develop their third omicron-specific dose. Pfizer has a slightly lower side-effect profile. We expect both to prevent severe disease and hospitalization.

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