FDA panel endorses Covid vaccine for youngest children

[Elderberry]

NBC News By Berkeley Lovelace Jr. 6/15/2022

Children under age 5 remain the only group ineligible for Covid vaccination.

Food and Drug Administration advisers voted Wednesday to recommend authorizing both Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccines for young children, clearing one of the final hurdles to getting the youngest Americans vaccinated.

The Vaccine and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee held a vote for each vaccine during its Wednesday meeting. Both recommendations were unanimous: 21-0.

Moderna’s vaccine is for children ages 6 months to 5 years, while Pfizer’s is for children ages 6 months to 4 years.

The committee’s recommendations are not the final signoff needed to administer the shots, but the votes will now set in motion a fast-moving process expected to be completed by Tuesday — a great relief to parents who have waited more than a year-and-a-half to vaccinate their youngest.

The decision will now go to the FDA, which is expected to grant emergency use authorization to the vaccines in the coming days. On Friday and Saturday, an advisory panel to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to vote on whether to endorse the shots. The final step is signoff from CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky — then, shots in arms (or thighs).

The votes represent, in a sense, the culmination of more than a year and half of work from the committee. VRBPAC held its first meeting about Covid vaccines on Dec. 10, 2020. Its decision at that time was to recommend the Pfizer vaccine for people ages 16 and up. With Wednesday's vote, lowering the age of vaccination down to 6 months, everyone will soon be eligible.

"I'm really pleased that we've reached this kind of milestone," said Dr. Ofer Levy, the director of the Precision Vaccines Program at Boston Children’s Hospital.

Despite the celebratory mood of the committee, members of the panel acknowledged the heightened emotions surrounding vaccinating young children. During a particularly heated public comment period, parents and other members of the public advocated passionately both for and against the vaccine.

More: https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/fda-panel-endorses-covid-vaccine-youngest-children-rcna33683

[jmyrlefuller]

Mediocre efficacy, and sample size too small to detect heart issues. Yet not a single board member voted against it.

You cannot say this is anything other than a rubber stamp at this point.

[mountaineer]

You cannot say this is anything other than a rubber stamp at this point.

We now know to expect that of FDA and CDC, given their approach to Covid-19 from the beginning.

FDA Panel Ignores Red Flags in Covid Vaccine Data, Recommends Jabs for ‘Very Young’ Children
    by Kyle Becker
June 15, 2022

The Food and Drug Administration’s advisery panel unanimously recommended on Wednesday that very young children be given mRNA Covid shots. The FDA panel’s move all-but-guarantees that the agency will authorize regimens of two-to-three shots for a cohort that is at statistically no risk from Covid-19. ...

The New York Times did not note, however, that there are major serious questions about Pfizer’s clinical trial data.

Dr. Vinay Prasad noted that the trial data show “horrifically poor vaccine efficacy.”


Pfizer used an invalid ‘control group’ to come up with a bogus ’80 percent efficacy’ figure. ... More at Becker News

[libertybele]

Our poor children! 

[Right_in_Virginia]

Parents really need to push back hard on this ..... the kids are at serious risk from this vaccine.

[roamer_1]

Our poor children! 

More than that... There will be no generation to recover from whatever they are really doing. THAT'S why they insist on vaxxing everyone all the way down to babies... Especially when the covid threat is well over at this point.

There is NO WAY me or mine will ever take that evil sh*t.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Rand Paul
@RandPaul

Today I asked Fauci a simple question: Are there any studies that show a reduction in hospitalization or death for children that take a booster?
 
His answer: No
 
Then why is the government recommending it?

11:18 AM · Jun 16, 2022·Twitter for iPhone

[Right_in_Virginia]

Thank God for Rand Paul ....

Fauci admits to Paul no scientific evidence booster vaccines in kids reduce hospitalization or death  (Video)
Rand Paul  Published June 16, 2022


https://rumble.com/embed/v161x56/?pub=4

[Fishrrman]

I don't know if I agree with Mr. Paul on everything, but I do think that if we could get rid of Mitch the turtle that Mr. Paul would make a good Senate Majority leader...

[Bigun]

I don't know if I agree with Mr. Paul on everything, but I do think that if we could get rid of Mitch the turtle that Mr. Paul would make a good Senate Majority leader...

  I very much agree with that!  All counts.

[libertybele]

More than that... There will be no generation to recover from whatever they are really doing. THAT'S why they insist on vaxxing everyone all the way down to babies... Especially when the covid threat is well over at this point.

There is NO WAY me or mine will ever take that evil sh*t.

I believe they are sterilizing our kids. Just my opinion.

[mountaineer]

I believe they are sterilizing our kids. Just my opinion.

I think so, too.

[libertybele]

I don't know if I agree with Mr. Paul on everything, but I do think that if we could get rid of Mitch the turtle that Mr. Paul would make a good Senate Majority leader...

I would love to see the Turtle gone and yes, I think Rand would make a great Majority Leader!