Pfizer\u2019s Covid shot could be given to children 12-15 years old<\/a> \u2014 making it the first vaccine available for Americans under 16. Vaccine manufacturers and regulators are now turning their attention to making sure shots are safe and effective for younger children.<\/p>\nWith vaccines protecting older Americans from the disease, younger people now make up the majority of Covid patients in hospitals \u2014 something Trump didn\u2019t mention on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow we have to get back and the schools have to get open \u2014 frankly, we are lucky we have the vaccine. But the vaccine on very young people is something that you\u2019ve got to really stop,\u201d Trump said. \u201cYou have to get back to running your country \u2014 I mean, I don\u2019t see reasons \u2014 and I am a big believer in what we did with the vaccine. It\u2019s incredible what we did. You see the results.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trump continued with a claim he made last summer at the White House podium, when justifying a return to in-person schooling in fall 2020. <\/p>\n
\u201cBut to have every school child, where it\u2019s 99.99 percent, they just don\u2019t \u2014 you know, they are just not affected or affected badly,\u201d he said. \u201cHaving to receive a vaccine, I think it is something that you should start thinking about, because I think it is unnecessary.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging teens to get vaccinated, citing recent increases in Covid-associated hospitalizations and the potential for severe disease in the age group.<\/p>\n
Children younger than 12, who are not yet eligible for a Covid vaccine, are less vulnerable to the disease but not unaffected, as the former president appeared to suggest on Fox.<\/p>\n
More than 2,000 children have been diagnosed with multisystem inflammatory syndrome since the beginning of the pandemic, and more than 30 have died from the rare condition. The Covid-linked illness causes symptoms like rashes, conjunctivitis and stomach problems. MIS-C primarily attacks a child\u2019s heart.<\/p>\n
And while often less prone to symptomatic Covid-19 infection than adults, children are still Covid vectors and contribute to the spread of the virus. <\/p>\n
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