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 Vaccines save millions of lives every month. COVID-19 has infected over a million people around the world. As the number of patients infected with COVID-19 continues to rise across the country and around the world, scientists are working on a vaccine to help cure the illness and prevent it from spreading further – an important practice for a disease like COVID-19. Overall, vaccines are efficient at limiting disease spread by providing immunity. Vaccines and childhood immunization are crucial for averting outbreaks and pandemics and protecting yourself, your children, and society as a whole from hazardous diseases. Vaccines protect against diseases that have the potential to become pandemics, and by vaccinating regularly, diseases can be completely eradicated.

Everyone is at risk for contracting COVID-19, and symptoms can be severe at any age. Especially considering the more contagious omicron variant, children are at risk for contracting and spreading the virus. The CDC now recommends the COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 6 months through 4 years after reviewing research findings from Pfizer showing that their COVID-19 vaccine is effective in reducing the risk of infection and severe COVID-19 illness. The COVID-19 vaccine has been safely administered to millions of children ages 5-17 and shows good protection against infection and severe disease.



Vaccinating your children reduces their risk of being infected with COVID-19, which can help keep them from being sick. This means that they can stay in school and continue their education uninterrupted, and they will be more likely to be able to participate in sports and clubs and return to fun activities like play dates and spending time with friends outside of the house. Depending on your school’s policies, vaccinated children without symptoms may not be required to quarantine after exposure to someone who tested positive for COVID-19, which also helps keep children in school and parents working uninterrupted.

The most recent studies show that the vaccine is safe and effective in the 22 million children aged 5-17 who have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19. The likelihood of severe side effects from the vaccine are rare, though normal side effects like a sore arm, mild headache, and fatigue, which also occur in adults, can be expected. Additionally, current studies show no long-term effects from the COVID-19 vaccine, but they continue to be studied – this is how science and medicine moves forward.

Some parents have concerns about how quickly the vaccine was developed and approved. Vaccine testing is and has historically been a rigorous process. Policies and scientific consensus changes when new data emerges – this is a good thing which ensures that public health and safety are prioritized.


https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/vaccine-benefits.html#:~:text=COVID%2019%2Dvaccines%20are%20effective,they%20do%20get%20COVID%2D19.
https://www.lung.org/blog/why-children-should-get-covid-19-vaccine#:~:text=It%20protects%20your%20family%2C%20friends,%2C%20staff%2C%20and%20school%20administrators.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-11-06/kids-covid-19-vaccination
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/six-important-things-to-know-about-covid-vaccination-in-children-180979747/

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